1996–97 Úrvalsdeild karla

1995–96 1997–98 DHL deild karla1 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla. #00458D white Keflavík (4th title) Grindavík KR, Njarðvík Breiðablik 12 October 3, 1996 – April 6, 1997 Iceland Úrvalsdeild Men's Playoffs MVP Domestic MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year Hermann Hauksson ISL Foreign MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year Damon Johnson USA Andre Bovain 35.1 USA Fred Elmore Williams 16.1 USA Jón Kr. Gíslason 8.6 ISL Keflavík The 1996–97 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 45th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 3, 1996 and ended on April 6, 1997. Keflavík won its fourth title by defeating Grindavík 3–0 in the Finals.http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=129401&pageId=1876207 Fullkomið Morgunblaðið Skúli Unnar Sveinsson 8 March 1996 2017-08-07 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 KEF 19 3 2220 1826 Keflavík GRI 17 5 2048 1917 Grindavík IA 15 7 1759 1673 ÍA HAU 15 7 1872 1798 Haukar NJA 13 9 1867 1816 Njarðvík KR 11 11 1926 1833 KR SKA 10 12 1810 1875 Skallagrímur IR 9 13 1884 1883 ÍR KFI 9 13 1818 1873 KFÍ TIN 7 15 1808 1946 Tindastóll AKU 6 16 1792 1979 Þór Akureyri BRE 1 21 1579 1964 Breiðablik QR green1 Qualification to playoffs red1 Relegated Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 30 150 1 Keflavík 2 8 ÍR 0 2 Grindavík 2 7 Skallagrímur 0 3 ÍA 0 6 KR 2 4 Haukar 0 5 Njarðvík 2 1 Keflavík 3 6 KR 1 2 Grindavík 3 5 Njarðvík 0 1 Keflavík 3 2 Grindavík 0 References External links Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website 1996-1997 Úrvalsdeild statistics Icelandic Lea Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)