2018–19 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
season of the Úrvalsdeild karla
The 2018–19 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 68th season of the Úrvalsdeild karla, the top tier men's basketball league in Iceland. The season started on 4 October 2018 and ended on 4 May 2019. KR won its sixth title in a row by defeating ÍR 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
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs
The playoffs are played between the eight first qualified teams with a 1-1-1-1-1 format, playing seeded teams games 1, 3 and 5 at home.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Notable occurrences
On April 20, Dagur Kár Jónsson exercised an escape clause in his contract and left Grindavík to sign back with his hometown club of Stjarnan, much to the dismay of Grindavík's board as they claimed that he had stated to them that he would stay at the club for next season.
On April 28, Valur signed former Njarðvík player and long time Icelandic national team member Ragnar Nathanaelsson.
On May 8, Tindastóll signed ÍR key player Danero Thomas.
On May 23, Njarðvík signed Jeb Ivey who helped the club to a championship in 2006.
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