Vestri women's basketball

The Vestri women's basketball team, commonly known as Vestri, is a basketball team based in Ísafjörður, Iceland. It is part of the Vestri multi-sport club.

For the men's team, see Vestri men's basketball.
Vestri
Founded1965 (as KFÍ)
HistoryKFÍ
(1965–2016)
Vestri
(2016–present)
ArenaÍsjakinn
(capacity: 1200)
LocationÍsafjörður, Iceland
Team colorsNavy blue, red, white
     
WebsiteVestri.is
Active departments of
ÍF Vestri
Football Men's Basketball Swimming
Volleyball Women's Basketball Bicycle

History

The club was founded in 1965 as Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar (KFÍ). In 1969, KFÍ won the Vesturland's group and was slated to face Þór Akureyri, which won the Norðurland's group, in a game for the national championship. KFÍ forfeited the game as they could not field a team at the date of the game.[1] The team participated in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna from 1999 to 2002,[2][3] advancing to the semi-finals in the Úrvalsdeild playoffs in 2001.[4] It made it into the final four of the Icelandic Cup in 2000[5] and 2001.[6][7] In 2016 KFÍ merged into Íþróttafélagið Vestri and became its basketball sub-division.[8] After playing in the 2. deild kvenna for the 2018–2019 season,[9] the team returned to the second-tier 1. deild kvenna in June 2020.[10]

In July 2021, Dimitris Zacharias was hired as the head coach of the team.[11] In end of November, Zacharias resigned[12] and was replaced by former coach Pétur Már Sigurðsson. In June 2022, the board decided not to register the team for the next season competition.[13]

Trophies and awards

Awards

Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year

Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team

  • Sólveig Helga Gunnlaugsdóttir – 2001

Úrvalsdeild Women's Young Player of the Year

  • Sara Pálmadóttir – 2002

1. deild kvenna Domestic All-First team

Notable players

Head coaches

Women's head coaches since 1996:[14]

References
  1. Skapti Hallgrímsson (2001). Leikni framar líkamsburðum. Icelandic Basketball Federation. p. 125. ISBN 9979-60-630-4.
  2. "1. deild kvenna 2000-2001: KFÍ". kki.is (in Icelandic). 25 September 2000. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. "DV-Sport - körfuboltakynning 2001-02 - KFÍ". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 23 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. "Yfirburðir og spenna". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 19 March 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. "Keflavík og ÍS". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 24 January 2000. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. Stefán Stefánsson (6 February 2001). "Engin grið gefin í Vesturbænum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. "Umdeild tæknivilla". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 5 February 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  8. Íþróttafélagið Vestri
  9. "2. deild kvenna fór af stað á helginni". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. "Enn fjölgar kvennaliðunum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. "Dimitris Zacharias tekur við Vestra". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  12. Davíð Eldur (30 November 2021). "Dimitris Zacharias yfirgefur Vestra". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  13. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (22 June 2022). "Vestri dregur lið sitt úr leik". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  14. Women's coaches
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