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Unnur Tara Jónsdóttir
Unnur Tara Jónsdóttir (born 18 May 1989) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic women's national basketball team. During her career, she won the Icelandic championship three times and was named the 2010 Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP. Playing career Unnur started her senior team career with Haukar in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna in 2005 and won the national championship with the club in 2006 and 2007. After spending the 2008–2009 season with Salama Vaasa in Finland, she signed with Úrvalsdeild club KR in June 2018 She had an outstanding performances during the playoffs, helping KR advance to the Úrvalsdeild finals where they met Hamar in a best-of-five series. In game three of the finals series, she scored 33 points, making 13 of her 19 shots. In the fifth and deciding game of the series, she led KR to the championship, scoring a game high 27 points. For her performance, she was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP. After the season she ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Forward (basketball)
The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to center (basketball), centers and are typically the tallest or second tallest player on the court. During an offensive possession, the power forward typically plays with their backs toward the basket and are typically a "go-to" position in regard to scoring in the Post (basketball), post. In a pick and roll offense, the power forward typically sets a screen for a guard and "rolls" towards the basket to receive a pass (or "pops" towards the perimeter for an open shot). When on Defense (sport), defense, they typically position themselves under the basket in a zone defense or against the opposing power forward in man-to-man defense. The power forward position entails a variety of responsibilities, including rebound (basketball), rebounding, Screen (sports), screen setting, Block (bask ... [...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] |
2021–22 EuroCup Women
The 2021–22 EuroCup Women was the twentieth edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier international competition for women's basketball clubs under such name. Teams Schedule Draw The draw will take place in Freising, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ... at 11:00 CET of August 19, 2021. Draw rules are as follows. Divided into two geographical conferences, a total of 61 clubs participate. 26 teams enter the competition in the Qualifiers stage and four teams move down from the EuroLeague Women Qualifiers. The seedings are based on the ranking of the club performances in the European Club Competitions in the last three seasons. Qualification round Conference 1 Conference 2 Regular season Conference 1 Group A Group B Group C Group D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EuroBasket Women 2019 Qualification
This page describes the qualification procedure for EuroBasket Women 2019. Qualifying draw The draw for the qualification took place on 4 July 2017 in Munich, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... * Teams marked in bold have qualified for EuroBasket Women 2019. Groups The top team from each one of the eight groups, as well as the six best-finishing second-placed teams, will be qualified. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Ranking of second-placed teams The six best second-placed teams from the groups qualified for the final tournament. References External linksWomen's EuroBasket 2019 Qualifiers {{DEFAULTSO ... [...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] |
Technical Foul
In basketball, a technical foul (colloquially known as a "T" or a "tech") is any infraction of the rules penalized as a foul which does not involve physical contact during the course of play between opposing players on the court, or is a foul by a non-player. The most common technical foul is for unsportsmanlike conduct. Technical fouls can be assessed against players, bench personnel, the entire team (often called a bench technical), or even the crowd. These fouls, and their penalties, are more serious than a personal foul (basketball), personal foul, but not necessarily as serious as a flagrant foul (an ejectable offense in leagues below the National Basketball Association (NBA), and potentially so in the NBA). Technical fouls are handled slightly differently under rules of basketball#International Rules of Basketball, international rules than under the rules used by the various competitions in the United States. First, illegal contact between players on the court is always a pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ísak Ernir Kristinsson
Ísak Ernir Kristinsson (born 22 July 1993) is an Icelandic FIBA referee and a politician. Basketball Ísak Ernir started refereeing in the Icelandic basketball league system, Icelandic national leagues at the age of sixteen and soon established himself as one of the top referees in the country. In 2017 he was selected to referee in the NBA Summer League. On 24 January 2018, he ejected a fan from a game between ÍR men's basketball, ÍR and Njarðvík (basketball club), Njarðvík's after the fan had leaned over him from the sidelines and called him a racist. In August 2019, Ísak Ernir was named an official FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French language, French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the Basketball equipment ... referee. On 16 October 2019, Ísak was involved in a controversy with KR women's basketball, KR player Unnur Tara Jó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Doctor
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Physicians may focus their practice on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment—known as specialities—or they may assume responsibility for the provision of continuing and comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities—known as general practice. Medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines, such as anatomy and physiology, underlying diseases, and their treatment, which is the science of medicine, and a decent competence in its applied practice, which is the art or craft of the profession. Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself vary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Úrvalsdeild Kvenna (basketball)
The 2019–20 Úrvalsdeild kvenna is the 63rd season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on 2 October 2019. On 13 March 2020 the season was postponed for at least four weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, coronavirus outbreak in the country. On 18 March, the rest of the season was canceled. Grindavík women's basketball, Grindavík was relegated and Valur women's basketball, Valur was named divisional champions for having the best record at the time of the cancelation but no national champions would be named for the season. Competition format The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 28 games. The top four teams qualify for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team will be relegated to 1. deild kvenna (basketball), 1. deild kvenna. Teams Managerial changes Regular se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valur Women's Basketball
The Valur women's basketball team, commonly known as Valur, is a basketball team based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is part of the Valur multi-sport club. In 2019, it won its first national championship. Recent history Valur played in the 2018 Úrvalsdeild finals, losing to Haukar 2–3. In April 2019, Valur won its first ever national championship when it beat Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3–0. The team opened the 2019–20 season by defeating Keflavík, 105–81, in the annual Icelandic Super Cup. It was Valur's first Super Cup win and the victory made them the holders of all four major national crowns, the others being the national championship, the national cup and the league championship which is awarded for the best regular season record in the Úrvalsdeild. On 28 December 2019, the team was selected as the Icelandic Sports Team of the Year by the Icelandic Association of Sports Journalists in an annual ceremony held by the National Olympic and Sports Associatio ... [...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] |
