1996–97 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)
# 1996–97 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)

The 1996–1997 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 40th season of the top-tier women's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 5 October 1996 and ended on 27 March 1997. Grindavík won its 1st title after sweeping defending champions Keflavík 2–0 in the semi-finals and KR 3–0 in the Finals.

## Competition format

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 18 games. The top four teams qualified for the championship playoffs while the bottom team was relegated to the second-tier Division I.

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Keflavík | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1620 | 928 | +692 | 36 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | KR | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1317 | 854 | +463 | 28 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | ÍS | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1089 | 890 | +199 | 22 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Grindavík | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1235 | 1091 | +144 | 20 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Njarðvík | 18 | 7 | 11 | 967 | 1204 | −237 | 14 | Folded after the season |
| 6 | ÍR | 18 | 2 | 16 | 738 | 1406 | −668 | 4 | |
| 7 | Breiðablik | 18 | 1 | 17 | 810 | 1403 | −593 | 2 | Spared from relegation due to vacant berth |

## Playoffs

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Keflavík | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Grindavík | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Grindavík | 2 | 1 | KR | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Grindavík | 3 |
| 2 | KR | 2 | 2 | Grindavík | 3 |
| 3 | ÍS | 0 | | | |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Keflavík | 2–0 | Grindavík | 43–57 | 55–61 | 0 |
| KR | 0–2 | ÍS | 60–36 | 61–50 | 0 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| KR | 0–3 | Grindavík | 47–50 | 47–59 | 55–62 | 0 | 0 |

Source: 1997 playoffs

## Awards

All official awards of the 1996–97 season.

### Domestic Player of the Year

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| F | Guðbjörg Norðfjörð | KR |

### Domestic All-First Team

| Player | Team |
| - | - |
| Alda Leif Jónsdóttir | ÍS |
| Anna María Sveinsdóttir | Keflavík |
| Birna Valgarðsdóttir | Keflavík |
| Erla Reynisdóttir | Keflavík |
| Guðbjörg Norðfjörð | KR |

### Best Young Player Award

| Player | Team |
| - | - |
| Þórunn Bjarnadóttir | ÍR |

### Best Coach

| Coach | Team |
| - | - |
| Antonio Vallejo | ÍR |

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