The Stjarnan men's basketball team, commonly known as Stjarnan, is the men's basketball department of

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, based in the town of Garðabær, Iceland. It is a subdivision of

History

Stjarnan's men's basketball team was founded in 1993. It reached the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla in 2001. After losing all its games during the 2001–02 season, the team almost folded. It managed to stay afloat and reached the Úrvalsdeild again in 2007 and advanced to the Úrvalsdeild Finals in 2011 and 2013, losing both times. It won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2009, 2013, 2015,

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and 2020. On 14 March 2019, Stjarnan defeated Haukar in the last game of the regular season and finished with the best record in the league, winning the Division championship and a home court advantage through the playoffs. Stjarnan opened the 2019–20 season with an 89-77 win against reigning champions KR in the annual

Icelandic Super Cup The Icelandic Men's Super Cup (Icelandic: ''Meistarakeppni karla'') is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the Úrvalsdeild karla and the Icelandic Cup holders (or, if the same team holds both titles, between the title-holde ...

behind newly signed Kyle Johnson's 21 points. On 15 February 2020, the team repeated as Cup champions after beating

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in the cup final. On 27 September 2020, Stjarnan won the Super Cup for the second consecutive season.

Honors

* Icelandic Basketball Cup (6): :2009, 2013, 2015,

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Players

Individual awards

* Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year **

Justin Shouse Justin Christopher Shouse (born 16 September 1981) is an American and Icelandic former basketball player and coach. He won the Icelandic Cup four times and was named the Cup Finals MVP in 2015. He was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the ...

– 2012, 2013 * Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year **

– 2010 * Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team **

Hlynur Bæringsson Hlynur Elías Bæringsson (born 6 July 1982) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Stjarnan of the Úrvalsdeild karla and a member of the Icelandic national basketball team. He won the Icelandic championship in 2010 as a member of ...

– 2017, 2018, 2019 **

– 2012, 2013 **

Ægir Steinarsson Ægir Þór Steinarsson (born May 10, 1991) is an Icelandic basketball player for LEB Oro club CB Lucentum Alicante and the Icelandic national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017. College Ægir played with New ...

– 2019 * Úrvalsdeild Defensive Player of the Year **

– 2017 **

– 2019 * Icelandic Cup Finals MVP ** Jarrid Frye – 2013 **

– 2015 **

Brandon Rozzell Brandon Rozzell (born March 27, 1989) is an American professional basketball player. In 2017 he won the Swedish championship with Luleå where he was named the Finals MVP. In 2016 he was named the Basketligaen Most Valuable Player. Professiona ...

– 2019 **

– 2020 ** David Gabrovšek – 2022

Notable players

Retired numbers

Coaches

Notes

References

Official Website

Eurobasket men's team profileKKÍ: Stjarnan – kki.is
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