Ireland women's national basketball team

The Ireland women's national basketball team represents Ireland in international women's basketball. The team is organised by Basketball Ireland, and play their home games at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Ireland men's national basketball team.

Ireland
FIBA ranking80 Decrease 8 (21 August 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1947
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Ireland
CoachJames Weldon
Nickname(s)Na cailíní i nglas
(The Girls in Green)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances7
MedalsSilver Silver: (1989, 1991, 1993, 2016, 2021)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

In February 2010, during the Irish financial crisis, Basketball Ireland announced that it was €1.2m in debt and would deactivate its senior international squads to cut costs.[2] A team representing Ireland was reformed in 2013, when a "Premier League All Stars" team played Wales in a match to mark The Gathering Ireland 2013 festival.[3][4] Ireland also competed in 3x3 basketball at the 2014 Europe Championships and the 2015 European Games. In late 2015, it was announced that the national team would again join official FIBA Europe competitions after accepting an invitation to play the 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries.[5] The Irish team came second in the 2016 event, after losing to Malta in the final.[6][7] An Irish team also entered the 2018 event (which took place in Cork) and placed sixth.[8][9]

Squad

As of mid-2019 (June 2019 friendly series), the squad included:[10][11]

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. Duggan, Keith (24 February 2010). "Basketball Ireland pull plug on international sides". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. "Peat glad of Ireland comeback". Dublin Gazette. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. "Gathering Shield Match Reports". Basketball Ireland. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. "Ireland Resurrect Senior Women's Programme". FIBA Europe. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. "2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries - Final Standings". fiba.basketball. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  7. "2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries - Teams - Ireland". fiba.basketball. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  8. "2018 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries - Teams - Ireland". fiba.basketball. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  9. "2021 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries - Teams - Ireland". fiba.basketball. FIBA Europe. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  10. "Results: Ireland Senior Women v Estonia & Norway". basketballireland.ie. Basketball Ireland. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  11. "Irish National Team 2019". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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