1970 Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)


The 1970 Úrvalsdeild karla was the 19th season of the top tier men's basketball league on Iceland, then known as 1. deild karla. The season started on January 4, 1970 and ended on March 21, 1970.
ÍR won their tenth title by beating Ármann 2-0 in the playoffs finals for championship. KR finished in third place after beating KFR, two games to none, in a best-of-three series.
Þórir Magnússon led all players in scoring during the regular season, scoring 292 points in 10 games, or 29.2 points per game.

Competition format

The participating teams played each other twice for a total of 10 games. The top four teams would then enter a playoffs for the championship. ÍR won a coin toss with KR for the first seed.

Regular season

Playoffs

Extra game

and Njarðvík ended tied in 4-5th place with 6 points and therefore played an extra game to decide which team would go to the playoffs.

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place

Final

Notable occurrences