The 1996–97 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 45th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on

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. The season started on October 3, 1996 and ended on April 6, 1997.

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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 links

Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website1996-1997 Úrvalsdeild statistics
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