Women's Super League (basketball)

This article is about the Irish basketball league. For other uses, see Super League.

The Women's Super League (formerly known as the Women's Premier League) is the top tier women's basketball league in Ireland. The league has 10 teams, all in the Republic of Ireland, and is an active member of Basketball Ireland, which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in Ireland.^[1][2]

Women's Super League

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1978
Inaugural season	1978–79
No. of teams	10
Countries	Republic of Ireland
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Ambassador UCC Glanmire (7th title)
Most titles	Ambassador UCC Glanmire (7 titles)
TV partner(s)	TG4
Sponsor(s)	Hula Hoops
Relegation to	Women's Division 1
Official website	Basketball Ireland

History

The league was founded in 1978.

Teams

 

 

Celtics

 

Mystics

 

Hawks

 

Wildcats

 

IT Carlow

 

Dublin

 

Cork

 

Dublin teams
DCU Mercy
Killester

Cork teams
Glanmire
Fr. Mathews
Brunell

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Locations of Women's Super League teams in Ireland

 

 

Celtics

 

DCU Mercy

 

Killester

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Locations of Women's Super League teams in Greater Dublin

Team	Arena	City/Area
Ambassador UCC Glanmire	Mardyke Arena Little Island Sports Complex Upper Glanmire Sports Centre	Glanmire / Mardyke, Cork
Courtyard Liffey Celtics	Leixlip Amenities Centre	Leixlip
DCU Mercy	DCU Sports Complex Loreto College, St Stephens Green	Glasnevin / Coolock, Dublin
Fr. Mathews	Fr. Mathews Arena	Bishopstown, Cork
IT Carlow Basketball	Barrow Centre, IT Carlow Old Leighlin Community Hall	Carlow
Marble City Hawks	O'Loughlin Gaels GAA	Kilkenny
Maxol WIT Wildcats	Mercy Gym	Waterford
NUIG Mystics	Kingfisher Gym Ballinfoile Castlegar Neighbourhood Centre	Galway
Pyrobel Killester	IWA, Clontarf	Killester / Clontarf, Dublin
Singleton SuperValu Brunell	Gurranabraher Parochial Hall	Gurranabraher, Cork

Roll of Honour

Season	League winner	Second tournament winner^[a]
1978–79	Killester	Not yet established
1979–80	Killester
1980–81	Corinthians
1981–82	Naomh Mhuire
1982–83	Meteors
1983–84	Meteors	Naomh Mhuire
1984–85	Meteors	Meteors
1985–86	Meteors	Tralee
1986–87	Tralee	Blarney
1987–88	Tralee	Castledermot
1988–89	Blarney	Naomh Mhuire
1989–90	Blarney	Tralee
1990–91	Blarney	Ballina
1991–92	Naomh Mhuire	Meteors
1992–93	Meteors	Tralee
1993–94		Naomh Mhuire
1994–95		Naomh Mhuire
1995–96	Meteors	Meteors
1996–97	Naomh Mhuire	Naomh Mhuire
1997–98	Wildcats	Wildcats
1998–99	Wildcats	Tolka Rovers
1999–2000		Wildcats
2000–01		Wildcats
2001–02	Tolka Rovers	Killester
2002–03		UL
2003–04		UL
2004–05	UL
2005–06		UL
2006–07		Glanmire
2007–08		Glanmire
2008–09		Glanmire
2009–10		DCU Mercy
2010–11		DCU Mercy
2011–12		UL Huskies
2012–13		UL Huskies
2013–14	Glanmire	Glanmire
2014–15	Glanmire	Glanmire
2015–16	Glanmire	Glanmire
2016–17	Liffey Celtics	Glanmire
2017–18	Glanmire	DCU Mercy
2018–19	Liffey Celtics	Fr Mathews
2019–20	DCU Mercy	Not played due to COVID-19
2020–21	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	The Address UCC Glanmire	The Address UCC Glanmire

1. until 2018 called the "National Cup." In 2018–19 the "Champions Trophy." Since then the "Post season play-off."^[3]

See also

• Super League, the men's competition
• Basketball Ireland

References

1. "Women's Super League - News, views, gossip, pictures, video - Irish Mirror Online". www.irishmirror.ie.
2. "Men's and women's Super League wrap: Warriors battle on". 3 March 2019 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "National Basketball League Roll of Honour". ireland.basketball.

External links

• Basketball Ireland news