Scoreboard

Table / Standings

Table/Standings compiled from results on Basketball Ireland website – please visit official Basketball Ireland National League MissQuote.ie Super League page for Official Results & Fixtures at: https://ireland.basketball/2022-23-superleague-tables-missquote.ie . Please also see References S-1 to S-2 for more details.

Champions Trophy Playoffs

Schedule compiled from results on Basketball Ireland website – please visit official Basketball Ireland National League InsureMyVan Super League page for Official Results & Fixtures at: https://ireland.basketball/20210930152816-women-s-superleague . Please also see References S-1 to S-2 for more details.

Regular Season Schedule

Schedule compiled from results on Basketball Ireland website – please visit official Basketball Ireland National League InsureMyVan Super League page for Official Results & Fixtures at: https://ireland.basketball/20210930152816-women-s-superleague . Please also see References S-1 to S-2 for more details.

Week by Week Recaps

Weeks 1-5 (October 2022)

After five weeks of the 2022-23 Basketball Ireland National League MissQuote.ie Women’s Super League there was a clear distinction between the title challengers and the teams battling against relegation. The Address UCC Glanmire, DCU Mercy, Waterford Wildcats, Singleton SuperValu Brunell, and Trinity Meteors were all on 4-1 records. Meanwhile the bottom half of the table featured i3PT Fr. Mathews on 2-3, three teams on 1-4: Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics, Killester and Ulster University; and at the foot of the standings University of Galway Mystics on 0-5. [References: S1-S3]

Weeks 6-7 (November 2022)

Trinity Meteors took over the lead of the MissQuote.ie Women’s Super League with two further wins in November: 82-68 versus Waterford Wildcats and 70-59 at i3PT fr. Mathews in Cork, the first game being an important victory over fellow title-challengers. The Address UCC Glanmire continued to keep pace with an 86-72 defeat of i3PT Fr. Mathews who fell to 2-5. DCU Mercy lost to Killester by a point (63-64) to drop a game back and Singleton SuperValu Brunell dropped two games back with defeats to Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics (65-83) and Waterford Wildcats (84-70). Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics also gained a victory over University of Galway Mystics by 95-58 to improve to 3-4 as the Galway team remained pointless. Killester also gained two wins to move to 3-4 alongside Celtics as the North Dublin team won 72-60 at University of Ulster in Jordanstown. In a game in the last weekend of November The Address UCC Glanmire moved joint top of the table with Ulster University with a 108-66 victory in Jordanstown Sports Villege. [References: S1-S2]

Week 8 (10-11 December 2022)

The Address UCC Glanmire and Trinity Meteors continued to set the pace in the Women’s Super League, both moving to 7-1 after victories over DCU Mercy (73-55) Ulster University (86-67) respectively. DCU fall to 5-3 with the loss joining Waterford Wildcats who went down 87-79 to Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics, who improved to 4-4. Killester also improved to 4-4 with an 88-79 win over University of Galway Mystics, joining Singleton SuperValu Brunell on the 50% mark after the Cork side lost 82-72 at i3PT Fr. Mathews who improved to 3-5. [References: S1-S2]

Week 9 (16-17 December 2022)

Four of the top five teams won in Week 9 of the 2022-23 Women’s Super League as Waterford Wildcats were the only team in the top half of the table to lose – 69-81 to League leaders The Address UCC Glanmire, who improved to 8-1. Trinity Meteors kept pace with the Cork side as they defeated Singleton SuperValu Brunell 81-60, dropping the Cork team to 4-5. The third Cork team in the WSL, i3PT Fr. Mathews, fell to 3-6 after a 67-79 loss to Dublin team Killester, who improved to 5-4. In another big game which could help decide which teams make the playoffs, DCU Mercy travelled west across North Dublin to take on Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics, winning 76-65 to go to 5-4 as the Celtics dropped to 3-6. The game between the two bottom teams Ulster University and University of Galway Mystics went the way of the previously winless Connacht team, who joined UU on 1-9 with a 74-68 win in Jordanstown. [References: S-1 to S-2]

Week 10 (30 December 2022 – 2 January 2023)

The Address UCC Glanmire and Trinity Meteors continued on winning ways, both moving to 9-1 after wins over Killester (91-80) and University of Galway Mystics (63-57) respectively. DCU Mercy remained in third place with a 80-58 victory over Singleton SuperValu Brunell, going to 7-3 and putting a bit of daylight between themselves and both Waterford Wildcats and Killester who fell to 5-5 with defeats. Wildcats lost 74-67 at Ulster University who gained an important second victory of the season, climbing off joint last place with UG Mystics in the process. In the other game mid-table i3PT Fr. Mathews and Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics met in Cork, with i3PT Fr. Mathews gaining a 72-66 victory to move onto 4-6 alongside both Liffey Celtics and Brunell. [References: [S-1 to S-2]

Champions Trophy Quarter-Finals (18-19 March 2023)

Waterford Wildcats (#4 seed, 10-8), fresh off their regular season finale defeat of The Address UCC Glanmire, won 63-56 versus Killester (#5 seed, 10-8) in the first Quarter-Final. The second Quarter-Final witnessed a 72-65 victory for Trinity Meteors (#3 seed, 12-6) at home to Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics (#6 seed, 8-10). [References: [S-1 to S-2]

Champions Trophy Semi-Finals (26 March 2023)

Waterford Wildcats (#4 seed, 11-8) could not repeat their shock end-of-regular-season victory over The Address UCC Glanmire (#1 seed, 16-2) as the Cork team triumphed 94-67 in the first Semi-Final at the Mardyke Arena. The second Semi-Final, played at the DCU Arena in Dublin, was a closer affair as DCU Mercy (#2 seed, 13-5) defeated Trinity Meteors (#3 seed, 12-6) to set up a Final between Cork and Dublin City Universities-Club sides. [References: [S-1 to S-2]

Champions Trophy Final (1 April 2023)

#1 seed The Address UCC Glanmire triumphed by 11 points (88-77) in the Champions Trophy Final at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin, versus their Dublin rivals, #2 seed, DCU Mercy. The victory meant The Address UCC Glanmire took home the League and Champions Trophy Playoff double. [References: [S-1 to S-2]

National Basketball Arena, Tallaght

About Basketball Ireland

Basketball Ireland (then known as the Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland) was founded in 1947, playing a Club and County model like the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) before making the change over to a National League based on clubs in the mid-1970s with the National Basketball Cup, a kind of Champions League in four groups of four and Semi-Finals and Finals for the winners of the Area Boards an interim competition between the two in the late 1960s to early 1970s.

About Basketball Ireland National League MissQuote.ie Women’s Super League 2022-23

The Basketball Ireland National League MissQuote.ie Women’s Super League (WSL) 2022-23 is the highest level of Women’s Basketball in Ireland. The WSL features 10 teams covering each province. Leinster’s biggest county population-wise, Dublin is represented by three teams: DCU Mercy (Fingal County Borough), Killlester and Trinity Meteors (Dublin City Borough), while Leixlip Amenities Liffey Celtics from Co. Kildare represent Leinster Province. Munster teams representing Cork are The Address UCC Glanmire, Singleton SuperValu Brunell, and i3PT Fr. Mathews. Waterford Wildcats represent Provincial Munster. University of Galway Mystics represent Connacht and Ulster University based in Jordanstown, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough, Co. Antrim represent Ulster.

References

SCHEDULE REFERENCES

[S-1] Basketball Ireland (2022) MissQuote.ie Womens Super League League Tables 2022-23 [Internet] Available from: https://ireland.basketball/2022-23-superleague-tables-missquote.ie [Accessed 9 October 2022][Last Accessed 14 December 2022]

[S-2] Basketball Ireland (2022) MissQuote.ie Womens Super League Results & Fixtures 2022-23 [Internet] Available from:  https://ireland.basketball/20210930152816-women-s-superleague [Accessed 9 October 2022][Last Accessed 15 January 2023]

[S-3] Basketball Ireland (2022) Brittany Byrd scores 52 for The Address UCC Glanmire, Energywise Ireland Neptune’s unbeaten run comes to an end [Internet] Available from: https://ireland.basketball/brittany-byrd-scores-52-points-for-glanmire-neptune-unbeaten-run-comes-to-its-end [Accessed 6 November 2022]

IMAGE REFERENCES

[IB-5] Picture Credit: Ross Mahon / Shutterstock (2021) TALLAGHT, IRELAND – MARCH 01, 2021: An aerial view of the National Basketball Arena in Tymon Park. [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/tallaght-ireland-march-01-2021-aerial-1927772876 [Accessed 4 May 2021]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Ann Hanly.

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