The KV men's basketball team is the men's basketball department of
Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar
Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar (, ), commonly known as KV, is an Icelandic sports club from the capital city, Reykjavík in the area of Vesturbær. It is best known for its football team but has also fielded teams in other sports, such as basketb ...
and is based in
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...
,
Iceland
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.
History
KV's basketball department was founded in 2007 and its men's team first played in the
Icelandic basketball league system
The Icelandic basketball league system, or Icelandic basketball league pyramid, is a series of League system, interconnected competitions for basketball clubs in Iceland. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation, promoti ...
during the 2010-2011
2. deild karla season. It finished as the runner-up in the 2. deild in 2016 and 2018. Prior to the 2018–2019 season, the team became affiliated with
Úrvalsdeild karla club
KR with KR's assistant coach, Arnoldas Kuncaitis, taking the reign of the team. After the 2019–20 season ended prematurely due to the
coronavirus pandemic in Iceland
The COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Iceland in February 2020. , the to ...
, KV was offered the vacant seat in the second-tier
1. deild karla as the team had the best record of the non-reserve teams in the league at the time of the cancelation. After initially accepting the offer, they rescinded their decision a month later and the vacant seat went to
Hrunamenn.
Coaching history
* Tómas Þórsson 2010–2011
* Aron Ívarsson 2011–2012
* Bjarki Þór Alexandersson 2012–2013
* Aron Ívarsson 2013–2014
* Gylfi Björnsson 2014–2015
* Aron Ívarsson 2015–2017
* Jens Guðmundsson 2017–2019
* Arnoldas Kuncaitis 2019–2020
* Veigar Helgason 2022–2023
Honours
*
2. deild karla:
**''Winner: (1)'' 2024
**''Runner-up: (2)'' 2016, 2018
External links
KKÍ: KV - kki.is
References
Basketball teams in Iceland
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