The Icelandic Women's Basketball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni KKÍ) is an annual

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competition between clubs in

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. It is Iceland's first-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Iceland's former second-tier cup competition, the Company Cup.

History and format

The first edition of the Icelandic Women's Cup championship was held in 1975 and won by

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. All the rounds are played with a single game knockout format. The final four and the finals are played over a single weekend. Finally, the winner of the Icelandic Cup championship, or the runner-up if the same team wins both the cup and national championship, will then face the winner of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna championship in a single game to determine the winner of the Icelandic Supercup championship in the beginning of the next season.

Sponsorship

The Cup was known as ''Geysir bikarinn'' for sponsorship reasons from 2018 to 2020. In January 2021, ''VÍS'' was announced as the new sponsor for the cup competition.

Title holders

* 1974–75

* 1975–76 KR * 1976–77 KR * 1977–78 ÍS * 1978–79 ÍR * 1979–80 ÍS * 1980–81 ÍS * 1981–82 KR * 1982–83 KR * 1983–84

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 ...

* 1984–85 ÍS * 1985–86 KR * 1986–87 KR * 1987–88

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* 1988–89

* 1989–90

* 1990–91 ÍS * 1991–92

* 1992–93

* 1993–94

* 1994–95

* 1995–96

* 1996–97

* 1997–98

* 1998–99 KR * 1999–00

* 2000–01 KR * 2001–02 KR * 2002–03 ÍS * 2003–04

* 2004–05

* 2005–06 ÍS * 2006–07

* 2007–08

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 ...

* 2008–09 KR * 2009–10

* 2010–11

* 2011–12

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. ...

* 2012–13

* 2013–14

* 2014–15

* 2015–16 Snæfell * 2016–17

* 2017–18

* 2018–19 Valur * 2019–20 Skallagrímur * 2020–21

* 2021–22

* 2022–23

* 2023–24

* 2024–25

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Cup Finals MVP

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References

External links

Icelandic Basketball Federation
{{Women's professional basketball cups 1975 establishments in Iceland Women's basketball cup competitions in Europe Women's basketball competitions in Iceland

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