Úrvalsdeild karla (handball)

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Úrvalsdeild karla (handball)
Founded1940
No. of teams12
Country Iceland
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)
Selfoss (1st)
Most titlesValur (22 titles)
TV partner(s)Stöð 2 Sport
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to1. deild karla
International cup(s)EHF Cup
EHF Challenge Cup
Official websiteWebsite

Úrvalsdeild karla; English: Men's Premier League, also known as Olís deild karla for sponsorship reasons, is the highest men's handball competition among clubs in Iceland, where play determines the national champion. It is managed by the Icelandic Handball Association. Started in 1939, the Úrvalsdeild karla is the third-oldest national indoor handball championship in the world, after the Danish and Swedish championships which were started in 1935 and 1931 respectively. With 22 titles won so far, Valur is the record champion[1], while Haukar are holding a world record for enduring the longest time gap between two national titles with 57 years passing between their first win in 1943 and their second (of 11 in total so far) in 2000.

FH won the title in 2011 after a win against Akureyri Handboltafélag in front of a record crowd of 2950 people in Kaplakriki.[2]

2019/20 Season participants

The following 12 clubs compete in the Olís deild karla during the 2019–20 season.

Team City Arena
KA Akureyri KA heimilið
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki
Fram Reykjavík Framhús
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Schenkerhöllin
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar
Valur Reykjavík Valshöllin
Afturelding Mosfellsbær Íþróttamiðstöðin Varmá
Selfoss Selfoss Hleðsluhöllin
Fjölnir Reykjavík Dalhús
Stjarnan Garðabær TM Höllin
ÍR Reykjavík Austurberg
HK Kópavogur Kórinn

Úrvalsdeild karla past champions [3]

Club Titles Years Won
1. Valur 22 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2017
2. FH 16 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1992, 2011
3. Haukar 11 1943, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016
4. Fram 10 1950, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 2006, 2013
5. Víkingur 7 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987
6. Ármann 5 1945, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954
7. KA Akureyri 2 1997, 2002
ÍBV 2 2014, 2018
9. ÍR Reykjavik 1 1946
KR 1 1958
UMF Afturelding 1 1999
HK Kópavogur 1 2012
Selfoss 1 2019

EHF coefficient ranking

External links

References

  1. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (21 May 2017). "Valsmenn Íslandsmeistarar 2017". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ "FH Íslandsmeistari". RÚV (in Icelandic). 4 May 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ http://bundesligainfo.de/Saison/Ausland/Meister/
  4. ^ [1] (PDF). European Handball Federation.