1997–98 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

The 1997–1998 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.

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Keflavík	16	13	3	1156	855	+301	26	Qualification to playoffs
2	KR	16	13	3	1065	855	+210	26
3	Grindavík	16	8	8	948	920	+28	16
4	ÍS	16	6	10	903	955	−52	12
5	ÍR	16	0	16	726	1213	−487	0

Source: Úrvalsdeild kvenna 1997–1998

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals			Finals

1	Keflavík	2

4	ÍS	0
			1	Grindavík	3

			2	KR	1
2	KR	2

3	Grindavík	0

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Keflavík	2–0	ÍS	71–57	91–59	0
KR	2–0	Grindavík	53–39	66–51	0

Final

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Keflavík	3–1	KR	75–54	65–75	71–61	61–50	0

Source: 1998 playoffs

Awards

All official awards of the 1997–98 season.

Domestic Player of the Year

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Anna María Sveinsdóttir	Keflavík

Foreign Player of the Year

Pos.	Player	Team
G	Jennifer Boucek	Keflavík

Domestic All-First Team

Player	Team
Alda Leif Jónsdóttir	ÍS
Anna María Sveinsdóttir	Keflavík
Erla Reynisdóttir	Keflavík
Erla Þorsteinsdóttir	Keflavík
Guðbjörg Norðfjörð	KR

Best Young Player Award

Player	Team
Guðrún A. Sigurðardóttir	ÍR

Best Coach

Coach	Team
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.

References

Skapti Hallgrímsson (31 March 1998). "Keflvíkingar bestir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ "Blikar hætta keppni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 October 1997. p. B3. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
"Fáheyrðir yfirburðir". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 27 October 1997. p. 22. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

External links

Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website

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