1979–80 Úrvalsdeild karla

1978–79 1980–81 Úrvalsdeild karla #00458D white Valur (1st title) Njarðvík Fram 6 60 October 13, 1979 – March 17, 1980 Domestic MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year Guðsteinn Ingimarsson ISL Foreign MVP Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year Tim Dwyer USA Trent Smock 34.6 USA The 1979–80 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 29th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 13, 1979 and ended on March 17, 1980. Valur won its first title by posting the best record in the league with a win against KR in the last day of the season.Valur Íslandsmeistari http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=117776&pageId=1524581 2 September 2017 Morgunblaðið March 18, 1980 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 VAL 16 4 1813 1689 Valur NJA 15 5 1692 1581 Njarðvík KR 11 9 1672 1608 KR IR 10 10 1813 1833 ÍR IS 5 15 1699 1815 ÍS FRA 3 17 1577 1740 Fram QR green1 Champion red1 Relegated Notable occurrences On 17 November, John Johnson set a Úrvalsdeild record when he scored 71 points in Fram's 104-92 victory against ÍS. At the time it was also the most points scored by a player in the country, breaking Danny Shouse's record of 70 points in the annual Reykjavík Basketball Tournament in September 1979.Johnson var í banastuði http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3409706 8 December 2019 Vísir 19 November 1979 19 Icelandic Shouse would break the record later in the year when he scored 100 points in the second-tier Division I.https://www.visir.is/g/2016160109995 Vísir.is Ruslakjaftur Ívars Websters lykillinn að 100 stiga leik Danny Shouse 1 January 2016 2017-07-28 ishttp://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=249863&pageId=3420234 Vísir Hverjir ná í Danny Shouse? 26 February 1980 2017-07-28 is On 17 November, Njarvíkur's player Gunnar Þorvarðarson scored a basket as the final buzzer sounded in a game against rivals Valur. Initially referee Sigurður Valur called the basket off while referee Þráinn Skúlason maintained that Gunnar had released the ball before the buzzer sounded. After a 20-minute conversation in a locked room with other game officials it was ruled that the basket was valid, giving Njarðvík á 88-87 victory.Sigurkarfa Njarðvíkinga dæmd gild eftir tuttugu mínútur http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3089664 8 December 2019 Dagblaðið 19 November 1979 Icelandic References External links Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website 1979-1980 Úrvalsdeild statistics Icelandic Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)