1970 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

1. deild karla¹
1. deild karla1
Duration	January 4, 1970 – March 21, 1970
Number of games	30
Number of teams	6
Finals
Champions	ÍR (10th title)
Runners-up	Ármann
Semifinalists	KR, KFR
Third place	KR
Awards
MVP	Jón Sigurðsson
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Þórir Magnússon
Records
Highest scoring	ÍR 96-71 Ármann
	← 1969 1971 → 1 The league changed its name to Úrvalsdeild karla in 1978.

The 1970 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 19th season of the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland, then known as 1. deild karla. The season started on January 4, 1970^[1] and ended on March 21, 1970.^[2]

ÍR won their tenth title by beating Ármann 2-0 in the playoffs finals for championship.^[1]^[3] KR finished in third place after beating KFR, two games to none, in a best-of-three series.^[4]

Þórir Magnússon led all players in scoring during the regular season, scoring 292 points in 10 games, or 29.2 points per game.^[5]

Competition format[edit]

The participating teams played each other twice for a total of 10 games. The top four teams would then enter a playoffs for the championship.^[3] ÍR won a coin toss with KR for the first seed.^[6]

Regular season[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	ÍR	10	9	1	707	560	+147	18	Playoffs
2	KR	10	9	1	663	563	+100	18
3	Ármann	10	4	6	647	649	−2	8
4	KFR	10	3	7	623	673	−50	6
5	Njarðvík	10	3	7	558	659	−101	6
6	Þór Akureyri	10	2	8	533	627	−94	4	Spared from relegation due to expansion of league.^[3]

Source: [1]

Playoffs[edit]

Extra game[edit]

KFR and Njarðvík ended tied in 4-5th place with 6 points and therefore played an extra game to decide which team would go to the playoffs.^[7]^[8]

	Extra game

	KFR		78

	Njarðvík		64

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals			Finals

1	ÍR	1

4	KFR	0
			1	ÍR	2

			3	Ármann	0
2	KR	0

3	Ármann	1

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
ÍR	79–65^[9]	KFR
KR	58–66^[9]	Ármann

Third place[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
KR	2–0	KFR	75–68	90–74	0

Final[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
ÍR	2–0	Ármann	83–66	96–71	0

Notable occurrences[edit]

On March 7, it was reported that KR had added former Indonesian national team player David Janis to the team.^[10]
On March 11, it was reported that KR had added Icelandic national team player Hjörtur Hansson to the team. He had previously been playing with Lugi in the Swedish Division II.^[11]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Íslandsmót í Körfubolta hefst í kvöld". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 4 January 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "ÍR hlaut titilinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Skapti Hallgrímsson (2001). Leikni framar líkamsburðum. Icelandic Basketball Federation. pp. 128, 129. ISBN 9979-60-630-4.
^ "ÍR-ingar feti frá Ísl.meistaratitli". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 21 March 1970. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
^ "Hlutu styttur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Úrslitakeppnin hefst í kvöld". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 19 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "KFR - Lið óþekkjanlegt". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 10 March 1970. pp. 12, 11. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "KFR í fjögurra liða úrslit". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 17 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Meinlokan varð KR að falli". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 20 March 1970. pp. 12, 15. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
^ "Indónesíumaður leikur með KR!". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 7 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "KR fær liðsstyrk". Tíminn (in Icelandic). No. Timinn. 11 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

External links[edit]

Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website

[morgunbladid1-1] "Íslandsmót í Körfubolta hefst í kvöld". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 4 January 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[2] "ÍR hlaut titilinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[leikni-3] Skapti Hallgrímsson (2001). Leikni framar líkamsburðum. Icelandic Basketball Federation. pp. 128, 129. ISBN 9979-60-630-4.

[4] "ÍR-ingar feti frá Ísl.meistaratitli". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 21 March 1970. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

[5] "Hlutu styttur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[6] "Úrslitakeppnin hefst í kvöld". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 19 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[7] "KFR - Lið óþekkjanlegt". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 10 March 1970. pp. 12, 11. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[8] "KFR í fjögurra liða úrslit". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 17 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[1970-03-20-althydubladid-9] "Meinlokan varð KR að falli". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 20 March 1970. pp. 12, 15. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[10] "Indónesíumaður leikur með KR!". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 7 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[11] "KR fær liðsstyrk". Tíminn (in Icelandic). No. Timinn. 11 March 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

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