2018–19 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)


The 2018–19 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 62nd season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on 3 October 2018 and concluded on 27 April 2019 with Valur winning their first title after beating Keflavík 3–0 in the Úrvalsdeild finals.

Competition format

The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 28 games. The top four teams qualify for the championship playoffs whilst the bottom team will be relegated to 1. deild kvenna.

Teams

TeamCity, RegionArenaHead coach
BreiðablikKópavogurSmárinn Antonio D’Albero
Haukar HafnarfjörðurSchenkerhöllin Ólöf Helga Pálsdóttir
KeflavíkKeflavíkTM Höllin Jón Guðmundsson
KRReykjavíkDHL-Höllin Benedikt Guðmundsson
SkallagrímurBorgarnesFjósið Biljana Stanković
SnæfellStykkishólmurFjárhúsið Baldur Þorleifsson
StjarnanGarðabærÁsgarður Pétur Már Sigurðsson
Valur ReykjavíkOrigo-völlurinn Darri Freyr Atlason

Managerial changes

Regular season

Playoffs

The playoffs are played between the four first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.

Bracket

Updated to match played on 27 April 2019. Source:

Semifinals

Final

Notable occurrences