The 2023–24 Úrvalsdeild karla is the 73rd season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland.
| Subway deild karla1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | October 2023 – 29 May 2024 | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | |||||||||
| TV partner(s) | Stöð 2 Sport | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Top seed | Valur | |||||||||
| Relegated | Breiðablik, Hamar | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Valur | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Grindavík | |||||||||
| Semifinalists | Keflavík, Njarðvík | |||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 31 May 2024.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. | ||||||||||
Competition format
editThe 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 1. deild karla.[1]
Teams
edit| Team | City, Region | Arena | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Álftanes | Álftanes | Forsetahöllin | |
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Smárinn | |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Mustad Höllin | |
| Hamar | Hveragerði | Frystikistan | |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Höllin | |
| Höttur | Egilsstaðir | MVA-höllin | |
| Keflavík | Keflavík | TM Höllin | |
| Njarðvík | Njarðvík | Ljónagryfjan | |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Ásgarður | |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Síkið | |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Origo-höllin | |
| Þór Þorlákshöfn | Þorlákshöfn | Icelandic Glacial Höllin |
Managerial changes
edit| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keflavík | End of contract | 15 April 2023 | Off-season | 1 June 2023 | ||
| Breiðablik | End of contract | 25 April 2023 | 25 April 2023[3] |
Notable incidents
edit- On 5 May, Grindavík signed Daniel Mortensen.[4]
- On 5 May, Grindavík signed American DeAndre Kane.[5]
- On 17 May, Álftanes signed former Keflavík point guard Hörður Axel Vilhjálmsson.[6]
- On 17 May, Grindavík signed former Njarðvík point guard Dedrick Basile.[7]
- On 18 May, Grindavík signed former Keflavík point guard Valur Orri Valsson.[8]
- On 18 May, it was reported that Grindavík guard Bragi Guðmundsson had signed with Penn State University.[9]
- On 24 May, Álftanes signed Icelandic national team player Haukur Helgi Pálsson who had spent the previous two seasons with Njarðvík.[10]
- On 12 June, David Okeke left Keflavík after two seasons and signed with Haukar.[11]
- On 15 June, Ægir Steinarsson signed with Stjarnan after playing the previous two seasons in Spain.[12]
- On 23 June, Álftanes signed former South Dakota State star Douglas Wilson.[13]
- On 28 June, Haukar signed Finnish forward Osku Heinonen.[14]
- On 12 July, Dominykas Milka signed with Njarðvík after playing the previous four seasons with their cross-town rivals Keflavík.[15]
- On 12 July, Tindastóll signed Iceland national team player Þórir Þorbjarnarson.[16]
- On 23 July, Haukar signed former NCAA Division I assist leader Jalen Moore.[17]
- On 25 July, Nicolás Richotti, who had played the previous two seasons with Njarðvík, announced his retirement from basketball.[18]
- On 15 August, Callum Lawson signed with Tindastóll.[19]
- On 24 August, Valur signed Kristinn Pálsson.[20]
- On 26 October, Stjarnan signed four time Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol champion James Ellisor.[21]
- On 26 October, Breiðablik announced it had signed 36-year old Zoran Vrkić who played the previous season with Tindastóll and Grindavík.[22]
- On 14 November, it was reported that Haukar had released Jalen Moore, who was leading the league in scoring with 27.3 points in six games.[23]
- On 16 November, Hamar signed Jalen Moore and released Maurice Creek and Jose Medina[24]
- In November, Grindavík's homecourt was seriously damaged in a series of earthquakes that led to the total evacuation of the town of Grindavík due to the threat of a volcanic eruption in the area.
- On 15 December, Danero Thomas announced his retirement from playing. He appeared in 11 games for Hamar during the season, where he averaged 10.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.[25] However, in January 2024 he signed with Keflavík after being convinced by Keflavík's coach Pétur Ingvarsson to come out of retirement.[26]
- On 18 December, Taiwo Badmus signed with Valur. He started the season with Luiss Roma but spent the previous two seasons with Tindastóll and which faced Valur in the 2022 and 2023 finals.[27]
- On 19 December, it was reported that Damier Pitts had left Haukar after appearing in four league games where he averaged 14.8 points.[28][29]
- On 16 January, Everage Richardson left Breiðablik and signed with Haukar.[30]
Clubs in European competitions
edit| Team | Competition | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Tindastóll | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |
References
edit- ^ "Reglugerð um körfuknattleiksmót" (in Icelandic). 20. grein Úrvalsdeild karla: Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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- ^ "Ívar stígur inn fyrir Pétur sem tekur við kvennaliði Breiðabliks". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 25 April 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Mortensen til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is. 5 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (5 May 2023). "Grindavík fær mikinn liðsstyrk: "Langt síðan svona stór prófíll hefur komið"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (17 May 2023). "Hörður Axel í Álftanes". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Dedrick Basile til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Valur Orri til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Bragi til Penn State". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (24 May 2023). "Haukur Helgi til Álftaness". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Sindri Sverrisson (12 June 2023). "Okeke flytur í Ólafssal". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Landsliðsmaðurinn aftur í Garðabæ". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (23 June 2023). "Stjarna úr bandaríska háskólaboltanum semur við Álftanes". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Haukar sömdu við Finna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (12 July 2023). "Milka óvænt til Njarðvíkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (17 July 2023). "Þórir til Stólanna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Andri Már Eggertsson (23 July 2023). "Haukar komnir með Bandaríkjamann". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Lauk ferlinum í Njarðvík - nýtt starf á Kanaríeyjum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Frá deildar- og bikarmeisturum Vals til liðs við Íslandsmeistara Tindastóls". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 15 August 2023. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ Aron Guðmundsson (24 August 2023). "Kristinn Pálsson semur við Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (26 October 2023). "Fjórfaldur portúgalskur meistari til Stjörnumanna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (27 January 2023). "Vrkić í Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 November 2023). "Haukar reka stigahæsta leikmann deildarinnar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 November 2023). "Hamarsmenn semja við Jalen Moore og reka tvo leikmenn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ Gunnar Egill Daníelsson (15 December 2023). "Leggur skóna á hilluna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Danero sagði það ekki skrýtið að hafa mætt sínum gömlu félögum í kvöld "Hef verið að þessu lengi"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (18 December 2023). "Badmus í Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (19 December 2023). "Yfirgefur Hauka eftir aðeins þrjá leiki". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Damier Pitts, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Everage Richardson til Hauka". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.