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Basketball Ireland National League Men’s Super League 2003-2013

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North East Basketball Board Senior Men’s League 2015-2018

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North East Basketball Board Senior Ladies League 2015-2018

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Basketball Northern Ireland Women’s Senior League 2014-2018

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Basketball Northern Ireland Men’s Premier League 2014-2018

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Irish Basketball Association Women’s Senior National Cup 1994-2005

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Irish Basketball Association Men’s Senior National Cup 1994-2005

Basketball Ireland National League 2003-04

Basketball Ireland National League 2004-05

Basketball Ireland National League 2005-06

Basketball Ireland National League 2006-07

Basketball Ireland National League 2007-08

Basketball Ireland National League 2008-2009

Basketball Ireland National League 2009-10

Basketball Ireland National League 2010-11

Basketball Ireland National League 2011-12

Basketball Ireland National League 2012-13

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NEBB Senior Mens 2015-16

NEBB Senior Mens 2016-17

NEBB Senior Mens 2017-18

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NEAB Senior Ladies 2015-16

Senior Ladies 2016-17

NEBB Senior Ladies 2017-18

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BNI Women’s Senior League 2014-15

BNI Women’s Senior League 2015-16

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BNI Men’s Wingfoot Premier League 2014-15

BNI Men’s Wingfoot Premier League 2015-16

BNI Men’s Premier League 2016-17

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IBA Women’s Senior National Cup Finals 1994-2005

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	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*DART Killester	18	12	6			24
*MDS Star	18	11	7			22
*UCD Marian	18	10	8			20
St. Vincent’s	18	8	10			16
Shamrock Rovers Hoops	18	6	12			12
Southern Conference
*Tralee Tigers	20	16	4			32
*Gleneagle Lakers	20	11	9			22
*UCC Demons	20	11	9			22
Neptune	20	9	11			18
Burger King Limerick	20	7	13			14
Waterford Crystal	20	4	16			8

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	MDS Star	81	UCC Demons	79
	Gleneagle Lakers	86	UCD Marian	79
	Semi-Finals
	Tralee Tigers	96	MDS Star	77
	DART Killester	65	Gleneagle Lakers	58
	Final
	Tralee Tigers	69	DART Killester	54

[6][7]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*Roma St. Vincent’s	21	15	6			30
*DART Killester	21	14	7			28
*UCD Marian	21	13	8			26
Ballina	21	10	11			20
MDS Star	21	7	14			14
Shamrock Rovers Hoops	21	5	16			10
Southern Conference
*Tralee Tigers	21	18	3			36
*UCC Demons	21	14	7			28
*Neptune	21	12	9			24
Limerick Lions	21	11	10			22
Waterford Crystal	21	4	17			8
Gleneagle Lakers	21	3	18			6

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
	UCC Demons	84	Roma St. Vincent’s	59
	Tralee Tigers	101	DART Killester	79
	Final
	UCC Demons	91	Tralee Tigers	81

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	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*Ballina	19	12	7			24
*Roma St. Vincent’s	19	11	8			22
*DART Killester	19	9	10			18
MDS Star	19	6	13			12
UCD Marian	19	5	14			10
Shamrock Rovers Hoops	19	5	14			10
Southern Conference
*UCC Demons	18	15	3			30
*Limerick Lions	18	11	7			22
*Gleneagle Lakers	18	11	7			22
Tralee Tigers	18	10	8			20
Neptune	18	7	11			14

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Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	Roma St. Vincent’s	98	Gleneagle Lakers	91
	Limerick Lions	66	DART Killester	60
	Semi-Finals
	Roma St. Vincent’s	W	UCC Demons	L
	Limerick Lion	W	Ballina	L
	Final
	Roma St. Vincent’s	104	Limerick Lions	74

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
North
*Killester	20	15	5			35
*Ballina	20	14	6			34
*Shamrock Rovers Hoops	20	12	8			32
St. Vincent’s	20	11	9			31
MDS Star	20	9	11			29
UCD Marian	20	3	17			23
South
*Tralee Tigers	18	11	7			29
*UCC Demons	18	10	8			28
*St. Paul’s Killarney	18	8	10			26
Neptune	18	7	11			25
Limerick Lions	18	5	13			23

[22]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	UCC Demons	82	Shamrock Rovers Hoops	78
	Merry Monk Ballina	108	St. Paul’s Killarney	88
	Semi-Finals
	Tralee Tigers		Merry Monk Ballina
	Killester		UCC Demons
	Final
	Killester	95	Merry Monk Ballina	90

[10][11]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*DART Killester	21	17	4	1888	1723	38
*DCU Saints	21	14	7	1986	1809	35
*Belfast Star	21	10	11	1769	1855	31
Hoops	21	9	12	1879	1942	30
UCD Marian	21	8	13	2024	2029	29
University of Ulster	21	3	18	1885	2133	24
Southern Conference
Abrakebabra Tigers	21	15	6	1780	1656	36
UCC Demons	21	14	7	2059	1946	35
Neptune	21	13	8	1866	1685	34
Mustang Sally St. Paul’s	21	10	11	1924	1952	31
Limerick Lions	21	7	14	1656	1797	28
Merry Monk Ballina	21	6	15	1852	2041	27

[Reference: 23; 30]

[23]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	UCC Demons	99	Belfast Star	94
	Neptune	114	DCU Saints	97
	Semi-Finals


	Final
	Abrakebabra Tigers Tralee	66	DART Killester	62

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	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*Killester	18	14	4	1460	1300	46
*UCD Marian	18	12	6	1397	1329	42
*Belfast Star	18	10	8	1467	1461	38
DCU Saints	18	8	10	1370	1405	34
Ulster Elks	18	2	16	1436	1634	22
Southern Conference
*UCC Demons	18	17	1	1684	1306	52
*Neptune	18	10	8	1360	1414	38
*Limerick Lions	18	6	12	1287	1377	30
Abrakebabra Tigers	18	6	12	1248	1357	30
Hoops	18	5	15	1386	1512	28

[Reference: 24; 31]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	Neptune	80	Belfast Star	72
	UCD Marian	71	Limerick Lions	61
	Semi-Final Leg 1
	Neptune	63	Killester	85
	UCD Marian	78	UCC Demons	78
	Semi-Final Leg 2
	DART Killester	97	Neptune	75
	UCC Demons	87	UCD Marian	59
	Final
	UCC Demons	81	Killester	76

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	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*Killester	17	12	5			41
*Belfast Star	18	10	8			38
*DCU Saints #(-1)	18	8	10			33
UCD Marian	18	5	13			28
Ulster Elks	18	5	13			28
Southern Conference
*UL Eagles	17	14	3			45
*Neptune	18	13	5			44
*UCC Demons	18	12	6			42
Hoops	18	5	13			28
Moycullen	18	5	13			28

[25]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	Neptune	84	DCU Saints	98
	Belfast Star	79	UCC Demons	83
	Semi-Finals
	Killester	104	DCU Saints	88
	UL Eagles	90	UCC Demons	82
	Final
	Killester	74	UL Eagles	64

[3][4][5][18]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*11890 Killester	20	16	4			52
*DCU Saints	20	13	7			46
*Belfast Star	20	8	12			36
UCD Marian	20	8	12			36
Ulster Elks	20	4	16			28
Southern Conference
*UL Eagles	19	14	5			47
*UCC Demons	19	13	6			45
*Bord Gais Neptune	19	11	8			41
Moycullen	19	1	18			21

[26]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	UCC Demons	86	Belfast Star	88
	DCU Saints	69	Bord Gais Neptune	83
	Semi-Finals
	11890 Killester	96	Belfast Star	67
	UL Eagles	88	Bord Gais Neptune	90
	Final
	11890 Killester	84	Bord Gais Neptune	80

[19]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Northern Conference
*DCU Saints	21	16	5			53
*Killester	21	15	6			51
*UCD Marian	21	6	15			33
Belfast Star	21	4	17			29
Southern Conference
*UCC Demons	21	16	5			53
*Bord Gais Neptune	21	12	9			45
*UL Eagles	21	11	10			43
Moycullen	21	4	17			29

[27]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
UL Eagles	21	16	5			53
Neptune	21	13	8			47
UCC Demons	21	13	8			47
DCU Saints	21	11	10			43
Killester	21	10	11			41
UCD Marian	21	8	13			37
Moycullen	21	8	13			37
Dublin Inter	21	5	16			29

[28]

The Amateur Basketball Association of Ireland was created in 1945, and in 1971 set up the National League. the modern era began in 1980 when the ABAI changed its name to the Irish Basketball Association (IBBA) and sanctioned the introduction of paid professional imports from America. In 1991 the First and Second Divisions were merged into One Division with two conferences, which in 1993 were split again into a Super League (First Level) and Division 1 (Second Level). They were again merged in 1998 and split once again in 2001. The Association rebranded in 2003 as Basketball Ireland and in 2013 the Super League was rebranded the Premier League for three seasons, reverting back to the name Super League in 2016. [29]

This document provides an Overview of the Super League of the Basketball Ireland Men’s National League from 2003 to 2013, which was First Level of Men’s Basketball in Ireland, and was a period when the League reverted to a Two Conference format, with each team playing Home & Away against teams in their own conference, and once against teams in the other conference, following which a series of Playoffs decided the National Champions.

In 2013, with revelations that Basketball Ireland was €1.4 Million in debt following the economic collapse in Ireland at that time, it was decided that the League was in need of restructuring in order to fix it and a Single Division, playing Home & Way was again re-introduced, with the League Rebranded as the Premier League.

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[19] (2011) “Basketball”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 7, 2011. pp. 24-25.

[20] 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]

[21] 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]

[22] 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]

[23] 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]

[24] 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]

[25] 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]

[26] 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]

[27] 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]

[28] 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]

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

[30] Basketball Ireland (2008) Superleague Tables 2008 [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/superleague/mens/tables.jsp?year=2008 [Accessed 6 December 2009]

[31] Basketball Ireland (2008) Superleague Tables 2009 [Internet] Available from: http://www.basketballireland.ie/superleague/mens/tables.jsp?year=2009 [Accessed 6 December 2009]

[1] Sligo Sports and Recreation (2017) Basketball Ireland logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.sligosportandrecreation.ie/wp-content/uploads/basketball-ireland-logo.jpg [Accessed 10 March 2017]

Thanks to John Folan.

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Last Updated: 29 January 2019

January 28, 2019

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Drogheda Bullets (SF)	10	8	2	761	605	26
BC SAVI [Mullagh] (SF)	10	7	3	704	649	24
East Cavan Eagles (SF)	10	6	4	703	630	22
St. Pat’s Navan (SF)	10	5	5	561	590	20
Dunshaughlin Rockets	9	2	7	511	525	13
Kells BC	9	1	8	386	627	11

[1]

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Semi-Finals
02.04.2016	Drogheda Bullets	St. Pat’s Navan
02.04.2016	BC SAVI	East Cavan Eagles
	Final

[2]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
x – Savi BC	14	12	2			38
x – Blayney Blazers	12	10	2			32
x – East Cavan Eagles	14	9	5			32
x – Navan Cougars A	14	8	6			30
Drogheda Bullets #	13	7	6			26
Dunshaughlin Rockets	14	6	8			26
Streete Warriors #	14	1	13			15
Navan Cougars B	13	1	12			15

[3]

3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Loss / 0 Pts Forfeit # / x – Qualify for Top 4 Tournament

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Semi-Finals
18.03.17	Savi BC	Navan Cougars A
18.03.17	Blayney Blazers	East Cavan Eagles
	Final
19.03.17	SF1 Winner	SF2 Winner

[4]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
East Cavan Eagles	16	14	2			44
Drogheda Bullets Warriors #	16	14	2			43
Dunshaughlin Rockets	16	8	8			32
Navan Cougars	16	8	8			32
Blayney Blazers	16	8	8			32
Savi BC	16	8	8			32
Cavan United ###	16	9	7			31
Drogheda Bullets Celtics	16	3	13			22
Streete Warriors	16	0	16			16

[5]

Date

Team

Away Team

3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Loss / 0 Pts Forfeit # / x – Qualify for Top 4 Tournament

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[2] North East Basketball (2016) NEAB Senior Men Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1024&id=1348#.WRFgeOXyvIU [Accessed 9 May 2017]

[3] North East Basketball Board (2017) League Standings [Internet] available from: http://www.nebb.ie/senior1.html [Accessed 3 May 2017]

[4] North East Basketball Board (2017) News – East Cavan Eagles to host Senior Top 4’s St. Patrick Weekend [Internet] available from: http://www.nebb.ie/news/previous/3.html [Accessed 20 June 2017]

[5] North East Basketball Board (2018) League Standings [Internet] available from: http://www.nebb.ie/senior1.html [Accessed 28 July 2017]

[1] North East Basketball Board (2017) NEBB Logo [Internet] available from: http://www.nebb.ie/uploads/6/9/7/8/6978773/1476570926.png [Accessed 29 November 2017]

Thanks to Oliver

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Last Updated: 28 January 2019

January 28, 2019

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
x – Muckno Lakers	6	6	0	520	146	18
x – East Cavan Eagles	6	2	4	215	380	10
Irish Vikings	4	0	4	45	254	4

[2]

	Final
2 Apr 2016	Muckno Lakers		East Cavan Eagles

[3]

Date	Team	Away Team
	Semi-Finals
18.03.2017	Muckno Lakers	Navan Cougars
18.03.2017	East Cavan Eagles	Drogheda Sparks
	Final
19.03.2017	SF1 Winner	SF2 Winner

[4]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Muckno Lakers	10	9	1			28
East Cavan Eagles	10	8	2			26
Dunshaughlin Rockets	10	5	5			20
Drogheda Sparks	10	5	5			20
Navan Cougars	10	3	7			16
Cavan Lakers Rocketz ##	10	0	10			8

[5]
[3]

3 Pts Win / 1 Pt Loss / 0 Pts Forfeit #

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[2] Basketball Ireland comortais (2016) NEAB Senior Ladies Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1024&id=1366#.WRFgOOXyvIV [Accessed 9 May 2017]

[3] North East Basketball Board (2017) League Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.nebb.ie/senior1.html [Accessed 3 May 2017]

[4] North East Basketball Board (2017) News – East Cavan Eagles to host Senior Top 4’s St. Patrick Weekend [Internet] Available from: http://www.nebb.ie/news/previous/3.html [Accessed 20 June 2017]

[5] North East Basketball Board (2018) League Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.nebb.ie/senior1.html [Accessed 28 July 2018]

[1] North East Basketball Board (2017) NEBB Logo [Internet] available from: http://www.nebb.ie/uploads/6/9/7/8/6978773/1476570926.png [Accessed 29 November 2017]

p>Thanks to Yvonne Brady, Navan

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Last Updated: 28 January 2019

January 22, 2019

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Phoenix	9	8	1	562	338	25
Ulster Elks	9	8	1	619	365	25
Tyrone Towers	9	4	5	393	458	17
Magherafelt Titans	9	1	8	354	545	11
Queens	8	1	7	288	510	10

[2]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Ulster Elks	10	9	1	641	450	28
Phoenix BC	10	7	3	617	519	24
Tyrone Towers	9	2	7	385	492	13
Queens BC	9	1	8	339	521	11

[3]

Note: There was no Women’s Senior League in 2016-17.

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Ulster Elks	11	11	0	570	265	33
Queens BC	11	5	6	373	421	15
Belfast Phoenix	11	3	8	230	321	9
Tyrone Towers	11	3	8	386	552	9

[4]

Phoenix won the title in 2014-15 with a similar 8-1 record to Ulster Elks from the Ulster University, who won the title in 2015-16 and 2017-18 – there was no League in 2016-17.

Basketball Northern Ireland is one of 14 Regional Area Boards below the National Leagues, and is 3rd Tier League Nationally.

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[1] Basketball Northern Ireland (2015) Basketball NI Logo [Internet] Available from: https://i0.wp.com/www.basketballni.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Basketball-NI-Logo-PNG-Medium.png?fit=283%2C100 [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[2] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2015) BNI Women’s Senior League Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1007&id=1136 [Accessed 30 July 2016]

[3] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2016) BNI Women’s Senior League Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1007&id=1287 [Accessed 14 April 2017]

[4] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2018) BNI Women’s Senior League Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1007&id=1624#.Wrj5VojwbIU [Accessed 26 March 2018]

Thanks to Justine Connolly

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Last Updated: 22 January 2019

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January 22, 2019

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Ulster University Elks	20	15	5	1607	1257	50
Kilkeel Knights	20	14	6	1508	1325	48
North Star	20	13	7	1448	1261	46
DLT Falcons #	20	13	6	1480	1367	45
Belfast Star #	20	13	7	1298	1163	44
Letterkenny IT	20	12	8	1299	1280	44
Queens	20	10	10	1268	1235	40
CBC	19	9	9	1136	1106	36
Armagh Bisons #	20	4	16	1120	1541	27
Andersonstown Tigers ###	19	3	16	841	1110	22
Magherafelt Titans ##	20	2	18	1010	1380	22

[2]

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
*Ulster Elks [UUJ]	14	10	4	1002	979	34
*Belfast Star	14	9	5	1170	990	32
*Kilkeel Knights	14	9	5	1125	1001	32
*Phoenix BC [Belfast]	14	8	6	1164	1098	30
*North Star BC [Derry]	14	7	7	1109	995	28
*Andersonstown Tigers #(-1)	14	7	7	868	865	27
*Queens BC	14	6	8	892	905	26
*Queens 2 BC	14	0	14	661	1158	14

[3]

Quarter-Finals
Ulster Elks	104	Queens 2 BC	57
Phoenix BC	60	North Star BC	67
Belfast Star	91	Queens BC	73
Kilkeel Knights	85	Andersonstown Tigers	73
Semi-Finals
Ulster Elks	64	North Star BC	59
Belfast Star	93	Kilkeel Knights	86
Final
Ulster Elks		Belfast Star

	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Phoenix BC	12	10	2	974	843	32
North Star BC	12	8	4	942	862	28
Ulster Elks	12	8	4	917	906	28
Belfast Star	12	5	7	896	948	20
Armagh Bisons	12	4	8	1009	959	20
Down Knights	12	4	8	834	970	20
Queens BC	12	3	9	786	870	18

[4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
	Phoenix BC		bye
13.04.2017	North Star BC	64	Queens BC	76
18.04.2017	Belfast Star	75	Armagh Bisons	77
21.04.2017	Ulster Elks		Down Knights
	Semi-Finals
20.04.2017	Phoenix BC	82	Armagh Bisons	73
22.04.2017	Queens BC	58	Ulster Elks	68
	Final
23.04.2017	Phoenix BC	77	Ulster Elks	67

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	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Section A
BC Wolves	8	8	0	704	607	24
Down Knights	8	6	2	627	566	20
Belfast Phoenix	7	2	5	527	533	11
Tyrone Towers	7	1	6	454	529	9
Ulster Elks ##	6	1	5	295	372	6
Section B
Belfast Star	8	7	1	660	553	22
Queens BC	7	5	2	569	476	17
Andersonstown Tigers	5	2	3	376	367	9
Armagh Bisons	5	1	4	281	325	7
North Star	5	0	5	219	384	5
1st Half
Belfast Phoenix	9	8	1	735	565	25
Ulster Elks	9	7	2	742	673	23
BC Wolves	9	6	3	827	717	21
Down Knights #	9	6	3	639	608	20
Tyrone Towers	9	5	4	724	675	19
Queens BC	9	4	5	691	743	17
Belfast Star	9	4	5	708	687	17
Armagh Bisons	9	3	6	650	740	15
North Star	9	1	8	549	688	11
Andersonstown Tigers ##	9	1	8	466	635	9

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Season Format: Teams played a single Round-Robin before being split into Section A (Places 1-5) and Section B (Places 6-10), which played a Double Round-Robin with points not carried forward.

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[2] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2015) BNI Wingfoot League Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1007&id=1134 [Accessed 14 April 2017]

[3] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2016) BNI Wingfoot League Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1007&id=1286 [Accessed 30 July 2016]

[4] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2017) BNI Men’s Premier League Table [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1007&id=1407 [Accessed 25 April 2017]

[5] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2018) BNI Men’s Premier League (Section A) Table 2017/18 [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oid=1007&id=1673#.Wrjby4jwbIU [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[6] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2018) BNI Men’s Premier League (Section B) Table 2017/18 [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1007&id=1672#.WrjcCojwbIU [Accessed 26 March 2018]

[7] Basketball Ireland Comortais (2017) BNI Men’s Premier League Table 2017/18 [Internet] Available from: http://bi.comortais.com/competition.aspx?oId=1007&id=1586#.WrjcP4jwbIU [Accessed 26 March 2018]

Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 22 January 2019

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January 20, 2019

Year	Winner		Runner-Up
1994-95	Naomh Mhuire	72	Lee Strand Tralee	56
1995-96	West Coast Cooler Meteors	54	Snowcream Wildcats	37
1996-97	Openet Naomh Mhuire	70	West Coast Cooler Meteors	63
1997-98	Snowcream Wildcats	72	Naomh Mhuire	58
1998-99	Tolka Rovers	59	Avonmore Wildcats	58
1999-2000	Avonmore Wildcats	52	Meteors	51
2000-01	Wildcats	62	Tolka Rovers	44
2001-02	DART Killester	78	University of Limerick	66
2002-03	University of Limerick	76	Bausch & Lomb Wildcats	48
2003-04	University of Limerick	69	Bausch & Lomb Wildcats	42
2004-05

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The Women’s Senior National Cup was the Irish Basketball Association’s Premier All-Ireland Cup tournament for Women. It followed on from the Senior Cup, and was replaced in 2005-06 by the Super League Cup (Super League teams) and the Senior Cup (Division 1 teams).

The Cup was won twice each by the University of Limerick and Naomh Mhuire (Inchicore, Dublin) between 1994 and 2005. It was also won once by Killester, Tolka Rovers and Meteors (all Dublin).

Waterford Wildcats won it three times during this period, in 1997-98, 1998-99 and 2000-01.

[1] (1995) “Details”. Irish Independent. Monday, January 30, 1995. pp. 24-25

[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

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 20 January 2019

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January 20, 2019

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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**Picture Credit:** Ross Mahon / Shutterstock (2021) TALLAGHT, IRELAND – MARCH 01, 2021: An aerial view of the National Basketball Arena in Tymon Park. [Accessed 4 May 2021]

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.

Muckno Lakers

East Cavan Eagles

Drogheda Sparks

Navan Cougars

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.