1970 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

1. deild karla¹
1. deild karla1
Duration	January 4, 1970 – March 21, 1970
Games played	30
Teams	6
Finals
Champions	ÍR (10th title)
Runners-up	Ármann
Semifinalists	KR, KFR
Third place	KR
Awards
MVP	Jón Sigurðsson
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Þórir Magnússon
Records
Highest scoring	ÍR 96-71 Ármann
	← 1969 1971 → 1 The league changed its name to Úrvalsdeild karla in 1978.

DurationJanuary 4, 1970 – March 21, 1970

Games played30

Teams6

ChampionsÍR (10th title)

The 1970 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 19th season of the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland, then known as 1. deild karla. The season started on January 4, 1970^[1] and ended on March 21, 1970.^[2]

ÍR won their tenth title by beating Ármann 2-0 in the playoffs finals for championship.^[1]^[3] KR finished in third place after beating KFR, two games to none, in a best-of-three series.^[4]

Þórir Magnússon led all players in scoring during the regular season, scoring 292 points in 10 games, or 29.2 points per game.^[5]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	ÍR	10	9	1	707	560	+147	18	Playoffs
2	KR	10	9	1	663	563	+100	18
3	Ármann	10	4	6	647	649	−2	8
4	KFR	10	3	7	623	673	−50	6
5	Njarðvík	10	3	7	558	659	−101	6
6	Þór Akureyri	10	2	8	533	627	−94	4	Spared from relegation due to expansion of league.^[3]

	Extra game

	KFR		78

	Njarðvík		64

Team 1	Score	Team 2
ÍR	79–65^[9]	KFR
KR	58–66^[9]	Ármann

v t e Úrvalsdeild karla
KKÍ Pyramid Domestic MVP Foreign MVP Playoffs MVP Domestic All-First Team Best Defensive Player Best Young Player Best Coach
2023–24 Úrvalsdeild karla teams	Álftanes Grindavík Breiðablik Hamar Haukar Höttur Keflavík Njarðvík Stjarnan Tindastóll Valur Þór Þorlákshöfn
Úrvalsdeild karla seasons	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Other competitions	Basketball Cup Super Cup League Cup

1970 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

Regular season

Playoffs

Extra game

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place

Final

Notable occurrences

References

External links

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