Icelandic national basketball team

Iceland Iceland
Association	Korfuknattleikssamband Islands
FIBA member since	1961
FIBA world rankings	83.
Trainer	Craig Pedersen
Record player	Guðmundur Bragason
World championships
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	24th place (2015)
Homepage	kki.is
(As of September 20, 2015)

The Icelandic national basketball team represents Iceland in men's international basketball games, such as international tournaments and friendly matches.

The team has not yet qualified for World Championships or Olympic Games. They qualified for the European Championship for the first time in 2015.

history

The Icelandic national team joined FIBA in 1961 .

The first major tournament in which the Icelanders will participate will be the 2015 European Championship , for which they qualified as runner-up in the qualifying group. Here the team met Germany , Spain , Turkey , Italy and Serbia . With five defeats they were eliminated from the group bottom after the preliminary round.

Current squad

Kader Iceland at the 2017 European Championship finals

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 1 Martin Hermannsson 09/16/1994 1.90 m 51  ALBA Berlin 3 Ægir Steinarsson 05/10/1991 1.82 m 48  TAU Castelló 10 Elvar Már Friðriksson 11/11/1994 1.82 m 27  Barry Buccaneers ( NCAA Div II) 13 Hörður Vilhjálmsson December 18, 1988 1.94 m 65  BK Astana 14th Logi Gunnarsson 09/05/1981 1.92 m 138 UMF Njarðvík 88 Brynjar Þór Björnsson 07/11/1988 1.88 m 62 KR Reykjavík Forwards ( SF , PF ) 6th Kristófer Acox 10/13/1993 1.98 m 25th KR Reykjavík 9 Jón Arnór Stefánsson 09/21/1982 1.96 m 91 KR Reykjavík 15th Pavel Ermolinsky 02/27/1992 2.03 m 62 KR Reykjavík 24 Haukur Pálsson 05/18/1992 1.98 m 56  Cholet Basket Center ( C ) 8th Hlynur Bæringsson 07/06/1982 2.01 m 111 UMF Stjarnan 34 Tryggvi Hlinason 10/28/1997 2.15 m 19th  Valencia Basket Club

Trainer Nat. Surname position Craig Pedersen Head coach Finnur Freyr Stefánsson Assistant coach Arnar Guðjónsson Assistant coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell Team homepage League homepage As of August 31, 2017

Other well-known national players

• Ólafur Rafnsson , who after his active time as a basketball player held various sports posts, he was President of FIBA Europe and Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Iceland.
• Ólafur Gottskálksson , was both a football and basketball player for Iceland. He was banned for life by UEFA for taking prohibited substances.
• Pétur Guðmundsson , so far the only Icelander to play in the NBA .
• Jakob Sigurðarson played abroad for the German record champions Bayer Giants Leverkusen , in Spain, Hungary and in Sweden, where he was champion with the Sundsvall Dragons .

Performing in international competitions

World championships never qualified

Olympic games never qualified

European championships

• 2015 : 24th place

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A-landslið karla: Leikjafjöldi leikmanna ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. List of Icelandic senior national players; last accessed on May 2, 2014 (Icelandic)  

Web links

• Official homepage of the Icelandic Basketball Federation
• Profile of the national team on the FIBA Europa website
• Icelandic national team on eurobasket.com