IWP MNL Division 1 2016-17

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s (C)	14	14	0	0	220	94	42
Cathal Brugha	14	11	0	3	153	110	33
Half Moon	14	9	0	5	180	147	27
Clonard	14	6	0	8	133	133	18
North Dublin	14	6	0	8	146	140	18
Corrib	14	4	0	10	142	205	12
Sandycove	14	4	0	10	118	185	12
Setanta (R)	14	2	0	12	89	167	6

Clonard finish 4th on head-to-head results vs North Dublin (8-4, 13-14)Corrib finish 6th on head-to-head results vs Sandycove (14-11, 9-10) [Reference: 2]

Promoted from Division 2 for 2017-18: Cu Chulainn.

IWP MNL Division 1 2017-18

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s (C)	14	10	2	2	154	112	32
Corrib	14	8	4	2	168	131	28
Cathal Brugha	14	9	0	5	190	113	27
North Dublin	14	9	0	5	146	118	27
Sandycove	14	6	2	6	99	128	20
Half Moon	14	5	1	8	126	155	16
Cu Chulainn	14	3	1	10	100	151	10
Clonard (R)	14	1	0	13	94	167	3

Promoted from Division 2 for 2019-19: No Promotion.

IWP MNL Division 1 2018-19

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s (C)	12	11	0	1	126	87	33
Cathal Brugha	12	9	1	2	162	117	28
Sandycove	12	6	1	5	112	104	19
North Dublin	12	5	1	6	110	106	16
Half Moon	12	5	1	6	118	137	16
Cu Chulainn	12	3	0	9	103	135	9
Corrib #	12	0	2	10	99	144	-2

Promoted from Division 2 for 2019-20: Clonard (No relegation from Division 1 to bring numbers back up to 8 for 2019-20 season).

IWP MNL Division 1 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St. Vincent’s	10	9	0	1	118	61	27
Cathal Brugha	12	8	1	3	170	108	25
Corrib	11	7	1	3	121	109	22
North Dublin	9	6	1	2	117	83	19
Sandycove	12	4	2	6	117	110	14
Cu Chulainn	13	3	2	8	87	133	11
Half Moon	10	3	1	6	112	150	10
Clonard	11	0	0	11	74	162	0

Report

St. Vincent’s were Ireland Water Polo Men’s National League Division 1 Champions three years running from 2016-17 to 2018-19, and were two points in front with two games in hand in 2019-20 when the season was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic.

Cathal Brugha from Belfast were their nearest challengers during this time finishing in second place on three occasions. Galway’s Corrib were the runners-up on the other occasion (2017-18).

In 2019-20 three teams were from Dublin (National Aquatic Centre Blachardstown Pool); St. Vincent’s, North Dublin, Half Moon and Sandycove; three from the Greater Belfast Area (Lisburn-Castlereagh Pool): Cathal Brugha, Cu Chulainn, Clonard and Setanta; and one from Galway (NUI Galway Pool): Corrib.

Home Pool

Team	Home Pool *
Cathal Brugha	Lisburn / Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre, Castlereagh
Clonard	Lisburn / Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre, Castlereagh
Corrib	NUI Galway
Cu Chulainn	Lisburn / Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre, Castlereagh
Half Moon	National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown
North Dublin	National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown
Sandycove	National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown
St. Vincent’s	National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown
Setanta	Lisburn / Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre, Castlereagh

Note: * Home Pool for Matches — Training Venue varies.

References

Images

[1] Ireland Water Polo (2014) Ireland Water Polo Logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/ireland-water-polo.png [Accessed 21 February 2017]

Websites

[2] Swim Ireland (2017) League Table Results 2016-17 [Internet] Availabble from: http://www.swimireland.ie/other-water-sports/water-polo/league-tablesresults/ [Accessed 16 February 2017]

Internet Archive

[3] Ireland Water Polo – Wayback Machine (2015) National League Tables 2017/18 [Internet] Availabble from: http://web.archive.org/web/20180918095423/http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables-2017-18.html [Accessed 18 September 2018]

[4] Ireland Water Polo (2018) National League Tables 2018/19 [Internet] Available from http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 17 January 2019]

[5] Ireland Water Polo (2019) National League Tables 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: http://www.waterpolo.ie/national-league-tables.html [Accessed 28 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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