It was won by Tyrone who defeated Antrim in the final.
[2] The winning Tyrone team received the Anglo-Celt Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
The beaten Ulster finalists entered at Round 3.
Successfully advancing through the Qualifiers allowed a team to reach the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
The draw for the 2009 Ulster Senior Football Championship was made along with the other three provincial draws on 8 October 2008 at Croke Park in Dublin.