Donegal to face Tyrone in 2013 Ulster SFC first round
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Champions Donegal have been drawn to face Tyrone in the first round of the 2013 Ulster Football Championship.
The winners of that tie will play the winners of another attractive quarter-final between Derry and Down.
Cavan have been drawn against Armagh in the preliminary round, with the victors taking on Fermanagh in the last eight.
Antrim's footballers will play Monaghan in the other first round tie, while the Saffron county's hurlers play Westmeath in the Leinster SHC preliminary round.
The winners of that game will face Laois in round one.
The match involving All-Ireland champions Donegal and Mickey Harte's Tyrone was the standout fixture in the draw for next year's Ulster SFC.
Meanwhile new Derry manager Brian McIver will come up against Down, with whom he was part of James McCartan's backroom team when the Mourne County reached the All-Ireland final in 2010.
Antrim, who are currently without a manager, will provide the first Championship test for new Monaghan boss Malachy O'Rourke.
Monaghan defeated the Saffrons in this year's Ulster Championship.
The bottom half of the draw looks wide open with Armagh, Cavan, Fermanagh, Antrim and Monaghan all fancying their chances of making the final.
2013 Ulster SFC draw
Preliminary round - Cavan v Armagh
First round - Donegal v Tyrone; Derry v Down; Antrim v Monaghan; Cavan or Armagh v Fermanagh
Semi-Finals - Fermanagh or Cavan or Armagh v Antrim or Monaghan, Donegal or Tyrone v Derry or Down
Leinster SFC
First round - Wicklow v Longford, Laois v Louth, Westmeath v Carow
Quarter-Finals - Meath v Wicklow or Longford, Wexford v Laois or Louth, Dublin v Westmeath or Carlow, Kildare v Offaly
Semi-Finals - Meath or Wicklow or Longford v Wexford or Laois or Louth, Dublin or Westmeath or Carlow v Kildare or Offaly
Munster SFC
Quarter-Finals - Kerry v Tipperary, Limerick v Cork
Semi-finals - Clare v Limerick or Cork, Waterford v Kerry or Tipperary
Connacht SFC
Quarter-Finals - New York V Leitrim, London v Sligo , Galway v Mayo
Semi-Finals - Galway or Mayo v Roscommon, New York or Leitrim v London or Sligo
Leinster SHC
Preliminary round - Antrim v Westmeath
First round - Antrim/Westmeath v Laois, Carlow v London
Quarter-Finals - Antrim/Westmeath/Laois v Carlow/London, Offaly v Kilkenny, Wexford v Dublin
Semi-Finals - Galway v Antrim/Westmeath/Laois/Carlow/London, Offaly/Kilkenny v Wexford/Dublin
Munster SHC
First round - Clare v Waterford
Semi-Finals - Tipperary v Limerick, Cork v Clare or Waterford