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In February 2010, Basketball Ireland deactivated both the senior men's and women's national teams due to a financial crisis within the organisation. The full effect of the financial crisis was a debt of €1.2m, which made the continued funding of the national program too much of a financial burden. [4]
The Ireland men's national basketball team (Irish: Foireann cispheile náisiúnta na hÉireann) represents the island of Ireland in international basketball. It is governed by Basketball Ireland with players from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Ireland plays their home matches at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin.
The 2021–22 Irish Super League season was the 48th running of Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition, following the cancellation of the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season featured 12 teams from across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. [1]
Prior to the late 1990s, Limerick's presence in the Irish National League was represented by Marathon Basketball Club. [1] In 1999, Marathon's National League team became known as Burger King Limerick. [2] In 2002, Burger King Limerick celebrated their first-ever Irish Cup title after defeating Star of the Sea in the final.
In 2013, Basketball Ireland rebranded the competition and changed the name from SuperLeague to Premier League. [20] Over the next three seasons, UCC Demons won seven of the nine trophies, including going unbeaten in the 2014–15 season. [21] In 2015, Basketball Ireland's representative team Hibernia played in the FIBA Europe Cup. The team's ...
The 2019–20 Irish Super League season was the 47th running of Basketball Ireland's premier men's basketball competition. The season featured 12 teams from across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. [1] The regular season began on 21 September 2019 and was scheduled to end on 14 March 2020.
Killester Basketball Club is an Irish basketball club based in Dublin. The club's senior men's and women's representative teams, Pyrobel Killester, both play in Ireland's top national leagues with their home stadium being IWA Sports Hall in Clontarf .
KUBS Basketball Club was established in 2007, in association with Killester United FC. [1] In 2015, the club entered a senior men's representative team into Basketball Ireland's National League Division 1 competition. In their inaugural season, KUBS finished runners-up with a 14–4 record and claimed the post-season League Cup trophy.