1997–98 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

1996–97 1998–99 Úrvalsdeild kvenna #00458D white Keflavík (14th title) KR Grindavík, ÍS 5 4 October 1997 – 28 March 1998 USA Úrvalsdeild Women's Playoffs MVP Domestic MVP Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic Player of the Year Anna María Sveinsdóttir ISL Foreign MVP Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year Jennifer Boucek USA Anna María Sveinsdóttir 15.1 USA Signý Hermannsdóttir 9.2 ISL Alda Leif Jónsdóttir 5.1 ISL Keflavík The 1997–98 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 41st season of the top-tier women's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 4 October 1997 and ended on 28 March 1998. Keflavík won its 14th title after defeating KR 3–1 in the Finals.Skapti Hallgrímsson Keflvíkingar bestir http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=130434&pageId=1902009 10 August 2017 Morgunblaðið 31 March 1998 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 16 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs while none was relegated to the second-tier Division I due to vacant berth. Regular season Six teams started the season, down from seven the previous season. In end of October 1997, Breiðablik withdrew its team from the league after suffering loopside losses in their four games.Blikar hætta keppni https://timarit.is/page/1890348 15 May 2020 Morgunblaðið 28 October 1997 B3 Icelandic main WL complete Úrvalsdeild kvenna 1997–1998 points 0 QF QF QF QF R KEF 13 3 1156 855 Keflavík KR 13 3 1065 855 KR GRI 8 8 948 920 Grindavík IS 6 10 903 955 ÍS IR 0 16 726 1213 ÍR QR green1 Qualification to playoffs red1 Relegated Playoffs Bracket Semifinals Finals 30 150 1 Keflavík 2 4 ÍS 0 2 KR 2 3 Grindavík 0 1 Grindavík 3 2 KR 1 Semifinals 3 Keflavík 2–0 ÍS 71–57 91–59 KR 2–0 Grindavík 53–39 66–51 |} Final 5 Keflavík 3–1 KR 75–54 65–75 71–61 61–50 |} Source: 1998 playoffs Awards All official awards of the 1997–98 season. Domestic Player of the Year Pos. PositionPlayerTeam C ISL Anna María Sveinsdóttir Keflavík Foreign Player of the Year Pos. PositionPlayerTeam G USA Jennifer Boucek Keflavík Domestic All-First Team PlayerTeam ISL Alda Leif Jónsdóttir ÍS ISL Anna María Sveinsdóttir Keflavík ISL Erla Reynisdóttir Keflavík ISL Erla Þorsteinsdóttir Keflavík ISL Guðbjörg Norðfjörð KR Best Young Player Award PlayerTeam ISL Guðrún A. Sigurðardóttir ÍR Best Coach CoachTeam ISL Karl Jónsson ÍR Source Notable On 26 October, the board of Breiðablik withdrew the team from the league after starting the season with 4 losses, including a 124–24 loss against Keflavík on 25. October.Fáheyrðir yfirburðir https://timarit.is/page/2960919 15 May 2020 Dagblaðið Vísir 27 October 1997 22 Icelandic References External links Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website Icelandic Lea Category:Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) seasons