The Ármann men's basketball team, commonly known as Ármann, is the men's

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department of Ármann multi-sport club and is based in

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, Iceland. As of the 2020-2021 season the team plays in

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History

Ármann was one of the founding teams of the first Icelandic basketball league in

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

. In 1968, its star player,

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, won the inaugural

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award. In 1976, Ármann won its first national championship after beating KR 84-74 in the championship clinching game. On 1 December 1979,

Danny Shouse Daniel "Danny" Shouse (born October 23, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player who won two Icelandic championships with Úrvalsdeild club Njarðvík in 1981 and 1982. He set the Icelandic single game scoring record in 1979 ...

scored 100 points for Ármann in a 1 .deild karla game against Skallagrímur, setting the Icelandic single game scoring record. In January 1980 he scored 76 points in an overtime loss against

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and in February he broke the 70 point barrier again, scoring 72 points against

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. In 10 games, he scored 648 points for an average of 64.8 points per game. His scoring prowess helped Ármann win Division I and achieve promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. Even though Shouse played in the nations tier 2 league during his first season, he was widely regarded as one of the best players in the country and finished third in the vote for Foreign Player of the Year. On 6 April 2022, Ármann won the

, after winning all 21 league and playoff games, and was promoted to the 1. deild karla.

European record

Trophies and achievements

Titles

* Úrvalsdeild karla: ** Winners (1): 1976 * 1. deild karla: ** Winners (1): 1980 *

: ** Winners (4): 2000, 2006, 2015, 2022 *

Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup The Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni KKÍ), also known as VÍS bikarinn for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball competition between clubs in Iceland. It is Iceland's first-tier cup competition, and is n ...

: ** ''Winners (3)'': 1965, 1975, 1976

Individual awards

Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year The Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1973 to recognize the best Icelandic basketball player of the year. The winners are basketball players who have Icelandic citizenship, and whose performances with its sports club ...

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- 1976 * Úrvalsdeild karla Domestic player of the year **

- 1968 * 1. deild karla Domestic All-First team **Steinar Kaldal - 2008

Notable players

Notable coaches

1976–1977 * Michael Wood 1977–1978 * Bob Starr 1979–1980 *

Birgir Mikaelsson Birgir Mikaelsson (born 27 September 1965) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of Icelandic national team. In 1990, he won the national championships with KR. During his career, he played in four different decades. Ea ...

2003–2004 *

Pétur Ingvarsson Pétur () or Petur is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Petur Alberg (1885–1940), Faroese violin player and songwriter from Tórshavn * Pétur Blöndal (1944–2015), Icelandic congressman in the Icelandic Independence Party ...

* Tómas Hermannsson * Karl Guðlaugsson * Ólafur Þór Jónsson 2021–2023 * Steinar Kaldal 2023–present

References

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