Second Division Men (Icelandic basketball)

2. deild karla
Current season, competition or edition: 2011–12 season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1973
Inaugural season	1973
CEO	Hannes S. Jónsson
No. of teams	18
Country	Iceland
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Augnablik
Most titles	KFÍ, Laugdælir (3 titles)
Level on pyramid	3
Official website	KKÍ.is

Second Division or D2 (Icelandic: 2. deild karla) is the third tier basketball competition among clubs in Iceland. It is organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation (Icelandic: Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands – KKÍ). It consists of 18 teams, divided geographically into two groups of 9 teams each. For each group, the season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 16 games. The top team of the two groups play a final for the victory in the Second Division, and they are promoted in the First Division (Icelandic: 1. deild karla).

History

Creation

The Second Division (Icelandic: 2. deild karla) was founded in 1973.

Teams

The Second Division originated in 1973 and, currently, consists of 18 teams divided geographically into two groups of 9 teams each. The KFÍ and the Laugdælir have won the most championships with 3 Second Division wins. The current Second Division teams for the 2011–12 season are:^[1]^[2]

Team	City, Region	Arena	Founded	Colours	Head coach
Group A (Icelandic: A-riðill)
Hekla	Hvolsvöllur	Hella	---	white/blue	Þorsteinn Darri Sigurgeirsson
HK	Kópavogur	Fagrilundur	---	red/white	Árni Þór Jónsson
ÍBV	Vestmannaeyjar	Vestmannaeyjar	---	black/white	Sigurjón Örn Lárusson
Katla basketball team	---	---	---	---	Kjartan Kárason
Leiknir R.	Reykjavík	---	---	red/blue	Kristinn Magnússon
Mostri	Stykkishólmur	---	---	brown/gray	Gunnlaugur Smárason
Patrekur	Reykjavík	Kennaraháskólinn	---	light blue	---
Smári	Varmahlíð	Kennaraháskólinn	---	white/black	Heiðar Logi Jónsson
Víkingur Ólafsvík	Ólafsvík	Olafsvík	---	yellow/blue	Jens Guðmundsson
Group B (Icelandic: B-riðill)
Álftanes	Álftanes	Álftanes	---	red/blue	Ragnar Arinbjarnarson
Augnablik	Kópavogur	Kórinn	---	green/red	Þórólfur Heiðar Þorsteinsson
Bolungarvík	Bolungarvík	Bolungarvík	---	white/red/blue	Neil Shiran Þórisson
Fram Reykjavík	Reykjavík	Kennaraháskólinn	1908	blue/white	Árni Eggert Harðarson
KV	Reykjavík	---	---	black/white	Aron Ívarsson
Laugdælir	Laugarvatn	Laugarvatn	---	orange/black	Arnór Yngvi Hermundarson
Reynir Sandgerði	Sandgerði	Sandgerði	---	red/white/yellow	Jón Guðbrandsson
Sindri	Höfn	Höfn	---	scarlet/white	Hornarfirði
Stál-úlfur	Kópavogur	Kórinn	---	green/yellow	Gintaras Biveinis

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1973–74	Fram Reykjavík	---
1974–75	KFÍ	---
1975–76	Laugdælir	---
1976–77	ÍV (now ÍBV)	---
1977–78	Keflavík	---
1978–79	Skallagrímur	---
1979–80	KFÍ (2)	---
1980–81	Haukar	---
1981–82	Thor AK	---
1982–83	Laugdælir (2)	---
1983–84	Reynir Sandgerði	---
1984–85	Breiðablik	---
1985–86	Tindastóll	---
1986–87	UÍA	---
1990–91	Keilufélag Reykjavíkur	---
1991–92	Bolungarvík	---
1992–93	ÍKÍ	---
1993–94	KFÍ (3)	---
1994–95	Stjarnan	---
1995–96	Stafholtstungur	---
1996–97	Hamar	---
1997–98	Fylkir	---
1998–99	ÍV (now ÍBV) (2)	---
1999-00	Ármann	---
2000–01	Reynir Sandgerði (2)	---
2001–02	Fjölnir	---
2002–03	Thor AK (2)	---
2003–04	Drangur	---
2004–05	HHF	---
2005–06	Ármann (2)	---
2006–07	Þróttur Vogum	---
2007–08	UMFH (Hrunamenn)	---
2008–09	ÍA	ÍG
2009–10	Laugdælir (3)	Leiknir Reykjavík
2010–11	ÍG	ÍA
2011–12	Augnablik	Reynir Sandgerði

Titles per club

Titles	Club
3	Laugdælir, KFÍ
2	Ármann, Thor AK, Reynir Sandgerði, ÍV (now ÍBV)
1	Augnablik, ÍG, ÍA, UMFH (Hrunamenn), Þróttur Vogum, HHF, Drangur, Fylkir, Hamar, Stafholtstungur, Stjarnan, ÍKÍ, Bolungarvík, Keilufélag Reykjavíkur, UÍA, Breiðablik, Haukar, Skallagrímur, Keflavík, Fram Reykjavík

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