2021–22 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
# 2021–22 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)

The 2021–22 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 71st season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 7 October 2021 and ended on 18 May 2022. Valur won its third title, and its first in 39 years, by defeating Tindastóll 3–2 in the Finals.

## 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 Division 1.

## Teams

| Team | City, Region | Arena | Head coach |
| - | - | - | - |
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Smárinn | Pétur Ingvarsson |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Mustad Höllin | Sverrir Þór Sverrisson |
| ÍR | Reykjavík | Hertz Hellirinn | Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson |
| Keflavík | Keflavík | TM Höllin | Hjalti Þór Vilhjálmsson |
| KR | Reykjavík | DHL Höllin | Helgi Már Magnússon |
| Njarðvík | Njarðvík | Ljónagryfjan | Benedikt Guðmundsson |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Ásgarður | Arnar Guðjónsson |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Síkið | Baldur Þór Ragnarsson |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Origo-höllin | Finnur Freyr Stefánsson |
| Vestri | Ísafjörður | Jakinn | Pétur Már Sigurðsson |
| Þór Akureyri | Akureyri | Höllin | Bjarki Ármann Oddsson |
| Þór Þorlákshöfn | Þorlákshöfn | Icelandic Glacial Höllin | Lárus Jónsson |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Njarðvík | Einar Árni Jóhannsson | End of contract | 16 May 2021 | Off-season | Benedikt Guðmundsson | 30 May 2021 |
| KR | Darri Freyr Atlason | Resigned | 24 June 2021 | Off-season | Helgi Már Magnússon | 6 August 2021 |
| ÍR | Borce Ilievski | Resigned | 22 October 2021 | 12th | Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson | 8 November 2021 |
| Grindavík | Daníel Guðni Guðmundsson | Fired | 21 February 2022 | 6th | Sverrir Þór Sverrisson | 25 February 2022 |

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Njarðvík | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2130 | 1917 | +213 | 34 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Þór Þorlákshöfn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2157 | 1947 | +210 | 34 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Valur | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1844 | 1744 | +100 | 28 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Tindastóll | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1957 | 1919 | +38 | 28 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Keflavík | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1964 | 1889 | +75 | 28 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Stjarnan | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1991 | 1907 | +84 | 26 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Grindavík | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1873 | 1889 | −16 | 22 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | KR | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1975 | 2018 | −43 | 20 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Breiðablik | 22 | 9 | 13 | 2338 | 2326 | +12 | 18 | |
| 10 | ÍR | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1954 | 1951 | +3 | 16 | |
| 11 | Vestri | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1774 | 2016 | −242 | 8 | Relegated to 1. deild |
| 12 | Þór Akureyri | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1722 | 2156 | −434 | 2 | Relegated to 1. deild |

## Playoffs

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Njarðvík | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | KR | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | KR | 0 | | | 1 | Njarðvík | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Tindastóll | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Tindastóll | 3 | | | 4 | Tindastóll | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Keflavík | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Keflavík | 2 | | | | | | 3 | Valur | 3 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 3 | Valur | 3 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 4 | Tindastóll | 2 |
| 2 | Þór Þorlákshöfn | 3 | | | | | | | | | 4 | Tindastóll | 2 |
| 7 | Grindavík | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Grindavík | 2 | | | 2 | Þór Þorlákshöfn | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Valur | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Valur | 3 | | | 3 | Valur | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Stjarnan | 0 | | | | | | | | |

## Notable occurrences

* On 8 June, Keflavík signed Jaka Brodnik who previously played for Tindastóll.
* On 13 June, it was reported that Þór Akureyri's guard Júlíus Orri Ágústsson would leave the team and play for Caldwell University.
* On 24 June, it was reported that Danero Thomas signed with newly promoted Breiðablik after playing with ÍR the previous two seasons.
* On 25 June, it was reported that Everage Richardson had signed with Breiðablik after one season with ÍR.
* On 25 June, it was reported that Icelandic national team member Breki Gylfason had signed with ÍR after having played previously for Haukar.
* On 28 June, Icelandic national team member Sigtryggur Arnar Björnsson signed with Tindastóll after playing in the LEB Oro the previous season.
* On 29 June, Tindastóll signed Irish national team member Taiwo Badmus.
* On 30 June, Tindastóll signed former NBA G League player Javon Bess.
* On 12 July, Tindastóll signed Swedish national team member Thomas Massamba.
* On 13 July, Keflavík signed Icelandic national team member Halldór Garðar Hermannsson from reigning national champions Þór Þorlákshöfn.
* On 15 July, Þór Þorlákshöfn announced it had signed Danish national team member Daniel Mortensen and Lithuanian Ronaldas Rutkauskas.
* On 20 July, reigning Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year, Deane Williams, signed with LNB Pro B club Saint-Quentin after two seasons with Keflavík.
* On 4 August, Grindavík signed Spanish center Ivan Aurrecoechea who played the previous season with Þór Akureyri.
* On 8 August, Keflavík signed David Okeke who won the Georgian Superliga championship with BC Rustavi the previous season.
* On 9 August, Icelandic national team member Ragnar Nathanaelsson signed with Stjarnan after spending the previous season with Haukar.
* On 14 August, former Argentina national team member Nicolás Richotti signed with Njarðvík.
* On 17 August, ÍR signed Shakir Smith.
* On 21 August, Njarðvík signed Former Liga ACB player Fotios Lampropoulos.
* On 24 August, Þór Akureyri signed Irish national team member Jordan Blount.
* On 28 August, Valur signed Icelandic national team member Kári Jónsson.
* On 3 September, Finnur Atli Magnússon signed with Haukar.
* On 11 September, Valur signed Callum Lawson who won the national championship with Þór Þorlákshöfn the previous season.
* On 2 October, Dagur Kár Jónsson left Grindavík and signed with Club Ourense Baloncesto of the LEB Plata.
* On 29 October, Grindavík signed E. C. Matthews.
* On 8 November, Þór Akureyri signed former Switzerland national team member Jeremy Landenbergue to replace injured Jordan Blount.
* On 9 November, Þór Akureyri signed Reggie Keely to replace injured Jonathan Lawton.
* On 11 November, Sigurður Þorsteinsson became the 11th player to grab 2,000 career rebounds in the Úrvalsdeild.
* On 17 November, ÍR signed Igor Marić.
* On 10 December, Keflavík star forward David Okeke suffered an achilles injury in a game against Tindastóll. Prior to the injury he had grabbed a season high 17 rebounds in the game.
* On 30 December, Tindastóll signed Zoran Vrkić to replace Thomas Massamba.
* On 2 January, it was reported that Breiðablik had signed Frank Aron Booker.
* On 14 January, it was reported that KR had signed Finnish national team member Carl Lindbom.
* On 4 April, KR announced it had reached an agreement with Isaiah Manderson to release him from his contract just before the start of the playoffs.
