Icelandic Basketball Association Men's All-Star Game

Icelandic Basketball Association Men's All-Star Game
Status	Inactive
Years active	Periodically until 1988, 1988–2014
Most recent	25 January 2014 (2014-01-25)
Organized by	Icelandic Basketball Association

The Icelandic Basketball Association Men's All-Star Game was a basketball exhibition game hosted by the Icelandic Basketball Association (KKÍ). It was held was held periodically until 1988 when it was held annually to 2014 and featured a mix of the countries star players. The first annual All-Star Game was played at the Hlíðarendi on 27 January 1988.^[1] It was last held on 24 January 2014 at the Ásvellir stadium.

The teams selections varied from year to year, with sports journalists selecting the teams during the first years while later teams were selected by fans and coaches. The teams buildup also varied, sometimes splitting the players to teams based on geography (Players from Suðurnes or the Capital Region versus the rest of the country) or pitting domestic players against foreign players.

The All-Star day also featured a dunk contest, a three-point contest and a celebrity game.

All-Star Game results

This is a list of each All-Star Game, the venue at which it was played, and the Game MVP.

Season	Result	Host arena	Host city	Game MVP	Notes
1978–1979	Icelandic players 85, Foreign players 128	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík		The Icelandic team was made up of players in the Icelandic national team.[2]
1985–1986	National Team 61, Press Select 71[3]	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík		The National Team was made up of players in the Icelandic national team.[4]
1987–1988	Landið 81, Suðurnes 79[1]	Hlíðarendi	Reykjavík	Pálmar Sigurðsson, Haukar
1988–1989	Suðurnes 87, Landið 90	Keflavík	Keflavík	Valur Ingimundarson, Tindastóll	The teams were selected by sports journalists.[5]
1989–1990	Suðurnes 132, Landið 129[6]	Keflavík	Keflavík	Teitur Örlygsson, Njarðvík
1990–1991	Suðurnes 147, Landið 133	Grindavík	Grindavík	Rondey Robinson Njarðvík
1991–1992	Landið 151, Suðurnes 128	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík	Not selected
1992–1993	A Group 128, B Group 157	Hlíðarendi	Reykjavík	Not selected	The starting teams were selected by the readers of Morgunblaðið and Dagblaðið Vísir. The All-Star team coaches selected the remaining 7 players on each team.[7]
1993–1994	A Group 143, B Group 134	Austurberg	Reykjavík	Frank Booker, Valur	Overtime
1994–1995	A Group 198, B Group 199[8]	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík	John Rhodes, ÍR	Double overtime
1995–1996	Domestic 103, Foreign 116	Smárinn	Kópavogur	Torrey John, Tindastóll
1996–1997	Team Sprite 114, Team Esso 122[9]	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík	Herman Myers, Grindavík
1997–1998	Team Sprite 124, Team Esso 108	Laugardalshöll	Reykjavík	Sherrick Simpson, Haukar	Teams selected by Benedikt Guðmundsson (Sprite) and Einar Einarsson (Esso)
1998–1999	Team Esso, Team Sprite	Hlíðarendi	Reykjavík	N/A	Game was first postponed due to bad weather and later canceled
1999–2000	Team Sprite 154, Team Esso 124	Strandagata	Hafnarfjörður	Keith Veney, Njarðvík
2000–2001	Team Doritos 131, Team Pepsi 136	Ljónagryfjan	Njarðvík	Shawn Myers, Tindastóll
2001–2002	Team Domestic 105, Team Foreign 113	Ásvellir	Hafnarfjörður	Damon Johnson, Keflavík
2002–2003	Team South 132, Team North 123	Ásvellir	Hafnarfjörður	Stevie Johnson, Haukar
2003–2004	Team South 136, Team North 133	Seljaskóli	Reykjavík	Friðrik Erlendur Stefánsson, Njarðvík
2004–2005	Team Domestic 113, Team Foreign 134	Hlíðarendi	Reykjavík	Clifton Cook, Skallagrímur
2005–2006	Team Domestic 109, Team Foreign 128	DHL-Höllin	Reykjavík	A.J. Moye, Keflavík
2006–2007	Team Domestic 120, Team Foreign 142[10]	DHL-Höllin	Reykjavík	Kevin Sowell, Þór Akureyri
2007–2008	Team Domestic 137, Team Foreign 136[11]	Keflavík	Keflavík	A.J. Moye, Keflavík
2008–2009	Team Úrvalsdeild 113, National Team Selection 111	Ásvellir	Hafnarfjörður	Jason Dourisseau, KR	Held in December 2008.
2009–2010	Team Iceland Express 129, Team Shell 134	Dalhús	Grafarvogur	Andre Dabney, Hamar	Held on 12 December 2009.[12]
2010–2011	Team Landsbyggðin 130, Team Capital Region 128	Seljaskóli	Reykjavík	Lazar Trifunovic, Keflavík	Held on 11 December 2010.
2011–2012	Team Capital Region 142, Team Landsbyggðin 140	Dalhús	Grafarvogur	Nathan Walkup, Fjölnir
2012–2013	Team Icelandair 122, Team Domino's 148	Ásgarður	Garðabær	Jay Threatt, Snæfell	Domestic players versus foreign players
2013–2014	Team Icelandair 140, Team Domino's 116	Ásvellir	Hafnarfjörður	Junior Hairston, Stjarnan

Source

References

1. Logi B. Eiðsson (28 January 1988). "Sannkallaður Stjörnuleikur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 57. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
2. "Landsliðið rasskellt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 February 1979. p. 47. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
3. "Pressan vann". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 21 March 1986. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
4. "Troðslukeppni, Marcelo, vígamenn og pressuleikur". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 20 March 1986. p. 21. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
5. "Stjörnuleikur". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 21 January 1988. p. 11. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
6. Björn Blöndal (10 February 1990). "Suðurnesjasigur á æsispennandi lokamínútum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 39. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
7. "Stjömuliðin valin". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 February 1993. p. 47. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
8. Róbert Róbertsson (13 February 1995). "Stigin urðu tæplega fjögur hundruð". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 28. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
9. "Frábær tilþrif í stjörnuleiknum". Dagur - Tíminn (in Icelandic). 14 January 1997. p. 12. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
10. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 January 2007). "Sowell setti upp sýningu í DHL-höllinni". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 33. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
11. "Ólafur sló könunum við". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 21 January 2008. p. 23. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
12. "Dabney valinn bestur í jöfnum leik". Icelandic Basketball Association (in Icelandic). 12 December 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2019.