Sport Basketball Inaugural season 1973 No. of teams 10 | Founded 1973 CEO Hannes S. Jónsson Country Iceland | |
Second Division or D2 (Icelandic: 2. deild karla) is the third tier basketball competition among clubs in Iceland. It is organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation (Icelandic: Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands – KKÍ). It consists of 10 teams and the season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 18 games. The top four teams meet in a playoff for the victory in the Second Division. The two finalists achieve promotion to Division I (Icelandic: 1. deild karla).
Creation
The Second Division originated in 1973 and, as of 2016, consists of 10 teams. KFÍ, Laugdælir and Ármann have won the most championships with 3 three each.
References
Second Division Men (Icelandic basketball) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA