Iceland national basketball team

Iceland
FIBA ranking	84 [1]
Joined FIBA	1959
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KKÍ
Coach	Craig Pedersen
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Appearances	2
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Friendly game between Iceland and Lithuania in Vilnius (2008).

The Icelandic national basketball team is the national men's basketball team of Iceland.

The team participates at European tournaments. It qualified for the FIBA Eurobasket 2015 and is well represented in the Games of the Small States of Europe.

EuroBasket 2015

On August 28, 2014, Iceland qualified for the EuroBasket 2015, joining for the first time in its history the Final Round of the top European competition. Iceland achieved two wins to Great Britain and two narrow losses to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which allowed them to qualify as one of the best second teams.^[2]

Iceland could not win any of its five game in the Group B, played in Berlin, Germany.

EuroBasket 2017

On 17 September 2016, Iceland repeated it success and qualified again to the continental tournament. The icelandic team finished its qualification group as runner-up below Belgium and over Cyprus and Switzerland, with four wins and two losses.

Competitive record

EuroBasket

EuroBasket						Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1969	Did not qualify					3	1	2
1971	Did not enter					Did not enter
1973
1975	Did not qualify					5	1	4
1977						5	3	2
1979	Did not enter					Did not enter
1981	Did not qualify					4	3	1
1983						5	2	3
1985						4	1	3
1987						9	4	5
1989						3	0	3
1991						4	0	4
1993						4	2	2
1995						5	3	2
1997						6	3	3
1999						15	3	12
2001						15	4	11
2003						6	0	6
2005	Division B					4	2	2
2007	Division B					8	4	4
2009	Division B					8	3	5
2011	Did not enter					Did not enter
2013	Did not qualify					10	1	9
2015	24th	5	0	5		4	2	2
2017	Qualified					6	4	2
Total		5	0	5

Promotion Cup

Promotion Cup
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1988	Champion	5	4	1
1990	Champion	5	5	0
1992	Third Place	5	3	2
Total		15	12	3

Games of the Small States

Games of the Small States of Europe
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1995	Third Place	4	3	1
2001	Runners-up	5	4	1
2003	Runners-up	5	4	1
2005	Runners-up	4	3	1
2007	Champions	5	5	0
2009	Fourth Place	5	3	2
2013	Third Place	4	2	2
2015	Runners-up	3	2	1

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.^[3]

Icelandic men's basketball national team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. SF 4 Kárason, Axel 33 – 11 February 1983 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Svendborg Rabbits SF 6 Pálsson, Haukur Helgi 24 – 18 May 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Rouen Métropole Basket C 8 Bæringsson, Hlynur 34 – 6 July 1982 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Stjarnan SG 9 Stefánsson, Jón Arnór 33 – 21 September 1982 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KR Reykjavík PG 10 Steinarsson, Aegir 25 – 10 May 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) CB Miraflores PF 11 Acox, Kristofer 22 – 13 October 1993 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Furman PG 12 Fridriksson, Elvar 21 – 11 November 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Barry Buccaneers PG 13 Vilhjálmsson, Hörður 27 – 18 December 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Limburg United SG 14 Gunnarsson, Logi 34 – 5 September 1981 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Njarðvíkur SG 15 Hermannsson, Martin 21 – 16 September 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Étoile de Charleville-Mézières C 34 Hlinason, Tryggvi 18 – 28 October 1997 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Þór Akureyri SG 88 Bjornsson, Brynjar 28 – 11 July 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) KR Reykjavík	Head coach Craig Pedersen Assistant coaches Finnur Freyr Stefánsson Arnar Guðjónsson Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 August 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Reserve
C	Hlynur Baeringsson	Tryggvi Hlinason
PF	Haukur Palsson	Kristofer Acox
SF	Jón Arnór Stefánsson	Axel Karason
SG	Martin Hermannsson	Logi Gunnarsson	Brynjar Bjornsson
PG	Hordur Vilhjalmsson	Aegir Steinarsson	Elvar Fridriksson

References

1. "FIBA Ranking for Men". Fiba.Com. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
2. "Iceland Fall But Still Make History". FIBA Europe. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile