Breiðablik men's basketball

The Breiðabliks men's basketball team, commonly known as Breiðablik, is the men's basketball department of the Breiðablik multi-sport club. It is based in Kópavogur, Iceland.

Breiðablik
Leagues	Úrvalsdeild karla
Founded	1967
History	Breiðablik 1967–present
Arena	Smárinn
Location	Kópavogur, Iceland
Team colors	Green, white, red
President	Atli Björn Þorbjörnsson
Head coach	Pétur Ingvarsson
Website	Breidablik.is
Home Away

Breiðablik also has a men's reserve team that plays in the amateur level Icelandic 4th-tier 3. deild karla, called Breiðablik-b.^[1]

Honours

Titles

Division I

• Winners (6): 1976, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2008, 2021

Division II

• Winners (1): 1985

Individual awards

• Úrvalsdeild Men's Coach of the Year ^[2]
  • Birgir Guðbjörnsson - 1996
  • Eggert Garðarsson - 2002
• Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic All-First Team ^[3]
  • Pálmi Freyr Sigurgeirsson - 2002, 2004
• Úrvalsdeild Men's Young Player of the Year ^[4]
  • Rúnar Ingi Erlingsson - 2009

Notable past players

See also: Category:Breiðablik men's basketball players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

•   Birgir Mikaelsson
•   Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson
•   Danero Thomas
•   Frank Aron Booker
•   Ívar Ásgrímsson
•   Ívar DeCarsta Webster
•   Joe Wright
•   Jón Arnar Ingvarsson
•   Mirko Stefán Virjevic^[5]
•   Pálmar Sigurðsson
•   Pálmi Freyr Sigurgeirsson^[5]
•   Pétur Guðmundsson
•   Sigtryggur Arnar Björnsson
•   Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

Coaches

•   Pálmar Sigurðsson 1993–1995
•   Jón Arnar Ingvarsson 2002–2005
•   Hrafn Kristjánsson 2009–2010
•   Borce Ilievski 2012–2014
•   Pétur Ingvarsson 2018–present

Reserve team

In 2019, Breiðablik-b won the 3. deild karla after beating ÍR in the league finals and achieved promotion to the 2. deild karla.^[6]

Titles

Division III

• Winners: 2019

References

1. "3. deild karla". KKI.is. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
2. Viðurkenningar - Besti þjálfari úrvalsdeildar karla
3. Úrvalslið úrvalsdeildar karla
4. Besti ungi leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla
5. "A landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
6. Ólafur Þór Jónsson (17 April 2019). "Breiðablik-B Íslandsmeistarar í 3. deild". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 April 2019.

External links

• Breiðablik team info