Iceland men's national basketball team
FIBA ranking |
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Joined FIBA | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||
National federation | KKÍ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Craig Pedersen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Appearances | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(Copenhagen, Denmark; 16 May 1959) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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(Reykjavík, Iceland; 15 March 1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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(Murcia, Spain; 24 June 1992) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The Icelandic men's national basketball team represents Iceland in international men's basketball.
The team participates at European tournaments. It has qualified for the FIBA Eurobasket 2017 [1] and is well represented in the Games of the Small States of Europe.
History
EuroBasket 2015
On August 28, 2014, Iceland qualified for the EuroBasket 2015, joining for the first time in its history the Final Round of the top European competition. Iceland achieved two wins to Great Britain and two narrow losses to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which allowed them to qualify as one of the best second teams.[2]
Iceland could not win any of its five game in the Group B, played in Berlin, Germany.
EuroBasket 2017
On 17 September 2016, Iceland repeated it success and qualified again to the continental tournament. The Icelandic team finished its qualification group as runner-up below Belgium and over Cyprus and Switzerland, with four wins and two losses. [3] [4]
As in the previous edition, Iceland finished its participation in the Group A with five losses in their five games played in Helsinki, Finland.
Competitive record
EuroBasket
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Olympic Games
World Cup
Promotion Cup
Games of the Small States of Europe
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Team
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket 2017.[5]
The following is the squad in the EuroBasket 2017
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Depth chart
References
- ↑ Ísland spilar í Helsinki á EM 2017 í körfubolta
- ↑ "Iceland Fall But Still Make History". FIBA Europe. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ↑ Ísland á EM í annað sinn í röð
- ↑ Eurobasket 2017 Qualifiers
- ↑ EuroBasket 2017 roster