The Icelandic Men's Basketball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni KKÍ), also known as VÍS bikarinn for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball competition between clubs in Iceland. It is Iceland's first-tier cup competition, and is not to be confused with Iceland's former second-tier cup competition, the Company Cup.
History and format
The first edition of the Icelandic Cup championship took place in 1965, and was won by Ármann. In 1968 and 1969, the cup competition was not held, but it has been held regularly every year from 1970 onward. Teams in Úrvalsdeild karla and Division I have an automatic bye to the Final 32 while lower league teams might have to play preliminary rounds for a place, depending on the number of teams. All the rounds are played with a single game knockout format. The final four and the finals are played on a single weekend.
Finally, the winner of the Icelandic Cup championship, or the runner-up if the same team wins both the cup and national championship, will then face the winner of the Úrvalsdeild karla championship in a single game to determine the winner of the Icelandic Supercup championship in the beginning of the next season.
Title holders
1965 Ármann
1966 KR
1967 KR
1968 Not Held
1969 Not Held
1970 KR
1971 KR
1972 KR
1973 KR
1973–74 KR
1974–75 Ármann
1975–76 Ármann
1976–77 KR
1977–78 ÍS
1978–79 KR
1979–80 Valur
1980–81 Valur
1981–82 Fram
1982–83 Valur
1983–84 KR
1984–85 Haukar
1985–86 Haukar
1986–87 Njarðvík
1987–88 Njarðvík
1988–89 Njarðvík
1989–90 Njarðvík
1990–91 KR
1991–92 Njarðvík
1992–93 Keflavík
1993–94 Keflavík
1994–95 Grindavík
1995–96 Haukar
1996–97 Keflavík
1997–98 Grindavík
1998–99 Njarðvík
1999–00 Grindavík
2000–01 ÍR
2001–02 Njarðvík
2002–03 Keflavík
2003–04 Keflavík
2004–05 Njarðvík
2005–06 Grindavík
2006–07 ÍR
2007–08 Snæfell
2008–09 Stjarnan
2009–10 Snæfell
2010–11 KR
2011–12 Keflavík
2012–13 Stjarnan
2013–14 Grindavík
2014–15 Stjarnan
2015–16 KR
2016–17 KR
2017–18 Tindastóll
2018–19 Stjarnan
2019–20 Stjarnan
2020–21 Njarðvík
2021–22 Stjarnan
2022–23 Valur
Cup Finals MVP
1987 Jóhannes Kristbjörnsson (Njarðvík) 2010 Sean Burton (Snæfell) 2011 Pavel Ermolinskij (KR) 2012 Charles Parker (Keflavík) 2013 Jarrid Frye (Stjarnan) 2014 Sigurður Þorsteinsson (Grindavík) 2015 Justin Shouse (Stjarnan) 2016 Helgi Már Magnússon (KR) 2017 Jón Arnór Stefánsson (KR) 2018 Pétur Rúnar Birgisson (Tindastóll) 2019 Brandon Rozzell (Stjarnan) 2020 Ægir Steinarsson (Stjarnan) 2021 Dedrick Basile (Njarðvík) 2022 David Gabrovšek (Stjarnan) 2023 Kári Jónsson (Valur)