Hibernia Basketball was an Irish
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
team, created by
Basketball Ireland
Basketball Ireland (BI; ga, Cispheil Éireann) is the national governing body for the sport on the island of Ireland. Part of FIBA Europe, the European governing body, and of FIBA, the World governing body, BI is responsible for the promotion an ...
to participate in the
2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup. The team's home arena was the
National Basketball Arena
National Basketball Arena, also known as Tallaght Arena, is an indoor sporting arena located in Tymon Park, Tallaght, South Dublin, adjacent to the M50 motorway. The capacity of the arena is 2,500 people and it opened in January 1993. It is u ...
, based in
Tallaght
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South Dublin, and the playing roster consisted of
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
players. The team made its debut on 28 October 2015 against Danish club
Bakken Bears
Bakken Bears is a Danish professional basketball club based in Aarhus. The club plays in the Basketligaen, the top tier basketball league in Denmark.
Founded in 1953, the club has won the Basketligaen 20 times and holds the record for the most ...
, losing 96–60. They finished the tournament with a winless 0–6 record, finishing last in Group F and earning a tournament-worst point difference figure of 243 (345 points for, 588 against).
Roster
References
External links
Basketball Ireland official website
@ FIBAEurope.com
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Basketball teams in Ireland
2015 establishments in Ireland
Basketball teams established in 2015