VAI Premier-32 Men 2000-01
| P | W | L | SF | SA | Pts | |
| DCU | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 28 |
| Aer Lingus 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 18 |
| TCD | 13 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 16 |
| UCD | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 16 |
| East Coast Cruisers | 14 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 10 |
| TQM Lisburn | 12 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 8 |
| Aer Lingus II | 13 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 6 |
| Belfast | 12 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 4 |
Results Grid
| VAI Premier-32 Men | DCU | TCD | UCD | ECC | AL I | AL II | TQM | Bel |
| DCU | xxx | 3-0 3-2 | 3-1 3-1 | 3-1 3-0 | 3-1 3-1 | 3-0 3-0 | 3-2 3-0 | 3-1 3-0 |
| TCD | 0-3 2-3 | xxx | 1-3 3-0 | 1-3 3-0 | 3-2 1-3 | 3-0 3-0 | 3-1 3-0 | 3-0 x-x |
| UCD | 1-3 1-3 | 3-1 0-3 | xxx | 3-1 3-0 | 0-3 3-2 | 1-3 3-2 | 1-3 3-2 | 3-1 3-1 |
| East Coast Cruisers | 1-3 0-3 | 3-1 0-3 | 1-3 0-3 | xxx | 1-3 0-3 | 3-0 3-1 | 1-3 3-1 | 0-3 3-0 |
| Aer Lingus I | 1-3 1-3 | 2-3 3-1 | 3-0 2-3 | 3-1 3-0 | xxx | 3-1 3-1 | 3-2 1-3 | 3-1 3-2 |
| Aer Lingus II | 0-3 0-3 | 0-3 0-3 | 3-1 2-3 | 0-3 1-3 | 1-3 1-3 | xxx | 3-1 x-x | 0-3 3-0 |
| TQM Lisburn | 2-3 0-3 | 1-3 0-3 | 3-1 2-3 | 3-1 1-3 | 2-3 3-1 | 1-3 x-x | xxx | 3-0 x-x |
| Belfast | 1-3 0-3 | 0-3 x-x | 1-3 1-3 | 3-0 0-3 | 1-3 2-3 | 0-3 1-3 | 3-0 0-3 | 0-3 x-x |
Report
Dublin City University ran out easy winners of the Volleyball Association of Ireland Premier-32 Men’s League in 2000-01. An All-Ireland competition it included TQM Lisburn and Belfast from Northern Ireland and also East Coast Cruisers from Greystones in Co. Wicklow, two teams from Aer Lingus and three Universities: Dublin City University, University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. Winning all 14 games and dropping only 10 sets all year DCU were well-deserved Champions, finishing 10 points ahead of second-placed Aer Lingus I with TCD and UCD two points further back. Belfast were renamed Belfast Rucanor and TQM Lisburn replaced by Aztecs from Portadown for the 2001-02 season.
References
Images
[1] Sports Jobs (2017) Volleyball Association of Ireland Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.sportsjobs.ie/wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard/job/33/company-logo/VolleyballLogo.jpg [Accessed 28 October 2016]
Internet Archive
[2] NIVA – Wayback Machine (2002) Premier 32 Men’s league table 2000-2001 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20020802082631/http://www.nivb.co.uk/ Retrieved [Accessed 29 March 2017]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Niall Brennan.
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