Skallagrímur women's basketball explained

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Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur
History:Skallagrímur
(1958–present)
Arena:Fjósið
Location:Borgarnes, Iceland
Colors:Green, yellow
Championships:1 Icelandic Championship
Website:Skallagrimur.is

The Skallagrímur women's basketball team, commonly known as Skallagrímur, is the women's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur, based in Borgarnes, Iceland. It currently plays in Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

History

Skallagrímur started its women's program in 1958. In 1963, it participated in the national tournament and finished as the runner-up to ÍR. In 1964 it won its first national championship after finishing first in the national tournament. In the championship clinching game, Skallagrímur defeating ÍR 23-22 behind Sigrún Kristjánsdóttir 17 points.[1] [2] [3]

In 2016-2017 it finished with the third best record in league,[4] while also making it to the Icelandic Basketball Cup finals where it lost to Keflavík, 65-62.[5]

On 15 February 2020, it won the Icelandic Basketball Cup for the first time, defeating KR in the cup finals with Keira Robinson being named the Cup Finals MVP.[6] [7]

On 20 September 2020, Skallagrímur won the Icelandic Super Cup for the first time after defeating Valur 74-68.[8]

On 9 December 2021, the board of Skallagrímur announced that they were withdrawing the team from the Úrvalsdeild. At the time, the team was in last place in the Úrvalsdeild, having lost all 11 games.[9]

Honours

Úrvalsdeild kvenna[10]

Icelandic Cup

Icelandic Super Cup

Division I[11]

Individual awards

Notable players

Coaches

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Stúlkur úr Borgarfirði fyrstu Íslandsmeistararnir . 24 February 2020 . . 3 March 1964 . 26–27 . Icelandic.
  2. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Íslandsmeistararnir frá 1964 eru heiðursgestir í kvöld . 13 February 2020 . . 13 February 2020 . Icelandic.
  3. News: Íslandsmeistararnir 1964 heiðursgestir . 13 February 2020 . Frákastið . . 12 February 2020 . 10 . Icelandic.
  4. http://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2017/03/18/snaefell_er_deildarmeistari/ Snæfell er deildarmeistari
  5. http://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2017/02/11/keflavik_bikarmeistari_i_14_sinn/ Keflavík bikarmeistari í 14. sinn
  6. News: Kristján Jónsson . Bikar í Borgarnes . 15 February 2020 . . 15 February 2020 . Icelandic.
  7. News: Kristjana Arnarsdóttir . Það er ekki að koma skammdegi heldur körfubolti . 24 February 2020 . . 23 February 2020 . Icelandic.
  8. News: Bikarmeistararnir gegn Íslandsmeisturunum . . 20 September 2020 . Icelandic . 20 September 2020.
  9. News: Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson . Kvennalið Skallagríms dregur sig úr keppni . 9 December 2021 . Karfan.is . 9 December 2021 . Icelandic.
  10. Web site: KKÍ Meistaratitlar kvenna. kki.is. en. 2017-07-18.
  11. Web site: KKÍ.is. gamli.kki.is. 2017-07-18.
  12. http://kki.is/sagan/vidurkenningar-og-verdlaun/urvalslid-kvenna/ Úrvalslið úrvalsdeildar kvenna
  13. http://www.kki.is/frettir/frett/2017/05/05/Lokahof-KKI-2017-Thelma-Dis-og-Jon-Arnor-valin-best/ Lokahóf KKÍ 2017 · Thelma Dís og Jón Arnór valin best
  14. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Sigursælasta körfuboltakona Serbíu þjálfar lið Skallagríms . 4 December 2018 . . 4 December 2018 . Icelandic.
  15. News: Ólafur Þór Jónsson . Guðrún Ósk stýrir Skallagrím í vetur . 26 September 2019 . Karfan.is . 26 September 2019 . Icelandic.
  16. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Þjálfarinn farinn frá Skallagrími eftir 55 stiga tap fyrir Njarðvík . 28 October 2021 . . 28 October 2021 . Icelandic.