Snæfell men's basketball

For the women's team, see Snæfell women's basketball.

Snæfell
Leagues	2. deild karla
Founded	1964; 60 years ago (1964)
History	Snæfell 1964–present
Arena	Íþróttahúsið Stykkishólmi
Location	Stykkishólmur, Iceland
Team colors	Red, White, Blue
President	Gunnar Svanlaugsson [1]
Head coach	Halldór Steingrímsson
Championships	1 Úrvalsdeild karla
Website	snaefell.is
Home Away

Snæfell men's basketball, commonly known as Snæfell, is the men's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Snæfell,^[2] based in Stykkishólmur, Iceland.^[3]

History

Snæfell won its first and only national championship in 2010, when it defeated Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild karla finals.^[4] It won the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2008^[5] and 2010.^[6] On 27 September 2020, Snæfell withdrew its men's team from competition due to lack of players and financial difficulties.^[7]

Honors

• Úrvalsdeild karla (1):^[8]
  • 2010
  • Runners-up (3): 2004, 2005, 2008
• Icelandic Basketball Cup (2):^[9]
  • 2008, 2010
  • Runners-up (2): 1993, 2003
• Icelandic Basketball Supercup (1):^[10]
  • 2010
• Company Cup (3):^[11]
  • 2004, 2007, 2010
• 1. deild karla (4):^[12]
  • 1974, 1978, 1990, 1998

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Away	Home	Aggregate
1993–94	FIBA European Champions Cup	1Q	St. Vincent's	75–78	79–77	154–155

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Andrée Michelsson
• Bárður Eyþórsson
• Birgir Mikaelsson
• Clifton Bush
• Hlynur Bæringsson
• Ívar Ásgrímsson
• Jay Threatt
• Jeb Ivey
• Jón Ólafur Jónsson
• Justin Shouse
• Pálmi Freyr Sigurgeirsson
• Ríkharður Hrafnkelsson
• Ryan Amoroso
• Shawn Jamison
• Sigurður Þorvaldsson
• Stefán Karel Torfason
• Sverrir Þór Sverrisson

Coaches

• Bárður Eyþórsson
• Ívar Ásgrímsson
• Geof Kotila (2006-2008)
• Hlynur Bæringsson and Sigurður Þorvaldsson (2008-2009)
• Ingi Þór Steinþórsson (2009-2018)
• Vlaldimir Ivankovic (2018-2019)^[13]
• Baldur Þorleifsson and Jón Þór Eyþórsson (2019)
• Benjamin Young Kil (2019-2020)
• Halldór Steingrímsson (2020-present)

References

1. Félög Snæfell
2. Deildir
3. Félög Snæfell
4. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (29 April 2010). "Umfjöllun: Snæfellingar tryggðu sér fyrsta meistaratitilinn með stæl". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 June 2018.
5. "Snæfell bikarmeistari í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 February 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
6. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (8 April 2014). "Níræðir herramenn sjá um að flagga á leikdögum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
7. Sindri Sverrisson (28 September 2020). "Snæfell hættir rétt fyrir mót - Erfiðleikar í rekstri og mönnun". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 September 2020.
8. "Meistaratitlar karla". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 June 2018.
9. "Saga Bikarúrslita KKÍ". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 June 2018.
10. "Meistarar meistaranna karla". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 June 2018.
11. "Saga Fyrirtækjabikars karla og kvenna". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
12. "1. deild karla". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
13. "Vladimir rekinn frá Snæfell". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

External links

• Official Website (in Icelandic)
• Eurobasket men's team profile
• KKÍ: Stjarnan (men's) – kki.is (in Icelandic)