2020–21 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

The 2020–21 Úrvalsdeild karla is the 70th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland.

Domino's deild karla1
Competition details
Teams 12
Games played 126
Dates 2020 – 2021
TV Stöð 2 Sport
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 26 April 2020.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla.

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.[1]

Teams

Team City, Region Arena Head coach
Grindavík Grindavík Mustad Höllin Daníel Guðni Guðmundsson
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Schenkerhöllin Israel Martín
Höttur Egilsstaðir Dalhús Viðar Örn Hafsteinsson
ÍR Reykjavík Hertz Hellirinn Borce Ilievski
Keflavík Keflavík TM Höllin Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson
KR Reykjavík DHL Höllin Darri Freyr Atlason
Njarðvík Njarðvík Ljónagryfjan Einar Árni Jóhannsson
Stjarnan Garðabær Ásgarður Arnar Guðjónsson
Tindastóll Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur Baldur Þór Ragnarsson
Valur Reykjavík Origo-höllin Ágúst Björgvinsson
Þór Akureyri Akureyri Höllin Andrew Johnson
Þór Þorlákshöfn Þorlákshöfn Icelandic Glacial Höllin Lárus Jónsson

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Þór Akureyri Lárus Jónsson[2]Resigned14 April 2020Off-season Andrew Johnson1 August 2020[3]
Þór Þorlákshöfn Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson[4]Resigned27 March 2020 Lárus Jónsson[5]15 April 2020
KR Ingi Þór Steinþórsson[6]Fired7 May 2020 Darri Freyr Atlason25 May 2020[7]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grindavík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 Haukar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Höttur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ÍR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Keflavík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Njarðvík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Stjarnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Tindastóll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Valur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Þór Akureyri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to Division 1
12 Þór Þorlákshöfn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: KKÍ

Results

Home \ Away GRI HAU HOT IR KEF KR NJA STJ TIN VAL THA THO
Grindavík
Haukar
Höttur
ÍR
Keflavík
KR
Njarðvík
Stjarnan
Tindastóll
Valur
Þór Akureyri
Þór Þorlákshöfn
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Notable occurrences

References

  1. "Reglugerð um körfuknattleiksmót". KKI.is (in Icelandic). 20. grein ÚRVALSDEILD KARLA. Retrieved 24 September 2017.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. Anton Ingi Leifsson (15 April 2020). "Lárus nýtti sér upp uppsagnarákvæði og er hættur með Þór". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (1 August 2020). "Þór Akureyri loks búið að ráða þjálfara". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (27 March 2020). "Friðrik Ingi hættur hjá Þór". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. Hjörvar Ólafsson (15 April 2020). "Lárus tekur við Þór Þorlákshöfn". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. Haukur Harðarson (7 May 2020). "Inga Þór sagt upp sem þjálfara KR - tekur Darri við?". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (25 May 2020). "Darri Freyr og Francisco Garcia taka við KR-liðunum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. "Nick Tomsick búinn að skrifa undir við Tindastól". Feykir.is (in Icelandic). 26 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. Anton Ingi Leifsson (16 April 2020). "ÍR riftir samningnum við Sigurð Gunnar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  10. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (16 April 2020). "Sigurður Gunnar á í launadeilu við ÍR". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (16 April 2020). "Everage Richardson til ÍR "Ég er tilbúinn fyrir nýja áskorun"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  12. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (7 May 2020). "Finnur byrjaður að taka til hjá Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  13. Sindri Sverrisson (12 May 2020). "Þórsarar fá Stojanovic en missa Baldur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  14. Sindri Sverrisson (16 May 2020). "Grindavík fær góðan liðsstyrk úr Njarðvík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  15. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (18 May 2020). "Arnar Guðjóns fær Inga Þór og Dani Rodriguez sér til aðstoðar í Garðabænum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  16. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (1 June 2020). "Ragnar gengur til liðs við Hauka". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  17. Gunnar Gunnarsson (10 June 2020). "Langstærstu félagaskipti í sögu Hattar". Austurfrétt (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  18. Anton Ingi Leifsson (17 June 2020). "Kristjana Eir: Buðu mér tækifæri sem ég gat ekki hafnað". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  19. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (30 June 2020). "Stjarnan búin að finna mann í staðinn fyrir Tomsick". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  20. Davíð Eldur (29 July 2020). "Shawn Glover til Tindastóls – Ekki fleiri ráðnir fyrir næsta tímabil". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  21. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (5 August 2020). "Staðfesta félagaskipti Jóns Arnórs til Vals: „Ótrúlega sérstakt að kveðja KR í bili"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  22. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (6 August 2020). "Eistneskur landsliðsmaður til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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