The 2022–23 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 66th season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women'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 20 September 2022 and concluded on 28 April 2023 with Valur winning the national championship after beating

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...

in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1. Kiana Johnson of Valur was named the Finals MVP.

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.

Teams

Managerial changes

Notable occurrences

*On 4 April,

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signed two-time Úrvalsdeild assist leader and the 2018 Foreign Player of the Year, guard Danielle Rodriguez. *On 30 May, Birna Valgerður Benónýsdóttir signed with

after spending the previous three seasons playing college basketball for Arizona and Binghamton. *On 7 June, Elín Sóley Hrafnkelsdóttir signed with Valur after playing the previous four seasons with the

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. *On 7 June, Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir signed with

Njarðvík Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400. History In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær. ...

after spending the previous two seasons with

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ...

. *On 5 July,

signed Portuguese national team member Raquel Laneiro. *On 5 July,

Sanja Orozović Sanja Orozović (; born 11 May 1990) is a Serbian-Hungary, Hungarian professional basketball player who plays for ŽKK Spartak Subotica, Spartak Subotica. In 2018, she won the Women Adriatic Basketball Association championship with ŽKK Budućnos ...

signed with Breiðablik after playing the previous season with

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. She previously played for Breiðablik during the 2018–19 season. *On 26 July, Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir left Valur and signed with BC Namur-Capitale of the Belgian Women's Basketball League. *On 31 October, Isabella Ósk Sigurðardóttir left Breiðablik after appearing in 7 games, where she averaged 12.3 points and 13.3 rebounds, and signed with reigning national champions

. *On 15 November, Maja Michalska signed with

after having been without a team since the folding of Skallagrímur in December 2021. *On 21 November,

Embla Kristínardóttir Ingunn Embla Kristínardóttir (born 27 October 1995) is an Icelandic basketball player. She won the Icelandic championship in 2013 with Keflavík. The same year, she debuted for the Icelandic national basketball team. In 2023, she won her seco ...

signed with Valur. *On 4 December, Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir returned to Iceland after starting the season with BC Namur-Capitale in Belgium and signed back with Valur. *On 14 December, Tinna Guðrún Alexandersdóttir of

became the third Icelandic player to have back-to-back 30 points games in the Úrvalsdeild. *On 2 January,

announced that Emelía Ósk Gunnarsdóttir was returning to the team after spending the previous months pursuing an education in Sweden. *On 13 January,

signed former Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year, Brittanny Dinkins, to replace Taylor Dominique Jones. *On 25 January, it was reported that

Sigrún Sjöfn Ámundadóttir Sigrún Sjöfn Ámundadóttir (born 23 November 1988) is an Icelandic former basketball player. During her career, she has won the Icelandic championship two times, in 2006 and 2007, and the Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup, Icelandic Basketball ...

had resigned as player and assistant coach at

, following the team's loss to winless ÍR, citing different vision of the team tactics and play with head coach Kristjana Eir Jónsdóttir. Two days later, she signed with

. *On 8 March,

became the Úrvalsdeild kvenna all-time leader in games played, breaking Birna Valgarðsdóttir's record of 375 games. *On 15 April, it was announced that

's head coach Kristjana Eir Jónsdóttir would not return for the 2023–24 season.

References

External links

Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website
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