The 1998–99 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 47th season of the

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 ...

, the top tier men's basketball league on

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

. 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 David Bevis (born May 9, 1973) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for Arkansas Tech University before going on to play professionally in Europe. Playing career High school Bevis attended Rogers High School in ...

was suspended for one game after tossing a water bottle at a wall after ÍA's a loss against

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 ...

which resulted in water hitting referees and staff at the scorers table. *On 23 November, it was reported that ÍA had released both

and Victor Pereira in a roster overhaul in what turned out to be an unpopular decision by head coach

Alexander Ermolinskij Alexander Pavlovich Ermolinskij (; born November 11, 1959) is an Ukraninan-Icelandic basketball coach and a former basketball player. He was an assistant coach for Nadezhda Orenburg from 2010 to 2021. He played for both the Soviet Union national ...

References

External links

Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website
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