Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir (born 10 October 1992) is an Icelandic

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player for

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of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

Career

Guðbjörg came up through the junior teams of Haukar and played her first games with the senior team during the 2006-2007 season. In 2010, Guðbjörg helped

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to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they lost to KR in five games. On February 16, 2013, Guðbjörg dislocated her shoulder in the first half of Valur's Icelandic Cup finals game against

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. She returned to the court in second half, after the

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popped the shoulder back in the socket, and was a major catalyst in Valur's comeback to the game. However, with two minutes left of the third quarter, Guðbjörg ruptured her

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, and without her Keflavík won a narrow 68-60 victory. After going through illness during the 2014-2015 season, Guðbjörg recovered and was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team in 2016. On April 13, 2018, she helped Valur knock out defending champions Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild semi-finals. In the series clinching game, she had 14 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds. In the Úrvalsdeild finals, she faced Haukar, led by her sister

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. After splitting the first four games, Valur lost the fifth and deciding game, 74-70. On 16 February 2019, she won the Icelandic Cup after Valur defeated

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in the Cup finals, 74-90. On 27 April 2019, she helped Valur win its first ever national championship after beating

in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-0. Valur opened the 2019–20 season by defeating

, 105-81, in the annual

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behinds Guðbjörg's team-high 22 points. It was Valur's first Super Cup win and the victory made them the holders of all four major national crowns, the others being the national championship, the national cup and the league championship which is awarded for the best regular season record in the Úrvalsdeild. On 2 June 2021, she won the national championship after Valur beat Haukar 3–0 in the Úrvalsdeild finals. On 28 April 2023, she won her fifth Icelandic championship after Valur defeated top-seeded

in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1.

Icelandic national team

Guðbjörg played her first game for the

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in 2014. She won silver with Iceland at the

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and

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. As of 1 May 2018, she has played 16 games for the national team.

Personal life

Guðbjörg parents are Sverrir Hjörleifsson and Svanhildur Guðlaugsdóttir. Guðbjörg 's sister,

, is an 11-time Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year and a member of the Icelandic national team. Her brother, Kristján Leifur Sverrisson, played for Haukar in Úrvalsdeild karla.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

* Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (4):

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* Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year: 2010

Titles

* Icelandic champion (5): 2007, 2009,

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* Icelandic Basketball Cup (2): 2007,

: 2019 * Icelandic Company Cup: 2013

Accomplishments

*Icelandic All-Star (3): 2010, 2013, 2014

References

External links

Icelandic statistics
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