2021–22 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) explained

Updated:	19 May 2022
Nextseason:	2022–23
Subway deild karla^1
Extra Information:	^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla.
T Bg:	00458D
T Color:	white
Champions:	Valur
Runners Up:	Tindastóll
Semifinalists:	Njarðvík, Þór Þorlákshöfn
Relegated:	Vestri, Þór Akureyri
Teams:	12
Games:	159
Duration:	7 October 2021 – 18 May 2022
Tv:	Stöð 2 Sport
Finals Mvp N:	ISL
Finals Mvp Link:	Úrvalsdeild Men's Playoffs MVP
Award4:	Domestic MVP
Award4 Link:	Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year
Award5:	Foreign MVP
Award5 Link:	Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year
Ppg:	25.5
Ppg N:	USA
Rpg:	12.1
Rpg N:	Montenegro
Apg:	7.9
Apg N:	ISL
League Champs:	Njarðvík
League Champ Name:	Deildarmeistarar
Highest Scoring:	Þór Þorlákshöfn 136–116 Breiðablik (18 February 2022)
Winning Streak:	10 Valur
Losing Streak:	11 Þór Akureyri
Biggest Home Win:	Breiðablik 135–87 KR (24 January 2022)
Biggest Away Win:	Vestri 117–73 Þór Akureyri (7 March 2022)

The 2021–22 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 71st season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 7 October 2021 and ended on 18 May 2022. Valur won its third title, and its first in 39 years, by defeating Tindastóll 3–2 in the Finals.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

Teams

Team	City, Region	Arena	Head coach
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Smárinn	Pétur Ingvarsson
Grindavík	Grindavík	Mustad Höllin	Sverrir Þór Sverrisson
ÍR	Reykjavík	Hertz Hellirinn	Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson
Keflavík	Keflavík	TM Höllin	Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson
KR	Reykjavík	DHL Höllin	Helgi Már Magnússon
Njarðvík	Njarðvík	Ljónagryfjan	Benedikt Guðmundsson
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Ásgarður	Arnar Guðjónsson
Tindastóll	Sauðárkrókur	Síkið	Baldur Þór Ragnarsson
Valur	Reykjavík	Origo-höllin	Finnur Freyr Stefánsson
Vestri	Ísafjörður	Jakinn	Pétur Már Sigurðsson
Þór Akureyri	Akureyri	Höllin	Bjarki Ármann Oddsson
Þór Þorlákshöfn	Þorlákshöfn	Icelandic Glacial Höllin	Lárus Jónsson

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
		End of contract	16 May 2021^[4]	Off-season		30 May 2021^[5]
		Resigned	24 June 2021^[6]			6 August 2021^[7]
		Resigned	22 October 2021^[8]	12th		8 November 2021
		Fired	21 February 2022^[9]	6th		25 February 2022^[10]

Regular season

Standings

Playoffs

Bracket

Notable occurrences

• On 8 June, Keflavík signed Jaka Brodnik who previously played for Tindastóll.^[11]
• On 13 June, it was reported that Þór Akureyri's guard Júlíus Orri Ágústsson would leave the team and play for Caldwell University.^[12]
• On 24 June, it was reported that Danero Thomas signed with newly promoted Breiðablik after playing with ÍR the previous two seasons.^[13]
• On 25 June, it was reported that Everage Richardson had signed with Breiðablik after one season with ÍR.^[14]
• On 25 June, it was reported that Iceland national team member Breki Gylfason had signed with ÍR after having played previously for Haukar.^[15]
• On 28 June, Iceland national team member Sigtryggur Arnar Björnsson signed with Tindastóll after playing in the LEB Oro the previous season.^[16]
• On 29 June, Tindastóll signed Ireland national team member Taiwo Badmus.^[17]
• On 30 June, Tindastóll signed former NBA G League player Javon Bess.^[18]
• On 12 July, Tindastóll signed Sweden national team member Thomas Massamba.^[19]
• On 13 July, Keflavík signed Iceland national team member Halldór Garðar Hermannsson from reigning national champions Þór Þorlákshöfn.^[20]
• On 15 July, Þór Þorlákshöfn announced it had signed Denmark national team member Daniel Mortensen and Lithuanian Ronaldas Rutkauskas.^[21]
• On 20 July, reigning Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year, Deane Williams, signed with LNB Pro B club Saint-Quentin after two seasons with Keflavík.^[22]
• On 4 August, Grindavík signed Spanish center Ivan Aurrecoechea who played the previous season with Þór Akureyri.^[23]
• On 8 August, Keflavík signed David Okeke who won the Georgian Superliga championship with BC Rustavi the previous season.^[24]
• On 9 August, Iceland national team member Ragnar Nathanaelsson signed with Stjarnan after spending the previous season with Haukar.^[25]
• On 14 August, former Argentina national team member Nicolás Richotti signed with Njarðvík.^[26]
• On 17 August, ÍR signed Shakir Smith.^[27]
• On 21 August, Njarðvík signed Former Liga ACB player Fotios Lampropoulos.^[28]
• On 24 August, Þór Akureyri signed Ireland national team member Jordan Blount.^[29]
• On 28 August, Valur signed Iceland national team member Kári Jónsson.^[30]
• On 3 September, Finnur Atli Magnússon signed with Haukar.^[31]
• On 11 September, Valur signed Callum Lawson who won the national championship with Þór Þorlákshöfn the previous season.^[32]
• On 2 October, Dagur Kár Jónsson left Grindavík and signed with Club Ourense Baloncesto of the LEB Plata.^[33]
• On 29 October, Grindavík signed E. C. Matthews.^[34]
• On 8 November, Þór Akureyri signed former Switzerland national team member Jeremy Landenbergue to replace injured Jordan Blount.^{[35] [36]}
• On 9 November, Þór Akureyri signed Reggie Keely to replace injured Jonathan Lawton.^{[35] [36]}
• On 11 November, Sigurður Þorsteinsson became the 11th player to grab 2,000 career rebounds in the Úrvalsdeild.^[37]
• On 17 November, ÍR signed Igor Marić.^[38]
• On 10 December, Keflavík star forward David Okeke suffered an achilles injury in a game against Tindastóll. Prior to the injury he had grabbed a season high 17 rebounds in the game.^[39]
• On 30 December, Tindastóll signed Zoran Vrkić to replace Thomas Massamba.^[40]
• On 2 January, it was reported that Breiðablik had signed Frank Aron Booker.^[41]
• On 14 January, it was reported that KR had signed Finland national team member Carl Lindbom.^[42]
• On 4 April, KR announced it had reached an agreement with Isaiah Manderson to release him from his contract just before the start of the playoffs.^[43]

External links

• Official Icelandic Basketball Association website
• Season info on Icelandic Basketball Association

Notes and References

1. News: Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson . Valur Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta skipti í 39 ár . 6 November 2022 . . 18 May 2022 . Icelandic.
2. News: Kristinn Páll Teitsson . Valur Íslandsmeistari karla í fyrsta sinn í 39 ár . 6 November 2022 . . 18 May 2022 . Icelandic.
3. Web site: Reglugerð um körfuknattleiksmót. KKI.is. 24 September 2017. is.
4. News: Jóhann Páll Kristbjörnsson . Einar Árni verður ekki áfram með Njarðvík . 8 June 2021 . . 16 May 2021 . Icelandic.
5. News: Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson . Benedikt Guðmundsson tekur við Njarðvík . 8 June 2021 . . 30 May 2021 . Icelandic.
6. News: Davíð Eldur . Darri hættur með KR – Helgi að taka við liðinu? . 25 June 2021 . Karfan.is . 24 June 2021 . Icelandic.
7. News: Ólafur Þór Jónsson . Helgi Már tekur við KR – Jakob verður aðstoðarþjálfari . 6 August 2021 . Karfan.is . 6 August 2021 . Icelandic.
8. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Borce Ilievski hættur með ÍR-liðið . 23 October 2021 . . 22 October 2021 . Icelandic.
9. News: Sindri Sverrisson . Daníel fékk uppörvandi símtöl frá lykilmönnum: "Þetta kom mér á óvart" . 22 February 2022 . . 22 February 2022 . Icelandic.
10. News: Sverrir Þór tekur aftur við Grindavík "Spenntur að hefjast handa" . 25 February 2022 . Karfan.is . 25 February 2022 . Icelandic.
11. News: Davíð Eldur . Jaka Brodnik til Keflavíkur . 8 June 2021 . Karfan.is . 8 June 2021 . Icelandic.
12. News: Davíð Eldur . Júlíus Orri til Caldwell Cougars . 13 June 2021 . Karfan.is . 13 June 2021 . Icelandic.
13. News: Davíð Eldur . Danero Thomas í Kópavoginn . 25 June 2021 . Karfan.is . 24 June 2021 . Icelandic.
14. News: Davíð Eldur . Everage til Breiðabliks . 25 June 2021 . Karfan.is . 25 June 2021 . Icelandic.
15. News: ÍR-ingar fá liðstyrk frá Haukum . 25 June 2021 . . 25 June 2021 . Icelandic.
16. News: Landsliðsmaður snýr aftur í Skagafjörðinn . 29 June 2021 . . 28 June 2021 . Icelandic.
17. News: Taiwo Badmus til liðs við Tindastólsmenn . 29 June 2021 . Feykir.is . 29 June 2021 . Icelandic.
18. News: Javon Bess til liðs við Tindastól . 30 June 2021 . Feykir.is . 30 June 2021 . Icelandic.
19. News: Sænski landsliðsmaðurinn Thomas Masssamba til liðs við Stólana . 12 July 2021 . Feykir.is . 12 July 2021 . Icelandic.
20. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Keflavík fær liðsstyrk frá Íslandsmeisturunum . 14 July 2021 . . 14 July 2021 . Icelandic.
21. News: Dani og Lithái til Íslandsmeistaranna . 16 July 2021 . . 16 July 2021 . Icelandic.
22. News: Davíð Eldur . Dean Williams ekki með Keflavík á næsta tímabili – Á leiðinni til Saint Quentin í Frakklandi . 20 July 2021 . Karfan.is . 20 July 2021 . Icelandic.
23. News: Valur Páll Eiríksson . Grindavík berst mikill liðsstyrkur bæði karla- og kvennamegin . 4 August 2021 . . 4 August 2021 . Icelandic.
24. News: Valur Páll Eiríksson . Keflavík fær Ítala sem lék ekki í tæp þrjú ár vegna hjartavandamála . 11 December 2021 . . 3 August 2021 . Icelandic.
25. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Nat-vélin samdi við Stjörnuna . 9 August 2021 . . 9 August 2021 . Icelandic.
26. News: Ólafur Þór Jónsson . Úr spænsku úrvalsdeildinni til Njarðvíkur – Tilkynnti um félagaskiptin í beinni útsendingu á Twitch . 14 August 2021 . Karfan.is . 14 August 2021 . Icelandic.
27. News: Davíð Eldur . Shakir Smith í Breiðholtið . 17 August 2021 . Karfan.is . 17 August 2021 . Icelandic.
28. News: Davíð Eldur . Fotios Lampropoulos til Njarðvíkur – Enn einn fyrrum ACB leikmaðurinn í Njarðtaksgryfjuna . 21 August 2021 . Karfan.is . 21 August 2021 . Icelandic.
29. News: Davíð Eldur . Jordan Blount semur við Þór Akureyri – Írskur landsliðsmaður í Höllina . 24 August 2021 . Karfan.is . 24 August 2021 . Icelandic.
30. News: Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson . Kári Jónsson gengur til liðs við Valsmenn . 28 August 2021 . . 28 August 2021 . Icelandic.
31. News: Frá Val yfir til Hauka . 3 September 2021 . . 3 September 2021 . Icelandic.
32. News: Davíð Eldur . Callum Lawson semur við Val . 11 September 2021 . Karfan.is . 11 September 2021 . Icelandic.
33. News: Dagur Kár heldur til Spánar . 2 October 2021 . . 2 October 2021 . Icelandic.
34. News: Davíð Eldur . Elbert Clark Matthews til Grindavíkur . 29 October 2021 . Karfan.is . 29 October 2021 . Icelandic.
35. News: Davíð Eldur . Reggie Keely til Þórs Akureyri . 10 November 2021 . Karfan.is . 9 November 2021 . Icelandic.
36. News: Davíð Eldur . Jeremy Landenbergue til Þórs Akureyri . 10 November 2021 . Karfan.is . 8 November 2021 . Icelandic.
37. News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson . Reif niður frákast númer tvö þúsund í sigri Tindastóls á Vestra . 14 November 2021 . . 14 November 2021 . Icelandic.
38. News: Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson. 17 November 2021. ÍR fær liðsstyrk frá Króatíu. Icelandic. Vísir.is. 18 November 2021.
39. News: Davíð Eldur . Hjalti um meiðsli miðherja Keflavíkur David Okeke "Þeir halda að þetta sé hásinin" . 11 December 2021 . Karfan.is . 11 December 2021 . Icelandic.
40. News: Davíð Eldur . Zoran Vrkic til Tindastóls – Thomas Massamba yfirgefur félagið . 30 December 2021 . Karfan.is . 30 December 2021 . Icelandic.
41. News: Breiðablik fær landsliðsmann frá Val . 2 January 2022 . . 2 January 2022 . Icelandic.
42. News: Davíð Eldur . Carl Lindbom til KR . 14 January 2022 . Karfan.is . 14 January 2022 . Icelandic.
43. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Hann var ósáttur og við vildum ekki hafa einhverja neikvæðni í kringum liðið . 6 April 2022 . . 6 April 2022 . Icelandic.