2001–02 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Duration	13 October 2001 – 14 April 2002
Number of teams	6
Regular season
Top seed	ÍS
Relegated	KFÍ
Finals
Champions	KR (13th title)
Runners-up	ÍS
Semifinalists	Keflavík, Grindavík
Awards
Domestic MVP	Alda Leif Jónsdóttir
Foreign MVP	Jessica Gaspar
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Alda Leif Jónsdóttir
Rebounds	Jessica Gaspar
Assists	Alda Leif Jónsdóttir
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–2002 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 44th season of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top tier women's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 13 October 2001 and ended on 14 April 2002. KR won its 13th title by defeating ÍS 3–2 in the Finals.^[1]^[2]

Competition format[edit]

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice "home" and twice "away" for a total of 20 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs while none were relegated to Division I due to vacant berths.

Regular season[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ÍS	20	16	4	1376	1077	+299	32	Qualification to playoffs
2	KR	20	14	6	1456	1123	+333	28
3	Keflavík	20	13	7	1409	1279	+130	26
4	Grindavík	20	12	8	1403	1394	+9	24
5	Njarðvík	20	4	16	1170	1496	−326	8
6	KFÍ	20	1	19	1041	1486	−445	2	Relegated

Source: Úrvalsdeild kvenna 2001–2002

Playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semifinals			Finals

1	ÍS	2

4	Grindavík	0
			1	ÍS	2

			2	KR	3
2	KR	2

3	Keflavík	1

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
ÍS	2–0	Grindavík	74–59	77–69	0
KR	2–1	Keflavík	60–54	43–51	63–62

Final[edit]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ÍS	2–3	KR	86–82	78–75	51–54	56–63	64–68

Source: 2002 Úrvalsdeild kvenna playoffs

Awards[edit]

All official awards of the 2001–02 season.

Domestic Player of the Year[edit]

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Alda Leif Jónsdóttir	ÍS

Foreign Player of the Year[edit]

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Jessica Gaspar	Grindavík

Domestic All-First Team[edit]

Player	Team
Alda Leif Jónsdóttir	ÍS
Birna Valgarðsdóttir	Keflavík
Erla Þorsteinsdóttir	Keflavík
Helga Þorvaldsdóttir	KR
Hildur Sigurðardóttir	Keflavík
Lovísa Guðmundsdóttir	ÍS

Best Young Player Award[edit]

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Sara Pálmadóttir	KFÍ

Best Coach[edit]

Coach	Team
Anna María Sveinsdóttir	Keflavík

References[edit]

^ "Aldrei lent í öðru eins". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 15 April 2002. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ Stefán Stefánsson (16 April 2002). "KR-stúlkur bættu við bikarasafnið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 May 2020.

External links[edit]

Official Icelandic Basketball Federation website

[dv-2002-05-16-1] "Aldrei lent í öðru eins". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 15 April 2002. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[2] Stefán Stefánsson (16 April 2002). "KR-stúlkur bættu við bikarasafnið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 May 2020.

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