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Úrvalsdeild Kvenna (basketball)
Úrvalsdeild kvenna (English: Women's Premier League), known as Bónus deild kvenna for sponsorship reasons, is the highest basketball competition among women's clubs in Iceland. It is administered by the Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands, Icelandic Basketball Federation. It was founded in 1952 and, until 2007, it was known as 1. deild kvenna (English: Women's First division). The league was known as the ''Subway deild kvenna'' from 2021 to 2024. In July 2024, supermarket chain Bónus became the primary sponsor. Champions Notes Titles per club Awards and honors Domestic All-First Team The Women's Domestic All-First Team is an annual Úrvalsdeild honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every season. Domestic Player of the Year Foreign Player of the Year Úrvalsdeild Women's Playoffs MVP Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP award is awarded annually to the player judged most valuable to his team during the Úrvalsdeild playoffs. Defensive Player of the Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Úrvalsdeild Kvenna (basketball)
The 2024–25 Úrvalsdeild kvenna is the 68th season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. It starts in October 2024 with the first round of the regular season and ends in May 2025. Keflavík are the defending champions. Haukar won their fifth title after beating Njarðvík in the final. Competition format The league consists of 10 teams with a 8 team playoff tournament. The bottom team will be relegated to the 1. deild kvenna while the team in 9th place will face the teams in 2-4 place in the 1. deild in a playoff for a spot in the Úrvalsdeild. Teams Managerial changes Regular season Winners stage Losers stage Play offs Notable occurrences *On 31 May, the board of Fjölnir announced it had withdrawn the team from the league due to financial difficulties. *On 21 June, Danielle Rodriguez left Grindavík and signed with BCF Elfic Fribourg Basket. *On 21 June, Sóllilja Bjarnadóttir signed with Grindavík. *On 8 July, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgir Örn Birgis
Birgir Örn Birgisson (23 September 1942 – 11 December 2017) was an Icelanders, Icelandic basketball player and basketball coach, coach. He was one of the inaugural players of the Iceland men's national basketball team, Icelandic national basketball team in 1959 and played a total of 33 national team games. He played twenty seasons in the Icelandic top-tier league with Ármann men's basketball, Ármann and helped the club to its first and only Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), men's national championship in 1976. In 1968, Birgir was the first player to win the league's Úrvalsdeild karla Player of the Year, Player of the Year trophy, given by Dave Zinkoff. Early life Birgir was born in Reykjavík to Birgir Einarsson and Hulda Jónsdóttir. He first played basketball in 1954 when he stumpled into a basketball practice. Career Birgir played his first senior team game for Ármann in 1958, at the age of 16, and spent twenty seasons with the club, winning the Icelandic Men's Basket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Dunbar
Dirk Dunbar (born 28 October 1953) is an American former basketball player and coach. He was one of the first foreign players to play in Iceland where he led the Úrvalsdeild karla in scoring and won the Icelandic Cup in 1978. College career Dunbar played basketball for Central Michigan University and was the Mid-American Conference third leading scorer as a freshman. He was plagued by injuries during his stay at Central Michigan, missing all but 11 games of his sophomore season due to two knee surgeries. He red shirted his junior year before deciding to transfer to Eckerd College in January 1976. At Eckerd, he set the schools single game and season scoring records. Club career Dunbar signed with ÍS of the top-tier Icelandic basketball league in July 1977. His first games came during the Reykjavík Basketball Tournament where he broke the nations single game scoring record on October 8, by scoring 58 points against Fram, breaking Þórir Magnússon's previous record of 57 po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Ólafsson (basketball)
Einar Ólafsson (13 January 1928 – 12 March 2024) was an Icelandic basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... player and coach. Called "the father of basketball", he was one of the main pioneers of modern basketball in Iceland and was one of the inaugural members of Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur's basketball department. He played for ÍR in the 1950s before turning to coaching. He coached at ÍR for almost 50 years, including its men's and women's senior teams, winning several national championships. Personal life Einar was married to Guðfinna Kristín Kristjánsdóttir with whom he had three sons. Einar died at a nursing home in Reykjavík on 12 March 2024, aged 96. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Olafsson, Einar 1928 births 2024 deaths Einar Ólafsson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 century and the coach of the 20th century by the Icelandic Basketball Association. In 2020, he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon from the president of Iceland. Early life Einar was born in Vesturbær in Reykjavík. Playing career Club career Einar came up through the junior ranks of ÍR and played his first senior games at the age of 15. He later moved to KR where he spent the bulk of his career. Icelandic national team Between 1964 and 1978, Einar played 35 games for the Icelandic national basketball team. Coaching career Einar coached the men's national team in 1974–1976, 1977, 1979–1982 and 1984–1987. During his tenures the team played 133 games, winning 57. Team of the 20th century In 2001 Einar was vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestri Women's Basketball
The Vestri women's basketball team, commonly known as Vestri, is a basketball team based in Ísafjörður, Iceland. It is part of the Vestri multi-sport club. History The club was founded in 1965 as ''Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar'' (KFÍ). In 1969, KFÍ won the Vesturland's group and was slated to face Þór Akureyri, which won the Norðurland's group, in a game for the national championship. KFÍ forfeited the game as they could not field a team at the date of the game. The team participated in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna from 1999 to 2002, advancing to the semi-finals in the Úrvalsdeild playoffs in 2001. It made it into the final four of the Icelandic Cup in 2000 and 2001. In 2016 KFÍ merged into Íþróttafélagið Vestri and became its basketball sub-division. After playing in the 2. deild kvenna for the 2018–2019 season, the team returned to the second-tier 1. deild kvenna in June 2020. In July 2021, Dimitris Zacharias was hired as the head coach of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Basketball Federation
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 (FIBA). It directs and oversees all of the national basketball teams of Iceland, 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 Kristinn Albertsson. Competitions *Men's ** Domino's deild karla ** Division I () ** Division II () ** Division III () *Women's ** Domino's deild kvenna ** Division I () **Division II () National teams Iceland men *Iceland men's national basketball team * Iceland men's national under-20 basketball team * Iceland men's national under-19 basketball team * Iceland men's national under-17 basketball team Iceland Women * Iceland women's national basketball team * I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þór Akureyri Women's Basketball
Thor (from ) is a prominent list of thunder gods, god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves and trees, Physical strength, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility. Besides Old Norse , the deity occurs in Old English as , in Old Frisian as ', in Old Saxon as ', and in Old High German as , all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym , meaning 'Thunder'. Thor is a prominently mentioned god throughout the recorded history of the Germanic peoples, from the Roman Empire, Roman occupation of regions of , to the Germanic expansions of the Migration Period, to his high popularity during the Viking Age, when, in the face of the process of the Christianization of Scandinavia, emblems of his hammer, , were worn and Norse paganism, Norse pagan personal names containing the name of the god bear witness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vísir
''Vísir'' was an Icelandic newspaper founded in December 1910 by Einar Gunnarsson, originally only distributed in and around Reykjavík. In 1967, Jónas Kristjánsson (newspaper editor), Jónas Kristjánsson became its editor. In 1975, he left the paper after a conflict with the ownership group of on his editorial policy and founded Dagblaðið. On 26 November 1981, Vísir and Dagblaðið merged to form Dagblaðið Vísir. References 1910 establishments in Iceland Newspapers established in 1910 Daily newspapers published in Iceland Defunct newspapers published in Iceland Mass media in Reykjavík Publications disestablished in 1981 {{Iceland-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic daily newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper and the newspaper of record. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president, Sveinn Björnsson. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fimleikafélagið Björk
Fimleikafélagið Björk, also known as Björk for short, is a multi-sports club from Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. The club was founded in 1951 as a gymnastics club but soon started departments in various other sports. Arena In April 2001, ground was broken for the club's new arena, ''Bjarkarhús''. Sports Basketball During the winter of 1958–1959, the club started a basketball department. The following winter, basketball was the main sport at the club, with the gymnastic department folding. In 1963, the club won a junior women's national championship in ''2. flokkur kvenna''. In 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ..., the club competed in the top-tier of the Icelandic women's basketball tournament for the first and only time, finishing third. References {{DEF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
