Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
24.01.1998	Killester	78	Marathon Limerick	56
24.01.1998	New Balance Blue Demons	89	Team Sligo Dairies	64
	Final
25.01.1998	Killester	67	New Balance Blue Demons	52

Pool Finals

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool 1 Final
16.11.1997	Sligo Dairies	57	Tolka Rovers	55
	Pool 2 Final
16.11.1997	Killester	74	Neptune	57
	Pool 3 Final
16.11.1997	Blue Demons	66	Marian	64
	Pool 4 Final
16.11.1997	Marathon Limerick	79	St. Vincent’s	65

Pool Tables

Mens U19 Cup	P	W	L	Pts
Pool 4
Burger King Marathon Limerick	3	3	0	9
St. Vincent’s	3	2	1	7
Roadstone Rockets	2	1	1	4
Crescent Limerick	3	1	2	5
Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	3	0	3	3

Report

The Irish Basketball Association Men’s U19 Junior National Cup was won in 1997-98 by Killester from Dublin who defeated New Balance Blue Demons from Cork 67-52 in the Final. The Cup was divided into four Preliminary Round Pools, with the Winners of the Four Pool Finals being: Sligo Dairies (57-55 v Tolka Rovers), Killester (74-57 v Neptune), Blue Demons (66-64 v Marian), and Marathon Limerick (79-65 v St. Vincent’s). The four Pool Winners then met in the Sprite Cup Finals weekend at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin 24, where Killester knocked out Marathon Limerick, and Blue Demons defeated Sligo Dairies.

About Basketball Ireland / Irish Basketball Association Cups

The Irish Basketball Association ran the National Cup for the Top Two Divisions as well as any regional teams that wished to enter in both Men’s and Women’s as well as Junior (Under 19) Cup for both Men and Women. The Cups were Knockout (single elimination) from the First Round. They were replaced by Super League and Division 1 Cups when the Association rebranded as Basketball Ireland in 2003. The Junior (U19) Cups were replaced by Under 20 and Under 18 Cups. Other Cups included the Irish Wheelchair Basketball Cup and introduced in the late 2010s the National Intermediate Cup Competition (Tier 3).

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool 4
15.11.1997	Team Burger KIng Marathon	82	St. Vincent’s	81
15.11.1997	Crescent Limerick	124	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	39
15.11.1997	St. Vincent’s	77	Roadstone Rockets	58
15.11.1997	Team Burger King Marathon	54	Crescent Limerick	53
15.11.1997	Roadstone Rockets	82	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	67
15.11.1997	St. Vincent’s	61	Crescent Limerick	60
15.11.1997	Team Burger King Marathon	80	Mid Sutton-Baldoyle	78

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1997) “Factfile: Basketball” Irish Independent. Sunday, November 16, 1997. Pg. 60.

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

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.

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