RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award

{{Short description|Irish sports award}}

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{{Infobox award

| name = RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award

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| awarded_for = Most substantive contribution to sport

| presenter = RTÉ Sport

| country = Ireland

| year = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2004}}

| website = {{Official website|www.rte.ie/sport/}}

| holder = Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly (2024; para cycling)

| holder_label = Most recent winner

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The RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award is given on an annual basis to the sporting team or partnership considered to have made the most substantive contribution to sport in that year. It was first awarded, by RTÉ Sport, in 2004.

List of winners

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Winner

!Sport

!Achievement

2004

| Ireland Rugby Union

| Rugby Union

| Winners of the Triple Crown in the 2004 Six Nations Championship

2005

| Tyrone Gaelic Football

| Gaelic Football

| Winners of the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

2006

| Munster Rugby

| Rugby Union

| Winners of the 2005–06 Heineken Cup

2007

| Ireland Cricket

| Cricket

| Qualified for the Super 8 stages in their first ever World Cup

2008

| Munster Rugby

| Rugby Union

| Winners of the Heineken Cup for the second time in three years

2009

| Ireland Rugby Union

| Rugby Union

| Winners of the Six Nations Grand Slam for first time in sixty-one years

2010

| Irish Amateur Boxing Team

| Boxing

| Winners of 5 medals at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships

2011

| Leinster Rugby

| Rugby Union

| 2008-09 & 2010-11 Heineken Cup Champions - Heineken Cup for the second time in three years

2012

| Donegal Gaelic Football{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Donegal/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=182904|title=Donegal are Team of the Year|work=Hogan Stand|date=24 December 2012|accessdate=24 December 2012}}

| Gaelic Football

| Blew every opponent away using "The System" on their way to Championship glory

2013

| Clare Hurling

| Hurling

| Emerged to win the 2013 All-Ireland after only winning one championship match over the previous four campaigns.

2014

| Cork Ladies' Football

| Ladies' Gaelic Football

| Won their 9th All-Ireland title in 10 years.

2015

| Dundalk F.C.

| Association football

| Won the double of League of Ireland and FAI Cup

2016

| Gary O'Donovan and Paul O'Donovan

| Rowing

| Won the silver medal in the Men's lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics

2017

| Irish show jumping team

| Show jumping

|

2018

| Ireland women's national field hockey team

| Field hockey

| Runners-up at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup

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2019

| Dublin Gaelic football team

| Gaelic football

| Record-breaking five successive All-Ireland Championships

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2020

| Limerick hurling team

| Hurling

| Winners of the 2020 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and the 2020 National Hurling League

2021

| Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal

| Cycling

| Won the silver medal in the Women's individual pursuit at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

2022

| Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy

| Rowing

| Won the gold medal in the 2022 World Rowing Championships Men's lightweight double sculls

2023

|Limerick hurling team

|Hurling

|Winners of the 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and the 2023 National Hurling League

2024

|Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly

|Cycling

|Won Paralympics Gold in the Time Trial and Silver in the Road Race and Two Gold medal at the World Championships

Shortlists

The winner is in bold.

=2010=

{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/1215/1224285581634.html|title=Shortlist for RTÉ awards named|work=The Irish Times|date=15 December 2010|accessdate=15 December 2010}}

=2011=

{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2011/1208/awards.html |title=RTÉ Sports Awards shortlist revealed |work=RTÉ Sport |date=8 December 2011 |accessdate=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107051608/http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2011/1208/awards.html |archivedate=7 January 2012 }}

=2012=

{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2012/1210/357668-nominees-named-for-rte-sports-awards/|title=Nominees for RTÉ Sports Awards|work=RTÉ Sport|date=10 December 2012|accessdate=10 December 2012}}

=2014=

{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2014/1205/664983-sports-person-manager-of-year-nominees-announced/|title=Nominees for RTÉ Sports Awards 2014|work=RTÉ Sport|date=8 December 2014|accessdate=19 August 2015}}

=2015=

{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/2015-rte-sports-awards-nominees-2498887-Dec2015/|title=The nominees for the 2015 RTÉ Sports Awards have been announced|date=12 December 2015|work=The 42|accessdate=9 December 2016}}

  • Dublin footballers,
  • Kilkenny hurlers,
  • Cork camogie,
  • Cork ladies football,
  • Dundalk F.C.
  • Ireland women's cricket team,
  • Ireland men's rugby team,
  • Ireland men's hockey team,
  • Irish boxing team,
  • Northern Ireland soccer team,
  • Republic of Ireland soccer team
  • Special Olympics team

=2016=

{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/rte-sports-team-of-the-year-2-3133344-Dec2016/|title=12 nominees in contention for the 2016 RTÉ Sports Team of the Year award|date=11 December 2015|work=The 42|accessdate=9 December 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://www.the42.ie/team-of-the-year-rte-sports-awards-3146393-Dec2016/|title= O'Donovan brothers and Stephen Kenny honoured at RTÉ Sports Awards|date=17 December 2016|work=The 42|accessdate=20 December 2016}}

=2020=

{{cite web|url= https://www.the42.ie/rte-sport-awards-team-of-the-year-5336289-Jan2021/|title= Shortlist revealed for RTÉ Sport Awards Team of the Year - who would you pick?|date=26 January 2021|work=The 42|accessdate= 27 January 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2021/0128/1193696-katie-taylor-is-rte-sportsperson-of-the-year-2020/|title= Katie Taylor is RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year 2020|date=29 January 2020|work=RTE Sport|accessdate= 29 January 2021}}

=2021=

{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/rte-sport-awards-team-of-the-year-2021-5627339-Dec2021/|title=Nominees revealed for RTÉ Sport Awards Team of the Year - who would you pick|date=11 December 2021|publisher=The 42|first=Emma|last=Duffy|accessdate=19 December 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2021/1210/1266125-rte-sport-awards-2021-team-of-the-year-nominees/|title=RTÉ Sport Awards 2021: Team of the Year nominees|date=11 December 2021|publisher=RTÉ Sport|accessdate=19 December 2021}}

=2022=

{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/other-sport/2022/1217/1342523-rte-sport-awards-updates/|title= Recap: RTE Sports Awards 2022|date=18 December 2022|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=28 July 2023}}

= 2023 =

= 2024 =

See also

References