Newsflash May 31st: IQL season 2 is now complete – congratulations to A Tribe Called Cheist, our new Irish Quiz League champions!
We plan to return in Autumn 2022 for season 3 – to stay in the loop for any announcements, email league (at) quizireland.ie and we’ll add you to our mailing list.
Launched in October 2021, the Irish Quiz League is a weekly online quiz tournament run by the Irish Quiz Organisation.
Season 1 was held between October and December 2021, with season 2 held during April and May 2022.
Below was the tournament structure for season 2:
- The league consisted of 24 teams participating from across Ireland (and beyond)
- The 24 teams were arranged into three divisions of 8 teams, with each team playing each other once during the season
- The season ran for seven weeks between April 4th and May 31st 2022 (excluding April 18th and May 2nd due to those being Irish bank holidays)
- Matches were held on Zoom every Monday, at a time of each team’s choosing
- At the end of the season, division champions were decided entirely on league position (no need for playoffs or semi-finals this season)
- There is 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 season later in 2022.
Season 2 league tables, fixtures & results:
| Division 1 | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Bonus | Points | |
| Division 1 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | B | Pts | |
| 1 | A Tribe called CheistFrank Tobin (captain) Callum McClements Gary Stephens Brian Craythorne Jim McColgan Darragh Ennis Mick Lee | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 379 | 325 | +54 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | The Rollin' EstoniansPatrick Carthy (captain) Paul Curtayne Gearóid Grogan Matthew Marcus Kevin Finn | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 400 | 334 | +66 | 2 | 24 |
| 3 | The O'GravitonsDaniel O'Sullivan (captain) Donal O'Driscoll Joe Mac Sweeney Paul Culloty Thomas Keating Chris Harrison Martina Quinn | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 371 | 342 | +29 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | InterprovinzialePaddy Duffy (captain) Dave McBryan Brian Shaw Carol Cronin Patrick Conway Rick O'Shea Aidan McQuade | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 378 | 325 | +53 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Aldo Bream Sleeps With The FishesEamonn O'Riordan (captain) Alan King Brian O'Halloran Donal Ring John Holohan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 351 | 344 | +7 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | ZapruderConor Horgan (captain) Noel Rogers James Conroy John McKenna Liam Whelehan David Rogers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 329 | 343 | -14 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | E=MC HammerBrian Murphy (captain) Joseph O'Donoghue Conor Murphy Shane Butler Seoan Webb Alan Bouse Dougie Russell Colin Foster | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 322 | 347 | -25 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Veni Vidi WikiIshaan Chugh (captain) Ujjwal Deb Jyotesh Singh Pradeep Ramarathnam Suby Bhattacharya Kunal Malhotra Akash Bansal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 237 | 407 | -170 | 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 Motley CrewAmit De (captain) Sander van der Heyden Shane Whitlock Mark Eves Quentin Holt Pat Gibson | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 390 | 320 | +70 | 1 | 29 |
| 2 | Risky QuiznessJonathan Williams (captain) Daniel Fullard Tony Rafferty Rhonda Donaghey Kevin McDermott Karen Byrne | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 333 | 316 | +17 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | FFCKSSFiona Diffley (captain) Kevin Conlon Fariz Iqbal Ciara Fitzpatrick Shane Jackson Stuart Redmond | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 341 | 338 | +3 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Team 18Mark Lynch (captain) Stephen Costello Liz Flynn James Sherry Morgan Casey Cathy Goulding Dave Finn | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 348 | 330 | +18 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | The FloatersPaul Hughes (captain) Brian O'Hanlon Peter Lowney Peter Smith Pádraig McLoughlin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 323 | 324 | -1 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | The Kew ToursDerek Cray (captain) Bernard Sellars John Groarke Colm Murphy Colm O’Sullivan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 311 | 342 | -31 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | AsktheaudienceGerry Barrett (captain) Tom Diffley Tom Clarke Stephen MacDonagh Erin McBride Damien White | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 308 | 340 | -32 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | The Hitsquad OraclesRobbie Renehan (captain) Brian Murphy Michael Coonan Martin Holohan Stephen Holst Anna Murphy | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 298 | 342 | -44 | 3 | 5 |
| Division 3 | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Bonus | Points | |
| Division 3 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | B | Pts | |
| 1 | C4M2LMichael Gunn (captain) Liam Rabbitte Chris Joyce Chris McKenzie Colm Beirne Martha Egan Colm Ó Laoghóg | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 369 | 258 | +111 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Thrown TogetherCathal Dunne (captain) Alan McClarty Martin Blake Kevin Lawless Kellyann McKillen Tom Waddell | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 367 | 267 | +100 | 1 | 25 |
| 3 | Emperor's ChambermaidsNeil Murphy (captain) Dónal Mulligan Gary John O'Sullivan Niamh O'Keeffe Conor Murphy | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 328 | 263 | +65 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Sliced Pangúr BánEoin O'Reilly (captain) Ben Russell Jones Rahim Dina Robert Crawley Conor O'Reilly | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 307 | 287 | +20 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | The HoneybadgersDarragh Buckley (captain) Fintan O'Meara David Carolan Adam Nevin Stephen Screeney | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 255 | 296 | -41 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | The Knights of Queen DollyRichard Spencer (captain) Carmen Spencer Dr. Sarah Martyn Annemarie McCarthy Michael Madders Dr. Leanne Hinch | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 237 | 291 | -54 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Single Transferable VoteCourtney Campbell (captain) Olly Donnelly Jack McInerney Michael Sharry Anoushaka Sindhu | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 226 | 313 | -87 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Whizzing QuizardsKen MacKenzie (captain) Sanveer Singh Puri G Vinod Jay Joyce Denise Lestrange Maura Tobin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 220 | 334 | -114 | 0 | 4 |
Results for 30th May 2022
| Division 1 | Score | Points | Losing Bonus | Individual Bonus | Score | Points | Losing Bonus | Individual Bonus | |
| Division 1 | Score | Pts | LB | IB | Score | Pts | LB | IB | |
Veni Vidi WikiIshaan Chugh (captain) Ujjwal Deb Jyotesh Singh Pradeep Ramarathnam Suby Bhattacharya Kunal Malhotra Akash Bansal | 32 | 0 | ZapruderConor Horgan (captain) Noel Rogers James Conroy John McKenna Liam Whelehan David Rogers | 57 | 4 | ||||
A Tribe called CheistFrank Tobin (captain) Callum McClements Gary Stephens Brian Craythorne Jim McColgan Darragh Ennis Mick Lee | 56 | 4 | 1 | Aldo Bream Sleeps With The FishesEamonn O'Riordan (captain) Alan King Brian O'Halloran Donal Ring John Holohan | 46 | 0 | |||
InterprovinzialePaddy Duffy (captain) Dave McBryan Brian Shaw Carol Cronin Patrick Conway Rick O'Shea Aidan McQuade | 46 | 0 | 1 | E=MC HammerBrian Murphy (captain) Joseph O'Donoghue Conor Murphy Shane Butler Seoan Webb Alan Bouse Dougie Russell Colin Foster | 52 | 4 | |||
The Rollin' EstoniansPatrick Carthy (captain) Paul Curtayne Gearóid Grogan Matthew Marcus Kevin Finn | 52 | 2 | The O'GravitonsDaniel O'Sullivan (captain) Donal O'Driscoll Joe Mac Sweeney Paul Culloty Thomas Keating Chris Harrison Martina Quinn | 52 | 2 | ||||
| Division 2 | |||||||||
The FloatersPaul Hughes (captain) Brian O'Hanlon Peter Lowney Peter Smith Pádraig McLoughlin | 52 | 4 | FFCKSSFiona Diffley (captain) Kevin Conlon Fariz Iqbal Ciara Fitzpatrick Shane Jackson Stuart Redmond | 47 | 0 | 1 | |||
The Motley CrewAmit De (captain) Sander van der Heyden Shane Whitlock Mark Eves Quentin Holt Pat Gibson | 57 | 4 | The Hitsquad OraclesRobbie Renehan (captain) Brian Murphy Michael Coonan Martin Holohan Stephen Holst Anna Murphy | 46 | 0 | ||||
The Kew ToursDerek Cray (captain) Bernard Sellars John Groarke Colm Murphy Colm O’Sullivan | 39 | 0 | AsktheaudienceGerry Barrett (captain) Tom Diffley Tom Clarke Stephen MacDonagh Erin McBride Damien White | 51 | 4 | ||||
Risky QuiznessJonathan Williams (captain) Daniel Fullard Tony Rafferty Rhonda Donaghey Kevin McDermott Karen Byrne | 50 | 4 | 1 | Team 18Mark Lynch (captain) Stephen Costello Liz Flynn James Sherry Morgan Casey Cathy Goulding Dave Finn | 40 | 0 | |||
| Division 3 | |||||||||
Emperor's ChambermaidsNeil Murphy (captain) Dónal Mulligan Gary John O'Sullivan Niamh O'Keeffe Conor Murphy | 48 | 4 | C4M2LMichael Gunn (captain) Liam Rabbitte Chris Joyce Chris McKenzie Colm Beirne Martha Egan Colm Ó Laoghóg | 46 | 0 | 1 | |||
Whizzing QuizardsKen MacKenzie (captain) Sanveer Singh Puri G Vinod Jay Joyce Denise Lestrange Maura Tobin | 24 | 0 | Thrown TogetherCathal Dunne (captain) Alan McClarty Martin Blake Kevin Lawless Kellyann McKillen Tom Waddell | 60 | 4 | ||||
The HoneybadgersDarragh Buckley (captain) Fintan O'Meara David Carolan Adam Nevin Stephen Screeney | 38 | 4 | The Knights of Queen DollyRichard Spencer (captain) Carmen Spencer Dr. Sarah Martyn Annemarie McCarthy Michael Madders Dr. Leanne Hinch | 29 | 0 | ||||
Single Transferable VoteCourtney Campbell (captain) Olly Donnelly Jack McInerney Michael Sharry Anoushaka Sindhu | 33 | 0 | Sliced Pangúr BánEoin O'Reilly (captain) Ben Russell Jones Rahim Dina Robert Crawley Conor O'Reilly | 46 | 4 | ||||