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Domino's deild karla1 | ||||||||||
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Duration | 4 October 2018 – 4 May 2019 | |||||||||
Number of games | 132 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 12 | |||||||||
TV partner(s) | Stöð 2 Sport | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Top seed | Stjarnan | |||||||||
Relegated | Skallagrímur, Breiðablik | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | KR (18th title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | ÍR | |||||||||
Semifinalists | Stjarnan, Þór Þorlákshöfn | |||||||||
Finals MVP | ![]() | |||||||||
Awards | ||||||||||
Domestic MVP | ![]() | |||||||||
Foreign MVP | ![]() | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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Records | ||||||||||
Biggest home win | Tindastóll 92–51 ÍR (22 November 2018) | |||||||||
Biggest away win | Keflavík 97–62 Grindavík (18 October 2018) Tindastóll 117–82 Breiðablik (10 December 2018) | |||||||||
Highest scoring | Þór Þ. 132–93 Breiðablik (7 February 2019) | |||||||||
Winning streak | 11 games Stjarnan | |||||||||
Losing streak | 17 games Breiðablik | |||||||||
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 14 March 2019. 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. |
The 2018–19 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 68th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 4 October 2018 and ended on 4 May 2019. KR won its sixth title in a row by defeating ÍR 3–2 in the Finals. [1]
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. [2]
Team | City, Region | Arena | Head coach |
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Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Smárinn | ![]() |
Grindavík | Grindavík | Mustad Höllin | ![]() |
Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Schenkerhöllin | ![]() |
ÍR | Reykjavík | Hertz Hellirinn | ![]() |
Keflavík | Keflavík | TM Höllin | ![]() |
KR | Reykjavík | DHL Höllin | ![]() |
Njarðvík | Njarðvík | green/white | ![]() |
Skallagrímur | Borgarnes | Fjósið | ![]() |
Stjarnan | Garðabær | Ásgarður | ![]() |
Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkrókur | ![]() |
Valur | Reykjavík | Origo-höllin | ![]() |
Þór Þorlákshöfn | Þorlákshöfn | Icelandic Glacial Höllin | ![]() |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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Njarðvík | ![]() | End of contract [3] | 24 March 2018 | Off-season | ![]() | 25 March 2018 [4] |
Stjarnan | ![]() | End of contract [5] | 27 March 2018 | ![]() | 6 April 2018 [6] | |
Keflavík | ![]() | Retired [7] | 28 March 2018 | ![]() | 5 April 2018 [8] | |
Breiðablik | ![]() | End of contract | 18 April 2018 | ![]() | 18 April 2018 [9] | |
KR | ![]() | End of contract [10] | 5 June 2018 | ![]() | 12 June 2018 [11] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stjarnan | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2034 | 1755 | +279 | 34 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Njarðvík | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1967 | 1810 | +157 | 34 | |
3 | Tindastóll | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1910 | 1705 | +205 | 32 | |
4 | Keflavík | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1936 | 1790 | +146 | 30 | |
5 | KR | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1917 | 1837 | +80 | 30 | |
6 | Þór Þorl | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2021 | 1942 | +79 | 24 | |
7 | ÍR | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1875 | 1950 | −75 | 20 | |
8 | Grindavík | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1908 | 1988 | −80 | 18 | |
9 | Valur | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1989 | 2061 | −72 | 16 | |
10 | Haukar | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1803 | 1948 | −145 | 16 | |
11 | Skallagrímur | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1846 | 2056 | −210 | 8 | Relegated to Division 1 |
12 | Breiðablik | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1873 | 2237 | −364 | 2 |
The playoffs are played between the eight first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Stjarnan | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Grindavík | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Stjarnan | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | ÍR | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Keflavík | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | KR | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | ÍR | 2 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
5 | KR | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Njarðvík | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | ÍR | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | KR | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | Þór Þorl | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tindastóll | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Þór Þorl | 3 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Stjarnan | 3–1 | Grindavík | 89–80 | 84–82 | 98–81 | 83–76 | |
Njarðvík | 2–3 | ÍR | 76–71 | 85–70 | 64–70 | 79–87 | 74–86 |
Tindastóll | 2–3 | Þór Þorl | 112–105 | 87–73 | 67–87 | 83–92 | 93–94 |
Keflavík | 0–3 | KR | 76–77 | 77–86 | 64–85 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Stjarnan | 2–3 | ÍR | 96–63 | 76–85 | 62–68 | 90–75 | 79–83 |
KR | 3–1 | Þór Þorl | 99–91 | 90–102 | 98–89 | 108–93 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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KR | 3–2 | ÍR | 83–89 | 86–73 | 86–89 | 80–75 | 98–70 |
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