Category: National Basketball League

March 20, 2021

Irish Basketball Association Men’s Super League 1997-98

Final Standings 1997-98

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Star of the Sea	18	17	1			52
Denny Notre Dame	18	13	5			44
Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	18	10	8			38
Killester	18	10	8			38
Dungannon	18	9	9			36
Longnecks Ballina	18	8	10			34
UCD Marian	18	7	11			32
Kerry Spring Water Killarney	18	6	12			30
Neptune	18	5	13			28
Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	18	5	13			28

[References: 15]

National Championships

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
15.03.1998	Star of the Sea	94	Killester	72
15.03.1998	Denny Notre Dame	97	Marathon Sp St. Vincent’s	70
	Final
15.03.1998	Star of the Sea	92	Denny Notre Dame	74

[References: 16]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
05.10.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincemt’s	90	Dungannon Fliers	81
05.10.1997	Team Longnecks Ballina	74	Star of the Sea	90
05.10.1997	Killester	83	UCD Marian	73
05.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	67	Denny Notre Dame	83
	Week 2
12.10.1997	UCD Marian	86	Neptune	80
12.10.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	91	Team Longnecks Ballina	81
12.10.1997	Killester	85	Denny Notre Dame	90
12.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	74	Dungannon	75
12.10.1997	Star of the Sea	93	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	75
	Week 3
17.10.1997	Denny Notre Dame	80	UCD Marian	60
19.10.1997	Garvey’s Tralee Tigers	74	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	78
19.10.1997	Dungannon	83	Killester	78
19.10.1997	Longnecks Ballina	99	Neptune	69
19.10.1997	Star of the Sea	95	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	50
	Week 4
26.10.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	93	Dungannon	94
26.10.1997	Neptune	95	Denny Notre Dame	112
26.10.1997	Killester	84	Star of the Sea	98
26.10.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	96	Garvey’s Tralee Tigers	80
26.10.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	95	Longnecks Ballina	115
	Week 5
09.11.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	81	Star of the sea	90
09.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	108	Dungannon	78
09.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	90	Killester	70
09.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	81	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	77
09.11.1997	Neptune	84	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	87
	Week 6
16.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	93	Star of the Sea	84
16.11.1997	Dungannon	76	Neptune	67
16.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	60	Amev-UCD Marian	82
16.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	85	Killester	102
16.11.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	109	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	95
	Week 7
23.11.1997	Denny Notre Dame	109	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	83
23.11.1997	Killester	72	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	68
23.11.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89	Neptune	83
23.11.1997	Dungannon	77	Star of the Sea	87
23.11.1997	Longnecks Ballina	81	Amev UCD-Marian	77
	Week 8
30.11.1997	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	91	UCD-Marian	93
30.11.1997	Lomgnecks Ballina	78	Denny Notre Dame	92
30.11.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	70	Dungannon	72
30.11.1997	Killester	76	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89
30.11.1997	Neptune	91	Star of the Sea	107
	Week 9
05.12.1997	Denny Notre Dame	99	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	85
07.12.1997	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	82	Amev UCD-Marian	81
07.12.1997	Dungannon	85	Longnecks Ballina	77
07.12.1997	Neptune	104	Killester	83
07.12.1997	Star of the Sea	92	Garvey’s tigers Tralee	89
	Week 10
21.12.1997	Denny Notre Dame	83	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	83
21.12.1997	Star of the Sea	108	Longnecks Ballina	94
21.12.1997	Amev UCD-Marian	90	Killester	82
21.12.1997	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	86	Neptune	83
21.12.1997	Dungannon	74	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	85
	Week 11
04.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	62	Star of the Sea	90
04.01.1998	Neptune	74	UCD-Marian	75
04.01.1998	Denny Notre Dame	78	Killester	85
04.01.1998	Longnecks Ballina	130	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	97
	Week 12
11.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	97	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	87
11.01.1998	Neptune	103	Longnecks Ballina	86
11.01.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	82	Denny Notre Dame	99
11.01.1998	Killester	86	Dungannon	72
11.01.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	82	Star of the Sea	106
11.01.1998	Neptune	95	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	88
	Week 13
18.01.1998	Killester	119	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	103
18.01.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	85	Longnecks Ballina	92
18.01.1998	Dungannon	81	Denny Notre Dame	93
18.01.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	78	Neptune	88
18.01.1998	Star of the Sea	124	Amev UCD-Marian	88
	Week 13 B
25.01.1998	Dungannon	71	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	75
	Week 14
01.02.1998	Denny Notre Dame	85	Neptune	82
01.02.1998	Dungannon	86	Amev UCD-Marian	85
01.02.1998	Longnecks Ballina	85	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	87
01.02.1998	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	86	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	72
01.02.1998	Star of the sea	113	Killester	80
	Week 15
08.02.1998	Star of the Sea	100	Denny Notre Dame	83
08.02.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	99	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	91
08.02.1998	Neptune	81	Dungannon	84
08.02.1998	Killester	98	Longnecks Ballina	82
08.02.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	89	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	82
	Week 16
15.02.1998	Star of the Sea	110	Dungannon	90
15.02.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	91	Killester	82
15.02.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	94	Longnecks Ballina	95
15.02.1998	Neptune	96	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	90
15.02.1998	Garvey’ds Tigers Tralee	117	Denny Notre Dame	100
	Week 17
22.02.1998	Amev-UCD Marian	95	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	81
22.02.1998	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	68	Star of the Sea	81
22.02.1998	Killester	108	Neptune	94
22.02.1998	Longnecks Ballina	114	Dungannon	89
22.02.1998	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	100	Denny Notre Dame	69
	Week 18
01.03.1998	Amev UCD-Marian	73	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	86
01.03.1998	Denny Notre Dame	115	Longnecks Ballina	84
01.03.1998	Kerry Spring Water Killarney	76	Killester	109
01.03.1998	Dungannon	101	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	83
01.03.1998	Star of the Sea	97	Neptune	77

[References: 2-20; 23]

Report

Javan Dupree led Star of the Sea of Belfast to their first ever Irish Basketball Association Men’s Super League National Championship in 1997-98, running up a 17-1 regular season record (their only loss was a 93-84 loss to Denny Notre Dame in Week 6, which put the Tallaght side on top of the table on 6-0). After going 9-0 in the first half Denny faltered over Christmas and New Year’s, with back to back losses to Kerry Spring Water Killarney and Killester. Notre Dame stuck with Star through Week 14, just a game behind the Belfast side going into the big clash between the two in Week 15, which Star won 100-83 with 29 points by C Guitlar, 24 by G Maguire and 19 by Adrian Fulton. Another loss the following week for Denny meant the League title was wrapped up by Star in Week 16, and they went on to win the National Championships with a 92-74 victory over their nearest challengers on March 15th, Gareth Maguire scoring 23, C Guitlar 20 and John Leahy 18. Denny’s Americans, Randall Mounts (27) and Lennie McMillan were unable to stop them.

Starof the Sea 1998 [Reference: 24][Picture Credit: John Folan]

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 6, 1997. pp. 30.

[2] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 13, 1997. pp. 34

[3] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball”. Irish Independent. Saturday, October 18, 1997. pp. 22

[4] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 20, 1997. pp. 32

[5] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, October 27, 1997. pp. 34.

[6] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 10, 1997. pp. 34.

[7] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 17, 1997. pp. 34

[8] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, November 24, 1997. pp. 30

[9] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 1, 1997. pp. 30.

[10] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 8, 1997. pp. 33.

[11] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 15, 1997. pp. ??.

[12] Anon. (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, December 22, 1997. pp. ??

[13] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 5, 1998. pp. 23

[14] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 12, 1998. pp. 31

[15] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 19, 1998. pp. 31

[16] John Taylor (1998) “Neptune looking up as Augusto points the way”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 26, 1998. pp. 30

[17] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 2, 1998. pp. 20

[18] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 9 , 1998. pp. 26

[19] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 16 , 1998. pp. 32

[20] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 23, 1998. pp.28

[21] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 2, 1998. pp. 20-21.

[22] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1998. pp. 34-35.

[23] Anon. (1998) “Sports Round-Up: Basketball” Irish Times. Saturday, December 6, 1997. pg. 34 [Website Reference: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1997/1206/Pg034.html#Ar03403 ]

Images

[24] Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s and 90s (2018) Photo to Page by John Folan, July 24, 2018 “What more can you say but
STAR” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=644547202596101&set=gm.1921626407860829 [Accessed 20 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 20 March 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

December 22, 2020

Irish Basketball Association Men’s Division 1 1997-98

Final Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Sligo Dairies (C – D1C)	18	14	4			46
Waterford Crystal (D1C)	18	13	5			44
Burger King Limerick (D1C)	18	12	6			42
Tolka Rovers (D1C)	18	10	8			38
Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	18	10	8			38
Riverisland Castleisland	18	8	10			34
Team Oscar Tridents	18	5	13			28
St. Gall’s	18	0	18			18

[Reference: 1]

Division 1 Championship

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
14.03.1998	Waterford Crystal	87	Limerick	75
14.03.1998	Sligo Dairies	74	Tolka Rovers	67
	Final
15.03.1998	Waterford Crystal	90	Sligo Dairies	68

[Reference: 2]

Note: Division 1 was merged with the Super League in 1998 and recreated as a second level in 2001. There was no second level at National League level from 1998-2001.

Regular Season Results

W/E	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
05.10.1997	St. Galls	71	Sligo Dairies	83
05.10.1997	Burger King Limerick	73	Tolka Rovers	76
05.10.1997	Riverisland Castleisland	98	Team Oscar Tridents	84
05.10.1997	Waterford Crystal	88	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	75
	Week 2
11.10.1997	Team Oscar Tridents	103	St. Galls	60
11.10.1997	Sligo All Stars	100	Tolka Rovers	75
11.10.1997	Riverisland Castleisland	77	Mid Sutton Baldoyle	83
12.10.1997	Waterford Crystal	w/o	Burger King Limerick	scr #
	Week 3
19.10.1997	Sligo All Stars	103	Riverisland Castleisland	69
19.10.1997	Waterford Crystal	95	Burger King Limerick	87
19.10.1997	Team Oscar Tridents	91	Mid Sutton Baldoyle	78
19.10.1997	Tolka Rovers	101	St. Galls	89
	Week 4
26.10.1997	Riverisland Castleisland	97	Tolka Rovers	93
26.10.1997	Team Oscar Tridents	82	Sligo Dairies	104
26.10.1997	Mid Sutton Baldoyle	91	Waterford Crystal	70
26.10.1997	Burger King Limerick	102	St. Galls	75
	Week 5
09.11.1997	Team Oscar Tridents	86	Waterford Crystal	107
09.11.1997	Tolka Rovers	85	Sligo Dairies	102
09.11.1997	Burger King Limerick	94	Mid Sutton Baldoyle	82
09.11.1997	St. Galls	66	Riverisland Castleisland	85
	Week 6
16.11.1997	Sligo Dairies	74	Waterford Crystal	72
16.11.1997	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	82	Team Oscar Tridents	67
16.11.1997	Riverisland Castleisland	75	Burger KIng Limerick	81
16.11.1997	Tolka Rovers	118	St. Galls	59
	Week 7
23.11.1997	Team Sligo Dairies	88	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	84
23.11.1997	Burger King Limerick	65	Oscar Tridents	72
23.11.1997	St. Galls	60	Riverisland Castleisland	71
23.11.1997	Waterford Crystal	112	Tolka Rovers	106 ot
	Week 8
30.11.1997	Team Oscar Tridents	89	Team Sligo Dairies	97
30.11.1997	Waterford Crystal	95	St. Galls	75
30.11.1997	Burger King Limerick	81	Riverisland Castleisland	72
30.11.1997	Tolka Rovers	83	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	84
	Week 9
07.12.1997	Sligo Dairies	74	Burger King Limerick	90
07.12.1997	Riverisland Castleisland	122	Waterford Crystal	113 ot
07.12.1997	St. Galls	81	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	82
07.12.1997	Tolka Rovers	87	Oscar Tridents	73
	Week 10
21.12.1997	St. Galls	85	Team Oscar Tridents	107
21.12.1997	Waterford Crystal	66	Burger King Limerick	71
21.12.1997	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	93	Riverisland Castleisland	79
21.12.1997	Tolka Rovers	98	Sligo Dairies	111
	Week 11
04.01.1998	Tolka Rovers	85	Burger King Limerick	103
04.01.1998	Sligo Dairies	122	St. Galls	74
04.01.1998	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	72	Waterford Crystal	75
04.01.1998	Oscar Tridents	64	Riverisland Castleisland	100
	Week 12
11.01.1998	Riverisland Castleisland	89	Sligo Dairies	101
11.01.1998	Burger King Limerick	74	Waterford Crystal	82
11.01.1998	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	102	Oscar Tridents	87
11.01.1998	St. Galls	71	Tolka Rovers	117
	Week 13
18.01.1998	Sligo Dairies	83	Team Oscar Tridents	85
18.01.1998	Waterford Crystal	104	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	84
18.01.1998	Tolka Rovers	102	Riverisland Castleisland	95
18.01.1998	St. Galls	71	Burgerland Limerick	98
	Week 14
01.02.1997	Sligo Dairies	85	Tolka Rovers	81
01.02.1997	Waterford Crystal	106	Oscar Tridents	87
01.02.1997	Riverisland Castleisland	129	St. Galls	81
01.02.1997	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	67	Burger King Limerick	51
	Week 15
08.02.1998	St. Galls	74	Tolka Rovers	115
08.02.1998	Oscar Tridents	51	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	81
08.02.1998	Waterford Crystal	91	Team Sligo Dairies	85
08.02.1998	Burger King Limerick	112	Riverisland Castleisland	89
	Week 16
15.02.1998	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	106	Sligo Dairies	87
15.02.1998	Tolka Rovers	109	Waterford Crystal	78
15.02.1998	Team Oscar Tridents	99	Burger King Limerick	110
15.02.1998	Riverisland Castleisland	112	St. Galls	71
	Week 17
22.02.1998	Team Sligo Dairies	111	Team Oscar Tridents	85
22.02.1998	Riverisland Castleisland	80	Burger King Limerick	89
22.02.1998	St. Galls	62	Waterford Crystal	127
22.02.1998	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	88	Tolka Rovers	92
	Week 18
22.02.1998	Burger King Limerick	61	Sligo Dairies	98
22.02.1998	Waterford Cyrstal	67	Riverisland Castleisland	61
22.02.1998	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	121	St. Galls	82
22.02.1998	Team Oscar Tridents	76	Tolka Rovers	79

[References: 3-27]

Report

Sligo All Stars (aka Sligo Dairies for sponsorship reasons) were out in front of the Irish Basketball Association Budweiser Men’s Division 1 at the end of October with four wins from four games. Waterford Crystal were hot on their heels with three wins and one loss.

A month later at the end of November, Team Sligo Dairies were still undefeated with 8 wins, two ahead of nearest challengers Waterford Crystal, with three teams on 4 wins: Riverisland Castleisland, MSB (Mid Sutton-Baldoyle) and Burger King Limerick.

Sligo Dairies dropped their first game of the season in Week 9 to Burger KIng Limerick who won by a surprising 16 points as they moved into a three-way tie for second on 6 wins with Waterford Crystal and MSB, three behinf Sligo Dairies by the end of 1997. Three other teams were still n contention for the playoffs with Riverisland Castleisland on five wins, and Tolka Rovers and Team Oscar Tridents on four each. Only St. Galls of Belfast out of the running with ten straight defeats.

By the last weekend of league action in January 1998, Sligo Dairies were still on top although had just lost their second game of the season to Oscar Tridents, who were second last. Waterford Crystal remained in contention with three wins in January, leaving them on 9-4. Burger King Limerick (8-5) and MSB (7-6) were the other two playoff placed teams.

At the end of the season, Sligo Dairies had held on to win the League with 14 wins from 18 games, one win ahead of Waterford Crystal and two ahead of Burger King Limerick. Tolka Rovers sneaked into the Division 1 Championship ahead of Mid Sutton-Baldoyle after both finished on 10-8. Riverisland Castleisland (8-10), Oscar Tridents (5-13) and St. Galls (0-18) took the bottom three spots.

In the Division 1 Championship Waterford Crystal overcame Sligo Dairies 90-68 in the Final, after they had knocked out Burger King Limerick and Tolka Rovers respectively in the Semi-Finals. All four were promoted to the Super League for 1998-99.

About the Basketball National Leagues

The Men’s Division 1 was the 2nd Level of the IBA National Basketball League from 1993-2003. There was automatic Promotion and Relegation to and from the Super League.

The Second Level was merged with the Super League after the 1997-98 season and re-established in 2001. Ballina won the Playoff Final in 2001-02, and completed the double in 2002-03.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 2, 1998. pp. 20-21.

[2] Anon. (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1998. pp. 34-35

[3] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, October 6, 1997. Pg. 30

[4] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, October 13, 1997. Pg. 34

[5] Anon. (1997) “Ballina want McClean on the Plane from Spain” Irish Independent. Friday, October 17, 1997. Pg. 18

[6] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Saturday, October 18, 1997. Pg. 22

[7] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, October 20, 1997. Pg. 32

[8] Anon. (1997) “McClean helps to sink Neptune” Irish Independent. Monday, October 20, 1997. Pg. 32

[9] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, October 27, 1997. Pg. 34

[10] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, November 10, 1997. Pg. 34.

[11] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, November 17, 1997. Pg. 34.

[12] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, November 24, 1997. Pg. 30.

[13] Anon. (1997) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, December 1, 1997. Pg. 30

[14] Anon. (1997) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, December8, 1997, Pg. 33

[15] Anon. (1997) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, December 22, 1997, Pg. 40

[16] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, January 5, 1998, Pg. 23

[17] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, January 12, 1998, Pg. 31

[18] Anon. (1998) “Neptune looking up as Augusto points the way” Irish Independent. Monday, January 19, 1998, Pg. 30

[19] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, January 26, 1998, Pg. 31

[20] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, February 2, 1998, Pg. 20

[21] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, February 9, 1998, Pg. 26

[22] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, February 16, 1998, Pg. 32

[23] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, February 23, 1998, Pg. 28

[24] Anon. (1998) “A-Z of Weekend Sport: Basketball” Irish Independent. Monday, March 2, 1998, Pg. 20

[3] Anon. (1997) “Sports Round Up” Irish Times. Monday, November 24, 1997. pg. 28 [Internet] Available online at: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1997/1124/Pg028.html#Ar02800 [Accessed 19 December 2020]

[4] Anon. (1997) “Sports Round Up” Irish Times. Monday, December 1, 1997. pg. 30 [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1997/1201/Pg030.html#Ar03000 [Accessed 19 December 2020]

Websites

[1] Basketball Ireland (2018) History [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/history/ [Accessed 26 May 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 19 December 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

July 20, 2020

Basketball Ireland National League Men’s Super League 2020-21

Basketball Ireland Logo [Ref: 1]

BI MSL Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Super League North
Belfast Star
Eanna
UCD Marian
Templeogue
Killester
DCU Saints
Super League South
Maree
Moycullen
KCYMS
Tralee Warriors
Neptune
Ballincollig

Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League Conferences 2020-21 [Ref: 2]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*	*Away Team*
	Week 1	Northern Conference
17.10.2020	UCD Marian	Belfast Star
17.10.2020	DBS Eanna	Pyrobel Killester
17.10.2020	Griffith College Templeogue	DCU Saints
	Week 1	South Conference
17.10.2020	Tradehouse Central Ballincollig	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors
17.10.2020	Maree BC	Moycullen BC
17.10.2020	Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin	CandS Neptune BC

Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League Conferences 2020-21 [Ref: 3]

Report

The Basketball Ireland Men’s National League Conferences were announced on 7th July 2020. The National Leagues will be returning to a North and South Conference system, not used in the Super League since the 2011-12 season.

Ballincollig were promoted to the Men’s Super League and will take part in the South Conference alongside fellow Cork side Neptune, Kerry clubs KCYMS and Tralee Warriors and two Galway teams, Maree and Moycullen.

Super League North Conference consists of another six teams: Belfast Star and five Dublin teams: Eanna (Ballyroan), Templeogue, UCD Marian from the Southside and Killester and DCU Saints from the Northside.

Reference

Images

[1] Basketball Ireland (2019) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extralogo.png [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Websites

[2] Basketball Ireland (2020) News: July 07, 2020: Men?s SL teams learn Conference fate, four new Division 1 teamsn’s Super | Fixtures [Internet] Available from:https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10064442/men%e2%80%99s-sl-teams-learn-conference-fate-four-new-division-1-teams/ [Accessed 7 July 2020]

[3] Basketball Ireland (2020)2020/2021 Super League and Division One Fixtures Released [Internet] Available from: basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10067145/202021-super-league-and-division-one-fixtures-released/ [Accessed 10 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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July 20, 2020

Basketball Ireland National League Men’s Division 1 2020-21

Basketball Ireland Logo [Ref: 1]

BI MNL D1 Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Division 1 North
Ulster University
LYIT
Sligo All-Stars
Titans
Drogheda Wolves
Malahide
Tolka Rovers
Dublin Lions
Division 1 South
St. Paul’s Killarney
Team Kerry
Limerick Celtics
UL Eagles
Fr. Mathews
WIT Waterford
Portlaoise Panthers
IT Carlow

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 Conferences 2020-21 [Ref: 2]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*	*Away Team*
	Week 1	North Conference
17.10.2020	LYIT Donegal	Titans BC
17.10.2020	Grand Hotel Malahide	Sligo All-Stars
17.10.2020	Abbey Seals Dublin Lions	McGowans Tolka Rovers
18.10.2020	Drogheda Wolves	Ulster University
	Week 1	South Conference
17.10.2020	Scotts Lakers St. Paul’s Killarney	Killarney Cougars
17.10.2020	Fr. Mathews	WIT Waterford
17.10.2020	Portlaoise Panthers	Limerick Celtics
18.10.2020	IT Carlow Basketball	Limerick Sport Eagles

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 Conferences 2020-21 [Ref: 3]

Report

Division 1 consists of 16 teams, divided equally into North and South Conferences. Division 1 North consists of Ulster University and Letterkenny IT from Ulster, Sligo All-Stars and Titans (Galway) from Connacht, Drogheda Wolves from Louth and Malahide, Tolka Rovers and Dublin Lions (Clondalkin) from Dublin.

Division 1 South includes St. Paul’s and Team Kerry (both Killarney, Kerry), Limerick Celtics and UL Eagles from Limerick, Fr. Mathews from Cork, and Waterford IT, all from Munster. Two South Leinster teams complete the line-up: Portlaoise Panthers (Laois) and IT Carlow.

In all there are four new teams completing a 28-team National League: Team Kerry, Drogheda Wolves, Malahide and Titans, with Titans returning after a years absence.

Reference

Images

[1] Basketball Ireland (2019) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extralogo.png [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Websites

[2] Basketball Ireland (2019) News: July 07, 2020: Men?s SL teams learn Conference fate, four new Division 1 teamsn’s Super | Fixtures [Internet] Available from:https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10064442/men%e2%80%99s-sl-teams-learn-conference-fate-four-new-division-1-teams/ [Accessed 7 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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July 20, 2020

Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Division 1 2020-21

Basketball Ireland Logo [Ref: 1]

Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North Conference
LYIT Donegal
Belfast Phoenix Rockets
Swords Thunder
Griffith College Templeogue
Ulster University
South Conference
Limerick Celtics
UL Huskies
NUIG Mystics
Tipperary Knights
Portlaoise Panthers
St. Paul’s Killarney

Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Division 1 Standings 2020-21 [Ref: 2]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*	*Away Team*
	Week 1	North Conference
17.10.2020	LYIT Donegal	Phoenix Rockets
17.10.2020	Griffith College Templeogue	Swords Thunder
	Week 1	South Conference
16.10.2020	Limerick Sport Huskies	NUIG Mystics
17.10.2020	St. Paul’s Killarney	Tipperary Knights
17.10.2020	Portlaoise Panthers	Limerick Celtics

Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Division 1 Results 2020-21 [Ref: 3]

Report

Basketball Ireland continued with the two Conference system for the National League Women’s Division 1 (Level 2) for the 2020-21 season, with five teams in the North Conference and six in the South.

Division 1 North consists of newcomers LYIT Donegal (Letterkenny IT), alongside Belfast Phoenix Rockets, Swords Thunder, Griffith College Templeogue, and Ulster University.

Division 1 South contains two Limerick sides, Limerick Celtics and UL Huskies, NUIG Mystics from Galway, Portlaoise Panthers (Laois), Tipperary Knights and Kerry side St. Paul’s Killarney.

Teams are to play each team in their own Conference twice and teams in the other Conference once, meaning a 15-game schedule in the North Conference and 16-game schedule in the South Conference.

The top three teams in each Conference qualify for the playoffs, with each of the Conference winners seeded directly into the Semi-Finals.

Reference

Images

[1] Basketball Ireland (2019) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extralogo.png [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Websites

[2] Basketball Ireland (2019) Conference system confirmed for Womens Division 1 [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10064577/conference-system-confirmed-for-womens-division-1/ [Accessed 20 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester.

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July 20, 2020

Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Super League 2020-21

Basketball Ireland Logo [Ref: 1]

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
North Conference
DCU Mercy
Pyrobel Killester
Trinity Meteors
IT Carlow
Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics
Maree
South
UCC Glanmire
Fr Mathews
Brunell
St. Mary’s Castleisland
Marble City Hawks
Waterford Wildcats

Basketball Ireland Women’s National League Super League Standings 2020-21 [Ref: 2]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*	*Away Team*
	Week 1	North Conference
17.10.2020	Trinity Meteors	DCU Mercy
17.10.2020	Pyrobel Killester	Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics
17.10.2020	Maree BC	IT Carlow
	Week 1	South Conference
17.10.2020	The Address UCC Glanmire	Marble City Hawks
17.10.2020	Fr. Mathews	Team Garvey’s St. Mary’s
17.10.2020	Waterford Wildcats	Singleton SuperValu Brunell

Basketball Ireland Women’s National League Super League Results 2020-21 [Ref: 3]

Report

Basketball Ireland introduced a Conference system for the National League women’s Super League for the first time for the 2020-21 season, with 12 teams in total divided into two conferences, North and South.

The North conference features three Dublin teams: Champions DCU Mercy, Pyrobel Killester and Trinity Meteors, as well as IT Carlow, Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics (Kildare) and Maree fro Galway.

The South Conference features three Cork sides: Ambassador UCC Glanmire, Fr. Mathews and Singleton SuperValu Brunell, as well as Kerry team St. Mary’s Castleisland, Marble City Hawks from Kilkenny and Waterford Wildcats.

The top three teams in each Conference qualify for the playoffs, with each of the Conference winners seeded directly into the Semi-Finals.

Reference

Images

[1] Basketball Ireland (2019) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extralogo.png [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Websites

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester.

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July 7, 2020

Basketball Ireland Men’s National League Conferences 2020-21

Basketball Ireland Logo [Ref: 1]

BI Men’s National League Super League Conferences

Super League North	Super League South
Belfast Star	Maree
Eanna	Moycullen
UCD Marian	KCYMS
Templeogue	Tralee Warriors
Killester	Neptune
DCU Saints	Ballincollig

Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League Conferences 2020-21 [Ref: 2]

BI Men’s National League Division 1 Conferences

Division 1 North	Division 1 South
Ulster University	St. Paul’s Killarney
LYIT	Team Kerry
Sligo All-Stars	Limerick Celtics
Titans	UL Eagles
Drogheda Wolves	Fr. Mathews
Malahide	WIT Waterford
Tolka Rovers	Portlaoise Panthers
Dublin Lions	IT Carlow

Basketball Ireland Men’s Division 1 Conferences 2020-21 [Ref: 2]

Report

Division consists of 16 teams, also divided equally into North and South Conferences. Division 1 North consists of Ulster University and Letterkenny IT from Ulster, Sligo All-Stars and Titans (Galway) from Connacht, Drogheda Wolves from Louth and Malahide, Tolka Rovers and Dublin Lions (Clondalkin) from Dublin.

In all there are four new teams completing a 28-team National League: Team Kerry, Drogheda Wolves, Malahide and Titans, with Titans returning after a years absence.

Reference

Images

[1] Basketball Ireland (2019) Basketball Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extralogo.png [Accessed 13 August 2019]

Websites

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

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Last Updated: 7 July 2020

May 31, 2020

Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Division 1 2015-16

Final Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	PTS
*NUI Galway Mystics	16	15	1	1144	829	46
*Fr. Mathews	16	12	4	1001	838	44
*Team Denjoes American Style	16	11	5	985	873	38
*Oblate Dynamos	16	9	7	926	901	34
Ulster Rockets	16	8	8	938	919	32
Team Garvey’s Tralee	16	7	9	847	870	30
IT Carlow Basketball	16	6	10	888	969	28
Marble City Hawks	16	4	12	685	859	24
Longford Falcons	16	0	16	663	1019	16

Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Division 1 Final Standings 2015-16 [Ref: 2]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
05.03.2016	Oblate Dynamos	45	Ulster Rockets	70
05.03.2016	Team Denjoes AS	57	Team Garvey’s Tralee	41
	Semi-Finals
12.03.2016	NUI Galway Mystics	68	Ulster Rockets	58
12.03.2016	Fr. Mathews	68	Team Denjoes AS	60
	Final
19.03.2016	Nui Galway Mystics	79	Fr. Mathews	61

Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Division 1 Playoffs 2015-16 [Ref: 2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
03.10.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	46	Team Garvey’s Tralee	51
03.10.2015	Oblate Dynamos	62	Ulster Rockets	70
03.10.2015	NUI Galway Mystics	62	Marble City Hawks	32
03.10.2015	Fr. Mathews	67	Longford Falcons	50
	Round 2
10.10.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	71	NUI Galway Mystics	85
10.10.2015	Team Denjoes AS	54	Oblate Dynamos	63
11.10.2015	Marble City Hawks	41	Fr. Mathews	37
	Round 3
17.10.2015	Team Garvey’s Tralee	36	NUI Galway Mystics	56
18.10.2015	Team Denjoes AS	62	IT Carlow Basketball	55
18.10.2015	Marble City Hawks	40	Ulster Rockets	58
	Round 4
24.10.2015	NUI Galway Mystics	69	Longford Falcons	55
24.10.2015	Ulster Rockets	38	Oblate Dynamos	58
24.10.2015	Team Denjoes AS	59	Marble City Hawks	31
24.10.2015	Team Garvey’s Tralee	46	Fr. Mathews	52
	Round 5
25.10.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	70	Ulster Rockets	40
25.10.2015	Longford Falcons	52	Team Denjoes AS	75
25.10.2015	NUI Galway Mystics	81	Team Garvey’s Tralee	49
25.10.2015	Marble City Hawks	47	Oblate Dynamos	58
	Round 6
31.10.2015	Longford Falcons	37	Oblate Dynamos	60
31.10.2015	Team Garvey’s Tralee	66	IT Carlow Basketball	45
01.11.2016	Ulster Rockets	36	Marble City Hawks	31
01.11.2016	Team Denjoes AS	65	Fr. Mathews	54
	Round 7
07.11.2015	Ulster Rockets	83	NUI Galway Mystics	58
08.11.2015	Oblate Dynamos	66	IT Carlow Basketball	55
08.11.2015	Marble City Hawks	65	Longford Falcons	43
	Round 8
21.11.2015	Fr. Mathews	75	Oblate Dynamos	54
21.11.2015	Ulster Rockets	70	Team Denjoes AS	59
22.11.2015	Longford Falcons	43	Team Garvey’s Tralee	54
22.11.2015	Marble City Hawks	47	NUI Galway Mystics	76
	Round 9
28.11.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	50	Longford Falcons	44
28.11.2015	NUI Galway Mystics	82	Oblate Dynamos	63
28.11.2015	Ulster Rockets	68	Fr. Mathews	79
28.11.2015	Team Garvey’s Tralee	79	Marble City Hawks	46
29.11.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	58	Team Denjoes AS	70
	Round 10
13.12.2015	Oblate Dynamos	63	Team Garvey’s Tralee	58
13.12.2015	Marble City Hawks	56	IT Carlow Basketball	64
	Round 11
19.12.2015	Fr. Mathews	68	IT Carlow Basketball	55
19.12.2015	Team Denjoes AS	48	NUI Galway Mystics	81
20.12.2015	Oblate Dynamos	54	Fr. Mathews	63
20.12.2015	Marble City Hawks	38	Team Garvey’s Tralee	42
	Round 12
02.01.2016	NUI Galway Mystics	71	Team Denjoes AS	56
02.01.2016	Team Garvey’s Tralee	59	Longford Falcons	34
	Round 13
16.01.2016	NUI Galway Mystics	72	IT Carlow Basketball	46
16.01.2016	Longford Falcons	29	Marble City hawks	49
16.01.2016	Fr. Mathews	77	Team Denjoes AS	65
16.01.2016	Team Garvey’s Tralee	49	Oblate Dynamos	57
17.01.2016	IT Carlow Basketball	38	Marble City Hawks	53
17.01.2016	Ulster Rockets	70	Longford Falcons	36
	Round 14
13.01.2016	IT Carlow Basketball	31	Fr. Mathews	54
13.01.2016	Longford Falcons	41	Ulster Rockets	59
13.01.2016	Team Denjoes AS	59	Team Garvey’s Tralee	41
14.01.2016	Oblate Dynamos	30	NUI Galway Mystics	81
	Round 15
06.02.2016	Longford Falcons	47	NUI Galway Mystics	80
06.02.2016	Ulster Rockets	74	Team Garvey’s Tralee	63
06.02.2016	Fr. Mathews	61	Marble City Hawks	42
07.02.2016	Oblate Dynamos	53	Team Denjoes AS	73
	Round 16
12.02.2016	Fr. Mathews	65	Ulster Rockets	53
12.02.2016	Team Garvey’s Tralee	43	Team Denjoes AS	64
13.02.2016	NUI Galway Mystics	64	Fr. Mathews	51
13.02.2016	Oblate Dynamos	68	Longford Falcons	22
14.02.2016	Ulster Rockets	65	IT Carlow Basketball	76
	Round 17
17.02.2016	Team Denjoes AS	60	Longford Falcons	35
20.02.2016	Longford Falcons	33	Fr. Mathews	70
20.02.2016	Team Denjoes AS	63	Ulster Rockets	55
21.02.2016	IT Carlow Basketball	64	Oblate Dynamos	55
21.02.2016	Team Garvey’s Tralee	61	Ulster Rockets	48
21.02.2016	Marble City Hawks	34	Team Denjoes AS	53
	Round 18
26.02.2016	Fr. Mathews	64	NUI Galway Mystics	67
26.02.2016	Longford Falcons	62	IT Carlow Basketball	64
27.02.2016	Fr. Mathews	64	Team Garvey’s Tralee	50
27.02.2016	Marble City Hawks	33	Oblate Dynamos	64
27.02.2016	NUI Galway Mystics	59	Ulster Rockets	51

Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Division 1 Regular Season Results 2015-16 [Ref: 2]

Report

The Basketball Ireland National League Women’s Division 1 League title was won in 2015-16 by NUI Galway Mystics with a 15-1 Won-Loss Record, three wins ahead of second place Fr. Mathews, from Cork. These two teams were given a bye into the Playoff Semi-Finals, and were joined by Ulster Rockets and Team Denjoes American Style (St. Mary’s Castleisland – Kerry) after they beat Oblate Dynamos (Inchicore, Dublin) and Team Garvey’s Tralee (Kerry) in the Quarter-Finals. NUI Galway then went to to win the Final 79-61 against Fr. Mathews.

NUIG Mystics were promoted to the Women’s Super League for 2016-17, and were replaced by UL Huskies (Limerick) who were relegated. In addition, Longford Falcons, Tralee and Ulster Rockets dropped back down to the Area Boards, and were replaced by Ulster University Elks.

About

The Basketball Ireland National League Women’s National League Division 1 was the second level of Women’s Basketball in Ireland in 2015-16, below the Super League, and above 12 Area Boards.

There were none teams in Division 1 for 2015-16, up from six in 2014-15. Portlaoise Panthers had been promoted to the Premier League after 2014-15, and no team was relegated. Fr. Mathews (Cork LAB), Ulster Rockets (Basketball NI), Marble City Hawks (Kilkenny – Kilkenny-South East ABB), and Longford Falcons (Shannonside BL) were promoted from the Area Boards, and no team dropped down after the 2014-15 season.

For more on other National Basketball League seasons see: https://eirball.ie/basketball-national-leagues/ including more references)

References

Websites

[1] Basketball Ireland (2017) Women’s Division 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/womensdivision1/ [Accessed 4 October 2015 to 21 September 2016][Broken Link – No Longer Available]

[2] Basketball Ireland (2017) Women’s Division 1 Playoffs [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/wd1playoffs 4 October 2015 to 21 September 2016][Broken Link – No Longer Available]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.

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Basketball Ireland National League Men’s Division 1 2015-16

Final Standings

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Maree	18	17	1	1527	1314	51
*KUBS	18	14	4	1462	1281	42
*Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin	18	14	4	1523	1426	42
*Team Kilkenny	18	10	8	1556	1462	30
C&S Blue Demons	18	7	11	1395	1427	21
BFG Neptune	18	6	12	1540	1573	18
Kestrels	18	6	12	1341	1446	18
IT Carlow Basketball	18	6	12	1281	1444	18
Fr. Mathews	18	5	13	1289	1394	15
JM&L Auctioneers Titans	18	5	13	1348	1495	15

Basketball Ireland National League Division 1 Standings 2015-16 [Ref: 1]

League Cup

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals		Watershed Sports Complex
18.03.2016	KUBS	91	Team Kilkenny	81
19.03.2016	Maree	80	Keane’s Killorglin	76
	Final		Watershed Sports Complex
20.03.2016	Maree	79	KUBS	89

Basketball Ireland National League Division 1 League Cup 2015-16 [Ref: 2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
03.10.2015	Kestrels	59	Maree BC	76
03.10.2015	JM&L Titans	63	KUBS	84
03.10.2015	BFG Neptune	81	Fr. Mathews	88
03.10.2015	Keane’s Killorglin	82	IT Carlow Basketball	70
04.10.2015	C&S Blue Demons	100	Team Kilkenny	82
	Round 2
10.10.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	64	JM&L Titans	56
10.10.2015	Team Kilkenny	88	Kestrels	85
10.10.2015	BFG Neptune	103	Maree BC	116
10.10.2015	Fr. Mathews	68	Keane’s Killorglin	73
10.10.2015	KUBS	60	C&S Blue Demons	50
	Round 3
24.10.2015	C&S Blue Demons	94	IT Carlow Basketball	72
24.10.2015	Kestrels	60	KUBS	82
24.10.2015	BFG Neptune	81	Team Kilkenny	79
24.10.2015	JM&L Titans	99	Fr. Mathews	68
24.10.2015	Keane’s Killorglin	86	Maree BC	76
	Round 4
25.10.2015	Maree BC	72	C&S Blue Demons	62
25.10.2015	Fr. Mathews	97	Kestrels	74
25.10.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	62	BFG Neptune	83
25.10.2015	KUBS	85	Keane’s Killorglin	81
25.10.2015	Team Kilkenny	124	JM&L Titans	79
	Round 5
07.11.2015	Kestrels	84	C&S Blue Demons	71
07.11.2015	JM&L Titans	79	Keane’s Killorglin	88
07.11.2015	BFG Neptune	77	KUBS	87
07.11.2015	Fr. Mathews	71	IT Carlow Basketball	72
	Round 6
21.11.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	65	Maree	78
21.11.2015	BFG Neptune	88	C&S Blue Demons	83
21.11.2015	JM&L Titans	86	Kestrels	73
21.11.2015	Keane’s Killorglin	75	Team Kilkenny	69
21.11.2015	KUBS	73	Fr. Mathews	64
	Round 7
27.11.2015	BFG Neptune	74	Kestrels	99
28.11.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	95	KUBS	107
28.11.2015	JM&L Titans	78	BFG Neptune	96
28.11.2015	Fr. Mathews	77	Team Kilkenny	95
29.11.2015	Maree	83	JM&L Titans	70
	Round 8
12.12.2015	Maree	88	KUBS	81
12.12.2015	Kestrels	81	Keane’s Killorglin	86
12.12.2015	BFG Neptune	110	JM&L Titans	81
12.12.2015	C&S Blue Demons	76	Fr. Mathews	65
13.12.2015	Team Kilkenny	86	Maree	95
	Round 9
19.12.2015	IT Carlow Basketball	61	Keane’s Killorglin	72
19.12.2015	JM&L Titans	69	C&S Blue Demons	67
	Round 10
02.01.2016	Team Kilkenny	103	C&S Blue Demons	75
02.01.2016	Maree	85	Kestrels	61
02.01.2016	Fr. Mathews	80	BFG Neptune	78
02.01.2016	KUBS	78	JM&L Titans	87
	Round 11
16.01.2016	Kestrels	85	Team Kilkenny	71
16.01.2016	JM&L Titans	83	IT Carlow Basketball	89
16.01.2016	Keane’s Killorglin	77	Fr. Mathews	66
16.01.2016	Maree	93	BFG Neptune	83
17.01.2016	C&S Blue Demons	67	KUBS	75
	Round 12
23.01.2016	IT Carlow Basketball	76	C&S Blue Demons	81
23.01.2016	Team Kilkenny	100	BFG Neptune	80
23.01.2016	Fr. Mathews	76	JM&L Titans	65
23.01.2016	Maree	88	Keane’s Killorglin	79
23.01.2016	KUBS	92	Kestrels	52
	Round 12B
29.01.2016	Team Kilkenny	84	IT Carlow Basketball	71
	Round 13
06.02.2016	Kestrels	76	Fr. Mathews	71
06.02.2016	BFG Neptune	96	IT Carlow Basketball	84
06.02.2016	JM&L Titans	84	Team Kilkenny	78
06.02.2016	Keane’s Killorglin	84	KUBS	88
07.02.2016	C&S Blue Demons	92	Maree	97
	Round 14
10.02.2016	Keane’s Killorglin	82	C&S Blue Demons	65
13.02.2016	IT Carlow Basketball	71	Kestrels	69
13.02.2016	Team Kilkenny	84	KUBS	69
13.02.2016	Fr. Mathews	65	Maree	78
13.02.2016	Keane’s Killorglin	100	BFG Neptune	90
	Round 15
19.02.2016	C&S Blue Demons	64	Fr. Mathews	73
20.02.2016	Keane’s Killorglin	81	JM&L Titans	74
20.02.2016	Maree	93	Team Kilkenny	81
20.02.2016	KUBS	75	BFG Neptune	63
20.02.2016	C&S Blue Demons	88	Kestrels	78
21.02.2016	IT Carlow Basketball	83	Fr. Mathews	72
	Round 16
27.02.2016	Kestrels	79	JM&L Titans	72
27.02.2016	Team Kilkenny	99	Keane’s Killorglin	88
27.02.2016	Fr. Mathews	68	KUBS	80
27.02.2016	Maree	78	IT Carlow Basketball	55
	Round 17
.02.2016	C&S Blue Demons	95	BFG Neptune	91
.02.2016	IT Carlow Basketball	71	Team Kilkenny	89
.02.2016	Keane’s Killorglin	98	Kestrels	84
	Round 18
05.03.2016	Kestrels	79	BFG Neptune	74
05.03.2016	JM&L Titans	60	Maree	83
05.03.2016	Team Kilkenny	78	Fr. Mathews	68
05.03.2016	KUBS	86	IT Carlow Basketball	56
05.03.2016	C&S Blue Demons	91	Keane’s Killorglin	97
.03.2016	KUBS	74	Maree	76

Basketball Ireland National League Division 1 Regular Season Results 2015-16 [Ref: 2]

Report

Maree, from Co. Galway, won the Basketball Ireland National League Men’s Division 1 League title with a 17-1 Wins-Losses Record, three wins ahead of second placed KUBS BC from Kilbarrack in North Dublin City and Killorglin in Co. Kerry. Team Kilkenny, were the fourth qualifier for the League Cup with a 10-8 Record.

KUBS shocked Maree in the League Cup Semi-Finals, winning 89-79, and then went on to beat Team Kilkenny 91-81 in the Final, after they South Leinster side had also provided a shock in the Semi-Finals, downing Killorglin 80-76.

KUBS were promoted to the Men’s Super League for 2016-17, along with Tralee Warriors directly from the Area Boards (Kerry). No team was relegated from the Premier League (renamed Super League for 2016-17) and Ulster University Elks, Sligo All-Stars, LYIT Donegal, Dublin Lions (Clondalkin) were promoted to Division 1 from the Area Boards for 2016-17.

About

The Basketball Ireland National League Men’s Division 1 was the second level of Men’s Basketball in Ireland in 2015-16, featuring 10 teams, playing a balanced 18-game home & away schedule.

This was two teams more than in 2014-15, with Eanna BC (Ballyroan, Dublin 14) and SSE Airtricity Moycullen having been promoted from Division 1 after the 2014-15 season, and Neptune having been relegated from the Premier League. Dublin Inter had dropped out of the League having played in the Premier League in 2014-15.

Tolka Rovers had dropped back down to the Area Boards from Division 1 for 2015-16 and they were replaced by four teams from the Area Boards: Kestels (Portlaoise – Midlands ABB), IT Carlow Basketball (Midlands ABB), KUBS (Kilbarrack – Dublin MBB), and Killorglin (Kerry ABB). See other seasons at: https://eirball.ie/basketball-national-leagues/ for more details and references)

Websites

[1] Basketball Ireland (2017) Men’s Division 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/mensdivision1/ [Accessed 4 October 2015 to 21 September 2016][Broken Link – No Longer Available]

[5] Basketball Ireland (2017) League Cup [Internet] Available from:http://www.basketballireland.ie/leaguecup/ [Accessed 21 September 2016][Broken Link – No Longer Available]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Folan.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 31 May 2020

May 27, 2020

Basketball Ireland Men’s National League Top Four / Champions Trophy Finals 1977-Present

Top Four / Champions Trophy Finals 1977-Present

Year	*Winners*		Runners-Up
	ABAI MNL D1		Top Four Finals
1977-78	Marian	64	St Vincent’s Dublin	57
1978-79	Blue Demons	89	Marian	87
	IBBA MNL D1		Top Four Finals
1979-80	St. Vincent’s Killarney	104	Blue Demons	73
1980-81	Blue Demons	77	St. Vincent’s Killarney	74
1981-82	Gleneagle Killarney	100	Team Britvic Blue Demons	97 ot
1982-83	St. Vincent’s Dublin	83	Sporting Belfast	78
1983-84	St. Vincent’s Dublin	104	Gleneagle Killarney	76
1984-85	Team Britvic Blue Demons	77	Burgerland Neptune	74
1985-86	Jameson St. Vincent’s	89	Premier Milk Killester	81
1986-87	Burgerland Neptune	95	Premier Milk Toppers Killester	84
1987-88	Dawn Milk Blue Demons	89	Burgerland Neptune	88
1988-89	Burgerland Neptune	95	Harp Ballina	82
1989-90	St. Vincent’s Dublin	81 +	Harp Ballina	81
1990-91	Burgerland Neptune	92	North Monastery 96ers	91
	Budweiser League Playoffs		IBA MNL Budweiser League
1991-92	Connacht Gold Ballina	91	Jameson St. Vincent’s	78
1992-93	North Monastery 96ers	79	Jameson St. Vincent’s	62
	National Championship		IBA MNL Super League
1993-94	Jameson St. Vincent’s	82	Garvey’s Tigers Tralee	75
1994-95	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	103	Delta Notre Dame	88
1995-96	Star of the Sea	106	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	83
1996-97	Star of the Sea	90	Neptune Camlec	85
1997-98	Star of the Sea	92	Denny Notre Dame	74
1998-99	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	86	Killester	78
1999-2000	Denny Notre Dame	93	St. Vincent’s Dublin	74
2000-01 ^	Season Not Completed
2001-02	Frosties Tigers Tralee	78	DART Killester	69
2002-03	ITP Saints	115	Notre Dame	84
	Super League Final		BI MNL Super League
2003-04	Tralee Tigers	69	DART Killester	54
2004-05	UCC Demons	91	Tralee Tigers	81
2005-06	Roma St. Vincent’s	104	Limerick Lions	74
2006-07	DART Killester	95	Merry Monk Ballina	90
2007-08	Abrekebabra Tigers Tralee	66	DART Killester	62
2008-09	UCC Demons	81	DART Killester	76
2009-10	DART Killester	74	UL Eagles	64
2010-11	DART Killester	84	Bord Gais Neptune	80
2011-12	UL Eagles	70	DCU Saints	56
2012-13	UCC Demons	73	DCU Saints	62
	Champions Trophy Finals		BI MNL Premier League
2013-14	UCC Demons	79	Killester	70
2014-15	UCC Demons	85	Templeogue	73
2015-16	UCC Demons	82	Pyrobel Killester	77
	Champions Trophy		BI MNL Super League
2016-17	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	74	Templeogue BC	73 ot
2017-18	Garvey’s Tralee Warriors	73	Black Amber Templeogue	61
2018-19	Templeogue BC	77	Belfast Star	62
2019-20 &	Season Not Completed

IBBA Men’s National League D1 Top Four Finals / BI MNL Super League Champions Trophy Finals 1977-Present [Ref: 1-61]

Note: + Title Awarded to Jameson St. Vincent’s. Harp Ballina refused to play overtime due to a controversial refereeing decision.

Note 2: ^ League abandoned 7 March 2001 due to outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and Killester declared champions 29 March 2001

Note 3: & League abandoned in March 2020 due to COVID-19 Cornavirus Pandemic and Belfast Star declared winners 14 March 2020

Composite Standings 1977-Present

Team	P	W	L
UCC Demons / Blue Demons (Team Britvic)	11	9	2
DCU Saints / St. Vincent’s Dublin (Jameson, Marathon Sports, ITP)	16	9	7
Belfast Star / Star of the Sea	4	3	1
Tralee Tigers (Abrekebabra / Garvey’s)	5	3	2
Neptune (Burgerland / Camlec)	7	3	4
Killester (Premier Miilk Toppers, DART)	12	3	9
Tralee Warriors (Garvey’s)	2	2	0
St. Vincent’s Killarney (Gleneagle)	4	2	2
UCD Marian / Marian	2	1	1
North Monastery 96ers	2	1	1
UL Eagles	2	1	1
Notre Dame (Delta, Denny)	3	1	2
Ballina Braves (Harp, Connacht Gold, Merry Monk)	4	1	3
Griffith College Dublin Templeogue BC (Black Amber)	4	1	3
Limerick Lions	1	0	1
Sporting Belfast	1	0	1

IBA Top four Finals / BI Champions Trophy Finals Composite Standings 1977-Present [Ref: Compiled from 1-61]

Report

The Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland instituted the Top Four Playoffs in 1977-78. Marian and Blue Demons were the first two winners. In 1979-80 the name of the organization was changed to the Irish Basketball Association (IBBA) to reflect the new paid imports from America. Between then an 1991 St. Vincent’s (Gleneagle) Killarney won it twice, St. Vincent’s (Jameson) Dublin four times, Blue Demons (Team Britvic) from Cork three times, and Neptune (Burgerland), also from Cork, three times.

In 1991-92 the two Men’s Divisions were merged into one Budweiser National League, won by Ballina (Connacht Gold) from Co. Mayo in 1991-92 and North Monastery 96ers, from Cork in 1992-93. The League was again split into two divisions in 1993-94 with the top division renamed the Men’s Super League.

From 1993-94 to 2002-03 the National Championship was won on four occasions by St. Vincent’s Dublin (Saints), Star of the Sea (Belfast) on three occasions and Notre Dame (Tallaght) and Tralee Tigers on one occasion each.

The Association rebranded as Basketball Ireland in 2003 and the two Conference (North and South) system was re-introduced (as in 1991 to 1993). The Super League Playoff Final was won three times between then and 2013 by both UCC Demons (Blue Demons merged with UCC) and DART Killester. Tralee Tigers won it twice and St. Vincent’s Dublin and UL eagles once.

In 2013-14 the Super League was renamed the Premier League for three seasons before reverting to the Super League name, and the National Championship renamed the Champions Trophy. It was won on three occasions by UCC Demons, twice by Garvey’s Tralee Warriors and once by Templeogue BC between 2013-14 and the present.

Connacht Gold Ballina – IBA Men’s National League Budweiser League champions 1991-92 [Ref: 62]

References

Sources / Newspapers

[1] A Special Correspondent (1978) “Weekend Results Round-Up: Basketball “ The Irish Times Monday, March 13, 1978. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1978/0313/Pg003.html#Ar00300:05DC360C1C4D [Accessed 1 January 2020]

[2] A Special Correspondent (1979) “Basketball : Celtic now have tough relegation battle” The Irish Times Wednesday, March 14, 1979. pg. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1979/0314/Pg018.html#Ar01805:49C6C74AC6E84AB6CA4C26E74C16C74CF6E84CF6CA50C6E7 [Accessed 1 January 2020]

Bibliography

[3] Shannon, Kieran (2009) “Hanging from the Rafters: The story of Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball” Appendix Section 1: The Irish Men’s Game: The Complete Records: National League Tables and Top Four semi-finals and Finals. Pp. 516-527.

Magazine Articles

[4] (1984) “National League 1983-84”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. October 1984.

[5] (1985) “Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Autumn 1985.

[6] (1986) “National League Standings 1985-86”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. 1985-86 Season.

[7] (1987) “National League 1986-87”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. 1986-87 Season.

[8] (1989) “National League 1988-89 Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 12. 1988-89 Season. pg. 28

[9] (1990) “National League 1989-90 Final Standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 15. March 1990 pp. 18

[10] (1991) “National League Tables 1990/91”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 18. May 1991 pp. 14

Newspapers

[11] (1983) “Scene is set for top-four showdown”. Irish Press. Monday, March 16, 1983.

[12] (1988) “Dawn Milk leave it to last seconds”. Irish Press. Monday, March 21, 1988. pp. 12-13.

[13] (1989) “Neptune find right formula”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 20, 1989. pp. 14-15.

[14] (1990) “Ballina overtime ban hands it to Vincents”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 19, 1990. pp. 12-13.

[15] (1991) “Last gasp Neptune!”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 25, 1991. pp. 22-23.

[16] (1983) “Vincent’s, North Mon on top”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 21, 1983. pp. 14-15.

[17] (1984) “Top two titles stay in Dublin”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 19, 1984. pp. 16-17.

[18] (1985) “Formula finally right”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 18, 1985. pp. 16-17.

[19] (1986) “Dubliners basket top four honours”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 17, 1986. pp. 12-13.

[20] Anon. (1981) “Pride for the Blues | Div. One (Men)”. Irish Independent. Wednesday, March 25, 1981. pg. 13.

[21] (1992) “League title goes West”. Irish Examiner. Monday, April 13, 1992. pp. 12-13.

[22] Anon. (1993) “For the Record | Basketball”Sunday Independent, April 4, 1993. pg. 52

[23] (1994) “Rose Breen Orchestrates Victory”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 14, 1994. pp. 20-21.

[24] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 18, 1994. pp. 18-19.

[25] Anon. (1995) “Neptune squeeze through” Irish Examiner. Saturday, March 25, 1995 [Pg. 33 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[26] Anon. (1995) Kerry spring surprise” Sundat Independent. March 26, 1995. [Pg. 49 Irish Newspaper Archive]

Magazine Articles

[27] (1996) “Tralee Tops in Budweiser Superleague Marian: Back in big-time after unbeaten campaign”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 33. April 1996. pg. 27

Newspapers

[28] (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 17, 1997. pp. 26-27.

[29] (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 2, 1998. pp. 20-21.

[30] (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1998. pp. 34-35.

[31] (1999) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 29, 1999, pp. 40-41.

[32] (2000) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 20, 2000. pp. 38-39.

[33] (2001) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 26, 2001. pp. 28-29.

[34] (2002) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 25, 2002. pp. 74-75.

[35] (2003) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 24, 2003. pp. 34-35.

[36] (2004) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 15, 2004. pp. 26-27.

[37] (2005) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 21, 2005. pp. 36-37.

[38] (2005) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 14, 2005. pp. 28-29.

[39] (2007) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 26, 2007. pp. 30-31.

[40] (2008) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 31, 2008. pp. 26-27.

[41] (2009) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 30, 2009. pp. 28-29.

[42] (2010) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 8, 2010. pp. 30-31.

[43] (2011) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 7, 2011. pp. 24-25.

Websites

[44] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2004-05 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2004-05.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[45] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2005-06 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2005-06.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[46] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2006-07 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2006-07.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[47] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2007-08 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2007-08.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[48] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2008-09 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2008-09.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[49] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2009-10 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2009-10.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[50] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2010-11 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2010-11.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[51] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2011-12 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2011-12.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[52] Eurobasket (2014) Basketball Ireland Super League 2012-13 [Internet] Available from: www.eurobasket.com/Ireland/basketball-Super-League_2012-13.asp [Accessed 22 September 2016]

[53] Basketball Ireland (2018) History [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/history/ [Accessed 26 May 2018]

Newspapers

[54] Anon. (2014) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 24, 2014. pp. 52-53.

Websites

[55] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2015) Men’s Champions Trophy 2014-15 [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1001&id=1211 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[56] Basketball Ireland (2016) Men’s Premier 2015-16 [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menspremier/ [Accessed 21 September 2016]

[57] Basketball Ireland (2016) Men’s Champions Trophy 2015-16 [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/championstrophy/ [Accessed 21 September 2016]

[58] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Champions Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/championstrophy [Accessed 28 March 2017]

[59] Basketball Ireland (2018) Mens Champions Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/menschampionstrophy [Accessed 12 March 2018]

[60] Basketball Ireland (2018) MSL Champions Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/league/138821/ [Accessed 23 April 2019]

[61] Basketball Ireland (2020) MNCC confirms winner of Basketball Ireland Men’s Super League [Internet] Available from: https://www.basketballireland.ie/news-detail/10061709/mncc-confirms-winner-of-basketball-ireland-mens-super-league/ [Accessed 28 April 2020]

Note: Copies of The Irish Independent, Irish Press & Irish Examiner are available to view online at the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Images

[62] Folan, John | Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s And 90s Facebook Group (2020) Post to Page, January 27, 2020″Fantastic team loved going to see them play” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/84031072_1023908997993251_8391839803976450048_n.jpg?nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=ca434c&_nc_ohc=eZjapq8zlu4AX9QUva&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=03447b305a695c8d4a572078f382a059&oe=5E9F44CB [Accessed 25 March 2020][Adjusted]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu and John Folan.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 27 May 2020