1970 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

The 1970 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 19th season of the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland, then known as 1. deild karla. The season started on January 4, 1970[1] and ended on March 21, 1970.[2]

1. deild karla1
DurationJanuary 4, 1970 – March 21, 1970
Number of games30
Number of teams6
Finals
ChampionsÍR (10th title)
  Runners-upÁrmann
SemifinalistsKR, KFR
Third placeKR
Awards
MVPIceland Jón Sigurðsson
Statistical leaders
Points Iceland Þórir Magnússon 29.2
Records
Highest scoringÍR 96-71 Ármann
← 1969
1971 →
1 The league changed its name to Úrvalsdeild karla in 1978.

ÍR won their tenth title by beating Ármann 2-0 in the playoffs finals for championship.[1][3] KR finished in third place after beating KFR, two games to none, in a best-of-three series.[4]

Þórir Magnússon led all players in scoring during the regular season, scoring 292 points in 10 games, or 29.2 points per game.[5]

Competition format

The participating teams played each other twice for a total of 10 games. The top four teams would then enter a playoffs for the championship.[3] ÍR won a coin toss with KR for the first seed.[6]

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 ÍR 10 9 1 707 560 +147 18 Playoffs
2 KR 10 9 1 663 563 +100 18
3 Ármann 10 4 6 647 649 −2 8
4 KFR 10 3 7 623 673 −50 6
5 Njarðvík 10 3 7 558 659 −101 6
6 Þór Akureyri 10 2 8 533 627 −94 4 Spared from relegation due to expansion of league.[3]
Source:

Playoffs

Extra game

KFR and Njarðvík ended tied in 4-5th place with 6 points and therefore played an extra game to decide which team would go to the playoffs.[7][8]

Extra game
   
KFR 78
Njarðvík 64

Bracket
Semi-finals Finals
      
1 ÍR 1
4 KFR 0
1 ÍR 2
3 Ármann 0
2 KR 0
3 Ármann 1

Semifinals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
ÍR 79–65[9] KFR
KR 58–66[9] Ármann

Third place
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
KR 2–0 KFR 75–68 90–74 0

Final
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
ÍR 2–0 Ármann 83–66 96–71 0

Notable occurrences

References
  1. "Íslandsmót í Körfubolta hefst í kvöld". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 4 January 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. "ÍR hlaut titilinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. Skapti Hallgrímsson (2001). Leikni framar líkamsburðum. Icelandic Basketball Federation. pp. 128, 129. ISBN 9979-60-630-4.
  4. "ÍR-ingar feti frá Ísl.meistaratitli". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 21 March 1970. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. "Hlutu styttur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. "Úrslitakeppnin hefst í kvöld". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 19 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. "KFR - Lið óþekkjanlegt". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 10 March 1970. pp. 12, 11. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. "KFR í fjögurra liða úrslit". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 17 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. "Meinlokan varð KR að falli". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 20 March 1970. pp. 12, 15. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  10. "Indónesíumaður leikur með KR!". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 7 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  11. "KR fær liðsstyrk". Tíminn (in Icelandic). No. Timinn. 11 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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