IQL season 3 kicked off on 23rd Jan 2023. Results, tables and fixtures for this season can be found lower down this page.
Launched in October 2021, the Irish Quiz League is a weekly online quiz tournament held on Zoom and run by the Irish Quiz Organisation.
Season 1 was held between October and December 2021, with season 2 held during April and May 2022.
A 3rd season has now been announced, to run between January and April 2023. Below is the full detail of the league setup:
- The league consists of 26 teams participating from across Ireland (and beyond)
- The 26 teams are arranged into three divisions of either 8 or 9 teams, with each team playing each other once during the season
- The league season will run for 9 Monday evenings between January 23rd and April 24th 2023 (excluding Irish bank holidays and any Mondays when Dublin Quiz league is playing) For the full list of match dates & fixtures, scroll down this page.
- Like last season, there will be a total prize fund of over €1,000 with cash prizes for the winner and runner-up in each division:
- Div 1 champions: €300
- Div 1 runners-up: €150
- Div 2 champions: €200
- Div 2 runners-up: €120
- Div 3 champions: €150
- Div 3 runners-up: €100
- Promotion/relegation is in effect for top & bottom 2 teams in each division for the subsequent 2023 season.
- After the end of the league season, in the month of May we will be playing the new tournament the IQL Cup – this will be a knockout tournament with additional prizes, free to enter for all current IQL teams. More details on this to follow at a later stage.
Past results & questions
Future match fixtures
- 30th January 2023
- 20th February 2023
- 27th February 2023
- 6th March 2023 (No fixtures uploaded yet)
- 20th March 2023 (No fixtures uploaded yet)
- 27th March 2023 (No fixtures uploaded yet)
- 3rd April 2023 (No fixtures uploaded yet)
- 24th April 2023 (No fixtures uploaded yet)
| Division 1 | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Bonus | Points | |
| Division 1 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | B | Pts | |
| 1 | The Rollin' EstoniansPatrick Carthy (captain) Paul Curtayne Gearóid Grogan Matthew Marcus Kevin Finn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | The O'GravitonsDaniel O'Sullivan (captain) Donal O'Driscoll Joe Mac Sweeney Paul Culloty Thomas Keating Chris Harrison Martina Quinn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | A Tribe called CheistFrank Tobin (captain) Callum McClements Gary Stephens Brian Craythorne Jim McColgan Darragh Ennis Mick Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Aldo Bream Sleeps With The FishesEamonn O'Riordan (captain) Alan King Brian O'Halloran Donal Ring John Holohan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | InterprovinzialePaddy Duffy (captain) Dave McBryan Brian Shaw Carol Cronin Patrick Conway Rick O'Shea Aidan McQuade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | ZapruderConor Horgan (captain) Noel Rogers James Conroy John McKenna Liam Whelehan David Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 56 | -15 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | The Motley CrewAmit De (captain) Shane Whitlock Mark Eves Quentin Holt Pat Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 53 | -15 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | E=MC HammerBrian Murphy (captain) Joseph O'Donoghue Conor Murphy Shane Butler Seoan Webb Alan Bouse Dougie Russell Colin Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 62 | -29 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Risky QuiznessJonathan Williams (captain) Daniel Fullard Tony Rafferty Rhonda Donaghey Kevin McDermott Karen Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Division 2 | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Bonus | Points | |
| Division 2 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | B | Pts | |
| 1 | The Kew ToursDerek Cray (captain) Bernard Sellars John Groarke Colm Murphy Colm O’Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | AsktheaudienceGerry Barrett (captain) Tom Diffley Tom Clarke Stephen MacDonagh Erin McBride Damien White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Thrown TogetherCathal Dunne (captain) Alan McClarty Martin Blake Kevin Lawless Kellyann McKillen Tom Waddell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | The InquizitivesMaura Tobin Audrey Maguire Chris Devine Kevin G Conroy Christy Cooper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | The FloatersPaul Hughes (captain) Brian O'Hanlon Peter Lowney Peter Smith Pádraig McLoughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 46 | -2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | The UnderdogsMark Lynch (captain) Stephen Costello Liz Flynn James Sherry Morgan Casey Cathy Goulding Dave Finn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 45 | -3 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FFCKSSFiona Diffley (captain) Kevin Conlon Fariz Iqbal Ciara Fitzpatrick Shane Jackson Stuart Redmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 47 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | C4M2LMichael Gunn (captain) Liam Rabbitte Chris Joyce Chris McKenzie Colm Beirne Martha Egan Colm Ó Laoghóg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 48 | -9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | The HoneybadgersDarragh Buckley (captain) Fintan O'Meara David Carolan Adam Nevin Stephen Screeney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Division 3 | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Bonus | Points | |
| Division 3 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | B | Pts | |
| 1 | The 4 of UsAilsa Watson Rob Gilbert Catherine Duffy Sean Nolan Patrick Conway David Cruickshank | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Eoin's Motley QEoin McCarthy Collie Bartley Andrew Tracey Ian Woods Others TBC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Jejah BombsHelen Bullock Gavin Grace Justin Wong Edward Leonard Adish Talwadker John Murphy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Quizzie MaguireCiaran Gallagher (others TBC) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | WINNINGLorcan Hurley Daniel Hurley Liam Divilly Mark Collier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 43 | -6 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Poblacht na gCeisteannaWilliam Townsend Ross Taylor Alan Bracey Cheyenne Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 49 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | The Infamous Table MPat O'Connell Gerry Kennedy Colm Byrne Ray McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 50 | -18 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Silver BacksRichelle Tracy (others TBC) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 44 | -20 | 0 | 0 |