2019–20 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)


The 2019–20 Úrvalsdeild kvenna is the 63rd season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league on Iceland. The season started on 2 October 2019. On 13 March 2020 the season was postponed for at least four weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. On 18 March, the rest of the season was canceled. Grindavík was relegated and Valur was named divisional champions for having the best record at the time of the cancelation but no national champions would be named for the season.

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 Ívar Ásgrímsson
GrindavíkGrindavíkSmárinn Jóhann Árni Ólafsson
Haukar HafnarfjörðurSchenkerhöllin Ólöf Helga Pálsdóttir
KeflavíkKeflavíkTM Höllin Jón Halldór Eðvaldsson
KRReykjavíkDHL-Höllin Benedikt Guðmundsson
SkallagrímurBorgarnesFjósið Guðrún Ósk Ámundadóttir
SnæfellStykkishólmurFjárhúsið Baldur Þorleifsson
Valur ReykjavíkOrigo-völlurinn Darri Freyr Atlason

Managerial changes

Regular season

Notes
1 As the playoffs where canceled, no team won the national championship. The team with the best record in the league receives the title Divsion champions. Stjarnan received the title as it had the best record at the time of cancelation.

Notable occurrences