The Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni KKÍ), also known as VÍS bikarinn for sponsorship reasons, is an annual

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competition between clubs in

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 ...

. It is Iceland's first-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Iceland's former second-tier cup competition, the Company Cup.

History and format

The first edition of the Icelandic Women's Cup championship took place in 1975, and was won by

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in Basketball, football, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from A ...

. All the rounds are played with a single game knockout format. The final four and the finals are played on a single weekend. Finally, the winner of the Icelandic Cup championship, or the runner-up if the same team wins both the cup and national championship, will then face the winner of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna championship in a single game to determine the winner of the Icelandic Supercup championship in the beginning of the next season. The Cup was known as ''Geysir bikarinn'' for sponsorship reasons from 2018 to 2020.Geysis-bikarinn kynntur til leiks næstu tvö árin
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Title holders

* 1974–75

* 1975–76 KR * 1976–77 KR * 1977–78 ÍS * 1978–79 ÍR * 1979–80 ÍS * 1980–81 ÍS * 1981–82 KR * 1982–83 KR * 1983–84

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar ( en, Hawks F.C.) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Football, Handball, Basketball, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The club was founded on 12 April 1931, when 13 young boys ...

* 1984–85 ÍS * 1985–86 KR * 1986–87 KR * 1987–88

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavik merged with nearby Njarðv ...

* 1988–89

* 1989–90

* 1990–91 ÍS * 1991–92

* 1992–93

* 1993–94

* 1994–95

* 1995–96

* 1996–97

* 1997–98

* 1998–99 KR * 1999–00

* 2000–01 KR * 2001–02 KR * 2002–03 ÍS * 2003–04

* 2004–05

* 2005–06 ÍS * 2006–07

* 2007–08

Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town on the Southern Peninsula (Iceland), Southern Peninsula of Iceland not far from the tuya Þorbjörn (mountain), Þorbjörn. It is one of the few cities with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work in ...

* 2008–09 KR * 2009–10

* 2010–11

* 2011–12

Njarðvík Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400. History In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. T ...

* 2012–13

* 2013–14

* 2014–15

* 2015–16 Snæfell * 2016–17

* 2017–18

* 2018–19

Valur Valur may refer to: People * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician * Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player * Guðni Valur Guðnason (born ...

* 2019–20 Skallagrímur *

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* 2021–22

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Cup Finals MVP

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References

External links

Icelandic Basketball Federation
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Recurring sporting events established in 1975

History and format

Title holders

Cup Finals MVP

See also

References

External links