1996–97 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

1995–96 1997–98 Úrvalsdeild kvenna #00458D white Grindavík (1st title) KR Keflavík, ÍS Breiðablik 7 5 October 1996 – 27 March 1997 USA Úrvalsdeild Women's Playoffs MVP Domestic MVP Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic Player of the Year Guðbjörg Norðfjörð ISL Foreign MVP Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year USA Penny Peppas 25.0 USA Guðríður Svana Bjarnadóttir 14.4 ISL Penny Peppas 4.6 USA Keflavík The 1996–97 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 40th season of the top-tier women's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 5 October 1996 and ended on 27 March 1997. Grindavík won its 1st title after sweeping defending champions Keflavík 2–0 in the semi-finalsGrindavík sló meistarana út https://timarit.is/page/2952479 15 May 2020 Dagblaðið Vísir 18 March 1997 18 Icelandic and KR 3–0 in the Finals.Sveinsson Skúli Unnar Ævintýrin gerast enn http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=129384&pageId=1875821 15 May 2020 Morgunblaðið 2 April 1997 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 18 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs while the bottom team was relegated to the second-tier Division I. Regular season main WL complete Úrvalsdeild kvenna 1997–1998 points 0 QF QF QF QF R S KEF 18 0 1620 928 Keflavík KR 14 4 1317 854 KR IS 11 7 1089 890 ÍS GRI 10 8 1235 1091 Grindavík NJA 7 11 967 1204 Njarðvík IR 2 16 738 1406 ÍR BRE 1 17 810 1403 Breiðablik QR green1 Qualification to playoffs yellow1 Spared from relegation due to vacant berth red1 Folded after the season Playoffs Bracket Semifinals Finals 30 150 1 Keflavík 0 4 Grindavík 2 2 KR 2 3 ÍS 0 1 KR 0 2 Grindavík 3 Semifinals 3 Keflavík 2–0 Grindavík 43–57 55–61 KR 0–2 ÍS 60–36 61–50 |} Final 5 KR 0–3 Grindavík 47–50 47–59 55–62 |} Source: 1997 playoffs Awards All official awards of the 1996–97 season. Domestic Player of the Year Pos. PositionPlayerTeam F ISL Guðbjörg Norðfjörð KR Domestic All-First Team PlayerTeam ISL Alda Leif Jónsdóttir ÍS ISL Anna María Sveinsdóttir Keflavík ISL Birna Valgarðsdóttir Keflavík ISL Erla Reynisdóttir Keflavík ISL Guðbjörg Norðfjörð KR Best Young Player Award PlayerTeam ISL Þórunn Bjarnadóttir ÍR Best Coach CoachTeam CAN Antonio Vallejo ÍR Source References External links Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website Icelandic Lea Category:Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) seasons