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Super League (Ireland)

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The Superleague is the top tier men's basketball league in Ireland. 10 clubs compete in 2 conferences, North & South with 5 teams in each conference. The competition is currently sponsored by Nivea for men, having previously been sponsored by ESB. The current champions are UCC Demons who beat Dart Killester in the 2009 final in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin. Neptune have won the competition 11 times.

Past winners

Superleague
Season Winner Runner-up
1999–00 Neptune
2000–01 Killester Star of the Sea
2001–02 Tigers Killester
2002–03 Neptune Belfast Star
2003–04 Tigers Killester
2004–05 UCC Demons Tigers
2005–06 DCU Saints Limerick Lions
2006–07 Killester Ballina
2007–08 Tigers Killester
2008–09 UCC Demons Killester
2009–10 Dart Killester Montenotte
2010–11 Killester UL Aughnish

Men's Teams 2011–12

Team Stadium City/Area
North Conference
Belfast Star DLS Andersonstown Andersonstown, Belfast
DCU Saints DCU Sports Complex Glasnevin, Dublin
Killster IWA Clontarf, Dublin
UCD Marian UCD Sports Centre Belfield, Dublin
South Conference
Moycullen NUIG Kingfisher Galway City
Neptune Neptune Stadium Cork City
UCC Demons Parochial Hall Cork City
UL Eagles UL Arena Castletroy, Limerick

See also