2021–22 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
Basketball league season
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]
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
Managerial changes
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
Playoffs
Bracket
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]
References
External links
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