1970 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
| 1. deild karla1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | January 4, 1970 – March 21, 1970 | |||
| Games played | 30 | |||
| Teams | 6 | |||
| Finals | ||||
| Champions | ÍR (10th title) | |||
| Runners-up | Ármann | |||
| Semifinalists | KR, KFR | |||
| Third place | KR | |||
| Awards | ||||
| MVP |  Jón Sigurðsson | |||
| Statistical leaders | ||||
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| 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] |
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 |
Final
[edit]| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ÍR | 2–0 | Ármann | 83–66 | 96–71 |
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.