Gnúpverjar (basketball club)

Basketball team in Reykjavík, Iceland

Gnúpverjar

Arena| Kennaraháskólinn
Location| Reykjavík, Iceland
Team colors| Green, Gold, Blue

Website| Gnupnation.is

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Körfuknattleiksdeild Gnúpverja, commonly known as Gnúpverjar, is a basketball club based in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1][2] It is part of the Ungmennafélag Gnúpverja multi-sport club.

## History[edit]

The club finished as the runner-up in Division II in 1991, losing to Keilufélag Reykjavíkur 69-61,[3] and 1992. In 1992, it had originally lost to ÍFL in the playoff final, 97–49, but due to ÍFL using an illegal player against Bolungarvík during the group stage, the final had to be replayed. As Bolungarvík was awarded 2–0 victory in the group stage game against ÍFL, they finished top in their group and advanced to the final game. In the rematch, Gnúpverjar lost again, this time 68–54.[4][5][6][7]

After years of hiatus, the team was resurrected in 2015 and rapidly moved up the Icelandic basketball league pyramid, winning Division III in its ignaural season in 2016 and finishing second in Division II in 2017 and achieving promotion to Division I.[8][9][10][11] The team finished 6th in the Division I during the 2017-2018 season, with Everage Richardson finishing as the league's leading scorer with 38.9 points per game.[12][13]

## Honors[edit]

### Men's[edit]

* Division II:

Runner up's: 1991, 1992, 2017

* Division III:

Winners: 2016

## Notable players[edit]

* Everage Richardson
* Tómas Steindórsson

## References[edit]

1. ^ Félög Gnúpverjar
2. ^ Elvar Geir Magnússon (10 March 2018). "Geta íslensk félagslið lært af Gnúpverjum?". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
3. ^ "Keilufélag Reykjavíkur upp í 1. deild". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 1 May 1991. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
4. ^ "Bolvíkingar í 1. deild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 May 1992. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
5. ^ "Laugaskóli sigraði en fékk á sig kæru". Dagur (in Icelandic). 14 April 1992. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
6. ^ "Laugaskóli missir 1. deildarsætið vegna ólöglegs leikmanns". Dagur (in Icelandic). 1 May 1992. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
7. ^ "Laugaskóli áfrýjar ekki". Dagur (in Icelandic). 12 May 1992. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
8. ^ "Tvö Suðurlandslið í 1. deildina". Mbl.is (in Icelandic). 30 March 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
9. ^ "Hrunamenn/Laugdælir meistarar í 2. deild". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 7 April 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
10. ^ Albertsson, Aron Þórður (19 August 2017). "Tvær deildir á tveimur árum". Mbl.is. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
11. ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (27 October 2017). "Dagný studdi "Gnúp-þjóðina" til afar óvænts sigurs á Selfossi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
12. ^ "1. deild karla (2017-2018 Tímabil) - Tölfræði". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 March 2018.
13. ^ "Framlagshæsti leikmaður deildarinnar í Hamar". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Official Website (in Icelandic)