1998–99 Úrvalsdeild karla

Icelandic basketball season 1997–98 1999–2000 DHL deild karla1 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. #00458D white Keflavík (5th title) Njarðvík KFÍ, Grindavík Valur 12 October 1, 1998 – April 22, 1999 Iceland Úrvalsdeild Men's Playoffs MVP Domestic MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year Falur Harðarson ISL Foreign MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year Damon Johnson USA John Woods 30.5 USA Rob Wilson 14.6 USA Warren Peebles 8.3 USA Keflavík The 1998–99 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 47th season of the Úrvalsdeild, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 1, 1998 and ended on April 22, 1999. Keflavík won its fifth title by defeating Njarðvík 3–2 in the Finals.Keflvíkingar eru bestir Competition format The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team was relegated to Division 1. Regular season main WL complete KKÍ points 0 QF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF R KEF 20 2 2149 1802 Keflavík NJA 18 4 2029 1658 Njarðvík KFI 15 7 1894 1822 KFÍ GRI 14 8 1973 1847 Grindavík KR 14 8 1864 1781 KR TIN 11 11 1872 1846 Tindastóll SNA 10 12 1715 1827 Snæfell HAU 8 14 1713 1879 Haukar IA 8 14 1703 1816 ÍA AKU 5 17 1690 1965 Þór Akureyri SKA 5 17 1738 1886 Skallagrímur VAL 4 18 1709 1921 Valur QR green1 Qualification to playoffs red1 Relegated Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 30 150 1 Keflavík 2 8 Haukar 0 2 Njarðvík 2 7 Snæfell 0 3 KFÍ 2 6 Tindastóll 0 4 Grindavík 2 5 KR 0 1 Keflavík 3 5 Grindavík 0 2 Njarðvík 3 3 KFÍ 1 1 Keflavík 3 2 Njarðvík 2 Notable occurrences On 12 November, David Bevis was suspended for one game after tossing a water bottle at a wall after ÍA's a loss against Þór Akureyri which resulted in water hitting referees and staff at the scorers table.Svekktur og sár https://timarit.is/page/2976697 17 October 2020 Dagblaðið Vísir 13 November 1998 16 Icelandic On 23 November, it was reported that ÍA had released both David Bevis and Victor Pereira in a roster overhaulHreinsað til hjá Skaganum https://timarit.is/page/2977170 17 October 2020 Dagblaðið Vísir 23 November 1998 1 Icelandic in what turned out to be an unpopular decision by head coach Alexander Ermolinskij.Ermoliksij hættur https://timarit.is/page/2985835 17 October 2020 Skessuhorn 8 April 1999 15 IcelandicBevis aftur til Skagamanna? https://timarit.is/page/2982989 17 October 2020 Dagblaðið Vísir 12 April 1999 30 Icelandic References External links Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website Icelandic Lea Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)