1997–98 Úrvalsdeild karla

1996–97 1998–99 DHL deild karla1 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. #00458D white Njarðvík (14th title) KR ÍA, Keflavík ÍR 12 October 2, 1997 – April 19, 1998 Iceland Úrvalsdeild Men's Playoffs MVP Domestic MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson ISL Foreign MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year David Bevis USA Darryl Wilson 33.3 USA Jesse Ratliff 18.4 USA Warren Peebles 8.1 USA Grindavík The 1997–98 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 46th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 2, 1997 and ended on April 19, 1998. Njarðvík won its fourteenth title by defeating KR 3–0 in the Finals.Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=198025&pageId=2968237&lang=is Dagblaðið Vísir Langbestir 20 April 1998 11 June 2018 Icelandic 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 points 0 QF QF QF QF QF QF QF QF R GRI 19 3 1990 1761 Grindavík KR 14 8 1834 1791 KR HAU 14 8 1840 1661 Haukar NJA 14 8 1984 1788 Njarðvík KFI 13 9 1880 1803 KFÍ KEF 13 9 1963 1876 Keflavík TIN 13 9 1728 1656 Tindastóll IA 11 11 1671 1701 ÍA SKA 9 13 1821 1920 Skallagrímur VAL 5 17 1796 1945 Valur AKU 4 18 1739 2071 Þór Akureyri IR 3 19 1707 1980 ÍR QR green1 Qualification to playoffs red1 Relegated Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 30 150 1 Grindavík 1 8 ÍA 2 2 KR 2 7 Tindastóll 1 3 Haukar 0 6 Keflavík 2 4 Njarðvík 2 5 KFÍ 1 2 KR 3 8 ÍA 1 4 Njarðvík 3 6 Keflavík 1 2 KR 0 4 Njarðvík 3 References External links Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website 1997-1998 Úrvalsdeild statistics Icelandic Lea Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)