The Keflavík men's basketball team, commonly known as Keflavík, is the men's professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
department of
Keflavík ÍF
Keflavík ÍF (Keflavík, íþrótta- og ungmennafélag) is an Icelandic sports club, from the town of Reykjanesbær. The club has several divisions for different sports: football, basketball, swimming, gymnastics, badminton, shooting, and taekw ...
(Keflavík, íþrótta- og ungmennafélag), based in the town of
Reykjanesbær
Reykjanesbær () is a municipality on the Southern Peninsula (''Suðurnes'') in Iceland, though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of Keflavík and Njarðvík which have grown together over the years. The municipalit ...
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 ...
. They currently play in
Úrvalsdeild karla.
Rivalry with Njarðvík
Keflavík's biggest rivals are their closest neighbours,
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 ...
. The teams are both based in
Reykjanesbær
Reykjanesbær () is a municipality on the Southern Peninsula (''Suðurnes'') in Iceland, though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of Keflavík and Njarðvík which have grown together over the years. The municipalit ...
. Keflavík and Njarðvík were neighbouring towns but were merged in 1994 and formed
Reykjanesbær
Reykjanesbær () is a municipality on the Southern Peninsula (''Suðurnes'') in Iceland, though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of Keflavík and Njarðvík which have grown together over the years. The municipalit ...
. Their arenas are within one kilometre of each other. In the 2008–09 season the rivalry was intensified as the men's teams were coached by brothers,
Sigurður Ingimundarson with Keflavík and
Valur Ingimundarson
Valur Snjólfur Ingimundarson (born 20 February 1962) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. He played for 20 seasons in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and is its highest scoring player of all time. He won the Icelandic championship ei ...
with Njarðvík. At the end of that season Sigurður left his post as the team's coach and moved to a club in Sweden. He was replaced by former player
Guðjón Skúlason. Just before the start of the 2009–10 season Sigurður became coach of Njarðvík, replacing his brother Valur.
Arena
The club's home arena is nicknamed "The Slaughterhouse".
Achievements
Titles
*
Icelandic champions: (9):
**1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
*
Icelandic Basketball Cup: (5):
**1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004
*
Super Cup: (3):
**1997, 2003, 2008
*
Company Cup: (6):
**1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2013
*
1. deild karla: (2):
**1982, 1985
*
2. deild karla: (1):
**1978
Notable players
Head coaches
Trivia
* The team has a reputation for playing an uptempo game which earned it the nickname Keflavíkurhraðlestin (The Keflavík Express).
KÖRFUKNATTLEIKUR Keflavíkurhraðlestin mátaði teinana
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References
External links
Official websiteTeam profile at Eurobasket
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Keflavík (basketball)