2021–22 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
Basketball league season
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The 2021–22 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 71st season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 7 October 2021 and ended on 18 May 2022. Valur won its third title, and its first in 39 years, by defeating Tindastóll 3–2 in the Finals.[1][2]
| Subway deild karla1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 7 October 2021 – 18 May 2022 | |||||||||
| Games played | 159 | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | |||||||||
| TV partner | Stöð 2 Sport | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Deildarmeistarar | Njarðvík | |||||||||
| Relegated | Vestri, Þór Akureyri | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Valur | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Tindastóll | |||||||||
| Semifinalists | Njarðvík, Þór Þorlákshöfn | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | ||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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| Records | ||||||||||
| Biggest home win | Breiðablik 135–87 KR (24 January 2022) | |||||||||
| Biggest away win | Vestri 117–73 Þór Akureyri (7 March 2022) | |||||||||
| Highest scoring | Þór Þorlákshöfn 136–116 Breiðablik (18 February 2022) | |||||||||
| Winning streak | 10 Valur | |||||||||
| Losing streak | 11 Þór Akureyri | |||||||||
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2022.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. | ||||||||||
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.[3]
Teams
| Team | City, Region | Arena | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Smárinn | |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Mustad Höllin | |
| ÍR | Reykjavík | Hertz Hellirinn | |
| Keflavík | Keflavík | TM Höllin | |
| KR | Reykjavík | DHL Höllin | |
| Njarðvík | Njarðvík | Ljónagryfjan | |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Ásgarður | |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Síkið | |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Origo-höllin | |
| Vestri | Ísafjörður | Jakinn | |
| Þór Akureyri | Akureyri | Höllin | |
| Þór Þorlákshöfn | Þorlákshöfn | Icelandic Glacial Höllin |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Njarðvík | End of contract | 16 May 2021[4] | Off-season | 30 May 2021[5] | ||
| KR | Resigned | 24 June 2021[6] | 6 August 2021[7] | |||
| ÍR | Resigned | 22 October 2021[8] | 12th | 8 November 2021 | ||
| Grindavík | Fired | 21 February 2022[9] | 6th | 25 February 2022[10] |
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Njarðvík | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2130 | 1917 | +213 | 34 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Þór Þorlákshöfn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2157 | 1947 | +210 | 34 | |
| 3 | Valur | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1844 | 1744 | +100 | 28 | |
| 4 | Tindastóll | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1957 | 1919 | +38 | 28 | |
| 5 | Keflavík | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1964 | 1889 | +75 | 28 | |
| 6 | Stjarnan | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1991 | 1907 | +84 | 26 | |
| 7 | Grindavík | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1873 | 1889 | −16 | 22 | |
| 8 | KR | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1975 | 2018 | −43 | 20 | |
| 9 | Breiðablik | 22 | 9 | 13 | 2338 | 2326 | +12 | 18 | |
| 10 | ÍR | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1954 | 1951 | +3 | 16 | |
| 11 | Vestri | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1774 | 2016 | −242 | 8 | Relegated to 1. deild |
| 12 | Þór Akureyri | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1722 | 2156 | −434 | 2 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2022. Source: Icelandic Basketball Association
Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Njarðvík | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | KR | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Njarðvík | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tindastóll | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tindastóll | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Keflavík | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Valur | 3 | ||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Tindastóll | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Þór Þorlákshöfn | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Grindavík | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Þór Þorlákshöfn | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Valur | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Valur | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Stjarnan | 0 | ||||||||||||
Notable occurrences
- On 8 June, Keflavík signed Jaka Brodnik who previously played for Tindastóll.[11]
- On 13 June, it was reported that Þór Akureyri's guard Júlíus Orri Ágústsson would leave the team and play for Caldwell University.[12]
- On 24 June, it was reported that Danero Thomas signed with newly promoted Breiðablik after playing with ÍR the previous two seasons.[13]
- On 25 June, it was reported that Everage Richardson had signed with Breiðablik after one season with ÍR.[14]
- On 25 June, it was reported that Iceland national team member Breki Gylfason had signed with ÍR after having played previously for Haukar.[15]
- On 28 June, Iceland national team member Sigtryggur Arnar Björnsson signed with Tindastóll after playing in the LEB Oro the previous season.[16]
- On 29 June, Tindastóll signed Ireland national team member Taiwo Badmus.[17]
- On 30 June, Tindastóll signed former NBA G League player Javon Bess.[18]
- On 12 July, Tindastóll signed Sweden national team member Thomas Massamba.[19]
- On 13 July, Keflavík signed Iceland national team member Halldór Garðar Hermannsson from reigning national champions Þór Þorlákshöfn.[20]
- On 15 July, Þór Þorlákshöfn announced it had signed Denmark national team member Daniel Mortensen and Lithuanian Ronaldas Rutkauskas.[21]
- On 20 July, reigning Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year, Deane Williams, signed with LNB Pro B club Saint-Quentin after two seasons with Keflavík.[22]
- On 4 August, Grindavík signed Spanish center Ivan Aurrecoechea who played the previous season with Þór Akureyri.[23]
- On 8 August, Keflavík signed David Okeke who won the Georgian Superliga championship with BC Rustavi the previous season.[24]
- On 9 August, Iceland national team member Ragnar Nathanaelsson signed with Stjarnan after spending the previous season with Haukar.[25]
- On 14 August, former Argentina national team member Nicolás Richotti signed with Njarðvík.[26]
- On 17 August, ÍR signed Shakir Smith.[27]
- On 21 August, Njarðvík signed Former Liga ACB player Fotios Lampropoulos.[28]
- On 24 August, Þór Akureyri signed Ireland national team member Jordan Blount.[29]
- On 28 August, Valur signed Iceland national team member Kári Jónsson.[30]
- On 3 September, Finnur Atli Magnússon signed with Haukar.[31]
- On 11 September, Valur signed Callum Lawson who won the national championship with Þór Þorlákshöfn the previous season.[32]
- On 2 October, Dagur Kár Jónsson left Grindavík and signed with Club Ourense Baloncesto of the LEB Plata.[33]
- On 29 October, Grindavík signed E. C. Matthews.[34]
- On 8 November, Þór Akureyri signed former Switzerland national team member Jeremy Landenbergue to replace injured Jordan Blount.[35][36]
- On 9 November, Þór Akureyri signed Reggie Keely to replace injured Jonathan Lawton.[35][36]
- On 11 November, Sigurður Þorsteinsson became the 11th player to grab 2,000 career rebounds in the Úrvalsdeild.[37]
- On 17 November, ÍR signed Igor Marić.[38]
- On 10 December, Keflavík star forward David Okeke suffered an achilles injury in a game against Tindastóll. Prior to the injury he had grabbed a season high 17 rebounds in the game.[39]
- On 30 December, Tindastóll signed Zoran Vrkić to replace Thomas Massamba.[40]
- On 2 January, it was reported that Breiðablik had signed Frank Aron Booker.[41]
- On 14 January, it was reported that KR had signed Finland national team member Carl Lindbom.[42]
- On 4 April, KR announced it had reached an agreement with Isaiah Manderson to release him from his contract just before the start of the playoffs.[43]