Tindastóll women's basketball

For the men's team, see Tindastóll men's basketball.

Tindastóll
Leagues	1. deild kvenna
Arena	Síkið
Location	Sauðárkrókur, Iceland
Website	tindastoll.is
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The Tindastóll women's basketball team, commonly known as Tindastóll, is the women's basketball department of the Ungmennafélagið Tindastóll sport club and is based in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland.

History

Tindastóll played in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna from 1992 to 1996 and again during the 1999-2000 season,^[1] making the playoffs in 1994^[2][3] and 2000.^[4] In 2024, the team was promoted to the Úrvalsdeild again.

Trophies and awards

Titles

• Division I (2):
  • 1998, 1999

Awards

Úrvalsdeild Women's Young Player of the Year

• Birna Eiríksdóttir – 2000

1. deild Foreign Player of the Year

• Tessondra Williams – 2019

1. deild Domestic All-First team

• Bríet Lilja Sigurðardóttir – 2015

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.

• Birna Eiríksdóttir
• Birna Valgarðsdóttir
• Ilze Jākobsone
• Inga Dóra Magnúsdóttir
• Kristín Elfa Magnúsdóttir
• Oumoul Sarr

Coaches

• Kári Marísson 1992–1996
• Jill Wilson 1999–2000
• Arnoldas Kuncaitis 2018–2019^[5]
• Árni Eggert Harðarson 2019–2021^[6]
• Jan Bezica 2021–2022
• Patrick Ryan 2022–2023
• Helgi Freyr Margeirsson 2023–2024^[7]
• Israel Martín 2024–present

References

1. Óskar Ó. Jónsson; Rúnar Gíslason. "Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar kvenna í körfubolta". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
2. "Tindastólsstelpur úr leik í þetta sinn". Dagur (in Icelandic). 29 March 1994. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
3. "Keflavík mætir KR". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 28 March 1994. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
4. "Þrenna". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 20 March 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
5. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (27 September 2018). "Kuncaitis og Williams í Skagafjörðinn". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 October 2018.
6. "Árni ráðinn þjálfari Tindastóls". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
7. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (11 July 2023). "Helgi Freyr tekur við kvennaliði Tindastóls". Vísir.is. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

External links

• Official website