Þór Akureyri men's basketball

Þór Akureyri

Leagues

1. deild karla

Founded

1966

History

Þór Akureyri
1966–present

Arena

Höllin

Location

Akureyri, Iceland

Team colors

Red, White

President

Hjálmar Pálsson

Head coach

Óskar Þór Þorsteinsson

Website

thorsport.is

Home

Away

The Þór Akureyri men's basketball team, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, is the men's basketball department of Þór Akureyri multi sports club, based in the town of Akureyri in Iceland.^[1]^[2]

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Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L	Playoffs	Icelandic Cup
1967	2	1. deild karla	1st	3–0	N/A
1968	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	3th	4–6	N/A
1969	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	4th	3–7	N/A
1970	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	6th	2–8	N/A
1971	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	4th	5–7	N/A
1972	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	6th	5–9	N/A
1973	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	8th	1–13	N/A
Lower leagues
1977–78	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	6th	4–10	N/A
1978–79	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	6th	3–17	N/A
Lower leagues
1987–88	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	8th	2–14	DNQ
1988–89	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	9th	3–23	DNQ
1989–90	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	9th	6–20	DNQ
1990–91	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	7th	7–19	DNQ
1991–92	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	10th	2–24	DNQ
Lower leagues
1994–95	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	4th	18–14	1st round
1995–96	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	9th	9–23	DNQ
1996–97	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	11th	6–16	DNQ
1997–98	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	11th	4–18	DNQ
1998–99	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	10th	5–17	DNQ
1999–00	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	7th	10–12	1st round
2000–01	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	10th	6–16	DNQ
2001–02	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	9th	8–14	DNQ
Lower leagues
2005–06	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	11th	5–17	DNQ
2006–07	2	1. deild karla	1st	14–0
2007–08	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	8th	10–12	1st round
2008–09	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	11th	6–16	DNQ
2009–10	2	1. deild karla	8th	6–12	DNQ
2010–11	2	1. deild karla	2nd	13–5	Semi-finals
2011–12	2	1. deild karla	7th	7–11	DNQ
2012–13	2	1. deild karla	5th	10–8	Semi-finals
2013–14	2	1. deild karla	3rd	13–5	Semi-finals
2014–15	2	1. deild karla	8th	1–20	DNQ
2015–16	2	1. deild karla	1st	15–3
2016–17	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	8th	11–11	1st round
2017–18	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	11th	3–19	DNQ
2018–19	2	1. deild karla	1st	17–4	N/A
2019–20	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	11th	6–15	N/A¹
2020–21	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	7th	10–12	1st round
2021–22	1	Úrvalsdeild karla	12th	1–21	N/A	2nd round

Notes
¹ 2020 playoffs canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic in Iceland.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

1. deild karla (6):

1967, 1977, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2019^[3]

2. deild karla (2):

1982, 2003^[4]

Awards

Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic All-First Team

Óðinn Ásgeirsson – 2001, 2002

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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.

Notable coaches

Einar Bollason 1967–1969
Mark Christensen 1978–1979
DeCarsta Webster 1986–1987
Þröstur Guðjónsson 1987–1988
Eiríkur Sigurðsson 1988–1989
Dan Kennard 1989–1990
Skarphéðinn Eiríksson 1990
Sturla Örlygsson 1990–1991
Brad Casey 1991–1992
Hrannar Hólm 1994–1995
Jón Guðmundsson 1995–1996
Fred Williams 1996–1997
Gunnar Sverrison 1997–1998
Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson 1998–2001
Hjörtur Harðarson 2001–2002
Hrafn Kristjánsson 2004–2009
Nebojša Vidić 2011–2012
Bjarki Ármann Oddsson 2012–2014
Elías Kristjánsson 2014–2015
Benedikt Guðmundsson 2015–2017
Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson 2017–2018
Lárus Jónsson 2018–2020^[5]
Andrew Johnston 2020
Bjarki Ármann Oddsson 2020–2022
Óskar Þór Þorsteinsson 2022–present

References

^ Félög – Þór Akureyri
^ Andri Yrkill Valsson (19 October 2017). "Undir Þórsurum komið að sagan endurtaki sig ekki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 2–3. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ – 1. deild karla
^ – 2. deild karla
^ "Lárus ráðinn þjálfari Þórs Akureyri". Morgunblaðið. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

External links

Official Website (in Icelandic)
Eurobasket team profile
KKÍ: Þór Akureyri – kki.is (in Icelandic)

v t e Úrvalsdeild karla
KKÍ Pyramid Domestic MVP Foreign MVP Playoffs MVP Domestic All-First Team Best Defensive Player Best Young Player Best Coach
2023–24 Úrvalsdeild karla teams	Álftanes Grindavík Breiðablik Hamar Haukar Höttur Keflavík Njarðvík Stjarnan Tindastóll Valur Þór Þorlákshöfn
Úrvalsdeild karla seasons	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Other competitions	Basketball Cup Super Cup League Cup

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