The
fixtures for the 2019/20 Basketball Ireland National League season have been
announced today.
The upcoming season will feature 12 Men’s Super
League teams – including newly promoted Dublin sides, DBS Éanna and Abbey Seals
Dublin Lions - while the Women’s Super League boasts 10 teams once more this
year, with Maree taking the place of NUIG Mystics in the top flight.The Men’s
Division One will feature 13 teams from around the country, including the newly
amalgamated team, Limerick Sport Eagles as LIT and UL Sport Eagles join forces
for the year. The Women’s Division One will feature 12 teams, and will run
across two conferences. This Division also includes two new teams, Tipperary
Knights and Griffith College Templeogue.
The opening weekend of the season for the men’s
National League is September 20th/21st and sees some very interesting clashes
in store in the Men’s Super League. Reigning champions Garvey’s Tralee Warriors
host UCD Marian in the Kingdom on September 21st in a hotly-anticipated clash
between the two clubs. Elsewhere, there are three big derbies in store as
newcomers Dublin Lions and Éanna go head-to-head in Clondalkin, DCU Saints face
off against Pyrobel Killester in the second big Dublin showdown, while Moycullen
host Maree in a much-anticipated Galway battle. Griffith College Templeogue
meanwhile are on the road to Belfast Star, while Coughlan CandS Neptune will
host Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin in one of the other big clashes of the
weekend.
The Women’s Super League tips off the following
weekend, September 28th, with one of the big games of the weekend seeing the
meeting of Courtyard Liffey Celtics and DCU Mercy in Leixlip. Elsewhere, newly
promoted Maree will go head-to-head with Ambassador UCC Glanmire, IT Carlow
Basketball host Maxol WIT Wildcats, Pyrobel Killester welcome Singleton
SuperValu Brunell to Dublin, while old rivals Marble City Hawks and Fr Mathews
go head-to-head.
Looking ahead to the season, Basketball Ireland
National League manager, Sheena Hubbard stated: “We are really looking forward
to another exciting season in the National League this year and we expect that
we will see another year of thrills, wins and upsets around the four divisions.
We are also delighted to welcome two new clubs to the Women’s Division One and
wish them the best of luck in their opening National League season.”
The Basketball Ireland 2019/2020 season will be
officially launched from 12pm (midday) on Wednesday, September 18th at the
National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. The 2019/2020 Hula Hoops National Cup
draw will also take place at 1pm.
Basketball
Ireland Fixtures: September 20/21st, 2019
Friday,
September 20th
Basketball
Ireland Men’s Division One
IT Carlow Basketball v Portlaoise Panthers, Barrow
Centre Carlow, 19:30
Saturday,
September 21st
Basketball
Ireland Men’s Super League
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions v DBS Éanna, Colaiste
Bride, 17;30
Belfast Star v Griffith College Templeogue, De La
Salle, 18;30
DCU Saints v Pyrobel Killester, St Vincent’s, 19;00
Coughlan CandS Neptune v Keane’s SuperValu
Killorglin, Neptune Stadium, 19:00
Moycullen v Maree, Kingfisher NUIG, 19.30
Garvey’s Tralee Warriors v UCD Marian, 19:30
Basketball
Ireland Men’s Division One
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig v Limerick Sport
Eagles, Ballincollig CS, 16:00
LYIT Donegal v Ulster University Elks, LYIT, 16:00
McGowans Tolka Rovers v Fr Mathews, Tolka Rovers SC,
18:00
Limerick Celtics v Scotts Lakers St Paul’s
Killarney, St Munchins, 18:30
Waterford Vikings v KUBS, WIT Arena, 19:00
Friday,
September 27th
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Division One
Limerick Celtics v NUIG Mystics, St Munchins, 19:30
Saturday,
September 28th
Basketball
Ireland Men’s Super League
DCU Saints v Abbey Seals Dublin Lions, DCU, 19:00
DBS Éanna v Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin, Colaiste
Éanna, 19:00
Garvey’s Tralee Warriors v Belfast Star, Tralee
Complex, 19:30
Maree v Coughlan CandS Neptune, Calasanctius
College, 20:00
Pyrobel Killester v Moycullen, IWA Clontarf; 20:00
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Super League
Maree v Ambassador UCC Glanmire, Calasanctius
College, 17:00
Marble City Hawks v Fr Mathews, O’Loughlins GAA,
17:00
Pyrobel Killester v Singleton SuperValu Brunell, IWA
Clontarf, 18:00
Courtyard Liffey Celtics v DCU Mercy, Leixlip
Amenities, 19:00
Basketball
Ireland Men’s Division One
Ulster University Elks v Limerick Celtics, UUJ,
13:30
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig v Portlaoise
Panthers, Ballincollig CS, 16:00
Scotts Lakers St Paul’s Killarney v IT Carlow
Basketball, Killarney SC, 19:30
Fr Mathews v EJ Sligo All Stars, Fr Mathews Arena,
19:45
KUBS v McGowans Tolka Rovers, Greendale, 20:00
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Division One
Ulster University Elks v UL Huskies, UUJ, 15:30
Trinity Meteors v Phoenix Rockets, Trinity Sports,
16:00
Griffith College Templeogue v Swords Thunder, Nord
Anglia International School, 19:00
Portlaoise Panthers v St Mary’s Castleisland, St
Mary’s Hall, 19:00
Sunday,
September 29th
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Super League
IT Carlow Basketball v Maxol WIT Wildcats, Barrow
Centre Carlow, 13:00
Basketball
Ireland Women’s Division One
Fabplus North West v UL Huskies, Ballyshannon, 12:00
Basketball
Ireland National League teams 2019/20
Basketball
Ireland Men's Super League
Griffith College Templeogue
UCD Marian
DCU Saints
Pyrobel Killester
Abbey Seals Dublin Lions
DBS Éanna
Coughlan CandS Neptune
Garvey's Tralee Warriors
Keane's SuperValu Killorglin
Belfast Star
Moycullen
Maree
Basketball
Ireland Women's Super League
Ambassador UCC Glanmire
Maree
DCU Mercy
Courtyard Liffey Celtics
IT Carlow Basketball
Marble City Hawks
Maxol WIT Wildcats
Singleton SuperValu Brunell
Fr Mathews
Pyrobel Killester
Basketball
Ireland Men's Division One
Tradehouse Central Ballincollig
IT Carlow Basketball
Fr Mathews
LYIT Donegal
Ulster University Elks
EJ Sligo All Stars
WIT Vikings
McGowans Tolka Rovers
Portlaoise Panthers
Limerick Sport Eagles
Limerick Celtics
KUBS
Scotts Lakers St Paul's Killarney
Basketball
Ireland Women's Division One
Northern
Conference
Griffith College Templeogue
Trinity Meteors
Swords Thunder
Ulster University Elks
Fabplus North West
Phoenix Rockets
Southern
Conference
NUIG Mystics
Portlaoise Panthers
Tipperary Knights
Limerick Celtics
UL Huskies
Team Tom McCarthy's St Mary's
