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Úrvalsdeild Men's Young Player Of The Year
The Men's Young Player of the Year is an annual Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Úrvalsdeild honor bestowed on the best young player in the league following every season. The winner receives the Örlygur Cup, named after Örlygur Aron Sturluson. All-time award winners The following is a list of the all-time Úrvalsdeild Men's Young Player of the Year winners. References External linksIcelandic Basketball Federation Official Website {{Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) European basketball awards Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úrvalsdeild Karla (basketball)
Úrvalsdeild karla (English: Men's Premier League), also known as Bónus deild karla for sponsorship reasons, is the highest men's professional basketball competition among clubs in Iceland, where play determines the national champion. It is organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation (). The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 22 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. Quarterfinals, semifinals and finals series are best-of-five. The bottom clubs are promotion and relegation, relegated, and replaced by the top team from the regular-season phase and the four-team playoff round winner of the second-level First Division Men (Icelandic basketball), First Division (). History Creation and first years 1951-1959 The league was founded in 1951 as ''1. deild karla'' () and its first season was played in April 1952 with five teams, Njarðvík men's basketball, Íþróttafélag Keflavíkurflugvallar (ÍKF), ÍR men's basketball, Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (ÍR), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Arnarson
Herbert Svavar Arnarson (born May 4, 1970) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of Icelandic national team. In 1995, he was the second player to be named both the Úrvalsdeild karla Domestic Player of the Year and the Young Player of the Year in the same season. In 1998 he helped Racing Antwerpen to the Belgian Basketball League finals where it lost to Spirou Charleroi. College After playing for Madisonville High School, Herbert joined Kentucky Wesleyan College where he became NCAA Division II champion in 1990. Icelandic national team From 1991 to 2002, Herbert played 111 games for the Icelandic national team. Awards and accomplishments Titles *NCAA Division II: 1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ... * Icelandic Supercup: 1998 Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helgi Már Magnússon
Helgi Már Magnússon (born August 27, 1982) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. As a player, he has won seven national championships in Iceland during his career. Club career In February 2016, Helgi won his first Icelandic Basketball Cup after having lost in his previous four cup finals. Helgi announced is retirement from top level play following the 2015-2016 Úrvalsdeild season. but returned to the team in March 2018. A month later, Helgi won his sixth Icelandic championship after KR defeated Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals. On 4 May 2019 he won his 7th national championship after KR beat ÍR in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-2. On 5 January 2020, he appeared in an Úrvalsdeild game for the fourth different decade. National team career Helgi played 95 games for the Icelandic national basketball team and participated at the EuroBasket 2015 EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jón Arnór Stefánsson
Jón Arnór Stefánsson (born 21 September 1982) is an Icelandic basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national team. One of Iceland's most successful athletes of the early 21st century, he was the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2014 and a 12-time Icelandic Male Basketball Player of the Year. A three-time Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year, he won the Icelandic championship five times and the FIBA Europe League once. He spent most of his career in Spain, Italy and Iceland, winning the Italian Basketball Cup in 2006 and the Icelandic Cup in 2017. High school career Jón Arnór attended Artesia High School in Lakewood, California from 1999 to 2000. His stay was cut short when allegations rose that he and teammate Jack Michael Martínez had been illegally recruited by coach Wayne Merino. In the end Artesia's basketball program was stripped of two championships and Merino, Artesia's coach for thirteen seasons, was fired. Professional career Follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlynur Bæringsson
Hlynur Elías Bæringsson (born 6 July 1982) is an Icelandic former basketball player. During his career, he won the Icelandic championship twice, in 2010 as a member of Snæfell and in 2025 with Stjarnan. In 2011 he won the Swedish championship as a member of Sundsvall Dragons. Hlynur was a key player with the Icelandic national team when it made its first appearance in EuroBasket in 2015 and again in 2017. He is one of eight players who have played at least 120 games for the team. A prolific rebounder, he led the Úrvalsdeild karla in rebounds twice and the Basketligan once. In 2019, he became the Úrvalsdeild karla all-time career rebounding leader. Basketball career Club career Hlynur started his career with Skallagrímur in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild in 1997 but moved to Snæfell in 2002. He spent the next three seasons there, losing to Keflavík in the national finals in 2004 and 2005. In 2005 Hlynur joined Woon! Aris Leeuwarden of the Dutch Eredivisie. For the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998–99 Úrvalsdeild Karla (basketball)
The 1998–99 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 47th season of the Úrvalsdeild, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 1, 1998 and ended on April 22, 1999. Keflavík won its fifth title by defeating Njarðvík 3–2 in the Finals. Competition format The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team was relegated to Division 1. Regular season Playoffs Notable occurrences *On 12 November, David Bevis was suspended for one game after tossing a water bottle at a wall after ÍA's a loss against Þór Akureyri which resulted in water hitting referees and staff at the scorers table. *On 23 November, it was reported that ÍA had released both David Bevis and Victor Pereira in a roster overhaul in what turned out to be an unpopular decision by head coach Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldur Ólafsson
Baldr (Old Norse also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, he is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, and has numerous brothers, such as Thor and Váli. In wider Germanic mythology, the god was known in Old English as , and in Old High German as , all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym ('hero' or 'prince'). During the 12th century, Danish accounts by Saxo Grammaticus and other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a euhemerized account of his story. Compiled in Iceland during the 13th century, but based on older Old Norse poetry, the ''Poetic Edda'' and the ''Prose Edda'' contain numerous references to the death of Baldr as both a great tragedy to the Æsir and a harbinger of Ragnarök. According to ''Gylfaginning'', a book of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Baldr's wife is Nanna and their son is Forseti. Baldr had the greatest ship ever built, ''Hringhorni'', and there is no place more beautiful than his hall, Breidablik. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997–98 Úrvalsdeild Karla (basketball)
The 1997–98 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 46th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 2, 1997 and ended on April 19, 1998. 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. ... won its fourteenth title by defeating KR 3–0 in the Finals. Competition format The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team was relegated to Division 1. Regular season Playoffs References External linksOfficial Icelandic Basketball Federation website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestri Men's Basketball
The Vestri men's basketball team, commonly known as Vestri, is a basketball team based in Ísafjörður, Iceland. The club was founded in 1965 as Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar and held that name until it merged with newly founded Íþróttafélagið Vestri multi-sport club in 2016 and became its basketball department. History The club was founded in 1965 as ''Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar'' (KFÍ). In 1967 it reached the final of the Icelandic Cup where it lost to KR. In March 1983, KFÍ finished first in its group in 2. deild karla and played Laugdælir, Breiðablik and Íþróttafélag Menntaskólans á Egilsstöðum (ÍME) in they playoffs for the 2. deild championship and promotion to 1. deild karla. According to the rules at the time, each team would play the other three once and the team with the best win–loss record would be crowned champions. KFÍ lost its first game to Breiðablik, 79–76, despite 29 points from Guðjón Már Þorsteinsson and 21 po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friðrik Erlendur Stefánsson
Friðrik Erlendur Stefánsson (born 6 October 1976) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player who spent 17 seasons with Njarðvík, winning the Icelandic national championship three times and the Icelandic Basketball Cup three times. In 2006 he was voted as the Úrvalsdeild domestic player of the year. Early life and career Friðrik grew up in Vestmannaeyjar where he started practicing basketball at the age of 16 with a local team called Týr. During a school trip in Njarðvík in 1992, he was spotted by Axel Nikulásson, the head coach of the Icelandic U-16 team, who selected him for the team's games in August that year. He was the first player to play for the Icelandic national team before playing in any official games organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation. In December 1993, he joined KR for the rest of the 1993-1994 season. In March 1994, he was injured on practice after a backboard of a basket fell on him after a dunk. After starting the 1994-95 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996–97 Úrvalsdeild Karla (basketball)
The 1996–97 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 45th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 3, 1996 and ended on April 6, 1997. Keflavík won its fourth title by defeating Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, not far from Þorbjörn, a tuya (a type of flat-topped, steep-sided volcano). It is one of the few towns with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work ... 3–0 in the Finals. Competition format The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team was relegated to Division 1. Regular season Playoffs References External linksOfficial Icelandic Basketball Federation website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |