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Association Cup & Shield

The Association Cup is the knockout competition for top level men and women teams, scheduled on specific weekends to avoid clashes with league matches.  Teams who lose in the first or second round of the Cup move across to the Shield competition, which is also played on a knockout format.

 

Details of the draws and results for each round are found below.

 

Any club affiliated with Volleyball Ireland can register teams.

 

If you have any queries, please contact info@volleyballireland.com

Entries

Entries for 2022/23 competitions are now closed.

 

Each team entering must be part of a League Club or an Associate Club. Check out club affiliations here.

 

Each player must hold league or non-league membership. Check out all about memberships here.

Format

Each competition is played on a knockout basis, one for men and one for women, culminating in a finals weekend in early April.

 

The Finals

@The Watershed, Kilkenny

 

Women’s Association Cup

Saturday April 1st 3pm

Gardians V Balbriggan

Women’s Association Shield

Sunday April 2nd 1130am

Santry Calypso v DVC Lions

Men’s Association Shield

Sunday April 2nd 2pm

DVC Abu v Gardians

Men’s Association Cup

Sunday April 2nd 430pm

Aer Lingus v UCD

 

 

 

Shield Semi-Finals - March 12th-22nd 2023

Women's
Tallaght Rockets
vs
DVC Lions
0-3 (14-25, 10-25, 19-25)
Santry Calypso
vs
Santry Premier
3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-21)
Men's
Gardians
vs
Balbriggan
3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-18)
DVC Abu
vs
Tallaght Rockets
3-2 (25-19, 25-20, 16-25, 23-25, 15-11)

Shield Round 2 - January 21st-22nd 2023

Women's
Tallaght Rockets 2
vs
Santry Calypso
0-3 (17-25, 10-25, 15-25)
Tallaght Rockets 1
vs
Naas Cobras
3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-16)
Santry Premier
vs
Loughrea
Santry Premier progress (Loughrea unable to field a team)
SETU Carlow
vs
DVC Lions
0-3 (16-25, 9-25, 15-25)
Men's
Balbriggan
vs
Kilkenny Spartans
3-0 (25-17, 25-8, 25-19)
Aer Lingus Masters
vs
Gardians
0-3 (16-25, 21-25, 13-25)
Loughrea
vs
Tallaght Rockets
0-3 (14-25, 12-25, 6-25)
SETU Carlow
vs
DVC Abu
0-3 (21-25, 16-25, 15-25)

Cup Semi-Finals - January 22nd 2023

Women's
Balbriggan
vs
Volleyball Veterans
3-1 (25-17, 25-13, 18-25, 25-22)
Gardians
vs
UCD
3-2 (27-25, 24-26, 18-25, 25-13, 15-11)
Men's
Munster Thunder
vs
UCD
2-3 (23-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-22, 10-15)
Aer Lingus
vs
DVC Bravo
3-1 (23-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-20)

Cup Round 2 - December 8th-18th 2022

Women's
Tallaght Rockets 1
vs
Gardians
0-3 (22-25, 19-25, 12-25)
Santry Premier
vs
UCD
0-3 (14-25, 21-25, 21-25)
Volleyball Veterans
vs
DVC Lions
3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20)
Naas Cobras
vs
Balbriggan
0-3 (21-25, 11-25, 21-25)
Men's
UCD
vs
Tallaght Rockets 1
3-1 (16-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-20)
DVC Abu
vs
Munster Thunder
1-3 (25-21, 22-25, 24-26, 13-25)
Aer Lingus
vs
Aer Lingus Masters
3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-10)
Gardians
vs
DVC Bravo
2-3 (22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 16-25, 12-15)

Cup Round 1 - November 12th-13th 2022

Women's
Naas Cobras
vs
Tallaght Rockets 2
3-0 (25-11, 25-11, 25-13)
Loughrea VC
vs
Santry Premier
0-3 (8-25, 14-25, 8-25)
Santry Calypso
vs
DVC Lions
2-3 (25-17, 17-25, 21-25, 25-23, 10-15)
SETU Carlow
vs
Balbriggan
0-3 (23-35, 22-25, 19-25)
Tallaght Rockets 1
vs
BYE
Volleyball Veterans
vs
BYE
UCD
vs
BYE
Gardians
vs
BYE
Men's
Kilkenny Spartans
vs
Tallaght Rockets
1-3 (16-25, 20-25, 26-24, 12-25)
SETU Carlow
vs
Gardians VC
0-3 (8-25, 13-25, 20-25)
Tallaght Rockets 2
vs
Aer Lingus
0-3 (9-25, 9-25, 13-25)
Munster Thunder
vs
Balbriggan VC
3-0 (25-12, 26-24, 26-24)
Loughrea VC
vs
Aer Lingus Masters
1-3 (22-25, 10-25, 25-22, 16-25)
DVC Abu
vs
BYE
UCD
vs
BYE
DVC Bravo
vs
BYE