The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global

International Basketball Federation The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...

(FIBA). It directs and oversees all of the national basketball teams of

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, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women. It was founded on January 29, 1961 and its first chairman was Bogi Þorsteinsson, but current chairman is Hannes S. Jónsson.Starfsmenn KKÍ
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Competitions

*Men's ** Domino's deild karla ** Division I ( is, 1. deild karla) ** Division II ( is, 2. deild karla) **

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( is, 3. deild karla) *Women's ** Domino's deild kvenna ** Division I ( is, 1. deild kvenna) **Division II ( is, 2. deild kvenna)

National teams

Iceland men

Iceland men's national basketball team The Iceland men's national basketball team ( is, Íslenska karlalandsliðið í körfubolta) represents Iceland in international basketball tournaments. The team is controlled by the Icelandic Basketball Association. Iceland has qualified for t ...

Iceland men's national under-20 basketball team The Iceland men's national under-20 basketball team is the national representative for Iceland in men's international under-20 basketball tournaments. They are organized and run by the Icelandic Basketball Association. The team competes at the FIB ...

* Iceland men's national under-19 basketball team *

Iceland men's national under-17 basketball team The Iceland men's national under-16 basketball team is the national representative for Iceland in men's international under-16 basketball tournaments. They are organized and run by the Icelandic Basketball Association. They are coached by Hjalti � ...

Iceland Women

Iceland women's national basketball team The Iceland women's national basketball team represents Iceland in international women's basketball tournaments. They are controlled by the Icelandic Basketball Association. Competitive record Championship for Small Countries Games of the S ...

Iceland women's national under-20 basketball team The Iceland women's national under-20 basketball team is a national basketball team of Iceland, administered by the Icelandic Basketball Association.

Iceland women's national under-19 basketball team 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 sur ...

Iceland women's national under-17 basketball team 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 sur ...

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 ...

Chairmen

* Bogi Þorsteinsson 1961–1969 * Hólmsteinn Sigurðsson 1969–1973 *

Einar Bollason Einar Gunnar Bollason (born 6 November 1943) is an Icelandic former basketball player, coach and TV analyst. As a player, he won the Icelandic championship six times with KR. In 2001, he was named to the Icelandic basketball team of the 20th ce ...

1973–1976 * Páll Júlíusson 1976–1977 * Sigurður Ingólfsson 1978–1979 * Stefán Ingólfsson 1979–1980 * Kristbjörn Albertsson 1980 * Stefán Ingólfsson 1980–1981 * Kristbjörn Albertsson 1981–1982 * Helgi Ágústsson 1982–1983 * Þórdís Anna Kristjánsdóttir 1983–1984 * Eiríkur Ingólfsson 1984–1985 * Björn Björgvinsson 1985–1988 *

Kolbeinn Pálsson Kolbeinn Hermann Pálsson (born 26 November 1945) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national team. In 1966 he became the first basketball player to be named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year. He ...

1988–1996 *

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 ...

1996–2006 * Hannes S. Jónsson 2006–present

References

External links

Official website

Iceland
at FIBA site

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