Aþena Basketball is an Icelandic

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club. The club fields junior teams and a senior women's team. The clubs girls junior teams where featured in the 2021 documentary '' Raise the bar''. Its women's senior team will play in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna in the 2024–25 season.

History

The club was founded in 2019 and first fielded a women's senior team in 2021, named Aþena-UMFK in partnership with Ungmennafélag Kjalnesinga, that played in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna and in the Icelandic Cup. After initially being allowed to play their home games at the

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stadium for the 2021–2022 season, the team was denied its use by

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officials at the behest of rival club

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. The team later received and accepted an offer from

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to play their games at Vesturgata. On 7 May 2024, Aþena achieved promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna for the first time in its history. After one season, Aþena was relegated back to 1. deild.

Notable players

* Bergþóra Holton Tómasdóttir * Fanney Lind Thomas * Jordan Danberry

Coaches

* Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson 2021–present

References

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