2019–20 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

The 2019–20 Úrvalsdeild kvenna is the 63rd season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on 2 October 2019. On 13 March 2020 the season was postponed for at least four weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.[1] On 18 March, the rest of the season was canceled. Grindavík was relegated and Valur was named divisional champions for having the best record at the time of the cancelation but no national champions would be named for the season.[2]

Domino's deild kvenna1
Duration2 October 2019 – 18 March 2020
Number of games99
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Stöð 2 Sport
Regular season
Top seedValur
RelegatedGrindavík
Statistical leaders
Points United States Danni L. Williams 33.1
Rebounds Denmark Emilie Hesseldal 13.8
Assists United States Kiana Johnson 8.2
Records
Biggest home winValur 107–41 Skallagrímur
(19 February 2020)
Biggest away winValur 96–49 Grindavík
(2 October 2019)
Highest scoringValur 110–75 Snæfell
(9 October 2019)
Winning streak11 games
Valur
Losing streak13 games
Grindavík
All statistics correct as of 18 March 2020.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

Competition format

The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 28 games. The top four teams qualify for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team will be relegated to 1. deild kvenna.

Teams

Team City, Region Arena Head coach
Breiðablik Kópavogur Smárinn Iceland Ívar Ásgrímsson
Grindavík Grindavík Smárinn Iceland Jóhann Árni Ólafsson
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Schenkerhöllin Iceland Ólöf Helga Pálsdóttir
Keflavík Keflavík TM Höllin Iceland Jón Halldór Eðvaldsson
KR Reykjavík DHL-Höllin Iceland Benedikt Guðmundsson
Skallagrímur Borgarnes Fjósið Iceland Guðrún Ósk Ámundadóttir
Snæfell Stykkishólmur Fjárhúsið Iceland Baldur Þorleifsson
Valur Reykjavík Origo-völlurinn Iceland Darri Freyr Atlason

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
SnæfellIceland Baldur ÞorleifssonEnd of contractMarch 2019Off-seasonIceland Gunnlagur Smárason[3]25 May 2019
KeflavíkIceland Jón GuðmundssonResigned30 April 2019Iceland Jón Halldór Eðvaldsson[4]8 May 2019
BreiðablikSpain Antonio D’AlberoEnd of contract18 June 2019Iceland Ívar Ásgrímsson[5]18 June 2019
SkallagrímurSerbia Biljana StankovićEnd of contract2019Iceland Guðrún Ósk ÁmundadóttirSeptember 2019
HaukarIceland Ólöf Helga PálsdóttirFired[6]20 February 20205thIceland Bjarni Magnússon (interim)20 February 2020
HaukarIceland Bjarni MagnússonInterim coach11 March 20205thIceland Ari Gunnarsson11 March 2020[7]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Valur 25 22 3 2164 1671 +493 44 Division champions1
2 KR 25 18 7 1903 1635 +268 36
3 Keflavík 24 16 8 1795 1709 +86 32
4 Skallagrímur 25 15 10 1686 1713 27 30
5 Haukar 25 14 11 1810 1738 +72 28
6 Snæfell 24 8 16 1633 1852 219 16
7 Breiðablik 25 4 21 1636 1984 348 8
8 Grindavík 25 2 23 1600 1925 325 4 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2020. Source: kki.is

Notes
1 As the playoffs were canceled, no team won the national championship. The team with the best record in the league receives the title Division champions (Icelandic: Deildarmeistarar). Stjarnan received the title as it had the best record at the time of cancelation.

Notable occurrences

References

  1. Anton Ingi Leifsson (13 March 2020). "KKÍ setur allt á ís í að minnsta kosti fjórar vikur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (18 March 2020). "Körfuboltatímabilið blásið af - Engir Íslandsmeistarar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. "Gísli og Gunnlaugur taka við Snæfelli". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 May 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. Davíð Eldur (8 May 2019). "Jón Halldór og Hörður Axel taka við Keflavík – Finnur aðstoðar Sverri". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. "Ívar til Breiðabliks". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (28 February 2020). "Ólöf Helga: Er ekki reið en svolítið sár". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. Haukur Harðarson (11 March 2020). "Ari ráðinn þjálfari Hauka". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. Guðmundur Hilmarsson (12 April 2019). "Lovísa gengur til liðs við Hauka". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (13 May 2019). "Hildur Björg til KR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  10. Sindri Sverrisson (15 May 2019). "Stórveldi ekki með nema skuld verði greidd". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  11. Anton Ingi Leifsson (24 May 2019). "Íslandsmeistararnir þétta raðirnar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  12. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (7 June 2019). "Stjarnan þriðja félagið á fjórum árum sem hættir við þátttöku í Domino´s deild kvenna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  13. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (18 June 2019). "Blikar taka sæti Stjörnunnar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  14. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (20 June 2019). "Danielle til KR". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  15. "Finnsk landsliðskona til Snælfells". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  16. "Chandler Smith til Snæfells". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  17. "Johnson úr KR í Val". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  18. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (10 July 2019). "Bríet til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  19. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (23 August 2019). "Komnar og farnar í Dominos deild kvenna". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  20. Davíð Eldur (30 August 2019). "Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir leggur skóna á hilluna "Fer sátt frá borði"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  21. Davíð Eldur (8 September 2019). "Margrét Kara með KR í vetur?". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  22. Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (11 September 2019). "Dönsk landsliðskona til Skallagríms – Hesseldal í Borgarnes". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  23. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (17 October 2019). "Atvikið þegar læknirinn fékk tæknivíti fyrir að spyrja hvort hún mætti hjálpa meiddum liðsfélaga". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  24. Kristinn Páll Teitsson (17 October 2019). "Dómaranefnd KKÍ: Mistök að refsa leikmanni KR í gær". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  25. Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (1 February 2020). "Landsliðskona á langan bata fyrir höndum eftir rútuslysið nærri Blönduósi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  26. Sylvía Hall (10 January 2020). "Á fimmta tug háskólanema í rútunni sem valt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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