Pétur Rúnar Birgisson (born 20 February 1996) is an Icelandic

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player who plays for Tindastóll of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He won the Icelandic championship in 2023 and the Icelandic Cup in 2018 with Tindastóll.

Career

Club career

Pétur had a stellar 2014-2015 season and helped Tindastóll to the 2015 Úrvalsdeild finals after averaging 7.8 assists in the semi-finals against

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. In the finals, Tindastóll lost to KR 3-1. His stellar play continued in 2015-2016. He averaged 13.5 points and 6.0 assists in Tindastóls 3-1 victory against

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in the first round of the playoffs. He was however unable to prevent Tindastóll from losing to Haukar in the semi-finals, 3-1. On 13 January 2018 he helped Tindastóll to its first major title when they beat KR in Icelandic Basketball Cup finals. In the game he had 22 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds, and was named as the Cup finals MVP. On 4 May 2018 Pétur was named to the Úrvalsdeild Karla Domestic All-First Team. On 30 September, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Tindastóll beat KR, 103-72. In 2023, he won his first Icelandic championship after Tindastóll defeated Valur 3–2 in a finals rematch from the previous year.

Icelandic national team

In May 2017, Pétur was named to the Icelandic national team for the

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where he helped Iceland finish third. In July 2017, he was among the 24 players selected for the national team training camp prior to

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. He was not named to the twelve man roster for Eurobasket. As of 2018 he has played five games for the national team.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

* Úrvalsdeild Karla Domestic All-First Team:

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* Icelandic Cup MVP:

* Úrvalsdeild Karla Young Player of the Year: 2015

Titles

* Icelandic champion:

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* Icelandic Basketball Cup:

* Icelandic Super Cup: 2018 * Icelandic Company Cup: 2012 * Icelandic D1: 2014

References

External links

Icelandic statistics
at kki.is
Profile
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