2019–20 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

The 2019–20 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 69th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 3 October 2019. On 13 March 2020, with each team having one game left, the season was postponed for at least four weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.[1] On 18 March, the rest of the season was canceled. Fjölnir was relegated and Stjarnan was named divisional champions for having the best record at the time of the cancelation but no national champions would be named for the season.[2]

Domino's deild karla1
Duration3 October 2019 – 18 March 2020
Number of games126
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Stöð 2 Sport
Regular season
Top seedStjarnan
RelegatedFjölnir
Statistical leaders
PointsUnited States Viktor Lee Moses22.6
ReboundsLithuania Dominykas Milka12.1
AssistsIceland Hörður Vilhjálmsson9.0
Records
Biggest home winNjarðvík 113–52 Þór Akureyri
(15 November 2019)
Biggest away winKeflavík 118–73 Fjölnir
(5 March 2020)
Highest scoringÍR 120–113 Þór Akureyri
(24 January 2020)
Winning streak13 games
Stjarnan
Losing streak16 games
Fjölnir
All statistics correct as of 18 March 2020.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla.

Competition format

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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.[3]

Teams

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TeamCity, RegionArenaHead coach
FjölnirGrafarvogurDalhús Falur Harðarson
GrindavíkGrindavíkMustad Höllin Daníel Guðni Guðmundsson
HaukarHafnarfjörðurSchenkerhöllin Israel Martín
ÍRReykjavíkHertz Hellirinn Borce Ilievski
KeflavíkKeflavíkTM Höllin Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson
KRReykjavíkDHL Höllin Ingi Þór Steinþórsson
NjarðvíkNjarðvíkLjónagryfjan Einar Árni Jóhannsson
StjarnanGarðabærÁsgarður Arnar Guðjónsson
TindastóllSauðárkrókurSauðárkrókur Baldur Þór Ragnarsson
ValurReykjavíkOrigo-höllin Finnur Freyr Stefánsson
Þór AkureyriAkureyriHöllin Lárus Jónsson
Þór ÞorlákshöfnÞorlákshöfnIcelandic Glacial Höllin Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Haukar Ívar ÁsgrímssonEnd of contract14 March 2019Off-season Israel Martín15 May 2019[4]
Grindavík Jóhann Þór Ólafsson[5]End of contract29 March 2019 Daníel Guðni Guðmundsson[6]12 May 2019
Tindastóll Israel Martín[7]Resigned15 April 2019 Baldur Þór Ragnarsson[8]8 May 2019
Þór Þorlákshöfn Baldur Þór Ragnarsson[8]Resigned8 May 2019 Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson[9]12 May 2019
Þór Þorlákshöfn Sverrir Þór Sverrisson[10]Resigned21 May 2019 Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson[10]21 May 2019

Regular season

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Standings

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification or relegation
1Stjarnan[a]2117419151743+17234Division champions
2Keflavík2116518801675+20532
3Tindastóll2114718291727+10228
4KR2114718071742+6528
5Njarðvík2113818381644+19426
6Haukar21111018341799+3522
7ÍR21111017821883−10122
8Grindavík2181317841839−5516
9Þór Þorlákshöfn2171416671753−8614
10Valur2171416981812−11414
11Þór Akureyri2161518081997−18912
12Fjölnir2121917541982−2284Relegated to Division 1
Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2020. Source: KKÍ
Notes:
  1. ^ As the playoffs where canceled, no team won the national championship. The team with the best record in the league receives the title Division champions (Icelandic: Deildarmeistarar). Stjarnan received the title as it had the best record at the time of cancelation.

Results

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Home \ AwayFJOGRIHAUIRKEFKRNJASTJTINVALTHATHO
Fjölnir91–9283–9481–8273–11880–9981–8888–10087–9493–9483–91
Grindavík91–7573–8882–9089–9791–9478–6683–9585–69100–9495–78
Haukar99–7597–93101–8286–7083–7576–8786–10676–79105–8492–86
ÍR92–8090–9293–10078–7772–8575–9392–8499–90120–11390–85
Keflavík109–9880–6080–6993–7066–6788–8477–8395–8492–8297–8978–63
KR96–8389–77102–84120–9288–8275–7879–7785–9287–7678–75
Njarðvík117–83101–7589–7588–6485–9781–8776–7875–8386–76113–52101–77
Stjarnan95–8899–8594–83103–7491–103110–6789–8473–6683–79107–8684–70
Tindastóll80–81106–8889–7799–7677–8680–7691–8093–8189–9189–7772–67
Valur92–7568–9078–9475–8568–9681–9053–77108–7895–9279–8887–73
Þór Akureyri69–9489–8692–8975–8580–95102–10094–97101–10486–9679–8783–76
Þór Þorl90–8283–7989–8067–8189–8174–7680–9282–8887–7085–81
Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2020. Source: KKÍ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Notable occurrences

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References

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