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Tindastóll (men's Basketball)
The Tindastóll men's basketball team, commonly known as Tindastóll, is the men's basketball department of the Ungmennafélagið Tindastóll sport club. It is based in Sauðárkrókur, Iceland. As of the 2018–19 season it played in Úrvalsdeild karla. In 2015 and 2018, it was the runner up to the Icelandic national championship. On January 13, 2018, the club won its first major title when it beat KR in the Icelandic Basketball Cup finals. On 30 September 2018, Tindastóll defeated KR in the Icelandic Super Cup, 103-72. On 18 May 2023, Tindastóll won its first national championship after defeating Valur 3-2 in a finals rematch from 2022. Trophies and awards titles * Icelandic championship: **2023 * Icelandic Basketball Cup: **2018 *Icelandic Super Cup Icelandic Super Cup may refer to: * Icelandic Men's Football Super Cup * Icelandic Women's Football Super Cup The Icelandic Women's Super Cup (Icelandic: ''Meistarakeppni kvenna''), also known as the Meistarakeppni K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úrvalsdeild Karla (basketball)
Úrvalsdeild karla (English: Men's Premier League), also known as Bónus deild karla for sponsorship reasons, is the highest men's professional basketball competition among clubs in Iceland, where play determines the national champion. It is organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation (). The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 22 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. Quarterfinals, semifinals and finals series are best-of-five. The bottom clubs are promotion and relegation, relegated, and replaced by the top team from the regular-season phase and the four-team playoff round winner of the second-level First Division Men (Icelandic basketball), First Division (). History Creation and first years 1951-1959 The league was founded in 1951 as ''1. deild karla'' () and its first season was played in April 1952 with five teams, Njarðvík men's basketball, Íþróttafélag Keflavíkurflugvallar (ÍKF), ÍR men's basketball, Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (ÍR), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Hester
Antonio Kurtis Hester (born May 22, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In 2014, he won the Peruvian championship with Real Club de Lima and in 2018, he won the Icelandic Basketball Cup with Tindastóll. Listed at 198 cm, he primarily plays the power forward and center positions. College career Hester was named NAIA Third-Team All-American in 2012 after averaging 15.5 points and 8.6 rebounds for the University of Mobile. Professional career Early career In 2012, Hester joined Turun NMKY of the Finnish First Division. In 2014, Hester played for Real Club of Lima in the Liga de Basket de Lima, helping them win the Peruvian championship in July that year. He played for CB Tarragona during the 2014–15 LEB Plata season, averaging 13.4 points and 7.6 rebounds. In September 2014, he helped the club to victory in the LEB Catalan basketball league and was named the finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristinn Friðriksson
Kristinn Geir Friðriksson (born 23 December 1971) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. He is currently a basketball analyst for '' Domino's Körfuboltakvöld'' (English: Domino's Basketball Night) on Stöð 2 Sport. Club career Kristinn played 17 seasons in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla. His best season as a player came in 1994-1995 when he finished as the league's third leading scorer, averaging 27.1 points per game for Þór Akureyri, and was selected to the Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team. He was selected to the 1995 Icelandic All-Star game where he scored 51 points. On 2 May 2001, Kristinn received a one-month suspension from the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland (, ÍSÍ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Iceland, and the highest authority for sporting activity in the country. The main tasks of the ÍSÍ are to promote, coordinate and org ... after he t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keyshawn Woods
Keyshawn Woods (born January 28, 1996) is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately for Charlotte, Wake Forest and Ohio State. In 2023, he won the Icelandic championship with Tindastóll and was named the Playoffs MVP. College career Woods averaged 8.4 points per game as a freshman at Charlotte. Following the season he transferred to Wake Forest. As a sophomore, Woods averaged 12.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He averaged 12 points per game as a junior with a season high 25 points against Georgia Southern. Following the season, Woods transferred again to Ohio State. As a senior at Ohio State, Woods started 15 games and averaged 8.1 points, 2.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game while shooting 42 percent from the field. Professional career On August 11, 2019, Woods signed with Feyenoord Basketball for the 2019–20 season. He averaged 16.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. On September 8, 2020, he has signed with Polski C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kári Marísson
Kári Marísson (born 20 November 1951) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete and basketball coach. He played and coached basketball for several decades and was the oldest player to have played in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Úrvalsdeild karla, at the age of 49 years, until the record was broken by Baldur Þorleifsson in 2015. Early life Kári grew up in Árbær in Reykjavík where he competed in pole vault and Association football, football. Basketball Playing career Kári played his first game in with Valur men's basketball, KFR in 1967. In 1975, he left the club, which by that time was named Valur, and signed with Njarðvík men's basketball, Njarðvík. He left Njarðvík at the conclusion of the 1977–78 season and later joined Tindastóll men's basketball, Tindastóll. National team career From 1972 to 1976, Kári played 34 games for the Iceland men's national basketball team, Icelandic national basketball team. Coaching career Kári was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin Perković
Jasmin Perković (born 25 December 1980) is a Croatian basketball player. A veteran of more than two decades, he played in the EuroLeague, the Greek Basket League and the Italian Lega Basket Serie A over the course of his career. Playing career In July 2019, Perković signed with Tindastóll of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. In 17 games, he averaged 8.7 points and 7.1 rebounds in 25 minutes per game before the season ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland. The following season, he stayed in Iceland, signing with 1. deild karla club Hrunamenn in July 2020. In his debut with Hrunamenn, on 2 October, he had 12 points and 14 rebounds in a 95–81 victory against Selfoss Selfoss may refer to: *Selfoss (town), Iceland *UMF Selfoss, a football club based in Selfoss **Selfoss men's football **Selfoss women's football *Selfoss (waterfall), Iceland *Selfoss Airport Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a to .... That turned out to be his last game f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helgi Rafn Viggósson
Helgi Rafn Viggósson (born 14 June 1983) is an Icelandic former basketball player. Known for his intensity, he spent his entire career with Tindastóll where he won the Icelandic championship in 2023 and the Icelandic Cup in 2018. He is Tindastóll's all-time leader in games played in the Úrvalsdeild and 7th overall. Helgi started his senior team career with Tindastóll during the 2001–2002 season. On 24 January 2003, he scored a game winning buzzer beater against Skallagrímur and finished with 12 points and Úrvalsdeild career high 22 rebounds. He missed the majority of the 2004–2005 season due to a motorcycle accident. On 23 October 2009, he scored a Úrvalsdeild career high 36 points against KR. On 26 November 2012, he scored 16 points against Snæfell in Tindastóll's win in the Icelandic Company Cup final. On 13 January 2018, he helped Tindastóll win the Icelandic Cup for the first time in its history. He announced his retirement from basketball following Tindas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyjólfur Sverrisson
Eyjólfur Gjafar Sverrisson (born 3 August 1968) is an Icelandic former footballer and former coach of the Iceland national team. He is the father of Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson, also a professional footballer. Football Playing career Club career Eyjólfur started his career as a striker at local team UMF Tindastóll and moved to VfB Stuttgart in 1989. He played for Stuttgart until 1994 and became a German champion in 1992. After five seasons, he moved to play in midfield for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey and became Turkish champion with the team in 1995. He left them at the end of that season and changed to Hertha BSC, where he helped securing promotion to the Bundesliga in 1997 and won the DFB-Ligapokal in 2001. In his last couple of seasons he played as a defender. During his Bundesliga career, Eyjólfur played 251 matches and scored 30 goals. International career He was capped 66 times for Iceland, making his debut in a Euro 1992 qualifying match in May 1991 against Albania. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrios Agravanis
Dimitrios Agravanis (alternate spelling: Dimitris) (; born December 20, 1994) is a Greek professional basketball player for Tindastóll of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He is a tall power forward, who can also play as a center. Early life Agravanis was born on December 20, 1994, in the Maroussi suburb of Athens, Greece. His basketball journey started at age nine, when his father set up a basket at their home. Playing basketball soon became Dimitris' favorite pastime. He enrolled at the local youth system academy of the Greek club Maroussi Athens as a kid, where he eventually made the club's first team, and signed a professional contract with them in 2010. Professional career Maroussi (2010–2012) Agravanis began his professional career in 2010, with the Greek Basket League club Maroussi Athens. Panionios (2012–2013) In 2012, Agravanis made a move to the Greek Basket League club Panionios Athens, where he also competed in the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup competition. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Aliu
David Aliu (born 13 March 1981) is a British retired professional basketball player. He last played for Cheshire Phoenix in the British Basketball League (BBL). Aliu was part of the Mersey Tigers' treble-winning 2010/11 team, and in November 2011, became the Tigers' record points scorer in the BBL. Early life and career Born in Liverpool, England, Aliu started playing basketball at the age of 14 in his home town of Liverpool, playing for local side Toxteth Tigers. He landed a scholarship in the US, playing at the Notre Dame Academy in Virginia, before moving on to and graduating from Morehead State University, Kentucky in 2004. Professional career The power forward made his British Basketball League debut on 01/10/2004 playing for Scottish Rocks against Newcastle Eagles, and he went on to make 11 appearances for the Rocks, averaging 6.27 PPG. He then moved on to play for three teams in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla - Tindastóll (15.7 ppg and 5.0 rpg), Hamar/Selfoss (20. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darrel Lewis
Darrel Keith Lewis is an American and Icelandic professional basketball player who last played for Þór Akureyri in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. He was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year in 2004 and selected to the Domestic All-First Team in 2015. Lewis has reached the Úrvalsdeild finals twice, in 2003 with Grindavík and in 2015 with Tindastóll. College career Lewis played for Lincoln University from 1996 to 1999 and ended his career there as the schools the all-time leading scorer with 2,294 points. He was inducted into the Lincoln Lions Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. National team career Lewis became an Icelandic citizen in December 2004 and was selected to the Icelandic national basketball team in 2005. He played four games during the 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe The 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe, or the XIth Games of the Small States of Europe, were held in Andorra la Vella, Andorra from May 30 to June 4, 2005. Andorra la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danero Thomas
Danero Axel Thomas (born 8 April 1986) is an American and Icelandic basketball player. A naturalized Icelandic citizen, he debuted with the Icelandic national basketball team in 2018. Thomas played college basketball for Murray State from 2006 to 2010 and later professionally in Iceland for over a decade. College Thomas played college basketball for Murray State from 2006 to 2010. On March 19, 2010, he scored a 15-foot fadeaway shot at the buzzer, giving 13th-seeded Murray State a 66–65 victory over fourth-seeded Vanderbilt in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Playing career Thomas joined KR prior to the 2012–2013 Úrvalsdeild karla season but was released from his contract in November that year. In 7 regular season games, he averaged 11.1 points and 5 rebounds. Thomas joined Þór Akureyri in 2015 and helped them win the 1. deild karla in 2016 and gain promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla. He left the club in January 2017, after avera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |