1978–79 Úrvalsdeild karla

1977–78 1979–80 Úrvalsdeild karla #00458D white KR (7th title) Valur Þór Akureyri 6 60 14 October 1978 – 29 March 1979 Domestic MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year Jón Sigurðsson ISL Foreign MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year Tim Dwyer USA John Hudson 30.3 USA Valur 143–78 Þór Akureyri(23 March 1979) The 1978–79 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 28th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on 14 October 1978 and ended on 29 March 1979. KR won its 7th title by posting the best record in the league. It secured the title by beating Valur, 77–75, in the last game of the season.Þetta var stórkostlegt http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3922859 8 December 2019 Tíminn 30 March 1979 15 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 KR 15 5 1856 1645 KR VAL 14 6 1792 1697 Valur NJA 13 7 2026 1846 Njarðvík IR 9 11 1775 1764 ÍR IS 6 14 1718 1833 ÍS THO 3 17 1635 2017 Þór Akureyri QR green1 Champion red1 Relegated Notable occurrences On 19 March, fights broke out during Valur's 92–79 victory against Njarðvík. A Njarðvík's official, Kristbjörn Albertsson, was tossed from the game after running onto the court to challenge the referees following Valur's Tim Dwyer elbow to Njarðvík's Árni Lársson head. After the game ended, fights broke out in the stands and spilled out to the court. Fans and Njarðvík's officials harassed the referees, ending with referee Þráinn Skúlason being hit in the head.Allt logaði í slagsmálum, heift og æsingi er Valur vann UMFN http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3084226 8 December 2019 Dagblaðið 20 March 1979 12–13 IcelandicGylfi Kristjánsson Hnefarnir voru á lofti í Höllinni http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3385259 8 December 2019 Vísir 20 March 1979 5 Icelandic In the aftermath, Njarðvík's coach Hilmar Hafsteinsson was suspended for 4 games while player Ted Bee received a 1-game suspension. Njarðvík was furthermore fined 20.000 ISK.Gylfi Kristjánsson Dæmdir í leikbann og þungar fjársektir! http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3385514 8 December 2019 Vísir 30 March 1979 4 Icelandic On 23 March, Valur set a new league scoring record in its 143–78 victory against Þór Akureyri.Valsmenn settu stigamet http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3922197 8 December 2019 Tíminn 24 March 1979 13 Icelandic References External links Official Icelandic Basketball Association website 1978-1979 Úrvalsdeild statistics Icelandic Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)