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Domino's deild karla1
Duration5 October 2017 – 28 April 2018
Number of teams12
TV partner(s) Stöð 2 Sport
Regular season
Top seed Haukar
Relegated Höttur
Þór Akureyri
Finals
Champions KR
  Runners-up TindastĂłll
Semifinalists Haukar
ÍR
Statistical leaders
Points United States Kelvin Lewis 25.4
Rebounds United States Urald King 14.6
Assists Iceland Pavel Ermolinskij 7.0
Records
Highest scoring Valur 110–104 Stjarnan
(10 November 2017)
Winning streak Haukar
8 games
Losing streak Höttur
14 games
← 2016–17
2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2018.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild karla.

The 2017–18 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 67th season of the Úrvalsdeild, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on October 5, 2017 and ended on April 28, 2018. KR won its fifth title in a row by defeating Tindastóll 3–1 in the Finals.

Competition format

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 two last qualified were relegated to Division 1. [1]

Teams

Team City, Region Arena Head coach
GrindavĂ­k GrindavĂ­k Mustad Höllin Iceland JĂłhann Þór Ólafsson
ÍR Reykjavík Hertz Hellirinn North Macedonia Borce Ilievski
KeflavĂ­k KeflavĂ­k TM Höllin Iceland FriĂ°rik Ingi RĂșnarsson
KR Reykjavík DHL Höllin Iceland Finnur Freyr Stefånsson
Haukar HafnarfjörĂ°ur Schenkerhöllin Iceland Ívar ÁsgrĂ­msson
Höttur EgilsstaĂ°ir EgilsstaĂ°ir Iceland ViĂ°ar Örn Hafsteinsson
NjarĂ°vĂ­k NjarĂ°vĂ­k green/white Iceland DanĂ­el GuĂ°mundsson
Stjarnan GarðabÊr Ásgarður Iceland Hrafn Kristjånsson
TindastĂłll SauĂ°ĂĄrkrĂłkur SauĂ°ĂĄrkrĂłkur Spain Israel MartĂ­n
Valur ReykjavĂ­k Valshöllin Iceland ÁgĂșst Björgvinsson
Þór Akureyri Akureyri Höllin Ak Iceland Hjalti Þór VilhjĂĄlmsson
Þór ÞorlĂĄkshöfn ÞorlĂĄkshöfn Icelandic Glacial Höllin Iceland Einar Árni JĂłhannsson

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Haukar 22 17 5 1960 1712 +248 34 Qualification to playoffs
2 ÍR 22 16 6 1801 1729 +72 32
3 TindastĂłll 22 16 6 1929 1748 +181 32
4 KR 22 15 7 1875 1721 +154 30
5 NjarĂ°vĂ­k 22 13 9 1903 1875 +28 26
6 GrindavĂ­k 22 13 9 1974 1898 +76 26
7 Stjarnan 22 11 11 1855 1804 +51 22
8 KeflavĂ­k 22 10 12 1874 1899 −25 20
9 Þór Þorl 22 9 13 1804 1856 −52 18
10 Valur 22 7 15 1821 1959 −138 14
11 Þór Akureyri (R) 22 3 19 1689 1938 −249 6 Relegated
12 Höttur (R) 22 2 20 1656 2002 −346 4
Source: KKÍ
(R) Relegated

Playoffs

The playoffs are played between the eight first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Haukar 3
8 KeflavĂ­k 2
1 Haukar 1
4 KR 3
4 KR 3
5 NjarĂ°vĂ­k 0
3 TindastĂłll 1
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
4 KR 3
2 ÍR 3
7 Stjarnan 1
2 ÍR 1
3 TindastĂłll 3
3 TindastĂłll 3
6 GrindavĂ­k 0

Source: KKÍ

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Haukar 3–2 Keflavík 83–72 85–82 78–81 72–75 72–66
ÍR 3–1 Stjarnan 79–73 57–64 67–64 71–69
Tindastóll 3–0 Grindavík 96–92 114–83 84–81
KR 3–0 Njarðvík 89–74 91–66 81–71

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Haukar 1–3 KR 76–67 80–88 83–84 85–79
ÍR 1–3 Tindastóll 82–89 106–97 69–84 87–90

Final

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Tindastóll 1–3 KR 54–75 98–70 75–77 73–89 0

Clubs in European competitions

Icelandic teams returned to European competitions nine years after their last participation. [2]

Team Competition Progress
KR FIBA Europe Cup First qualifying round

Notable occurrences

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