Reykjavik Tournament Explained

Reykjavík Tournament
Region: Iceland
Number Of Teams:9
Current Champions:Valur (3rd title)
Most Successful Club:Fram (4 titles)
Current:2021 Reykjavík Tournament

The Reykjavík Tournament is an annual pre-season football tournament in Iceland. The tournament involves nine of Reykjavík's top football sides from the top two leagues in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild karla and 1. deild, and uses a combination of group and knockout rounds to determine which team is the winner of the tournament. Currently, matches begin in January, with tournament concluding in February.

Valur are the defending champions, having defeated Fjölnir 1–0 in the 2017 final.[1]

Champions

By year

Season! width=110
Winnerwidth=110Runner-up
2001[2] FylkirValur
2002[3] Þróttur ReykjavíkKR
2003[4] FramFylkir
2004[5] KRFylkir
2005[6] FHValur
2006[7] FramVíkingur
2007[8] FylkirVíkingur
2008[9] ÍRFram
2009[10] KRFylkir
2010[11] KRVíkingur
2011[12] ValurKR
2012[13] FramKR
2013[14] Leiknir R.KR
2014[15] FramKR
2015[16] ValurLeiknir R.
2016[17] Leiknir R.Valur
2017[18] ValurFjölnir
2018FjölnirFylkir
2019KRFylkir
2020KRValur

By club

A total of 10 clubs have appeared in the final, of whom 9 have won the competition. The most successful club regarding appearances and victories is KR, while Víkingur are the only side to have appeared in a final and not won, finishing runners-up on 3 occasions.

The most recent winner is KR, who defeated Valur 2–0 in the 2020 final.

Club!scope="col"
WinsLast final wonRunners-upLast final lostTotal final appearances
KR520205201410
Fram42014120085
Fylkir22007520197
Valur22015420206
Leiknir R.22016120153
Fjölnir12018120172
Þróttur Reykjavík120021
FH120051
ÍR120081
Víkingur320103

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reykjavíkurmótið: Valur er Reykjavíkurmeistari . Reykjavíkurmótið: Valur is Reykjavíkurmeistari . Icelandic . Ívan Guðjón . Baldursson . fotbolti.net . 13 February 2016 . 13 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót KRR - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslitaleikur 2001 . Reykjavíkurmót KRR - Champion Men's Champions 2001 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2002 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2002 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  4. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2003 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2003 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2004 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2004 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  6. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2005 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2005 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  7. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2006 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2006 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  8. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2007 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2007 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  9. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2008 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2008 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  10. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2009 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2009 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  11. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2010 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2010 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  12. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2011 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2011 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  13. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2012 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2012 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  14. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2013 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2013 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  15. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2014 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2014 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  16. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2015 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2015 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  17. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2016 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2016 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.
  18. Web site: Reykjavíkurmót - Meistaraflokkur karla Úrslit 2017 . Reykjavíkurmót - Champion Men's Final 2017 . Icelandic. KSÍ.is . 5 February 2017.