1997–98 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

The 1997–1998 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 41st season of the top-tier women's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 4 October 1997 and ended on 28 March 1998. Keflavík won its 14th title after defeating KR 3–1 in the Finals.[1]

Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Duration4 October 1997 – 28 March 1998
Number of teams5
Regular season
Top seedKeflavík
Finals
ChampionsKeflavík (14th title)
  Runners-upKR
SemifinalistsGrindavík, ÍS
Awards
Domestic MVPIceland Anna María Sveinsdóttir
Foreign MVPUnited States Jennifer Boucek
Statistical leaders
Points United States Anna María Sveinsdóttir 15.1
Rebounds Iceland Signý Hermannsdóttir 9.2
Assists Iceland Alda Leif Jónsdóttir 5.1

Competition format

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 16 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs while none was relegated to the second-tier Division I due to vacant berth.

Regular season

Six teams started the season, down from seven the previous season. In end of October 1997, Breiðablik withdrew its team from the league after suffering loopside losses in their four games.[2]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Keflavík 16 13 3 1156 855 +301 26 Qualification to playoffs
2 KR 16 13 3 1065 855 +210 26
3 Grindavík 16 8 8 948 920 +28 16
4 ÍS 16 6 10 903 955 −52 12
5 ÍR 16 0 16 726 1213 −487 0
Source: Úrvalsdeild kvenna 1997–1998

Playoffs

Bracket
Semifinals Finals
      
1 Keflavík 2
4 ÍS 0
1 Grindavík 3
2 KR 1
2 KR 2
3 Grindavík 0

Semifinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Keflavík 2–0 ÍS 71–57 91–59 0
KR 2–0 Grindavík 53–39 66–51 0

Final
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Keflavík 3–1 KR 75–54 65–75 71–6161–500

Source: 1998 playoffs

Awards

All official awards of the 1997–98 season.

Domestic Player of the Year
Pos. Player Team
CIceland Anna María SveinsdóttirKeflavík

Foreign Player of the Year
Pos. Player Team
GUnited States Jennifer BoucekKeflavík

Domestic All-First Team
Player Team
Iceland Alda Leif JónsdóttirÍS
Iceland Anna María SveinsdóttirKeflavík
Iceland Erla ReynisdóttirKeflavík
Iceland Erla ÞorsteinsdóttirKeflavík
Iceland Guðbjörg NorðfjörðKR

Best Young Player Award
Player Team
Iceland Guðrún A. SigurðardóttirÍR

Best Coach
Coach Team
Iceland Karl JónssonÍR

Source

Notable
  • On 26 October, the board of Breiðablik withdrew the team from the league after starting the season with 4 losses,[2] including a 124–24 loss against Keflavík on 25. October.[3]

References
  1. Skapti Hallgrímsson (31 March 1998). "Keflvíkingar bestir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. "Blikar hætta keppni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 October 1997. p. B3. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. "Fáheyrðir yfirburðir". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 27 October 1997. p. 22. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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