The Hamar women's basketball team, commonly known as Hamar, is the women's basketball department of Íþróttafélagið Hamar, based in the town of

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History

The team was the runner-up to the 2010

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 ...

. The following season it posted the best record in the league. In May 2020, the club announced that they would field a joint women's team with Þór Þorlákshöfn in the 1. deild kvenna during the upcoming season.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* 1. deild kvenna (3): **2006, 2013, 2024* ''*As Hamar/ Þór''

Awards

Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team * Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir –

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Úrvalsdeild Women's Young Player of the Year The Women's Young Player of the Year is an annual Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Úrvalsdeild kvenna honor bestowed on the best young player in the league following every season. All-time award winners The following is a list of the all-time Úr ...

* Marín Laufey Davíðsdóttir –

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

* Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir –

Notable players

Coaches

* Andri Þór Kristinsson 2006–2007 * Ari Gunnarsson 2007–2009 * Ágúst Björgvinsson 2009–2011 *

Lárus Jónsson Lárus Jónsson (born 28 November 1978) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Þór Þorlákshöfn (basketball club), Þór Þorlákshöfn. As a player, he played several seasons in the Icelandic t ...

2011–2012 * Hallgrímur Brynjólfsson 2012–2015 * Oddur Benediktsson 2015–2016 * Kristinn Ólafsson 2017–2018 * Daði Steinn Arnarsson 2019–2020 * Hallgrímur Brynjólfsson 2020–present

References

External links

Official Website

KKÍ: Hamar – kki.is
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