| Subway deild karla1 | |
|---|---|
| Duration | October 2023 – May 2024 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| TV partner(s) | Stöð 2 Sport |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2023.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. | |
The 2023–24 Úrvalsdeild karla is the 73rd season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland.
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 1. deild karla.[1]
Teams
| Team | City, Region | Arena | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Álftanes | Álftanes | Forsetahöllin |  Kjartan Atli Kjartansson |
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Smárinn | Ívar Ásgrímsson |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Mustad Höllin | Jóhann Þór Ólafsson |
| Hamar | Hveragerði | Frystikistan | Halldór Karl Þórsson |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Höllin | Máté Dalmay |
| Höttur | Egilsstaðir | MVA-höllin | Viðar Örn Hafsteinsson |
| Keflavík | Keflavík | TM Höllin | Pétur Ingvarsson |
| Njarðvík | Njarðvík | Ljónagryfjan | Benedikt Guðmundsson |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Ásgarður | Arnar Guðjónsson |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Síkið | Pavel Ermolinskij |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Origo-höllin | Finnur Freyr Stefánsson |
| Þór Þorlákshöfn | Þorlákshöfn | Icelandic Glacial Höllin | Lárus Jónsson |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keflavík | Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson | End of contract | 15 April 2023 | Off-season | Pétur Ingvarsson[2] | 1 June 2023 |
| Breiðablik | Pétur Ingvarsson | End of contract | 25 April 2023 | Ívar Ásgrímsson | 25 April 2023[3] |
Notable incidents
- 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.
Clubs in European competitions
| Team | Competition | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Tindastóll | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |
References
- ↑ "Reglugerð um körfuknattleiksmót" (in Icelandic). 20. grein Úrvalsdeild karla: Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ Sindri Sverrisson (1 June 2023). "Pétur kveður Blika og tekur við Keflavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Ívar stígur inn fyrir Pétur sem tekur við kvennaliði Breiðabliks". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 25 April 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ↑ "Daniel Mortensen til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is. 5 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. 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.
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