The Valur men's basketball team, commonly known as Valur, is a

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team based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is part of the

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 ...

multi-sport club.

History

The club was founded as ''Gosi'' on 25 December 1951 and was one of the founding members of the Icelandic men's top division. On 22 December 1957 the club changed its name to ''Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur'' (English: Reykjavík Basketball Club) and played under that name until 1970. On 3 October 1970 the club merged into

sports club and became its basketball department. Under the new name, Valur had considerable success in the 1980's, winning the Icelandic championship two times, in 1980 and 1983, and the Icelandic cup three times, 1980, 1981 and 1983. In 1992, Valur reached the Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to

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2-3. In 2022, Valur won its third national championship after beating Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals. On 2 October 2022, Valur won its first

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, after defeating Icelandic Cup holders

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80-77. On 14 January 2023, Valur won its fourth Icelandic Cup title, and its first in 40 years, after defeating

in the Cup final.

Honours

Úrvalsdeild karla * Winners (3):

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Icelandic Cup * Winners (3): 1980, 1981, 1983,

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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 ...

* Winners: 2022 Division I * Winners (2): 1997, 2002

Individual awards

* Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year **

Kristófer Acox Kristófer Acox (born 13 October 1993) is an Icelandic basketball player for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild karla and a member of the Icelandic national basketball team, with whom he participated in the EuroBasket 2017. He has won the Icelandic cha ...

– 2022 ** Magnús Matthíasson – 1991 ** Rick Hockenos – 1978 ** Torfi Magnússon – 1982 ** Þórir Magnússon – 1974 * Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year ** Tim Dwyer – 1979, 1980, 1983 *

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– 2021, 2022 ** Magnús Matthíasson – 1991, 1993 **Tómas Holton – 1989 * Úrvalsdeild Men's Young Player of the Year Besti ungi leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla
/ref> ** Magnús Matthíasson – 1991 * 1. deild karla Player of the Year **Ragnar Jónsson – 1997 * 1. deild karla Coach of the Year ** Torfi Magnússon – 1997 * Icelandic Cup Finals MVP **

Kári Jónsson Kári Jónsson (born August 27, 1997) is an Icelandic basketball player who plays for Valur in the Úrvalsdeild karla. He was named to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team in 2016 when he helped Haukar to the Úrvalsdeild finals where th ...

– 2023

Notable players

Coaches

* Ólafur Þór Thorlacius 1970–1974 * Guðmundur Þorsteinsson 1974–1976 * Tim Dwyer 1978–1980, 1982–1983 *

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1990–1991 *

Tómas Holton Tómas Albert Tómasson Holton (born 8 July 1964) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. In 1983, he won the Icelandic championship and the Icelandic Cup as a member of Valur. Playing the point guard position, he led the Úrvals ...

1991–1992 * Svali Björgvinsson 1992–1993, 1994, 1997–1999 *

Ágúst Björgvinsson Ágúst Sigurður Björgvinsson (born 16 January 1979) is an Icelandic professional basketball coach who last coached Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Úrvalsdeild karla club Valur men's basketball, Valur. He was the head coach of the Iceland wo ...

2011–2019 *

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2020–present

European record

References

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