The Breiðabliks men's basketball team, commonly known as Breiðablik, is the men's
basketball
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department of the
Breiðablik multi-sport
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club. It is based in
Kópavogur
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It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region. The name literally means ''seal pup inlet''. The town seal contains t ...
,
Iceland
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.
Breiðablik also has a men's
reserve team
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that plays in the
amateur level
Icelandic 4th-tier 3. deild karla, called Breiðablik-b.
Honours
Titles
Division I
* Winners (6): 1976, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2008, 2021
Division II
* Winners (1): 1985
Individual awards
*
Úrvalsdeild Men's Coach of the Year
**Birgir Guðbjörnsson - 1996
**Eggert Garðarsson - 2002
*
Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic All-First Team The Úrvalsdeild karla Domestic All-First Team is an annual Úrvalsdeild karla honor bestowed on the best domestic players in the league following every season. It has been awarded since the 1987-88 season.
All-time award winners
References ...
**Pálmi Freyr Sigurgeirsson - 2002, 2004
*
Úrvalsdeild Men's Young Player of the Year
**Rúnar Ingi Erlingsson - 2009
Notable past players
Coaches
*
Pálmar Sigurðsson
Pálmar Sigurðsson (born 7 February 1963) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach, and a former member of the Icelandic national team. In 2001 he was named to the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketb ...
1993–1995
*
Jón Arnar Ingvarsson
Jón Arnar Ingvarsson (born 3 June 1972) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and coach. He spent the majority of his career with Haukar in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He retired as the Úrvalsdeild all-time leader in assists but ...
2002–2005
*
Hrafn Kristjánsson 2009–2010
*
Borce Ilievski
Borce Ilievski (born August 3, 1972) is a Macedonian-Icelandic professional basketball coach. In 2019 he was named the Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the Year after guiding ÍR to the Úrvalsdeild finals.
Coaching career
In 2006, Ilievski was hired ...
2012–2014
* Pétur Ingvarsson 2018–present
Reserve team
In 2019, Breiðablik-b won the
3. deild karla after beating
ÍR in the league finals and achieved promotion to the
2. deild karla.
Titles
Division III
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Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
* Winners: 2019
References
External links
Breiðablik team info
{{Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
Breiðablik (basketball)