Qualifying Table

Please visit Ireland Water Polo website at [References: 2] for Official Results.

Results

Please visit Ireland Water Polo website at [References: 2] for Official Results.

Recap

St. Vincent’s WPC B team and Corrib WPC B team both qualified for the MNLD2A (Men’s National League Division 2A) for early 2023 with St. Vincent’s WPC B winning all four of their games and Corrib WPC winning their other three matches. Alongside those two teams Ireland U-17 Boys replaced the third qualifier Corrib WPC Barbarians in Division 2A after the Barbarians won two and lost two games to finish in third. Barbarians were to compete in Division 2B alongside Athlone RSC Water Polo Club who won their match with North Dublin Skulls by default after the Skulls pulled out after two games. Three more teams were to Qualify from MNLD2 North-South for Division 2A and the bottom two teams in MNLD2 North-South were qualified also for Division 2B.

About Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD2 East-West 2022

The 2022 Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD2 (Men’s National League Division 2) East-West was one of two Qualifying Mini-Leagues (the other being MNLD2 North-South) run from September to December 2022. The Top three in each of the two Qualifying Leagues were qualified for Swim Ireland Water Polo Men’s National Leagues Division 2A – the second level of Men’s Water Polo in Ireland.

Five teams entered the 2022 MNLD2 East-West: Athlone RSC from Co. Westmeath, Leinster Province; North Dublin Skulls from Clontarf, Dublin 3, Dublin City Borough; St. Vincent’s WPC B from Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Dublin City, Co. Dublin; and two teams from Corrib WPC: Corrib B and Corrib Barbarians, based in NUIG Kingfisher, Galway City, Co. Galway, Connacht Province.

Map of Swim Ireland Water Polo MNLD2 East-West Teams 2022

[M-WP-WNLD1-2022-23] Vector Contributor Rainer Lesniewski (2022) administrative map of Ireland and Northern Ireland [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/administrative-map-ireland-northern-1665171421 [Last Accessed 11 August 2022][Overlaid with Map of Dublin isolated from: Vector — Map of Ireland administrative divisions on counties level Copyright: lesniewski [Internet] Available from: https://www.123rf.com/photo_51580818_map-of-ireland-administrative-divisions-on-counties-level.html?vti=lnoo9k86jx77fg2u6b-1-1 [Accessed 10 January 2022][Ireland Water Polo Team Logos added by Enda Mulcahy for Eirball – see References WP-3 to WP-11]

University College Dublin 50m Pool

[WP-I-1] Shutterstock / Photo Contributor:haireena (2021) Dublin, Ireland – Feb 2021: Selective focus view of the UV treated 50-metre Olympic indoor swimming pool at the student centre of University College Dublin (UCD). [Internet] Accessed from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/dublin-ireland-feb-2021-selective-focus-1919896562 [Accessed 17 January 2023]

References

Scoreboard References

[2] Swim Ireland Water Polo (2021) Results [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.ie/results/ [Last Accessed 20 December 2022]

Logo References

[WP-3] Swim Ireland Water Polo (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: https://irelandwaterpolo.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/logo.png [Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-5] Corrib Water Polo Facebook (2021) Photo, August 10, 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/corribwaterpolo/photos/10153746813767967 [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.18172-8/13988146_10153746813767967_2370473480441892227_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_ohc=lWHqR-4393QAX_Izmg0&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=64ac42e47cf1eaabe2816d4fe639f2ae&oe=61B3CCE0 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-8] North Dublin Water Polo Facebook (2021) Profile  Picture, February 13, 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthDublinWaterPolo/photos/a.434355086838/10154832842141839/  [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/16684338_10154832842141839_4991177064398049390_n.png?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=cO4z42hyFYQAX-A5U_1&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=fb2e3722adccdd591d66c16d422a101d&oe=61B3A339 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-10] St. Vincent’s Water Polo Club Facebook (2021) Profile  Picture, March 8, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=200507198533193&set=a.200507171866529 [Accessed 12 November 2021][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/158872417_200507211866525_6997090323447339313_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=i7lhYT0FFMsAX9QRA2F&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=0f3d4a27820b1360c28161e4a5dc0c73&oe=61B3C402 ][Accessed 12 November 2021]

[WP-13] Athlone RSC Water Polo Club Facebook (2023) Header Picture, January 26, 2023 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=557626093070365&set=a.557626076403700 [Accessed 16 February 2023][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/326063899_908488053931230_3553191026897698652_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=e3f864&_nc_ohc=rH_wz1tCrR8AX9IwQWk&tn=BtnPasHxxY2QRszJ&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AfBdDj6NEy8LwMNBs8M91MtxkYjlUFvJU-fs0PYN19xZPQ&oe=63F3BDF2 ][Accessed 16 February 2023]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laurence O’Toole.

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