The Haukar women's basketball team, commonly known as Haukar (), is the women's basketball department of Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar multi-sport club, based in the town of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.
Recent history On 23 September 2021, Haukar became the first Icelandic women's basketball team to win in a continental competition when it defeated Clube União Sportiva, 81–76, in the first leg of the 2021–22 EuroCup Women qualifiers. In the game, Jana Falsdóttir became the youngest Icelandic female player to play and score in a continental competition, breaking the records of Unnur Tara Jónsdóttir and Ragna Margrét Brynjarsdóttir. On 30 September, Haukar lost the second leg 79–81, after starting the game 2–21, but advanced to the regular season with a combined 160–157 victory.
In January 2023, Haukar won their third straight Icelandic Cup, after defeating Keflavík in the Cup final.
On 20 September 2023, Haukar defeated Valur, 78–77, in the Icelandic Super Cup with Keira Robinson scoring the game winning basket at the buzzer.
Home court Haukar play their home games in Ólafssalur (English: Ólaf's hall) in Ásvellir. The court is named after Ólafur Rafnsson, a former Haukar player and president of FIBA Europe.
Trophies and awards Trophies Úrvalsdeild kvenna (5): 2006, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2025
Icelandic Basketball Cup (9): 1984, 1992, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023
Icelandic Supercup (2): 2006, 2021
Icelandic Company Cup (4): 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015
Division I (1): 2002, 2004
Awards
Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic Player of the Year Eva Margrét Kristjánsdóttir - 2023 Hanna Björg Kjartansdóttir – 1992 Helena Sverrisdóttir – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2018 Íris Sverrisdóttir – 2012 Ragna Margrét Brynjarsdóttir – 2011 Sóley Indriðadóttir – 1984
Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year Megan Mahoney – 2006 Slavica Dimovska – 2009 Heather Ezell – 2010 Lele Hardy – 2014
Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team Eva Margrét Kristjánsdóttir - 2022, 2023 Hanna Björg Kjartansdóttir – 1992 Helena Sverrisdóttir – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2018, 2022 Herdís Erna Gunnarsdóttir – 1988, 1990 Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir – 2008, 2009 Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir – 2021 Sólveig Pálsdóttir – 1988 Tinna Guðrún Alexandersdóttir – 2023 Þóra Kristín Jónsdóttir – 2018, 2021
Úrvalsdeild Women's Playoffs MVP Megan Mahoney – 2006 Helena Sverrisdóttir – 2007, 2018 Slavica Dimovska – 2009
Úrvalsdeild Women's Defensive Player of the Year Dýrfinna Arnardóttir – 2018 Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir – 2005, 2006, 2007
Úrvalsdeild Women's Young Player of the Year Helena Sverrisdóttir – 2003 Ragna Margrét Brynjarsdóttir – 2007, 2008 Margrét Rósa Hálfdánardóttir – 2012 Elísabeth Ýr Ægisdóttir – 2021 Tinna Guðrún Alexandersdóttir – 2022, 2023
Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year Ágúst Björgvinsson – 2005, 2006, 2007 Bjarni Magnússon – 2022 Ingvar Guðjónsson – 2018
Icelandic Cup Finals MVP Helena Sverrisdóttir – 2021, 2022 Lele Hardy – 2014 María Lind Sigurðardóttir – 2010 Sólrún Inga Gísladóttir – 2023
Notable players CriteriaTo appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official WNBA match at any time.
Auður Íris Ólafsdóttir Bríet Sif Hinriksdóttir Dýrfinna Arnarsdóttir Eva Margrét Kristjánsdóttir Guðbjörg Norðfjörð Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir Guðrún Ósk Ámundadóttir Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir Hanna Hálfdánardóttir Hanna Björg Kjartansdóttir Hafdís Hafberg Helena Sverrisdóttir Herdís Erna Gunnarsdóttir Jana Falsdóttir Jence Ann Rhoads Jóhanna Björk Sveinsdóttir Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir Lele Hardy Lovísa Henningsdóttir Margrét Rósa Hálfdánardóttir María Lind Sigurðardóttir Megan Mahoney Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir Ragna Margrét Brynjarsdóttir Rósa Björk Pétursdóttir Sara Rún Hinriksdóttir Sigrún Björg Ólafsdóttir Sigrún S. Skarphéðinsdóttir Sólveig Pálsdóttir Sylvía Rún Hálfdánardóttir Telma Björk Fjalarsdóttir Unnur Tara Jónsdóttir Þóra Kristín Jónsdóttir
Coaches
Kolbrún Jónsdóttir 1982–1985 Ingimar Jónsson 1985–1986 Pálmar Sigurðsson 1986–1987 Ívar Ásgrímsson 1987–1988 Pálmar Sigurðsson 1988–1989 Ívar Ásgrímsson 1989–1991 Ingvar Jónsson 1991–1992 Eggert Maríuson 2011–2012 Predrag Bojovic 2002–2003 Ágúst S. Björgvinsson 2004–2007 Yngvi Gunnlaugsson 2007–2009 Henning Henningsson 2009–2011 Bjarni Magnússon 2011–2014 Ívar Ásgrímsson 2014–2015 Ingvar Þór Guðjónsson, Andri Þór Kristinsson, Helena Sverrisdóttir 2015–2016 Ingvar Þór Guðjónsson 2016–2018 Ólöf Helga Pálsdóttir 2018–2020 Bjarni Magnússon 2020 (interim) Ari Gunnarsson 2020 Bjarni Magnússon 2024–present Ingvar Þór Guðjónsson 2024 Emil Barja 2024–2026
References
External links Official Website