# All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship

The All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to Hockey Ireland. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year and 16 teams across the island compete.
Banbridge Academy, Down, are the current champions, having defeated Friends School, Lisburn in the 2024 final at Newpark Comprehensive School, Dublin

## Venues

The venue of the competition is on a three-year rota between Munster Leinster and Ulster

## History

The competition began in the 1982 school year. It was initially dominated by schools from Ulster, with the first fourteen winners coming from that province. The monopoly was finally broken in 1996-97 15th tournament, when Newpark School from Dublin became the first winners from Leinster. Ashton were the first school from Munster to win the All Ireland tournament. In 2019 all four semifinalists hailed from Leinster, with eventual winners, The High School, defeating King's Hospital 1-0 to reach their first ever final. The same scoreline stood in the other semi, where Wesley College were beaten by tournament runners-up St. Andrew's College.

## Format

Sixteen teams compete in the finals. The teams are drawn into four pools with four teams each. Each team plays the other three teams in their group once. Each group winner then play one of the other group winners in a semi-final match. The two semi-final winners then play each other in the final. The winner of the final is presented with the Tasmanian Shield. The four 2nd ranked teams in the Pools qualify to compete for the subsidiary trophy, the Herbie Sharman Trophy.

## Performance table

| School | Winners | Runner-up | Total Finals | Year of last win |
| Banbridge Academy | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2024 |
| Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2013-14 |
| St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2017-18 |
| Wesley College, Dublin | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2009-10 |
| Newry High School | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1984-85 |
| Wallace High School, Lisburn | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1987-88 |
| Bandon Grammar School | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2021-22 |
| Ashton School, Cork | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2000-01 |
| Bangor Grammar School | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1997-98 |
| Cookstown High School | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2007-08 |
| Methodist College Belfast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1985-86 |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1996-97 |
| Newtown School, Waterford | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2018 |
| The High School, Dublin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2019 |
| Kilkenny College | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1999-00 |
| Wellington College Belfast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1993-94 |
| Friends School Lisburn | 0 | 2 | 2 | |

## Finals
### 1982-1988

| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up |
| 1982 | Bangor | Newry High School | Banbridge Academy |
| 1983 | Dublin | Newry High School | Wallace High School, Lisburn |
| 1984 | Cork | Newry High School | Wallace High School, Lisburn |
| 1985 | Cookstown | Methodist College Belfast | Wallace High School, Lisburn |
| 1986 | Kilkenny | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Bandon Grammar School |
| 1987 | Limerick | Wallace High School, Lisburn | Methodist College Belfast |
| 1988 | Lisburn | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Banbridge Academy |

### 1989-1998

| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up |
| 1989 | Dublin | Bangor Grammar School | Royal Belfast Academical Institution |
| 1990 | Waterford | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Newpark Comprehensive School |
| 1991 | Cookstown | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Wesley College, Dublin |
| 1992 | Dublin | Banbridge Academy | Royal Belfast Academical Institution |
| 1993 | Cork | Wellington College Belfast | Friends School Lisburn |
| 1994 | Belfast | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Cookstown High School |
| 1995 | Dublin | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Methodist College Belfast |
| 1996 | Cork | Newpark Comprehensive School | Wesley College, Dublin |
| 1997 | Bangor | Bangor Grammar School | Ashton School |
| 1998 | Dublin | Ashton School | Wesley College, Dublin |

### 1999-2008

| Year | Venue | Winner | | | Runner-up | Notes |
| 1999 | Cork | Kilkenny College | | | Ashton School | penalty strokes |
| 2000 | Bangor | Ashton School | | | Wesley College, Dublin | |
| 2001 | Dublin | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 1 | 0 | Wesley College Dublin | |
| 2002 | Cork | Wesley College, Dublin | | | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | |
| 2003 | Banbridge | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | | | Bandon Grammar School | |
| 2004 | Dublin | Wesley College, Dublin | | | Bandon Grammar School | |
| 2005 | Cork | Bandon Grammar School | 4 | 3 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | extra time |
| 2006 | Belfast | Banbridge Academy | 5 | 4 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | extra time - golden goal |
| 2007 | Dublin | Cookstown High School | 4 | 2 | Banbridge Academy | |
| 2008 | Limerick | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 2 | 1 | Wesley College, Dublin | |

### 2009-

| Year | Venue | Winner | | | Runner-up | Notes |
| 2009 | Belfast | Wesley College, Dublin | 3 | 2 | Wallace High School, Lisburn | Extra time - Silver goal |
| 2010 | Dublin | Banbridge Academy | 4 | 2 | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | |
| 2011 | Cork | Banbridge Academy | 2 | 1 | Cookstown High School | |
| 2012 | Belfast | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 3 | 1 | Wesley College, Dublin | |
| 2013 | Dublin | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 6 | 1 | Wesley College, Dublin | |
| 2014 | Cork | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 3 | 1 | Wallace High School, Lisburn | |
| 2015 | Belfast | Banbridge Academy | 3 | 2 | Wesley College, Dublin | |
| 2016 | Dublin | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 3 | 2 | Banbridge Academy | |
| 2017 | Cork | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 1 (4) | 1 (1) | Wesley College, Dublin | Penalty Strokes |
| 2018 | Belfast | Newtown School Waterford | 1 | 0 | Banbridge Academy | |
| 2019 | Dublin | The High School, Dublin | 2 (7) | 2 (6) | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | Penalty Strokes |

### 2020-

| Year | Venue | Winner | | | Runner-up | Notes |
| 2020 | Belfast | No Competition | 0 | 0 | No Competition |
| 2021 | Dublin | Bandon Grammar School | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | Banbridge Academy | Shuttles |
| 2022 | Cork | Banbridge Academy | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | The High School | Shuttles |
| 2023 | Banbridge | Wallace High School, Lisburn | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | Newtown School | Shuttles |
| 2024 | Dublin | Banbridge Academy | 1 | 0 | Friends School Lisburn | |

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