IBA Men’s Senior National Cup Finals 1994-2005
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | ||
| 1994-95 | North Monastery 96’ers | 84 | Garvey’s Tigers Tralee | 73 |
| 1995-96 | Chambourcy Ballina | 82 | Star of the Sea | 69 |
| 1996-97 | Denny Notre Dame | 80 | Marathon St. Vincent’s | 75 |
| 1997-98 | Denny Notre Dame | 79 | Neptune Evening Echo | 73 |
| 1998-99 | Denny Notre Dame | 82 | Esat Blue Demons | 61 |
| 1999-2000 | Denny Notre Dame | 69 | St. Vincent’s | 67 |
| 2000-01 | Thorn Killester | 87 | Longnecks Ballina | 71 |
| 2001-02 | Burger King Limerick | 89 | Sx3 Star | 83 |
| 2002-03 | Mardyke UCC Demons | 84 | Sx3 Star | 83 |
| 2003-04 | Mardyke UCC Demons | 86 | Neptune | 83 |
| 2004-05 | Abrakebabra Tigers Tralee | 90 | Roma St. Vincent’s | 81 |
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About
The Senior National Cup was the All-Ireland Cup in Men’s Basketball from 1994-2005. It followed on from the Senior Cup and was replaced by the Super League Cup (Super League teams) and President’s Cup (Division 1 teams) in 2005-06. Any team in Ireland could enter, from teams in the two National Divisions to teams at a Regional Area Board level.
Report
Denny Notre Dame, from Firhouse in Dublin, who were resident at the time in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, were the Cup specialists during this era – winning the Cup four times in a row from 1996-2000.
Killester stopped their run in 2000-01 and from then on it was all Munster teams, as Limerick won it in 2001-02, followed by two wins for UCC Demons, and then in 2004-05 Tralee Tigers.
Another Cork side, North Monastery 96ers and Ballina from Mayo had preceeded Notre Dame’s record run.
References
Sources
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[2] (1996) “Tallaght Details”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 29, 1996. pp. 32-33
[3] (1997) “All The Sprite Cup Results”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 27, 1997. pg. 26
[4] (1998) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 26, 1998. pp. 30-31
[5] (1999) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 1, 1999. pp. 30-31
[6] (2000) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 31, 2000. pp. 28-29
[7] (2001) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 29, 2001. pp. 38-39
[8] (2002) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 28, 2002. pp. 26-27
[9] (2003) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 3, 2003. pp. 52-53
[10] (2004) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 31, 2004. pp. 22-23
[11] (2004) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, February 2, 2004. pp. 30-31
[12] (2005) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 31, 2005. pp. 28-29
Note: An Archive of The Irish Independent is available to view online at The Irish Newspaper Archive which is a subscription service: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com
Images
[13] Ross Mahon / Shutterstock (2021) TALLAGHT, IRELAND – MARCH 01, 2021: An aerial view of the National Basketball Arena in Tymon Park. [Accessed 4 May 2021]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to John Folan
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