Vestri women's basketball

Vestri
Founded1965 (as KFÍ)
HistoryKFÍ
(1965–2016)
Vestri
(2016–present)
ArenaÍsjakinn
(capacity: 1200)
LocationÍsafjörður, Iceland
Team colorsNavy blue, red, white
     
WebsiteVestri.is

The Vestri women's basketball team, commonly known as Vestri, is a basketball team based in Ísafjörður, Iceland. It is part of the Vestri multi-sport club.

History

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The club was founded in 1965 as Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar (KFÍ). In 1969, KFÍ won the Vesturland's group and was slated to face Þór Akureyri, which won the Norðurland's group, in a game for the national championship. KFÍ forfeited the game as they could not field a team at the date of the game.[1] The team participated in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna from 1999 to 2002,[2][3] advancing to the semi-finals in the Úrvalsdeild playoffs in 2001.[4] It made it into the final four of the Icelandic Cup in 2000[5] and 2001.[6][7] In 2016 KFÍ merged into Íþróttafélagið Vestri and became its basketball sub-division.[8] After playing in the 2. deild kvenna for the 2018–2019 season,[9] the team returned to the second-tier 1. deild kvenna in June 2020.[10]

In July 2021, Dimitris Zacharias was hired as the head coach of the team.[11] In end of November, Zacharias resigned[12] and was replaced by former coach Pétur Már Sigurðsson. In June 2022, the board decided not to register the team for the next season competition.[13]

Trophies and awards

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Awards

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Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year

Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team

  • Sólveig Helga Gunnlaugsdóttir – 2001

Úrvalsdeild Women's Young Player of the Year

  • Sara Pálmadóttir – 2002

1. deild kvenna Domestic All-First team

Notable players

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Head coaches

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Women's head coaches since 1996:[14]

References

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  1. ^ Skapti Hallgrímsson (2001). Leikni framar líkamsburðum. Icelandic Basketball Federation. p. 125. ISBN 9979-60-630-4.
  2. ^ "1. deild kvenna 2000-2001: KFÍ". kki.is (in Icelandic). 25 September 2000. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  3. ^ "DV-Sport - körfuboltakynning 2001-02 - KFÍ". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 23 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Yfirburðir og spenna". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 19 March 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Keflavík og ÍS". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 24 January 2000. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. ^ Stefán Stefánsson (6 February 2001). "Engin grið gefin í Vesturbænum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Umdeild tæknivilla". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 5 February 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  8. ^ Íþróttafélagið Vestri
  9. ^ "2. deild kvenna fór af stað á helginni". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 26 November 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Enn fjölgar kvennaliðunum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Dimitris Zacharias tekur við Vestra". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  12. ^ Davíð Eldur (30 November 2021). "Dimitris Zacharias yfirgefur Vestra". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  13. ^ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (22 June 2022). "Vestri dregur lið sitt úr leik". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  14. ^ Women's coaches
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