2015–16 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

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| title = Domino's deild kvenna¹

| extra information = ¹ Sponsored league name, referring to Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

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| champions = Snæfell (3rd title)

| runners_up = Haukar

| semifinalists = Grindavík, Valur

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| relegated = None

| teams = 7

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| duration = October 14, 2015 – April 26, 2016

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| finals_MVP = Haiden Denise Palmer | finals_MVP_n = USA |finals_MVP_link= Úrvalsdeild Women's Playoffs MVP

| award4 = Domestic MVP | award4_link = Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic Player of the Year | award4_winner = Helena Sverrisdóttir | award4_n = ISL

| award5 = Foreign MVP | award5_link = Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year | award5_winner = Haiden Denise Palmer | award5_n = USA

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| top_scorer = Chelsie Schweers | ppg = 27.1 | ppg_n = USA

| rebounds_leader = Karisma Chapman | rpg = 15.4 | rpg_n = USA

| assists_leader = Helena Sverrisdóttir | apg = 7.5 | apg_n = ISL

| top_seed = Haukar

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The 2015–16 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 58th season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on October 14, 2015 and ended on April 24, 2016. Snæfell won its third straight title by defeating Haukar 3–2 in the Finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2016/04/26/snaefell_islandsmeistari/|website=mbl.is|title=Snæfell Íslandsmeistari |publisher=Morgunblaðið |author=Hjörvar Ólafsson |date=26 April 2016 |accessdate=2017-08-08}}

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 24 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs while none were relegated to Division 1 due to vacant berths.

Regular season

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|for_against_style=points |losspoints=0

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|col_QF=green1 |text_QF=Qualification to playoffs

|col_R=yellow1 |text_R=Disbanded after the season

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Playoffs

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| RD1-team1=Haukar

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2=Grindavík

| RD1-score2=2

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=Snæfell

| RD1-score3=3

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4=Valur

| RD1-score4=0

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Haukar

| RD2-score1={{0}}2{{0}}

| RD2-seed2=2

| RD2-team2=Snæfell

| RD2-score2=3

}}

Notable occurrences

In October 2015, Haukar added former Washington University in St. Louis point guard Shanna-Lei Dacanay.{{cite news |author1=Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson |title=Frá Havaí í HR og svo til hjálpar Haukum |url=https://timarit.is/page/6513153 |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=Fréttablaðið |date=8 April 2016 |page=16 |language=Icelandic}}

References

External links

[http://www.kki.is/ Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website]
[http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Tolfraedi-leikmanna?league_id=undefined&season_id=91005 2015-2016 Úrvalsdeild statistics]

Icelandic

Lea

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