Íþróttafélagið Hamar is a
multi-sports club based in
Hveragerði
Hveragerði (, "hot-spring yard") is a town and municipality in the south of Iceland, 45 km east of Reykjavík on Iceland's main ringroad, Route 1 (Iceland), Route 1. The river Varmá runs through the town.
Overview
The surrounding area ...
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Iceland. There are six divisions:
football
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,
basketball,
volleyball,
swimming,
badminton and
gymnastics. The club was founded in 1992.
Basketball
Körfuknattleiksdeild Hamars is the basketball subdivision of Hamar. It was founded on 10 September 1992.
Men's basketball
Hamar first fielded a men's team during the 1993–94 season when it participated in
2. deild karla
2. deild karla (English: Men's Second Division) is a football league in Iceland. It is the third division in the Icelandic football league system. The current champions are Afturelding from Mosfellsbær, who won their 1st title in 2018.
The divi ...
. After three seasons in the 2. deild, Hamar won the league in 1997 and was promoted to
1. deild karla. During its first season in 1. deild, the team finished 5th in the league. During the summer, Hamar hired former Icelandic international player
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 ...
as its player-coach. Behind his and star player Oleg Krijanovskij play, Hamar finished fourth in the league and made it to the playoffs. In the semi-finals, Hamar defeated
Þór Þorlákshöfn 2–1 and advanced to the finals where it faced former Úrvalsdeild powerhouse
Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur. After losing the first game, 102–90, Hamar went on a won the next two for the 1. deild championship and promotion to the top-tier
Úrvalsdeild karla.
Women's basketball
Hamar women's team was the runner-up to the 2010
national championship. The following season it posted the best record in the league.
In May 2020, the club announced that they would field a joint women's team with
Þór Þorlákshöfn in the
1. deild kvenna for the upcoming season.
Football
Men's football
Women's football
In 2020, Hamar fielded a women's football team for the first time when it registered a team in the
2. deild kvenna.
References
External links
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KKÍ: Hamar – kki.is
Multi-sport clubs in Iceland
Sport in Southern Region (Iceland)
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