2018–19 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

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Domino's deild karla1
Duration4 October 2018 – 4 May 2019
Number of games132
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)
Foreign MVP
United States Julian Boyd
Statistical leaders
Points United States Brandon Rozzell 24.3
Rebounds United States Kinu Rochford 12.2
Assists Croatia Nikolas Tomsick
Iceland Ægir Steinarsson		 7.5
Records
Biggest home win
2017–18
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All statistics correct as of 14 March 2019.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla.

The 2018–19 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 68th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 4 October 2018 and ended on 4 May 2019. KR won its sixth title in a row by defeating ÍR 3–2 in the Finals.[1]

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.[2]

Teams

Valur
Team City, Region Arena Head coach
Breiðablik
 		Kópavogur Smárinn Iceland Pétur Ingvarsson
Grindavík
 		Grindavík Mustad Höllin Iceland Jóhann Þór Ólafsson
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Schenkerhöllin Iceland Ívar Ásgrímsson
ÍR Reykjavík Hertz Hellirinn North Macedonia Borce Ilievski
Keflavík Keflavík TM Höllin Iceland Sverrir Þór Sverrisson
KR Reykjavík DHL Höllin Iceland Ingi Þór Steinþórsson
Njarðvík Njarðvík green/white Iceland Einar Árni Jóhannsson
Skallagrímur Borgarnes Fjósið Iceland Finnur Jónsson
Stjarnan Garðabær Ásgarður Iceland Arnar Guðjónsson
Tindastóll Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur Spain Israel Martín
Valur
 		Reykjavík Origo-höllin Iceland Ágúst Björgvinsson
Þór Þorlákshöfn Þorlákshöfn Icelandic Glacial Höllin Iceland Baldur Þór Ragnarsson

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Njarðvík Iceland Daníel Guðmundsson End of contract[3] 24 March 2018 Off-season Iceland Einar Árni Jóhannsson 25 March 2018[4]
Stjarnan Iceland Hrafn Kristjánsson End of contract[5] 27 March 2018 Iceland Arnar Guðjónsson 6 April 2018[6]
Keflavík Iceland Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson Retired[7] 28 March 2018 Iceland Sverrir Þór Sverrisson 5 April 2018[8]
Breiðablik
 United States Chris Woods End of contract 18 April 2018 Iceland Pétur Ingvarsson 18 April 2018[9]
KR Iceland Finnur Freyr Stefánsson End of contract[10] 5 June 2018 Iceland Ingi Þór Steinþórsson 12 June 2018[11]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stjarnan 22 17 5 2034 1755 +279 34 Qualification to playoffs
2 Njarðvík 22 17 5 1967 1810 +157 34
3 Tindastóll 22 16 6 1910 1705 +205 32
4 Keflavík 22 15 7 1936 1790 +146 30
5 KR 22 15 7 1917 1837 +80 30
6 Þór Þorl 22 12 10 2021 1942 +79 24
7 ÍR 22 10 12 1875 1950 −75 20
8 Grindavík 22 9 13 1908 1988 −80 18
9
Valur
 22 8 14 1989 2061 −72 16
10 Haukar 22 8 14 1803 1948 −145 16
11 Skallagrímur 22 4 18 1846 2056 −210 8 Relegated to Division 1
12 Breiðablik 22 1 21 1873 2237 −364 2
Source: KKÍ

Results

Home \ Away
BRE
GRI
 HAU IR KEF KR NJA SKA STJ TIN
VAL
 THO
Breiðablik
 — 103–104 93–105 68–99 86–108 76–99 70–102 93–83 87–102 82–117 69–93 107–110
Grindavík
 95–86 — 111–102 81–85 62–97 94–103 79–90 90–83 92–99 100–96 90–88 82–95
Haukar 96–92 73–83 — 66–84 81–64 83–74 85–72 82–80 76–107 73–66 92–102 73–106
ÍR 92–82 76–101 92–74 — 74–94 72–80 88–94 96–95 83–106 85–90 118–100 95–96
Keflavík 88–80 88–77 80–65 102–70 — 85–79 85–88 104–82 68–66 78–92 101–77 91–75
KR 103–68 85–95 97–88 71–69 80–76 — 55–71 109–93 88–87 93–86 96–89 86–85
Njarðvík 108–103 94–63 99–89 95–98 97–90 85–67 — 113–84 99–95 75–76 85–80 82–76
Skallagrímur 91–90 93–88 80–79 99–96 95–97 78–94 82–89 — 80–94 82–90 96–105 74–89
Stjarnan 102–73 91–73 100–89 94–77 99–83 95–84 82–76 82–72 — 68–77 107–71 89–73
Tindastóll 94–70 71–70 79–61 92–51 89–68 88–91 95–73 89–73 58–79 — 97–94 84–68
Valur
 114–102 100–96 88–95 82–83 77–86 79–95 86–90 100–77 97–92 73–93 — 96–87
Þór Þorl 132–93 90–80 99–76 88–92 99–103 95–88 80–90 87–74 79–98 98–90 114–98 —
Source: Icelandic Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The playoffs are played between the eight first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Stjarnan 3
8 Grindavík 1
1 Stjarnan 2
7 ÍR 3
4 Keflavík 0
5 KR 3
7 ÍR 2
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
5 KR 3
2 Njarðvík 2
7 ÍR 3
5 KR 3
6 Þór Þorl 1
3 Tindastóll 2
6 Þór Þorl 3

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Stjarnan 3–1 Grindavík 89–80 84–82 98–81 83–76 0
Njarðvík 2–3 ÍR 76–71 85–70 64–70 79–87 74–86
Tindastóll 2–3 Þór Þorl 112–105 87–73 67–87 83–92 93–94
Keflavík 0–3 KR 76–77 77–86 64–85 0 0

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Stjarnan 2–3 ÍR 96–63 76–85 62–68 90–75 79–83
KR 3–1 Þór Þorl 99–91 90–102 98–89 108–93 0

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
KR 3–2 ÍR 83–89 86–73 86–89 80–75 98–70

Notable occurrences

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