2020–21 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) explained
| Updated: | 10 May 2021 |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
| Domino's deild karla1 |
| Extra Information: | 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. |
| T Bg: | - 00458D
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| T Color: | white |
| Champions: | Þór Þorlákshöfn |
| Runners Up: | Keflavík |
| Semifinalists: | KR |
| Relegated: | Höttur
Haukar |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Games: | 161 |
| Duration: | 1 October 2020 – 25 June 2021 |
| Tv: | Stöð 2 Sport |
| Finals Mvp N: | LIT |
| Finals Mvp Link: | Úrvalsdeild Men's Playoffs MVP |
| Award4: | Domestic MVP |
| Award4 Link: | Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year |
| Award4 N: | ISL |
| Award5: | Foreign MVP |
| Award5 Link: | Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year |
| Award5 N: | UK |
| Ppg: | 26.2 |
| Ppg N: | USA |
| Rpg: | 12.0 |
| Rpg N: | USA |
| Apg: | 9.5 |
| Apg N: | ISL |
| Top Seed: | Keflavík |
| Highest Scoring: | Grindavík 105–101 Þór Akureyri
(11 March 2021) |
| Winning Streak: | 12
Keflavík |
| Losing Streak: | 6
Haukar
Höttur
Njarðvík |
| Biggest Home Win: | Tindastóll 117–65 Þór Akureyri
(22 April 2021) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Keflavík 115–82 Grindavík
(22 March 2021) |
The 2020–21 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 70th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 1 October 2020 and ended on 25 June 2021. Þór Þorlákshöfn won its first title by defeating Keflavík 3–1 in the Finals.[1]
Competition format
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to Division 1.[2]
Teams
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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|  Lárus Jónsson[3] | Resigned | 14 April 2020 | Off-season |  Andrew Johnson | 1 August 2020[4] |
| Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson[5] | Resigned | 27 March 2020 | Lárus Jónsson[6] | 15 April 2020 |
| Ingi Þór Steinþórsson[7] | Fired | 7 May 2020 | | 25 May 2020[8] |
| | Fired | 19 October 2020 | 7-12th | Bjarki Ármann Oddsson | 23 October 2020 |
| | Fired[9] | 16 March 2021 | 12th | Sævaldur Bjarnason | 17 March 2021 | |
Regular season
Results
Playoffs
The playoffs are played between the eight first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Finals
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Notable occurrences
- On 14 April, Nikolas Tomsick signed with Tindastóll, meeting his former Þór Þorlákshöfn coach Baldur Þór Ragnarsson.[10]
- On 16 April, it was reported that ÍR had terminated its contract with national team center Sigurður Þorsteinsson[11] and was involved in a salary dispute with him.[12] In August 2020, Sigurður sued ÍR for missing salary payments and claimed the team owed him over 2 million ISK. ÍR had stopped paying Sigurður his salary after the injury, claiming he was not fulfilling his end of the contract.[13] On 17 November 2020, the District Court of Reykjavík ruled that ÍR owed Sigurður two million ISK in back pays plus penalties.[14]
- On 16 April, ÍR signed three-time 1. deild karla scoring leader Everage Richardson.[15]
- On 7 May, Valur announced it had released Ragnar Nathanaelsson and Austin Magnús Bracey.[16]
- On 12 May, Þór Akureyri signed Srdjan Stojanovic from Fjölnir. Stojanovic was the 8th leading scorer in the league the previous season.[17]
- On 17 May, Grindavík signed Iceland national team member Kristinn Pálsson from Njarðvík.[18]
- On 18 May, Stjarnan announced it had added Danielle Rodriguez and Ingi Þór Steinþórsson as assistant coaches to Arnar Guðjónsson. Rodriguez had spent the previous four seasons playing in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna while Ingi Þór had spent the last two seasons as the head coach of reigning Úrvalsdeild karla champions KR.[19]
- On 1 June, Haukar signed national team player Ragnar Nathanaelsson who had played the previous two seasons with Valur.[20]
- On 5 June, it was reported that Njarðvík had signed American-British player Rodney Glasgow Jr.[21]
- On 10 June, Iceland national team member Sigurður Þorsteinsson signed with Höttur.[22]
- On 16 June, ÍR hired Kristjana Eir Jónsdóttir as an assistant coach, making her the second female coach in the league behind Stjarnan's Danielle Rodriguez.[23]
- On 30 June, Mirza Sarajlija signed with Stjarnan, filling the spot left by Nikolas Tomsick.[24]
- On 29 July, Tindastóll signed Shawn Glover.[25]
- On 5 August, former Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year and 5-time national champion Jón Arnór Stefánsson left KR and signed with its Reykjavík rivals Valur.[26]
- On 6 August, Grindavík signed Estonia national team member Joonas Järveläinen.[27]
- On 15 August, it was reported that Haukar had signed Colombia national team member Hansel Atencia from Þór Akureyri.[28]
- On 23 August, Haukar signed Austin Magnús Bracey.[29]
- On 29 August, Þór Akureyri signed former New Mexico State University center Ivan Aurrecoechea.[30]
- On 1 September, Haukar announced that team captain Haukur Óskarsson would not play the upcoming season for personal reasons.[31]
- On 7 September, two-time Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year and Iceland national team member Kristófer Acox announced that he was leaving KR due to a disagreement between him and the club.[32] Four days later, he signed with KR's Reykjavík rivals Valur.[33] On 24 September, it was reported that KR was refusing to sign his transfer papers to Valur.[34] On 30 September, KR finally signed Kristófer's transfer papers, officially making him a Valur player.[35]
- On 11 September, it was reported that Stjarnan had signed Sweden national team member Alexander Lindqvist.[36]
- On 18 September, KR announced it had signed former Swedish Basketball League scoring champion Ty Sabin along with Ante Gospic.[37]
- On 22 September, Njarðvík signed journeyman Zvonko Buljan.[38]
- On 7 October, Njarðvík's Zvonko Buljan was suspended for three games for grabbing the genital area of an opposing player from KR on 3 October.[39]
- On 7 October, the season was postponed for two weeks due to another outbreak of Covid-19 in Iceland.[40]
- On 19 October, the Icelandic Basketball Association further postponed the season until 3 November.[41]
- On 19 October, Þór Akureyri announced they had laid off head coach Andrew Johnston as it could not afford to keep him on they payroll due to the third outbreak of Covid-19 in Iceland. At the time, the team had only played one game, a home loss against contenders Keflavík.[42]
- On 24 October, Valur signed Portugal national team member Miguel Cardoso.[43]
- On 29 November, Njarðvík announced that it had released Zvonko Buljan and Ryan Montgomery at their own request due to the Coronavirus stoppage in Iceland.[44]
- On 4 December, Haukar agreed to release Kári Jónsson from his contract so he could sign with LEB Oro club Bàsquet Girona.[45]
- On 8 December, Haukar signed Ingvi Þór Guðmundsson who had started the season with Dresden Titans.[46]
- On 5 January, Haukar announced it had signed Earvin Lee Morris and Ireland national team member Brian Fitzpatrick.[47]
- On 5 January, Njarðvík announced the signing of former Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year Antonio Hester.[48]
- On 5 January, Höttur signed American Michael Mallory.[49]
- On 21 January, it was reported that KR had signed Brandon Nazione.[50]
- On 26 January, it was reported that Þór Akureyri had signed Côte d'Ivoire national team player Guy Edi.[51]
- On 29 January, Njarðvík signed former Olympian Kyle Johnson.[52]
- On 30 January, it was reported that ÍR had signed Zvonko Buljan who had started the season with Njarðvík.[53]
- On 8 February, Tómas Þórður Hilmarsson returned to Stjarnan after playing Spain.[54]
- On 10 February, Höttur signed Netherlands national team player Bryan Alberts.[55]
- On 11 February, it was reported that former Haukar player Hjálmar Stefánsson would leave Spanish club CB Carbajosa and return to Iceland to join Valur,[56] much to the displeasure of Haukar who threatened legal action as they believed that he was still under contract obligations to not to play for any other team in Iceland except them until after the season.[57] On 27 February, the Icelandic Basketball Association confirmed his transfer from Carbajosa to Valur.[58] On 5 March it was reported that Haukar would not pursue a legal case in the matter.[59]
- On 15 February, Haukar announced it had signed former Lega Basket Serie A player Pablo Bertone.[60]
- On 20 February, KR signed Denmark national team member Zarko Jukić.[61]
- On 23 February, it was reported that Ingvi Þór Guðmundsson had left Haukar and signed with Þór Akureyri.[62] [63]
- On 13 March, it was announced that Shawn Glover had left Tindastóll after falling out with head coach Baldur Þór Ragnarsson.[64] [65] In 11 games for Tindastóll, Glover averaged a team leading 26.2 points and 7.4 rebounds.
- On 16 March, Haukar fired head coach Israel Martín after a 3-11 start.[66] The day after, assistant coach Sævaldur Bjarnason was introduced as his replacement.[67]
- On 17 March, Keflavík terminated their contract with American forward Max Montana for breach of disciplinary rules.[68]
- On 28 May, Jón Arnór Stefánsson announced his retirement from basketball following Valur's 2-3 loss against KR in the first round of the Úrvalsdeild playoffs.[69]
- On 7 June, Jakob Sigurðarson announced his retirement from basketball following KR's 0-3 loss against Keflavík in the semi-finals of the Úrvalsdeild playoffs.
External links
Notes and References
- News: Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson . Fyrsti Íslandsmeistaratitill Þórsara . 25 June 2021 . . 25 June 2021 . Icelandic.
- Web site: Reglugerð um körfuknattleiksmót. KKI.is. 24 September 2017. is.
- News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . Lárus nýtti sér upp uppsagnarákvæði og er hættur með Þór . 26 April 2020 . . 15 April 2020 . is.
- News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Þór Akureyri loks búið að ráða þjálfara . 3 August 2020 . . 1 August 2020 . is.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Friðrik Ingi hættur hjá Þór . 26 April 2020 . . 27 March 2020 . is.
- News: Hjörvar Ólafsson . Lárus tekur við Þór Þorlákshöfn . 26 April 2020 . . 15 April 2020 . is.
- News: Haukur Harðarson . Inga Þór sagt upp sem þjálfara KR - tekur Darri við? . 8 May 2020 . . 7 May 2020 . is.
- News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Darri Freyr og Francisco Garcia taka við KR-liðunum . 25 May 2020 . . 25 May 2020 . is.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Martin rekinn frá Haukum . 16 March 2021 . . 16 March 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Nick Tomsick búinn að skrifa undir við Tindastól . 14 April 2020 . Feykir.is . 26 April 2020 . is.
- News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . ÍR riftir samningnum við Sigurð Gunnar . 26 April 2020 . . 16 April 2020 . is.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Sigurður Gunnar á í launadeilu við ÍR . 26 April 2020 . . 16 April 2020 . is.
- News: Freyr Gígja Gunnarsson . Sigurður Gunnar stefnir ÍR og vill vangoldin laun . 27 August 2020 . . 26 August 2020 . is.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Héraðsdómur dæmdi ÍR til að greiða Sigurði tæpar tvær milljónir . 21 November 2020 . . 17 November 2020 . is.
- News: Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson . Everage Richardson til ÍR “Ég er tilbúinn fyrir nýja áskorun” . 26 April 2020 . Karfan.is . 16 April 2020 . is.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Finnur byrjaður að taka til hjá Val . 17 May 2020 . . 7 May 2020 . is.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Þórsarar fá Stojanovic en missa Baldur . 17 May 2020 . . 12 May 2020 . is.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Grindavík fær góðan liðsstyrk úr Njarðvík . 17 May 2020 . . 16 May 2020 . is.
- News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Arnar Guðjóns fær Inga Þór og Dani Rodriguez sér til aðstoðar í Garðabænum . 18 May 2020 . . 18 May 2020 . is.
- News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Ragnar gengur til liðs við Hauka . 1 June 2020 . . 1 June 2020 . is.
- News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Nýi Njarðvíkingurinn segir að foreldrar hans vilji að hann búi áfram í Evrópu . 27 April 2021 . . 5 June 2020 . Icelandic.
- News: Gunnar Gunnarsson . Langstærstu félagaskipti í sögu Hattar . 10 June 2020 . Austurfrétt . 10 June 2020 . is.
- News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . Kristjana Eir: Buðu mér tækifæri sem ég gat ekki hafnað . 18 June 2020 . . 17 June 2020 . is.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Stjarnan búin að finna mann í staðinn fyrir Tomsick . 30 June 2020 . . 30 June 2020 . is.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Shawn Glover til Tindastóls – Ekki fleiri ráðnir fyrir næsta tímabil . 3 August 2020 . Karfan.is . 29 July 2020 . is.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Staðfesta félagaskipti Jóns Arnórs til Vals: „Ótrúlega sérstakt að kveðja KR í bili“ . 5 August 2020 . . 5 August 2020 . is.
- News: Ólafur Þór Jónsson . Eistneskur landsliðsmaður til Grindavíkur . 6 August 2020 . Karfan.is . 6 August 2020 . is.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Hansel Atencia í Hafnarfjörðinn . 22 September 2020 . Karfan.is . 15 August 2020 . is.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Austin Magnus Bracey til Hauka . 24 August 2020 . Karfan.is . 23 August 2020 . is.
- News: Justin Martinez . Ivan Aurrecoechea signs with Icelandic pro team, Thor Akureyri . 12 March 2021 . . 29 August 2020.
- News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Fyrirliði Hauka ætlar ekki að spila með liðinu í vetur en er ekki hættur . 3 September 2020 . . 1 September 2020 . is.
- News: Ólafur Þór Jónsson . Kristófer Acox staðfestir brottför frá KR . 7 September 2020 . Karfan.is . 7 September 2020 . is.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Kristófer genginn í raðir Vals . 11 September 2020 . . 11 September 2020 . is.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . KR neitaði að skrifa undir félagaskipti Kristófers . 24 September 2020 . . 24 September 2020 . is.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Félagaskipti Kristófers loks í gegn . 30 September 2020 . . 30 September 2020 . is.
- News: Sindri Sverisson . Sænskur landsliðsmaður í Stjörnuna: Leit alltaf upp til Hlyns og þekki Ægi . 11 September 2020 . . 11 September 2020 . is.
- News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Íslandsmeistararnir fá tvo erlenda leikmenn - Annar stigahæstur í Svíþjóð á síðustu leiktíð . 17 January 2021 . . 18 September 2020 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Fyrrum skólabróðir Helenu í Gryfjuna – Zvonko Buljan til Njarðvíkur . 22 September 2020 . Karfan.is . 22 September 2020 . is.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Zvonko Buljan í þriggja leikja bann . 7 October 2020 . Karfan.is . 7 October 2020 . is.
- News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . KKÍ og HSÍ frestar öllu mótahaldi í tæpar tvær vikur en KSÍ í viku . 7 October 2020 . . 7 October 2020 . is.
- News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . KKÍ frestar öllu mótahaldi til 3. nóvember: Gera ráð fyrir að leika í Domino's deildunum milli jóla og nýárs . 20 October 2020 . . 19 October 2020 . is.
- News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . Treystu sér ekki að standa við gerða samninga við Andrew og eru nú þjálfaralausir . 20 October 2020 . . 19 October 2020 . is.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Leikstjórnandinn Miguel Cardoso til liðs við Val . 25 October 2020 . Karfan.is . 24 October 2020 . is.
- News: Buljan og Montgomery halda heim á leið . 29 November 2020 . . 29 November 2020 . is.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Kári Jónsson til Girona á Spáni . 4 December 2020 . Karfan.is . 4 December 2020 . is.
- News: Ólafur Þór Jónsson . Ingvi Þór til Hauka . 8 December 2020 . Karfan.is . 8 December 2020 . is.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Morris og Fitzpatrick til Hauka . 5 January 2021 . Karfan.is . 5 January 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Antonio Hester til Njarðvíkur . 5 January 2021 . Karfan.is . 5 January 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Michael Mallory til Hattar . 5 January 2021 . Karfan.is . 5 January 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . KR-ingar búnir að finna stóran mann . 1 February 2021 . . 20 January 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Guy Landry Edi til Þórs Akureyri . 26 January 2021 . Karfan.is . 26 January 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Kyle Johnson í Njarðtaksgryfjuna . 30 January 2021 . Karfan.is . 29 January 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Ólafur Þór Jónsson . Zvonko snýr aftur – Á leið í Breiðholtið . 30 January 2021 . Karfan.is . 30 January 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Tómas Þórður semur við Stjörnuna – Unnið í að fá hann löglegan í leik kvöldsins . 8 February 2021 . Karfan.is . 8 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Bryan Alberts til Hattar . 10 February 2021 . Karfan.is . 10 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Hjálmar á heimleið og í viðræðum við Val . 28 February 2021 . . 11 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Telja Hjálmar samningsbundinn og ætla að kæra ef þess þarf . 28 February 2021 . . 17 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Hjálmar Stefánsson fær félagaskiptin til Vals staðfest . 28 February 2021 . Karfan.is . 27 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Haukar „lúffa“ í máli Hjálmars . 5 March 2021 . . 5 March 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Argentínskur bakvörður til Hauka . 15 February 2021 . . 15 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Zarko Jukic til liðs við KR . 20 February 2021 . . 20 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Þórsarar fá Ingva Þór Guðmundsson . Þórsarar fá Ingva Þór Guðmundsson . 5 March 2021 . Kaffid.is . 23 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Skapti Hallgrímsson . Ingvi Þór genginn til liðs við Þórsara . 5 March 2021 . akureyri.net . 23 February 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Glover farinn heim – „Þótti óþægilegt að spila með öðrum“ . 13 March 2021 . . 13 March 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Atli Arason . Glover klúðrar þessu sjálfur með því að vera sjálfselskur . 13 March 2021 . . 13 March 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Sindri Sverrisson . Martin rekinn frá Haukum . 16 March 2021 . . 16 March 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Sævaldur tekur við Haukaliðinu af Israel Martín . 17 March 2021 . . 17 March 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Davíð Eldur . Keflavík slítur samsstarfi sínu við Max Montana vegna brots á agareglum . 17 March 2021 . Karfan.is . 17 March 2021 . Icelandic.
- News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . Jón Arnór hættur . 29 May 2021 . . 28 May 2021 . Icelandic.
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