Icelandic Basketball Association
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Sport | Basketball |
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Jurisdiction | Iceland |
Abbreviation | KKÍ |
Founded | January 29, 1961 |
Affiliation | FIBA |
Regional affiliation | FIBA Europe |
Headquarters | Reykjavík |
Chairman | Guðbjörg Norðfjörð |
CEO | Hannes S. Jónsson |
Men's coach | Craig Pedersen |
Women's coach | Benedikt Guðmundsson |
Official website | |
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The Icelandic Basketball Association (Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ) is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketball Federation (FIBA).[1] It directs and oversees all of the national basketball teams of Iceland, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women.
It was founded on January 29, 1961[2] and its first chairman was Bogi Þorsteinsson,[3] but current chairman is Hannes S. Jónsson.[4]
Competitions
[edit]- Men's
- Domino's deild karla
- Division I (Icelandic: 1. deild karla)
- Division II (Icelandic: 2. deild karla)
- Division III (Icelandic: 3. deild karla)
- Women's
- Domino's deild kvenna
- Division I (Icelandic: 1. deild kvenna)
- Division II (Icelandic: 2. deild kvenna)
National teams
[edit]Iceland men
[edit]- Iceland men's national basketball team
- Iceland men's national under-20 basketball team
- Iceland men's national under-19 basketball team
- Iceland men's national under-17 basketball team
Iceland Women
[edit]- Iceland women's national basketball team
- Iceland women's national under-20 basketball team
- Iceland women's national under-19 basketball team
- Iceland women's national under-17 basketball team
Awards
[edit]Chairmen
[edit]- Bogi Þorsteinsson 1961–1969
- Hólmsteinn Sigurðsson 1969–1973
- Einar Bollason 1973–1976
- Páll Júlíusson 1976–1977
- Sigurður Ingólfsson 1978–1979
- Stefán Ingólfsson 1979–1980
- Kristbjörn Albertsson 1980
- Stefán Ingólfsson 1980–1981
- Kristbjörn Albertsson 1981–1982
- Helgi Ágústsson 1982–1983
- Þórdís Anna Kristjánsdóttir 1983–1984
- Eiríkur Ingólfsson 1984–1985
- Björn Björgvinsson 1985–1988
- Kolbeinn Pálsson 1988–1996
- Ólafur Rafnsson 1996–2006
- Hannes S. Jónsson 2006–2023
- Guðbjörg Norðfjörð 2023–present
References
[edit]- ^ Lög
- ^ KKÍ 50 ára
- ^ "Kostaði mikla baráttu að stofna KKÍ". Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ Starfsmenn KKÍ
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Icelandic)
- Iceland at FIBA site