National Basketball Arena, Tallaght – 15-17 November 1996

Semi-Finals & Final

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
16.11.1996	Denny Notre Dame	66	Star of the Sea	62
16.11.1996	Finish Profiles Amsterdam (Ned)	68	Chester Jets (Eng)	55
	3rd Place Playoff
17.11.1996	Star of the Sea	74	Chester Jets (Eng)	66
	Final
17.11.1996	Denny Notre Dame	84	Finish Profiiles Amsterdam (Ned)	80

Reference: [1-2]

Pool Tables

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Pool A
*Denny Notre Dame	2	2	0	162	137	4
*Finish Profiles Amsterdam (Ned)	1	0	1	65	66	0
Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	1	0	1	72	96	0
Pool B
*Chester Jets (Eng)	2	2	0	170	137	4
*Star of the Sea	2	1	1	136	135	2
TNT Killester	2	0	2	138	172	0

Reference: Compiled from Results in [2-3]

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool A
15.11.1996	Denny Notre Dame	66	Finish Profiles Amsterdam	65
16.11.1996	Denny Notre Dame	96	Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s	72
16.11.1996	Finish Profiles Amsterdam		Marathon Sports St. Vincent’s
	Pool B
15.11.1996	Chester Jets	101	TNT Killester	72
16.11.1996	Chester Jets	69	Star of the Sea	65
16.11.1996	Star of the Sea	71	TNT Killester	66

Reference: [2-3]

Player Awards

Award	Player
Tournament MVP (Most Valuable Player)	Anthony Jenkins (Denny Notre Dame)

Reference: [4]

Report

Denny Notre Dame shocked everyone by winning the 31st Roy Curtis International Tournament. Anthony Jenkins was the star as they defeated top Dutch side Finish Profiles Amsterdam, not once, but twice to claim the prestigious International Tournament. [1-4]

Amsterdam had come into the Tournament as favourites having already beaten the 1995 winners, Den Bosch back in the Netherlands. [5]

References

Newspapers / Sources

[1] Anon. (1996) “Basketball “ Irish Independent. Monday, November 18, 1996. [pg 30 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[2] Anon. (1996) “Miracle escape for Denny” Irish Independent. Saturday, November 16, 1984. [pg 18 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[3] Anon. (1984) “Basketball” Sunday Independent. November 17, 1984. [pg 54 Irish Newspaper Archive]

[4] Leonard, Stephen (1996) “Pride of Europe – Denny Shock all in Roy Curtis win” Tallaght Echo. Thursday, 21 November 1996. [Internet] Available from the Irish Basketball Memories of the 80s and 90s Facebook Group – post by Enda Mulcahy: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2126089994365366&set=gm.2648911108465685&type=3&theater&ifg=1 [Accessed 8 December 2019]

[5] Leonard, Stephen (1996) “All eyes on Arena – Europe’s best arrive to contest Roy Curtis event” Tallaght Echo. Thursday, 14 November 1996. pg. 62

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Gihbu & Pat Connolly.

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