All statistics correct as of 19 May 2023.1 Sponsored league name, referring to
Úrvalsdeild karla.
The 2022–23 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 72nd season of the
Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in
Iceland. The season started on 6 October 2022 and ended on 18 May 2023.
Tindastóll won its third title, and its first in 39 years, by defeating
Valur 3–2 in the Finals.[1]
Competition format
The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 22 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to
1. deild karla.[2]
On 30 April,
Dominykas Milka confirmed that Keflavík would not be offering him a contract after three seasons and one trip to the Úrvalsdeild finals.[11]
On 2 May,
Dagur Kár Jónsson returned to the Úrvalsdeild after playing in Spain and signed with
KR.[12]
On 19 October,
Njarðvík announced that it had signed
Nicolás Richotti to fill the spot left by the release of
Philip Jalalpoor. Richotti spent the
2021–22 season with Njarðvík, where he averaged 14.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists.[30]
On 1 November, it was reported that
Vangelis Tzolos had left
Grindavík after appearing in four games where he averaged 8.3 points and 2.3 rebounds.[34]
On 21 November,
Þór Þorlákshöfn's Vincent Malik Shahid set a new Úrvalsdeild single game assist record when he handed out 19 assists in a victory against
Keflavík, breaking
David Edwards record of 18 assists set on 8 December 1996.[37]
On 15 December, KR released
Roberts Freimanis after he averaged 8.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in nine games.[39]
On 29 December,
Logi Gunnarsson became the oldest player to score 20 points in an Úrvalsdeild karla game when he scored 23 points for
Njarðvík in a victory against
Keflavík, breaking
Alexander Ermolinskij's record from 2001.[40]
On 30 December,
Stjarnan announced that
Julius Jucikas and
Robert Turner, the league's second leading scorer, where leaving the team.[41] Jucikas was released by the club but Turner was bought by [42]
On 24 January,
Zoran Vrkić was released by the
Tindastóll after averaging 7.7 points and 4.1 rebounds.[47] Three days later, he signed with rival Úrvalsdeild club
Grindavík.[48]
On 9 March,
KR was officially relegated to the second-tier
1. deild karla for the first time in its history.[50]
On 15 April, following
Keflavík first round playoffs loss against
Tindastóll, Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson announced that he would not return as Keflavík's head coach.[51]
On 18 May, Tindastóll's long time captain,
Helgi Rafn Viggósson, announced his retirement from basketball following Tindastóll's victory against Valur in the Úrvalsdeild finals.[54]
On 1 June,
Valur's guard
Pablo Bertone was suspended for five games for entering the referee room to complain following Valur's loss to Tindastóll in the fifth and deciding game of the Úrvalsdeild finals on 18 May.[55]