Ungmennafélag Laugdæla, commonly known as Laugdælir, is a sports club located at

Laugarvatn Laugarvatn () is the name of a lake and a small town in the south of Iceland. The lake is smaller than the neighbouring Apavatn. Tourism Laugarvatn lies within the Golden Circle (Iceland), Golden Circle, a popular tourist route, and acts as a s ...

in the southern part of

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. It was founded on 5 March 1908.

Basketball

Men´s basketball

Recent history

In March 1983, Laugdælir finished first in its group in

2. deild karla 2. deild karla () is a football league in Iceland. It is the third division in the Icelandic football league system. The current champions are Afturelding from Mosfellsbær, who won their 1st title in 2018. The division was started in 1966 as th ...

and played

KFÍ The Vestri men's basketball team, commonly known as Vestri, is a basketball team based in Ísafjörður, Iceland. The club was founded in 1965 as Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar and held that name until it merged with newly founded Íþrótta ...

, Breiðablik and Íþróttafélag Menntaskólans á Egilsstöðum (ÍME) in they playoffs for the 2. deild championship and promotion to 1. deild karla. According to the rules at the time, each team would play the other three once and the team with the best win-loss record would be crowned champions. Laugdælir won two out of three games and finished tied with KFÍ and Breiðablik. As the rules did not count for any tie-breakers, the three teams were slated to meet again to decide the winner. During the second try, KFÍ lost to Breiðablik in the first game, 78-77, but won Laugdælir in the second game 79-76. Laugdælir however won Breiðablik leaving the teams again tied, thus meaning that a third playoff would be held to decide the winner. During the third playoff, KFÍ won Breiðablik but lost to Laugdælir. As Breiðablik won Laugdælir the teams were once again tied. Prior to the fourth playoffs, the

Icelandic Basketball Federation 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 and the global International Basketbal ...

decided that if the teams would once again finish tied, the team with the best scoring record would finish first. The fourth playoff was held from 30 April to 2 May and there Laugdælir won both KFÍ and Breiðablik convincingly and were crowned 2. deild karla champions. In 2016 they finished with the best record in

Division III In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Third ...

but lost to Gnúpverjar in the D3 finals. They still achieved promotion to Division II. In 2016-2017 they had a joint team with neighbouring club Hrunamenn and posted the best record in Division II and defeated Gnúpverjar in the D2 Finals, claiming the Division II championship and a promotion to Division I. Laugdælir is the team that has won the most Division II championships (4).

Trophies

* Icelandic Second Division (4): **1975-76, 1982–83, 2009–10, 2016-17¹ ¹As Laugdælir/Hrunamenn, a joint team with Hrunamenn

Notable players

Baldur Ingi Jónasson Baldur Ingi Jónasson (born 15 July 1972) is an Icelandic former basketball coach and player. He formerly coached Úrvalsdeild clubs Stjarnan and KFÍ. As a player, he spent 9 seasons in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla with KFÍ and Þ ...

Fannar Ólafsson Fannar Ólafsson (born 20 November 1978) is an Icelandic basketball analyst on Stöð 2 Sport's '' Domino's Körfuboltakvöld'' (English: Domino's Basketball Night) and a former basketball player. He went five times to the Úrvalsdeild finals, a ...

Pétur Már Sigurðsson Pétur Már Sigurðsson (born 15 April 1978) is an Icelanders, Icelandic professional basketball coach and a former player. He is currently the head coach of Skallagrímur men's basketball, Skallagrímur. He is the former head coach of the Úrva ...

Notable coaches

Alexander Ermolinskij Alexander Pavlovich Ermolinskij (; born November 11, 1959) is an Ukraninan-Icelandic basketball coach and a former basketball player. He was an assistant coach for Nadezhda Orenburg from 2010 to 2021. He played for both the Soviet Union national ...

2002-2003 **

2009–2011 ** Florijan Jovanov 2022–2023

Women's basketball

Laugdælir women's team participated in the top-tier 1. deild kvenna during the 1981-1982 season.

Notable players

External links

KKÍ: Laugdælir - kki.is

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laugdaelir 1908 establishments in Iceland Basketball teams in Iceland