The Þór Akureyri women's basketball team, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, is the women's basketball department of

Þór Akureyri 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 ...

multi sports club, based in the town of

Akureyri Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ...

in Iceland. It has won the

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

three times. During the 2023–2024 season, Þór participated in the top tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna for the first time in 45 years.

Honors

Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...

(3): :1969, 1971, 1976 * Icelandic Basketball Cup (1): :1975 * Icelandic Basketball Super Cup (1): :2024 * Division I (1): :2017

Individual awards

* 1. deild kvenna Domestic All-First team **Erna Rún Magnúsdóttir - 2010 **

Fanney Lind Thomas Fanney Lind Guðmundsdóttir Thomas (born 13 December 1989) is an Icelandic former basketball player. She is a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. Career Fanney came up through the junior ranks of Hamar, playing her first ...

- 2016 **Heiða Hlín Björnsdóttir - 2018 **

Sylvía Rún Hálfdánardóttir Sylvía Rún Hálfdánardóttir (born 20 September 1998) is an Icelandic basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national basketball team. Playing career Sylvía Rún came up through the junior ranks of Haukar and broke into the ...

- 2019 **Rut Herner Konráðsdóttir - 2017, 2019 **Unnur Lára Ásgeirsdóttir - 2017, 2018

Notable players

* Eva Wium Elíasdóttir *

* Friðný Jóhannesdóttir * Guðný Jónsdóttir * Maddie Sutton * María Guðnadóttir *

* Þóra Þóroddsdóttir

Coaches

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 ce ...

1968–1969 * Guttormur Ólafsson 1970-1971 * Anton Sölvason 1975-1976 * Tómas Hermannsson 2006-2007 * Bjarki Ármann Oddsson 2007–2009 *

Baldur Ingi Jónasson Baldur Ingi Jónasson (born 15 July 1972) is an Icelandic former basketball coach and player. He formerly coached Úrvalsdeild clubs Stjarnan and KFÍ. As a player, he spent 9 seasons in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla with KFÍ and Þ ...

2009–2010 * Konrad Tota 2010-2011 * Nebojsa Vidic 2011-2012 (u20 team) * Mark Jones 2012-2013 * Ólafur Aron Ingvason 2013-2014 * Jón Ágúst Eyjólfsson 2014-2015 *

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 Iceland ...

2015–2017 * Helgi Rúnar Bragason 2017–2019 * Daníel Andri Halldórsson 2021–2025

Notes

References

Official Website

Eurobasket team profileKKÍ: Þór Akureyri – kki.is
{{DEFAULTSORT:Þor Akureyri Basketball teams in Iceland Basketball teams established in 1966