Pétur Rúnar Birgisson
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| No. 7 – Tindastóll | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Úrvalsdeild karla | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 February 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Icelandic | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2012–present | Tindastóll | ||||||||||||||
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Pétur Rúnar Birgisson (born 20 February 1996) is an Icelandic basketball player who plays for Tindastóll of the Úrvalsdeild karla.[1][2] He won the Icelandic championship in 2023 and the Icelandic Cup in 2018 with Tindastóll.
Club career
Pétur had a stellar 2014-2015 season[3] and helped Tindastóll to the 2015 Úrvalsdeild finals after averaging 7.8 assists in the semi-finals against Haukar.[4] In the finals, Tindastóll lost to KR 3-1.[5]
His stellar play continued in 2015-2016.[6] He averaged 13.5 points and 6.0 assists in Tindastóls 3-1 victory against Keflavík in the first round of the playoffs.[7] He was however unable to prevent Tindastóll from losing to Haukar in the semi-finals, 3-1.[8]
On 13 January 2018 he helped Tindastóll to its first major title when they beat KR in Icelandic Basketball Cup finals.[9][10] In the game he had 22 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds, and was named as the Cup finals MVP.[11]
On 4 May 2018 Pétur was named to the Úrvalsdeild Karla Domestic All-First Team.[12] On 30 September, he won the Icelandic Super Cup after Tindastóll beat KR, 103-72.[13]
In 2023, he won his first Icelandic championship after Tindastóll defeated Valur 3–2 in a finals rematch from the previous year.[14]
Icelandic national team
In May 2017, Pétur was named to the Icelandic national team for the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe where he helped Iceland finish third.[15][16] In July 2017, he was among the 24 players selected for the national team training camp prior to EuroBasket 2017.[17] He was not named to the twelve man roster for Eurobasket.[18] As of 2018 he has played five games for the national team.[19]