It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
The draw for the Championship was made on 16 October 2015.
As in the previous two seasons, the two sides were named as A and B, to allow for teams to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches.
Armagh, Cavan, Derry, and Tyrone were named to the A side, with Antrim, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh and Monaghan on the B side.
[1] Monaghan were the defending champions following their victory over Donegal in the final of the 2015 Championship.