1. deild karla (basketball)

Creation

The 1. deild karla was founded in 1964. Up until 1978 it was known as 2. deild karla.

ÍS and ÍKF's dominance

For the first years, from its foundation in 1964 until the 1970–71 season, the 1. deild was led by the ÍS (with three wins) and ÍKF (with two wins).

Fram Reykjavík's leadership

Some years later, from the 1974–75 season, Fram Reykjavík started their leadership on the 1. deild and their series of wins, which ended in the 1985–86 season when they won their fourth title.

Danny Shouse

In 1979, Danny Shouse joined Ármann and took the league by storm. On December 1, 1979, Shouse scored 100 points against Skallagrímur, setting the Icelandic single-game scoring record.^[1][2] In January 1980 he scored 76 points in an overtime loss against Grindavík^[3] and in February he broke the 70 point barrier again, scoring 72 points against Þór Akureyri.^[4] His scoring prowess helped Ármann win the league and achieve promotion to the Úrvalsdeild karla.^[2] Even though Shouse played in the nation's tier 2 league during his first season, he was widely regarded as one of the best players in the country.^[5][6]

The double fall of ÍR

After their golden years, in which they won 15 Úrvalsdeild karla titles in less than 25 years, the ÍR was relegated to the First Division. In the 1986–87 season they won the 1. deild for their first time and came back to the Úrvalsdeild karla.Afterwards, the ÍR was relegated again to the 1. deild. In the 1999–00 season they won their second 1. deild title and came back to the Úrvalsdeild karla.

Modern era

In the 2006–07 season, Þór Akureyri won their fifth title. In the following season, the 2007–08 season, Breiðablik also won their fifth title, becoming the most successful franchise together with Þór Akureyri. In the 2011–12 season, KFÍ won their fourth title.^[7]

On 13 March 2020, the rest of the 2019–20 season was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak in Iceland.^[8]

The league originated in 1964 and currently^{[as of?]} consists of nine teams. Þór Akureyri have won the most championships with six titles.

The current 1. deild teams for the 2022–23 season are:^[9]

Team	City, Region	Arena	Colours	Head coach
Ármann	Reykjavík	Kennaraskólinn	blue/white	Ólafur Þór Jónsson
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Smárinn	green/white	TBD
Fjölnir	Grafarvogur	Dalhús	blue/yellow	Borce Ilievski
Hamar	Hveragerði	Frystikistan	light blue/white	Halldór Karl Þórsson
Þór Akureyri	Akureyri	Höllin	red/white	Daníel Þór Halldórsson
ÍA	Akranes	Vesturgata	yellow/black	Nebojsa Knezevic
Hrunamenn	Flúðir	Íþróttahúsið Flúðum	blue/green/white	Konrad Tota
Selfoss	Selfoss	Iða	white/black	Chris Caird
Sindri	Höfn	Íþróttahúsið Höfn	red/white	Israel Martín
Skallagrímur	Borgarnes	Fjósið	green/yellow	Atli Aðalsteinsson

Individual awards

Season	Domestic MVP	Foreign MVP	Defense Player of The Year	Young Player of The Year	Coach of The Year
2022–23[14]	Dúi Þór Jónsson	Keith Jordan Jr.	Ragnar Nathanaelsson	Ísak Júlíus Perdue	Kjartan Atli Kjartansson	Álftanes
2021–22	Eysteinn Bjarni Ævarsson	Detrek Marqual Browning		Daníel Ágúst Halldórsson	Máté Dalmay	Haukar
2020–21[15]	Árni Elmar Hrafnsson	Jose Medina Aldana		Sveinn Búi Birgisson	Pétur Ingvarsson	Breiðablik
2019–20	Season canceled in March 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak in Iceland
2018–19[16]	Róbert Sigurðsson	Larry Thomas		Júlíus Orri Ágústsson	Lárus Jónsson	Þór Akureyri
2017–18[17]	Eyjólfur Ásberg Halldórsson			Sigvaldi Eggertsson	Finnur Jónsson	Skallagrímur
2016–17[18]	Róbert Sigurðsson			Hilmar Pétursson	Viðar Örn Hafsteinsson	Höttur
2015–16[19]	Sigtryggur Arnar Björnsson			Tryggvi Hlinason	Finnur Jónsson	Skallagrímur
2014–15[20]	Ari Gylfason			Erlendur Ágúst Stefánsson	Viðar Örn Hafsteinsson	Höttur
...
2009–10[21]	Grétar Erlendsson				Borce Ilievski	KFÍ
2008–09[22]	Marvin Valdimarsson				Bárður Eyþórsson	Fjölnir
2007–08[23]	Kristján Rúnar Sigurðsson				Einar Árni Jóhannsson	Breiðablik
...
1996–97[24]	Ragnar Jónsson				Torfi Magnússon	Valur

Domestic All-First team

• KKÍ
• 1. deild karla - kki.is
• EUROBasket - Icelandic D1