Icelandic Basketball Federation

Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands

Sport	Basketball
Jurisdiction	Iceland
Abbreviation	KKÍ
Founded	January 29, 1961 (1961-01-29)
Affiliation	FIBA
Regional affiliation	FIBA Europe
Chairman	Hannes S. Jónsson
Men's coach	Craig Pedersen
Women's coach	Ívar Ásgrímsson
Official website
www.kki.is

The Icelandic Basketball Federation (Icelandic:Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ) is the national governing body of basketball in Iceland and is a member of the continental association FIBA Europe and the global International Basketball Federation (FIBA).^[1] It directs and oversees all of the national basketball teams of Iceland, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women.

It was founded on January 29, 1961^[2] and its first president was Bogi Þorsteinsson,^[3] but current president is Hannes S. Jónsson.^[4]

Competitions

• Men's
  • Domino's deild karla
  • Division I (Icelandic: 1. deild karla)
  • Division II (Icelandic: 2. deild karla)
  • Division III (Icelandic: 3. deild karla)

• Women's
  • Domino's deild kvenna
  • Division I (Icelandic: 1. deild kvenna)

National teams

Iceland men

• Iceland men's national basketball team
• Iceland men's national under-20 basketball team

Iceland Women

• Iceland women's national basketball team

Awards

• Icelandic Basketball Player of the Year

Chairmen

• Bogi Þorsteinsson 1961-1969
• Hólmsteinn Sigurðsson 1969-1973
• Einar Bollason 1973-1976
• Páll Júlíusson 1976-1977
• Sigurður Ingólfsson 1978-1979
• Stefán Ingólfsson 1979-1981
• Kristbjörn Albertsson 1981-1982
• Helgi Ágústsson 1982-1983
• Þórdís Anna Kristjánsdóttir 1983-1984
• Eiríkur Ingólfsson 1984-1985
• Björn Björgvinsson 1985-1988
• Kolbeinn Pálsson 1988-1996
• Ólafur Rafnsson 1996-2006
• Hannes S. Jónsson 2006-

References