The 1997–1998 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 41st season of the top-tier women's basketball league in
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
. The season started on 4 October 1997 and ended on 28 March 1998.
KeflavÃk
KeflavÃk (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129.
In 1995, KeflavÃk merged with nearby Njar ...
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.
Playoffs
Bracket
Semifinals
Final
Source
1998 playoffs
Awards
All official awards of the 1997–98 season.
Domestic Player of the Year
Foreign Player of the Year
Domestic All-First Team
Best Young Player Award
Best Coach
Source
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Notable
*On 26 October, the board of Breiðablik withdrew the team from the league after starting the season with 4 losses,KeflavÃk
KeflavÃk (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129.
In 1995, KeflavÃk merged with nearby Njar ...
on 25. October.
References
External links
Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website
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Icelandic
Lea
Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) seasons