Iceland national basketball team

Iceland

FIBA ranking	T-84th[1]
Joined FIBA	1959
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KKÍ
Coach	Craig Pedersen
EuroBasket
Appearances	1 (2015)
Uniforms
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Friendly game between Iceland and Lithuania in Vilnius (2008).

The Icelandic national basketball team is the national basketball team of Iceland.

The team participates at European tournaments. It qualified for the FIBA Eurobasket 2015 and is well represented in the Games of the Small States of Europe.

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.

Competitive record

Eurobasket

EuroBasket
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2015	24th	5	0	5
Total		5	0	5

Promotion Cup

Promotion Cup
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1988	Champion	5	4	1
1990	Champion	5	5	0
1992	Third Place	5	3	2
Total		15	12	3

Games of the Small States

Games of the Small States of Europe
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2003	Runners-up	5	4	1
2005	Runners-up	4	3	1
2007	Champions	5	5	0
2009	Fourth Place	5	3	2
2013	Third Place	4	2	2
2015	Runners-up	3	2	1

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2015.^[3]

Icelandic men's basketball national team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. SG 3 Hermannsson, Martin 20 – 16 September 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) KR Reykjavík SF 4 Kárason, Axel 32 – 11 February 1983 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Værløse Basket C 5 Nathanaelsson, Ragnar 23 – 27 August 1991 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Sundsvall Dragons PG 6 Sigurðarson, Jakob 33 – 4 April 1982 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Sundsvall Dragons C 8 Bæringsson, Hlynur 33 – 6 July 1982 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Sundsvall Dragons SG 9 Stefánsson, Jón Arnór 32 – 21 September 1982 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CAI Zaragoza SF 10 Magnússon, Helgi Már 32 – 27 August 1982 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) KR Reykjavík PG 13 Vilhjálmsson, Hörður 26 – 18 December 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Aries Trikala B.C. SG 14 Gunnarsson, Logi 33 – 5 September 1981 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Njarðvíkur PG 15 Ermolinskij, Pavel 28 – 25 January 1987 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KR Reykjavík SF 24 Pálsson, Haukur Helgi 23 – 18 May 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ICL Manresa PG 29 Steinarsson, Aegir 24 – 10 May 1991 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Sundsvall Dragons	Head coach Craig Pedersen Assistant coaches Finnur Freyr Stefánsson Arnar Guðjónsson Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 5 September 2015

References

1. "FIBA Ranking for Men". Fiba.Com. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
2. "Iceland Fall But Still Make History". FIBA Europe. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
3. Roster

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile