2015–16 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

Domino's deild kvenna¹
Domino's deild kvenna1
Duration	October 14, 2015 – April 26, 2016
Number of teams	7
Regular season
Top seed	Haiden Denise Palmer
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Chelsie Schweers
Rebounds	Karisma Chapman
Assists	Helena Sverrisdóttir
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

The 2015–16 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 58th season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 14, 2015 and ended on April 24, 2016. Snæfell won its third straight title by defeating Haukar 3–2 in the Finals.^[1]

Competition format

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 24 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs while none were relegated to Division 1 due to vacant berths.

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Haukar	24	22	2	1911	1564	+347	44	Qualification to playoffs
2	Snæfell	24	21	3	1831	1415	+416	42
3	Valur	24	13	11	1756	1691	+65	26
4	Grindavík	24	12	12	1732	1695	+37	24
5	Keflavík	24	10	14	1680	1705	−25	20
6	Stjarnan	24	3	21	1598	1866	−268	6
7	Hamar	24	3	21	1415	1987	−572	6	Disbanded after the season

Source: Úrvalsdeild kvenna 2015–16

Playoffs

Semifinals			Finals

1	Haukar	3

4	Grindavík	2
			1	Haukar	020

			2	Snæfell	3
2	Snæfell	3

3	Valur	0

Notable occurrences

In October 2015, Haukar added former Washington University in St. Louis point guard Shanna-Lei Dacanay.^[2]

References

^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (26 April 2016). "Snæfell Íslandsmeistari". mbl.is. Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (8 April 2016). "Frá Havaí í HR og svo til hjálpar Haukum". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 16. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links

[1] Hjörvar Ólafsson (26 April 2016). "Snæfell Íslandsmeistari". mbl.is. Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 2017-08-08.

[2] Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (8 April 2016). "Frá Havaí í HR og svo til hjálpar Haukum". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 16. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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