The Icelandic Basketball Association (''Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ'') is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the FIBA, International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all List of men's national basketball teams#FIBA Europe, 50 national European basketball federations.
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and the global
International Basketball Federation
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(FIBA). It directs and oversees all of the national basketball teams of
Iceland
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, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women.
It was founded on January 29, 1961 and its first chairman was
Bogi Þorsteinsson,
but current chairman is
Kristinn Albertsson.
Competitions
*Men's
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Domino's deild karla
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Division I ()
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Division II ()
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Division III ()
*Women's
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Domino's deild kvenna
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Division I ()
**Division II ()
National teams
Iceland men
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Iceland men's national basketball team
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Iceland men's national under-20 basketball team
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Iceland men's national under-19 basketball team
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Iceland men's national under-17 basketball team
Iceland Women
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Iceland women's national basketball team
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Iceland women's national under-20 basketball team
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Iceland women's national under-19 basketball team
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Iceland women's national under-17 basketball team
Awards
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Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year
Chairmen
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Bogi Þorsteinsson 1961–1969
* Hólmsteinn Sigurðsson 1969–1973
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Einar Bollason 1973–1976
* Páll Júlíusson 1976–1977
* Sigurður Ingólfsson 1978–1979
* Stefán Ingólfsson 1979–1980
* Kristbjörn Albertsson 1980
* Stefán Ingólfsson 1980–1981
* Kristbjörn Albertsson 1981–1982
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Helgi Ágústsson 1982–1983
* Þórdís Anna Kristjánsdóttir 1983–1984
* Eiríkur Ingólfsson 1984–1985
* Björn Björgvinsson 1985–1988
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Kolbeinn Pálsson 1988–1996
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Ólafur Rafnsson 1996–2006
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Hannes S. Jónsson 2006–2023
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Guðbjörg Norðfjörð 2023–2025
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Kristinn Albertsson 2025–present
References
External links
Official websiteIcelandat FIBA site
Basketball
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National members of FIBA Europe
Basketball in Iceland
1961 establishments in Iceland
Icelandic
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