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Benedikt Guðmundsson
Benedikt Rúnar Guðmundsson (born 19 August 1972) is an Icelandic basketball coach. He has been named Úrvalsdeild karla Coach of the Year twice: in the 2006–07 season and in the 2008–09 season,. In both seasons, he won the Icelandic men's championship KR. He has been named the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the year twice; in 2010, when he also won the Icelandic women's championship with KR, and in 2019. Coaching career After coaching Þór Þorlákshöfn from 2010, Benedikt took over Þór Akureyri men's and women's teams in 2015. He led the men's team to victory in Division I in 2016 and a promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla. He led the women's team to victory in Division I in 2017 but the team failed to achieve promotion til the Úrvalsdeild kvenna after losing to Breiðablik in the promotion playoffs. In May 2017, Benedikt was hired as the head coach of KR women's team. After guiding KR to the Úrvalsdeild playoffs in 2019, Benedikt was named the Úrvalsd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KR Men's Basketball
The KR men's basketball team, commonly known as KR or KR Basket, is a professional basketball club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the men's basketball department of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (English: Reykjavík Football Club) multi-sport club. It has won the Icelandic championship eighteen times, the most national championships in the men's top-tier league history. It won a record 6 national championships in a row from 2014 to 2019. Recent history In 2017, the team played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time since 2008. In March 2023, the team was relegated to the second-tier 1. deild karla (basketball), 1. deild karla for the first time in its history. A year later, it finished first in 1. deild karla and gained promotion back to the Úrvalsdeild. Reserve team KR has a men's reserve team that plays in the amateur sports, amateur level Icelandic basketball league system, Icelandic 3rd-tier 2. deild karla (basketball), Division II and the Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games Of The Small States Of Europe
The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennial multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organized by and featuring the National Olympic Committees of nine European small state, small states since 1985. The Games are held at the end of May or beginning of June and feature competition in nine Summer Olympic sports. Member countries The games are organized by the members of the European Olympic Committees (EOC). From its initial forming at the 1984 Olympics through 2009, there were eight members; the group's ninth member (Montenegro) was admitted in 2009. In order to be eligible, each member must have a population of less than one million people (Cyprus is the only exception; however, its population was below one million in 1984). The participating countries are: The Faroe Islands are also seeking to compete at the Games; however, unlike the other participants, the Islands are neither an independent state (they are an autonomous part of Denmark) nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Women's Basketball Company Cup
The Icelandic Women's Basketball Company Cup, commonly known as the Women's Company Cup (Icelandic: Fyrirtækjabikar kvenna), was an annual basketball competition between clubs in Iceland that was organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation. It was Iceland's second-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Iceland's first-tier cup competition, the Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup, Icelandic Cup. History and format The Company Cup was founded in 2000 and its first edition, bearing the name ''Kjörísbikarinn'' after its sponsor ''Kjörís'', took place in December that year. It included all five Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Úrvalsdeild kvennaa teams and three teams from the second-tier 1. deild kvenna (basketball), 1. deild kvenna, with Keflavík women's basketball, Keflavík, KFÍ, KR women's basketball, KR and ÍS (basketball club), ÍS advancing to the final four. Keflavík and KR went on to the Cup final where KR won 48-34. Its last edition to date was he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Women's Basketball Supercup
The Icelandic Women's Basketball Supercup () is a basketball super cup competition that opposes the latest winners of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna – the top-tier Icelandic national women's domestic league – and the winners of the Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup, the top-tier national women's cup competition in Iceland. Created in 1995, it is organised by the Icelandic Basketball Federation – who run the Úrvalsdeild and the Icelandic Cup, and it traditionally opens the season. Title holders Keflavík are the record-holders with 11 cups. * 1995 Breiðablik * 1996 Keflavík * 1997 Grindavík * 1998 ÍS * 1999 KR * 2000 Keflavík * 2001 Keflavík * 2002 Njarðvík * 2003 Keflavík * 2004 Keflavík * 2005 Keflavík * 2006 Haukar * 2007 Keflavík * 2008 Keflavík * 2009 KR * 2010 KR * 2011 KR * 2012 Snæfell * 2013 Keflavík * 2014 Snæfell * 2015 Snæfell * 2016 Snæfell * 2017 Keflavík * 2018 Keflavík * 2019 Valur * 2020 Skallagrímur * 2021 Hauk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Men's Basketball Company Cup
The Icelandic Men's Basketball Company Cup, commonly known as the Men's Company Cup (Icelandic: Fyrirtækjabikar karla), was an annual basketball competition between clubs in Iceland that was organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation. It was Iceland's second-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Iceland's first-tier cup competition, the Icelandic Cup. History and format The Company Cup was founded in 1996 and its first edition, bearing the name ''Lengjubikarinn'' after its sponsor ''Lengjan'', took place in October and November that year. It included all twelve Úrvalsdeild karla teams and the top four teams from the second-tier 1. deild karla. The first cup was won by Keflavík after it defeated KR in the Cup final, 101–107. Its last edition to date was held in 2015 where Stjarnan defeated Þór Þorlákshöfn in the Cup finals, 72–58. Title holders * 1996 Keflavík * 1997 Keflavík * 1998 Keflavík * 1999 Tindastóll * 2000 Grindavík * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Men's Basketball Supercup
The Icelandic Men's Basketball Supercup () is a professional basketball super cup competition that opposes the latest winners of the Úrvalsdeild – the top-tier Icelandic national men's domestic league – and the winners of the Icelandic Basketball Cup, the top-tier national men's cup competition in Iceland. Created in 1995, it is organised by the Icelandic Basketball Federation – who run the Úrvalsdeild and the Icelandic Cup, and it traditionally opens the season. Title holders Njarðvík are the record-holders with eight cups. * 1995 Njarðvík * 1996 Grindavík * 1997 Keflavík * 1998 Grindavík * 1999 Njarðvík * 2000 KR * 2001 Njarðvík * 2002 Njarðvík * 2003 Keflavík * 2004 Njarðvík * 2005 Njarðvík * 2006 Njarðvík * 2007 KR * 2008 Keflavík * 2009 Stjarnan * 2010 Snæfell * 2011 Grindavík * 2012 Grindavík * 2013 Grindavík * 2014 KR * 2015 KR * 2016 Þór Þorlákshöfn * 2017 Þór Þorlákshöfn * 2018 Tindastóll * 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup
The 2020–2021 Bikarkeppni karla, named Vís bikarinn for sponsorship reasons, was the 55th edition of the Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup, won by Njarðvík against Stjarnan. The competition was managed by the Icelandic Basketball Association (KKÍ) and the cup final was played in Smárinn, Kópavogur, and broadcast live on RÚV Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public broadcasting, public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the count .... Dedrick Basile was named the Cup Finals MVP after turning in 24 points and 7 assists. Participating teams Initially twenty-five teams signed up for the Cup tournament. In October 2020, the tournament was postponed, first for two weeks and later indefinitely due to another Coronavirus outbreak in Iceland. On 28 January 2021, KKÍ announced that the competition would begin on 22 April and end on 1 May, fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stjarnan Men's Basketball
The Stjarnan men's basketball team, commonly known as Stjarnan, is the men's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, based in the town of Garðabær, Iceland. It is a subdivision of Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan. 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, 2019 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 behind newl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breiðablik Women's Basketball
Breiðablik (sometimes anglicised to Breithablik or Breidablik) is the home of the god Baldr in Nordic mythology. The name can also refer to: Locations * Breidablik Peak, a mountain in Canada * Breidablick, Washington, a community in the USA Sports * Breiðablik (sports club), a sports club in Kópavogur, Iceland * Breiðablik men's basketball Breiðablik (sometimes anglicised to Breithablik or Breidablik) is the home of the god Baldr in Nordic mythology. The name can also refer to: Locations * Breidablik Peak, a mountain in Canada * Breidablick, Washington, a community in the USA Spo ..., department of the Breiðablik sports club * Breiðablik women's basketball, department of the Breiðablik sports club {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þór Akureyri (basketball Club)
Íþróttafélagið Þór (, ), commonly known as Þór Akureyri (), or simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, in the north of Iceland. It features departments in basketball, football, handball and taekwondo. Its main rival is another sport club from Akureyri named KA. Football Men's team Women's team Since 1999, the women's football team has fielded a joint team with neighbouring club KA under the name Þór/KA in the top-level league Úrvalsdeild. In 2006 the team finished 7th of 8 teams, 8th/9 in 2007, reaching a good 4th/10 in 2008 and then bettering those results with 3rd/10 in 2009 and a second-place finish in 2010. As Iceland was in the top 8 leagues of UEFA, the second place was enough for the team to qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League. The team entered in the round of 32 but lost 14–2 on aggregate to German team Turbine Potsdam. In 2010 the team also went to the semi-finals in the Icelandic cup, losing to the eventual winner ... [...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] |
Þór Þorlákshöfn
Ungmennafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Þorlákshöfn, is a multi-sport club in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland. It has active departments in athletics, badminton, basketball, motorcycle sports and track & field but has also featured various other sports, such as football and handball. Basketball History On 25 June 2021, Þór men's basketball team won its first ever Icelandic championship by beating Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals. Adomas Drungilas Adomas Drungilas (born 6 October 1990) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. In 2021, he won the Icelandic championship with Þór Þorlákshöfn where he was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP. In 2016, he won the Austrian Basketb ... was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP. References {{reflist Multi-sport clubs in Iceland Sport in Southern Region (Iceland) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
