Current season, competition or edition: 2024–25 Úrvalsdeild karla | |
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| Sport | Handball |
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| Founded | 1940 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Country | Iceland |
| Confederation | EHF |
Most recent champion | Valur (25 titles) |
| Most titles | Valur (25 titles) |
| Broadcaster | Stöð 2 Sport |
| Relegation to | 1. deild karla |
| International cups | EHF Cup EHF Challenge Cup |
| Website | Official website |
Úrvalsdeild karla (English: Men's Premier League), also known as Olís deild karla for sponsorship reasons, is the highest men's handball competition among clubs in Iceland, where play determines the national champion. It is managed by the Icelandic Handball Association. Started in 1939, the Úrvalsdeild karla is the third-oldest national indoor handball championship in the world, after the Danish and Swedish championships which were started in 1935 and 1931 respectively. With 23 titles won so far, Valur is the record champion,[1] while Haukar are holding a world record for enduring the longest time gap between two national titles with 57 years passing between their first win in 1943 and their second (of 11 in total so far) in 2000.
FH won the title in 2011 after a win against Akureyri Handboltafélag in front of a record crowd of 2950 people in Kaplakriki.[2]
2024/25 Season participants
Source:[3]
The following 12 clubs compete in the Olís deild karla during the 2025–26 season.
| Team | City | Arena |
|---|---|---|
| Afturelding | Mosfellsbær | Íþróttamiðstöðin Varmá |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakriki |
| Þór | Akureyri | Höllin Akureyri |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Úlfársdal |
| Selfoss | Selfoss | Set höllin |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Ásvellir |
| HK | Kópavogur | Kórinn |
| KA | Akureyri | KA heimilið |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | TM Höllin |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Origo höllin |
| ÍBV | Vestmannaeyjar | Vestmannaeyjar |
| ÍR | Reykjavík | Skógarseli |
Úrvalsdeild karla past champions
Source:[4]
Various formats have been used to decide the champions from round-robin to best-of-5 series.
- 1940 : Valur
- 1941 : Valur (2)
- 1942 : Valur (3)
- 1943 : Haukar
- 1944 : Valur (4)
- 1945 : Ármann
- 1946 : ÍR Reykjavik
- 1947 : Valur (5)
- 1948 : Valur (6)
- 1949 : Ármann (2)
- 1950 : Fram
- 1951 : Valur (7)
- 1952 : Ármann (3)
- 1953 : Ármann (4)
- 1954 : Ármann (5)
- 1955 : Valur (8)
- 1956 : FH
- 1957 : FH (2)
- 1958 : Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
- 1959 : FH (3)
- 1960 : FH(4)
- 1961 : FH (5)
- 1962 : Fram (2)
- 1963 : Fram (3)
- 1964 : Fram (4)
- 1965 : FH (6)
- 1966 : FH (7)
- 1967 : Fram (5)
- 1968 : Fram (6)
- 1969 : FH (8)
- 1970 : Fram (7)
- 1971 : FH (9)
- 1972 : Fram (8)
- 1973 : Valur (9)
- 1974 : FH (10)
- 1975 : Víkingur Reykjavik
- 1976 : FH (11)
- 1977 : Valur (10)
- 1978 : Valur (11)
- 1979 : Valur (12)
- 1980 : Víkingur Reykjavik (2)
- 1981 : Víkingur Reykjavik (3)
- 1982 : Víkingur Reykjavik (4)
- 1983 : Víkingur Reykjavik (5)
- 1984 : FH (12)
- 1985 : FH (13)
- 1986 : Víkingur Reykjavik (6)
- 1987 : Víkingur Reykjavik (7)
- 1988 : Valur (13)
- 1989 : Valur (14)
- 1990 : FH (14)
- 1991 : Valur (15)
- 1992 : FH (15)
- 1993 : Valur (16)
- 1994 : Valur (17)
- 1995 : Valur (18)
- 1996 : Valur (19)
- 1997 : KA Akureyri
- 1998 : Valur (20)
- 1999 : UMF Afturelding
- 2000 : Haukar (2)
- 2001 : Haukar (3)
- 2002 : KA Akureyri(2)
- 2003 : Haukar (4)
- 2004 : Haukar (5)
- 2005 : Haukar (6)
- 2006 : Fram (9)
- 2007 : Valur (21)
- 2008 : Haukar (7)
- 2009 : Haukar (8)
- 2010 : Haukar (9)
- 2011 : FH (16)
- 2012 : Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs
- 2013 : Fram (10)
- 2014 : ÍBV
- 2015 : Haukar (10)
- 2016 : Haukar (11)
- 2017 : Valur (22)
- 2018 : ÍBV (2)
- 2019 : Selfoss
- 2020 : Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
- 2021 : Valur (23)
- 2022 : Valur (24)
- 2023 : ÍBV(3)
- 2024 : FH(17)
- 2025 : Fram(11)
- 2026 : Valur(25)
| Club | Titles | Years won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Valur | 25 | 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2026 |
| 2. | FH | 17 | 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2024 |
| 3. | Haukar | 11 | 1943, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 |
| 4. | Fram | 11 | 1950, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 2006, 2013, 2025 |
| 5. | Víkingur | 7 | 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987 |
| 6. | Ármann | 5 | 1945, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954 |
| 7. | ÍBV | 3 | 2014, 2018, 2023 |
| 8. | KA Akureyri | 2 | 1997, 2002 |
| 9. | ÍR Reykjavik | 1 | 1946 |
| KR | 1 | 1958 | |
| UMF Afturelding | 1 | 1999 | |
| HK Kópavogur | 1 | 2012 | |
| Selfoss | 1 | 2019 |
EHF coefficient ranking
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For season 2018/2019, see footnote[6]
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Seasonal Coefficient Ranking Graph.:
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See also
- Úrvalsdeild karla (disambiguation)
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna (handball), the women's handball league
External links
References
- Sindri Sverrisson (21 May 2017). "Valsmenn Íslandsmeistarar 2017". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- "FH Íslandsmeistari". RÚV (in Icelandic). 4 May 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- HSÍ. https://www.hsi.is/stodutafla/?mot=8444 Retrieved 07.25.2025
- "Meisterindex".
- "Frekari keppni aflýst í handboltanum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- (PDF). European Handball Federation.