2023–24 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

Subway deild karla^1
Duration	October 2023 – 29 May 2024
Teams	12
TV partner(s)	Stöð 2 Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Valur
Relegated	Breiðablik, Hamar
Finals
Champions	Valur
Runners-up	Grindavík
Semifinalists	Keflavík, Njarðvík
Statistical leaders
Points Remy Martin 25.8 Rebounds Kevin Kone 11.5 Assists Chaz Williams 8.4
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2024. ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla.

The 2023–24 Úrvalsdeild karla is the 73rd season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland.

Competition format

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to 1. deild karla.[1]

Teams

Team	City, Region	Arena	Head coach
Álftanes	Álftanes	Forsetahöllin	Kjartan Atli Kjartansson
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Smárinn	Ívar Ásgrímsson
Grindavík	Grindavík	Mustad Höllin	Jóhann Þór Ólafsson
Hamar	Hveragerði	Frystikistan	Halldór Karl Þórsson
Haukar	Hafnarfjörður	Höllin	Máté Dalmay
Höttur	Egilsstaðir	MVA-höllin	Viðar Örn Hafsteinsson
Keflavík	Keflavík	TM Höllin	Pétur Ingvarsson
Njarðvík	Njarðvík	Ljónagryfjan	Benedikt Guðmundsson
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Ásgarður	Arnar Guðjónsson
Tindastóll	Sauðárkrókur	Síkið	Pavel Ermolinskij
Valur	Reykjavík	Origo-höllin	Finnur Freyr Stefánsson
Þór Þorlákshöfn	Þorlákshöfn	Icelandic Glacial Höllin	Lárus Jónsson

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Keflavík	Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson	End of contract	15 April 2023	Off-season	Pétur Ingvarsson[2]	1 June 2023
Breiðablik	Pétur Ingvarsson	End of contract	25 April 2023		Ívar Ásgrímsson	25 April 2023[3]

Notable incidents

• On 5 May, Grindavík signed Daniel Mortensen.[4]
• On 5 May, Grindavík signed American DeAndre Kane.[5]
• On 17 May, Álftanes signed former Keflavík point guard Hörður Axel Vilhjálmsson.[6]
• On 17 May, Grindavík signed former Njarðvík point guard Dedrick Basile.[7]
• On 18 May, Grindavík signed former Keflavík point guard Valur Orri Valsson.[8]
• On 18 May, it was reported that Grindavík guard Bragi Guðmundsson had signed with Penn State University.[9]
• On 24 May, Álftanes signed Icelandic national team player Haukur Helgi Pálsson who had spent the previous two seasons with Njarðvík.[10]
• On 12 June, David Okeke left Keflavík after two seasons and signed with Haukar.[11]
• On 15 June, Ægir Steinarsson signed with Stjarnan after playing the previous two seasons in Spain.[12]
• On 23 June, Álftanes signed former South Dakota State star Douglas Wilson.[13]
• On 28 June, Haukar signed Finnish forward Osku Heinonen.[14]
• On 12 July, Dominykas Milka signed with Njarðvík after playing the previous four seasons with their cross-town rivals Keflavík.[15]
• On 12 July, Tindastóll signed Iceland national team player Þórir Þorbjarnarson.[16]
• On 23 July, Haukar signed former NCAA Division I assist leader Jalen Moore.[17]
• On 25 July, Nicolás Richotti, who had played the previous two seasons with Njarðvík, announced his retirement from basketball.[18]
• On 15 August, Callum Lawson signed with Tindastóll.[19]
• On 24 August, Valur signed Kristinn Pálsson.[20]
• On 26 October, Stjarnan signed four time Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol champion James Ellisor.[21]
• On 26 October, Breiðablik announced it had signed 36-year old Zoran Vrkić who played the previous season with Tindastóll and Grindavík.[22]
• On 14 November, it was reported that Haukar had released Jalen Moore, who was leading the league in scoring with 27.3 points in six games.[23]
• On 16 November, Hamar signed Jalen Moore and released Maurice Creek and Jose Medina[24]
• In November, Grindavík's homecourt was seriously damaged in a series of earthquakes that led to the total evacuation of the town of Grindavík due to the threat of a volcanic eruption in the area.
• On 15 December, Danero Thomas announced his retirement from playing. He appeared in 11 games for Hamar during the season, where he averaged 10.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.[25] However, in January 2024 he signed with Keflavík after being convinced by Keflavík's coach Pétur Ingvarsson to come out of retirement.[26]
• On 18 December, Taiwo Badmus signed with Valur. He started the season with Luiss Roma but spent the previous two seasons with Tindastóll and which faced Valur in the 2022 and 2023 finals.[27]
• On 19 December, it was reported that Damier Pitts had left Haukar after appearing in four league games where he averaged 14.8 points.[28][29]
• On 16 January, Everage Richardson left Breiðablik and signed with Haukar.[30]

Clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Tindastóll	FIBA Europe Cup	First qualifying round

References

1. "Reglugerð um körfuknattleiksmót" (in Icelandic). 20. grein Úrvalsdeild karla: Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
2. Sindri Sverrisson (1 June 2023). "Pétur kveður Blika og tekur við Keflavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
3. "Ívar stígur inn fyrir Pétur sem tekur við kvennaliði Breiðabliks". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 25 April 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
4. "Daniel Mortensen til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is. 5 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
5. Sindri Sverrisson (5 May 2023). "Grindavík fær mikinn liðsstyrk: "Langt síðan svona stór prófíll hefur komið"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
6. Sindri Sverrisson (17 May 2023). "Hörður Axel í Álftanes". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
7. "Dedrick Basile til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
8. "Valur Orri til Grindavíkur". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
9. "Bragi til Penn State". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
10. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (24 May 2023). "Haukur Helgi til Álftaness". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
11. Sindri Sverrisson (12 June 2023). "Okeke flytur í Ólafssal". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
12. "Landsliðsmaðurinn aftur í Garðabæ". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
13. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (23 June 2023). "Stjarna úr bandaríska háskólaboltanum semur við Álftanes". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 June 2023.
14. "Haukar sömdu við Finna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
15. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (12 July 2023). "Milka óvænt til Njarðvíkur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 July 2023.
16. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (17 July 2023). "Þórir til Stólanna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 July 2023.
17. Andri Már Eggertsson (23 July 2023). "Haukar komnir með Bandaríkjamann". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
18. "Lauk ferlinum í Njarðvík - nýtt starf á Kanaríeyjum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
19. "Frá deildar- og bikarmeisturum Vals til liðs við Íslandsmeistara Tindastóls". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 15 August 2023. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
20. Aron Guðmundsson (24 August 2023). "Kristinn Pálsson semur við Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
21. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (26 October 2023). "Fjórfaldur portúgalskur meistari til Stjörnumanna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 October 2023.
22. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (27 January 2023). "Vrkić í Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
23. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (14 November 2023). "Haukar reka stigahæsta leikmann deildarinnar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
24. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (16 November 2023). "Hamarsmenn semja við Jalen Moore og reka tvo leikmenn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
25. Gunnar Egill Daníelsson (15 December 2023). "Leggur skóna á hilluna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2023.
26. "Danero sagði það ekki skrýtið að hafa mætt sínum gömlu félögum í kvöld "Hef verið að þessu lengi"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
27. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (18 December 2023). "Badmus í Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
28. Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (19 December 2023). "Yfirgefur Hauka eftir aðeins þrjá leiki". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 December 2023.
29. "Damier Pitts, Basketball Player, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
30. "Everage Richardson til Hauka". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

External links

• Official Icelandic Basketball Association website
• Season info on Icelandic Basketball Association