The Haukar men's basketball team, commonly known as Haukar, is the men's basketball department of Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar multi-sport club, based in the town of

Hafnarfjörður Hafnarfjörður (), officially Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður (), is a port town and municipality in Iceland, located about south of Reykjavík. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Capital Region, on the southwest coast of t ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

Home court

Haukar play their home games in Ólafssalur (English: Ólaf's hall) in

Ásvellir Ásvellir is a sports venue in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland with a gym, pool, basketball court and football field. Two decades ago in 1996 a company and the Hafnarfjörður council signed an agreement to subsidize the construction of the complex. Fi ...

. The court is named after

Ólafur Rafnsson Ólafur Eðvarð Rafnsson (7 April 1963 - 19 June 2013) was the president of FIBA Europe from 2010 until 2013. He also served president of the Icelandic Basketball Association from 1996 until 2006 when he was voted as the president of the National ...

, a former Haukar player and president of

FIBA Europe FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...

Recent history

Haukar where relegate from the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla at the end of the 2020-2021 season. In March 2022, Haukar secured victory in the second-tier

1. deild 1. deild is the second tier league of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1943. The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association. It was originally the top level of Faroe Islands football but was replaced by the Faro ...

and promotion back to the Úrvalsdeild.

Honors

Úrvalsdeild karla * Winners (1): 1988 Icelandic Basketball Cup * Winners (3): 1985, 1986, 1996 Division I * Winners (3): 1983, 2013, 2022 Division II * Winners (1): 1981

Notable players

Coaches

References

External links

Team profile at eurobasket.com
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