Iceland women's national basketball team

Iceland

FIBA ranking	64 1 (15 February 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA	1959
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KKÍ
Coach	Benedikt Guðmundsson
Nickname(s)	Stelpurnar okkar (Our Girls)
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	None
Home Away
First international
Iceland 15–112 Sweden  (Bærum, Norway; 6 April 1973)
Biggest win
Iceland 120–30 Gibraltar  (St. Pölten, Austria; 15 July 2014)
Biggest defeat
Iceland 15–134 Sweden  (Uppsala, Sweden; 24 April 1986)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Championship for Small Countries 2 2 0 Games of the Small States 0 5 1 Total 2 7 1

The Iceland women's national basketball team represents Iceland in international women's basketball tournaments. They are controlled by the Icelandic Basketball Association.

Competitive record

Championship for Small Countries Championship for Small Countries Year Position Pld W L 1989 Fourth Place 5 2 3 1991 5th 5 3 2 1993 Fourth Place 5 2 3 1996 Champion 5 5 0 1998 Fourth Place 5 2 3 2000 Did not participate 2002 Runners-up 4 2 2 2004 Champion 5 4 1 2006 Did not participate 2008 Did not participate 2010 Did not participate 2012 Did not participate 2014 Runner-up 4 3 1 2016 Did not participate

Games of the Small States Games of the Small States of Europe Year Position Pld W L 1989 Runners-up - - - 1991 Third Place 3 1 2 1993 Runners-up 3 2 1 1995 Runners-up 3 2 1 1997 Winners 3 3 0 2003 Third Place 3 1 2 2005 Runners-up 3 2 1 2009 Runners-up 3 2 1 2013 Runners-up 3 2 1 2015 Runners-up 3 2 1 2017 Runners-up 3 2 1 2019 Runners-up 5 4 1

Team

Current rosters

The following is the squad in the EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification.^[2][3]

Iceland women's national basketball team - EuroBasket Women 2019 qualification roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club SG 22 Berglind Gunnarsdóttir 24 – (1993-02-17)17 February 1993 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Snæfell PF 15 Birna Benónýsdóttir 17 – (2000-09-23)23 September 2000 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Keflavík F Elín Hrafnkelsdóttir 19 – (1998-09-16)16 September 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Valur PG Embla Kristínardóttir 22 – (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Grindavík F 11 Emelía Gunnarsdóttir 19 – (1998-06-25)25 June 1998 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Keflavík SG 24 Guðbjörg Sverrisdóttir 25 – (1992-10-10)10 October 1992 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Valur SG 6 Hallveig Jónsdóttir 22 – (1995-07-09)9 July 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Valur PG 4 Helena Sverrisdóttir 28 – (1988-11-01)1 November 1988 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Haukar PF 5 Hildur Kjartansdóttir 28 – (1988-11-01)1 November 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Club Baloncesto Leganés C Ragna Margrét Brynjarsdóttir 27 – (1990-03-30)30 March 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Stjarnan C 7 Ragnheiður Benónísdóttir 24 – (1993-01-28)28 January 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Valur C 12 Sandra Þrastardóttir 24 – (1993-01-28)28 January 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Hørsholm 79ers PF 9 Sigrún Ámundadóttir 28 – (1988-11-23)23 November 1988 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Skallagrímur SF 10 Thelma Ágústsdóttir 19 – (1998-09-30)30 September 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Keflavík PG 13 Þóra Kristín Jónsdóttir 20 – (1997-03-30)30 March 1997 Haukar	Head coach Ívar Ásgrímsson Assistant coach(es) Bjarni Magnússon Hildur Sigurðardóttir Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 23 October 2017

Individual records

Players with the most caps (games played)

• Players in bold, are players that are still active.

References

External links

• Official website (in Icelandic)
• Iceland at FIBA site
• Iceland National Team - Women at Eurobasket.com