Skallagrímur women's basketball

The Skallagrímur women's basketball team, commonly known as Skallagrímur, is the women's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur, based in Borgarnes, Iceland. It currently plays in Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

For the men's team, see Skallagrímur men's basketball.
Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur
HistorySkallagrímur
(1958–present)
ArenaFjósið
LocationBorgarnes, Iceland
Team colorsGreen, yellow
   
Championships1 Icelandic Championship
WebsiteSkallagrimur.is

History

Skallagrímur started its women's program in 1958. In 1963, it participated in the national tournament and finished as the runner-up to ÍR. In 1964 it won its first national championship after finishing first in the national tournament. In the championship clinching game, Skallagrímur defeating ÍR 23-22 behind Sigrún Kristjánsdóttir 17 points.[1][2][3]

In 2016-2017 it finished with the third best record in league,[4] while also making it to the Icelandic Basketball Cup finals where it lost to Keflavík, 65-62.[5]

On 15 February 2020, it won the Icelandic Basketball Cup for the first time, defeating KR in the cup finals with Keira Robinson being named the Cup Finals MVP.[6][7]

On 20 September 2020, Skallagrímur won the Icelandic Super Cup for the first time after defeating Valur 74-68.[8]

On 9 December 2021, the board of Skallagrímur announced that they were withdrawing the team from the Úrvalsdeild. At the time, the team was in last place in the Úrvalsdeild, having lost all 11 games.[9]

Honours

Úrvalsdeild kvenna[10]

Icelandic Cup

  • Winners (1): 2020
  • Runner-up (1): 2017

Icelandic Super Cup

  • Winners (1): 2020
  • Runner-up (1): 2017

Division I[11]

  • Winners (3): 1996, 1997, 2016

Individual awards

Notable players

Coaches

References
  1. "Stúlkur úr Borgarfirði fyrstu Íslandsmeistararnir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 March 1964. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (13 February 2020). "Íslandsmeistararnir frá 1964 eru heiðursgestir í kvöld". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. "Íslandsmeistararnir 1964 heiðursgestir". Frákastið (in Icelandic). Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur. 12 February 2020. p. 10. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. Snæfell er deildarmeistari
  5. Keflavík bikarmeistari í 14. sinn
  6. Kristján Jónsson (15 February 2020). "Bikar í Borgarnes". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (23 February 2020). "Það er ekki að koma skammdegi heldur körfubolti". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  8. "Bikarmeistararnir gegn Íslandsmeisturunum" (in Icelandic). Vísir.is. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  9. Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (9 December 2021). "Kvennalið Skallagríms dregur sig úr keppni". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  10. "KKÍ | Meistaratitlar kvenna". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  11. "KKÍ.is". gamli.kki.is. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  12. Úrvalslið úrvalsdeildar kvenna
  13. Lokahóf KKÍ 2017 · Thelma Dís og Jón Arnór valin best
  14. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (4 December 2018). "Sigursælasta körfuboltakona Serbíu þjálfar lið Skallagríms". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  15. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (26 September 2019). "Guðrún Ósk stýrir Skallagrím í vetur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  16. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (28 October 2021). "Þjálfarinn farinn frá Skallagrími eftir 55 stiga tap fyrir Njarðvík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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