Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup
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{{Infobox sports league
| title = Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup
| current_season = 2024–25 Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup
| logo =
| pixels = 120px
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| sport = Basketball
| founded = 1965 season
| inaugural =
| folded =
| fame =
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| teams =
| sponsor = Vátryggingarfélag Íslands (VÍS)
| continent = {{flagicon|EU}} Europe
| country = {{flagicon|Iceland}} Iceland
| champion = Valur
(5th title)
| most_champs = KR (14 titles)
| related_comps = Úrvalsdeild karla
Icelandic Supercup
| website = [http://www.kki.is/ KKI.is]
| ceo =
| TV = RÚV
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The Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni KKÍ), also known as VÍS bikarinn for sponsorship reasons,[https://www.kki.is/frettir/frett/2021/01/28/Keppt-um-VIS-BIKARINN/?pagetitle=Keppt+um+V%c3%8dS+BIKARINN! Keppt um VÍS BIKARINN!] is an annual professional basketball competition between clubs in Iceland. It is Iceland's first-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Iceland's former second-tier cup competition, the Company Cup.
History and format
The first edition of the Icelandic Cup championship took place in 1965, and was won by Ármann. In 1968 and 1969, the cup competition was not held, but it has been held regularly every year from 1970 onward. Teams in Úrvalsdeild karla and Division I have an automatic bye to the Final 32 while lower league teams might have to play preliminary rounds for a place, depending on the number of teams. All the rounds are played with a single game knockout format. The final four and the finals are played on a single weekend.[http://kki.is/log-og-reglugerdir/reglugerdir/yfirlit-reglugerda/reglugerd-um-korfuknattleiksmot/ 49. grein - Bikarkeppni KKÍ]
Finally, the winner of the Icelandic Cup championship, or the runner-up if the same team wins both the cup and national championship, will then face the winner of the Úrvalsdeild karla championship in a single game to determine the winner of the Icelandic Supercup championship in the beginning of the next season.[http://kki.is/log-og-reglugerdir/reglugerdir/yfirlit-reglugerda/reglugerd-um-korfuknattleiksmot/ 46. grein - Meistarakeppni KKÍ]
Title holders
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- 1965 Ármann
- 1966 KR
- 1967 KR
- 1968 Not Held
- 1969 Not Held
- 1970 KR
- 1971 KR
- 1972 KR
- 1973 KR
- 1973–74 KR
- 1974–75 Ármann
- 1975–76 Ármann
- 1976–77 KR
- 1977–78 ÍS
- 1978–79 KR
- 1979–80 Valur
- 1980–81 Valur
- 1981–82 Fram
- 1982–83 Valur
- 1983–84 KR
- 1984–85 Haukar
- 1985–86 Haukar
- 1986–87 Njarðvík
- 1987–88 Njarðvík
- 1988–89 Njarðvík
- 1989–90 Njarðvík
- 1990–91 KR
- 1991–92 Njarðvík
- 1992–93 Keflavík
- 1993–94 Keflavík
- 1994–95 Grindavík
- 1995–96 Haukar
- 1996–97 Keflavík
- 1997–98 Grindavík
- 1998–99 Njarðvík
- 1999–00 Grindavík
- 2000–01 ÍR
- 2001–02 Njarðvík
- 2002–03 Keflavík
- 2003–04 Keflavík
- 2004–05 Njarðvík
- 2005–06 Grindavík
- 2006–07 ÍR
- 2007–08 Snæfell
- 2008–09 Stjarnan
- 2009–10 Snæfell
- 2010–11 KR
- 2011–12 Keflavík
- 2012–13 Stjarnan
- 2013–14 Grindavík
- 2014–15 Stjarnan
- 2015–16 KR
- 2016–17 KR
- 2017–18 Tindastóll{{cite news |author1=Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson |title=Tindastóll bikarmeistari í fyrsta skipti |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2018/01/13/tindastoll_bikarmeistari_i_fyrsta_skipti/ |access-date=19 June 2018 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=13 January 2018 |language=is}}
- 2018–19 Stjarnan{{cite news |author1=Víkingur Goði Sigurðarson |title=Umfjöllun: Stjarnan - Njarðvík 84-68 - Stjarnan bikarmeistari í körfubolta karla 2019 |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2019190219220/umfjollun-stjarnan-njardvik-84-68-stjarnan-bikarmeistari-i-korfubolta-karla-2019 |access-date=17 February 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=16 February 2019 |language=is}}
- 2019–20 Stjarnan{{cite news |author1=Kristján Jónsson |title=Bikarinn áfram í Ásgarði |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/korfubolti/2020/02/15/bikarinn_afram_i_asgardi/ |access-date=15 February 2020 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=15 February 2020 |language=is}}
- 2020–21 Njarðvík{{cite news |author1=Orri Freyr Rúnarsson |title=Njarðvík bikarmeistari karla í körfubolta |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/09/18/njardvik-bikarmeistari-karla-i-korfubolta |access-date=18 September 2021 |work=RÚV |date=18 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}
- 2021–22 Stjarnan
- 2022–23 Valur
- 2023–24 Keflavík{{cite news |author1=Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson |author2=Almarr Ormarsson |title=Keflvíkingar bikarmeistarar eftir ótrúlega sveiflu |url=https://www.ruv.is/frettir/ithrottir/2024-03-23-keflvikingar-bikarmeistarar-eftir-otrulega-sveiflu-408336 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=RÚV |date=23 March 2024 |language=Icelandic}}
- 2024–25 Valur{{cite news |author1=Anna Sigrún Davíðsdóttir |author2=Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson |title=Valur með stórsigur á erkifjendunum |url=https://www.ruv.is/frettir/ithrottir/2025-03-22-valur-med-storsigur-a-erkifjendunum-439469 |access-date=23 March 2025 |work=RÚV |date=22 March 2025 |language=Icelandic}}
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Cup Finals MVP
- 1987 {{flagicon|ISL}} Jóhannes Kristbjörnsson (Njarðvík){{cite news |title=Lokahóf |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2528388 |access-date=27 July 2018 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=13 April 1987 |language=is}}
- 2010 {{flagicon|USA}} Sean Burton (Snæfell)
- 2011 {{flagicon|ISL}} Pavel Ermolinskij (KR)
- 2012 {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Parker (Keflavík)
- 2013 {{flagicon|USA}} Jarrid Frye (Stjarnan)
- 2014 {{flagicon|ISL}} Sigurður Þorsteinsson (Grindavík)
- 2015 {{flagicon|ISL}} Justin Shouse (Stjarnan)
- 2016 {{flagicon|ISL}} Helgi Már Magnússon (KR)
- 2017 {{flagicon|ISL}} Jón Arnór Stefánsson (KR)
- 2018 {{flagicon|ISL}} Pétur Rúnar Birgisson (Tindastóll)
- 2019 {{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Rozzell (Stjarnan)
- 2020 {{flagicon|ISL}} Ægir Steinarsson (Stjarnan)
- 2021 {{flagicon|USA}} Dedrick Basile (Njarðvík)
- 2022 {{flagicon|Slovakia}} David Gabrovšek (Stjarnan)
- 2023 {{flagicon|ISL}} Kári Jónsson (Valur)
- 2023 {{flagicon|SLO}} Jaka Brodnik (Keflavík)
- 2024 ?
- 2025 {{flagicon|IRE}} Taiwo Badmus (Valur)
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.kki.is/ Icelandic Basketball Federation] {{in lang|is}}
- [http://kki.is/sagan/saga-bikarurslita-kki/ History of the Cup finals] {{in lang|is}}
{{Basketball in Iceland}}
{{European basketball cups}}
Category:1965 establishments in Iceland