1982–83 Úrvalsdeild karla

1981–82 1983–84 Úrvalsdeild karla #00458D white Valur (2nd title) Keflavík Fram 6 60 1 October 1982 – 21 March 1983 Domestic MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year Pétur Guðmundsson ISL Foreign MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year Tim Dwyer USA Stew Johnson 38.2 USA Keflavík 111–94 KR(1 October 1982)Fram 101–104 KR(15 November 1982) The 1982–83 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 32nd season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on 1 October 1982 and ended on 21 March 1983. Valur won its second title by posting the best record in the league with a win against Keflavík in the last day of the season.Valsmenn Íslandsmeistarar http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1571591 26 April 2020 Morgunblaðið 22 March 1983 25 IcelandicÞað er Hlíðarendi! http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2886646 26 April 2020 Þjóðviljinn 22 March 1983 9 Icelandic Competition format The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 20 games. The top team won the national championship whilst the bottom team was relegated to Division I. Regular season main WL complete points 0 C R VAL 15 5 1799 1629 Valur KEF 14 6 1684 1664 Keflavík IR 9 11 1587 1600 ÍR KR 8 12 1702 1778 KR NJA 8 12 1640 1691 Njarðvík FRA 6 14 1705 1755 Fram QR green1 Champion red1 Relegated Notable occurrences In November 1982, Pétur Guðmundsson returned to Iceland after playing with the Portland Trail Blazers and joined Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur.Er Pétur ekki löglegur http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=4019628 26 April 2020 Tíminn 10 November 1982 17 Icelandic Prior to his arrival, ÍR was last in the league, having lost all 6 games. With Pétur, the team won 9 of its last 14 games, finishing third in the league,Úrvalsdeild 82-83 http://www.isisport.is/isi/urslit/kki/1983/1983001.htm kki.is Icelandic Basketball Federation http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20091119050413/http://www.isisport.is/isi/urslit/kki/1983/1983001.htm 19 November 2009 Icelandic and made it to the Cup finals where it lost to Valur, 75–78. In 14 Úrvalsdeild games, Pétur averaged 28.0 points per game. References External links Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website 1982-1983 Úrvalsdeild statistics Icelandic Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)