| Sigmundur Már Herbertsson | |
| Position: | Basketball referee |
| Birth Date: | 1968 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Iceland |
| Nationality: | Icelandic |
| Career Start: | 1987 |
| Career End: | 199? |
| Referee Start: | 1994 |
| Years1: | 1987 |
| Team1: | Reynir Sandgerði |
| Years2: | 1989–1990 |
| Team2: | Njarðvík |
| Years3: | 1990–199? |
| Team3: | Njarðvík-b |
| Years4: | 199?–199? |
| Team4: | Víðir Garði |
| Highlights: | As referee:
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Sigmundur Már Herbertsson (born 1 August 1968) is an Icelandic basketball referee and former player.[1] [2] He has been named the Icelandic Referee of the Year fourteen times.[3] [4] He was a FIBA referee from 2004 to 2018 and officiated a total of 233 international games during his career.[5]
Sigmundur came up through the junior ranks of Njarðvík. He played for the senior team for a short while, including in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup. He also played for Víðir Garði, Reynir Sandgerði og Ungtemplarafélagið Hrönn during his career.[6]
On 6 December 1990, he scored 32 points for Njarðvík-b in a 93–77 victory against Skallagrímur in the Icelandic Cup.[7] On 12 March 1995, he scored 43 points, including 12 three pointers, for Víðir Garði in a 122–48 against Grótta.[8]
Sigmundur started officiating in 1994. He first officiated in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla in 1995 when he was called in as a replacement referee for a game between Keflavík and Valur.[9]
He became a FIBA referee in 2004. In 2015 he became the first Icelandic referee to officiated at EuroBasket.[10] [11]
On 12 October 2018, he was part of the oldest referee trio in Úrvalsdeild karla history when he officiated a game between Keflavík and KR along with Leifur Garðarsson and Rögnvaldur Már Hreiðarsson.[12]
On 6 May 2021, he became the second Icelandic referee, after Rögnvaldur Már, to officiate 2,000 games in the Icelandic basketball tournament.[13] On 18 November 2021, he broke Rögnaldur's all-time record when he officiated his 2,054 game in the Icelandic basketball tournament.[14]
In January 2024, Sigmundur became the second referee to officiate 800 games in the Úrvalsdeild karla.[15]