DHL deild karla1 | ||||||||||
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Duration | October 3, 1996 â April 6, 1997 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 12 | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Top seed | KeflavĂk | |||||||||
Relegated | BreiĂ°ablik | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | KeflavĂk (4th title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | GrindavĂk | |||||||||
Semifinalists | KR, NjarĂ°vĂk | |||||||||
Awards | ||||||||||
Domestic MVP | Hermann Hauksson | |||||||||
Foreign MVP | Damon Johnson | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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1 Sponsored league name, referring to
Ărvalsdeild karla. |
The 1996â97 Ărvalsdeild karla was the 45th season of the Ărvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 3, 1996 and ended on April 6, 1997. KeflavĂk won its fourth title by defeating GrindavĂk 3â0 in the Finals. [1]
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once "home" and once "away" for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team was relegated to Division 1.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | KeflavĂk | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2220 | 1826 | +394 | 38 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | GrindavĂk | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2048 | 1917 | +131 | 34 | |
3 | ĂA | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1759 | 1673 | +86 | 30 | |
4 | Haukar | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1872 | 1798 | +74 | 30 | |
5 | NjarĂ°vĂk | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1867 | 1816 | +51 | 26 | |
6 | KR | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1926 | 1833 | +93 | 22 | |
7 | SkallagrĂmur | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1810 | 1875 | −65 | 20 | |
8 | ĂR | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1884 | 1883 | +1 | 18 | |
9 | KFĂ | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1818 | 1873 | −55 | 18 | |
10 | TindastĂłll | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1808 | 1946 | −138 | 14 | |
11 | ĂĂłr Akureyri | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1792 | 1979 | −187 | 12 | |
12 | BreiĂ°ablik | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1579 | 1964 | −385 | 2 | Relegated |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | KeflavĂk | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | ĂR | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | KeflavĂk | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | KR | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | GrindavĂk | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | SkallagrĂmur | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | KeflavĂk | 3 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
2 | GrindavĂk | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | ĂA | 0 | ||||||||||||
6 | KR | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | GrindavĂk | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | NjarĂ°vĂk | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Haukar | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | NjarĂ°vĂk | 2 |