Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)
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 Iceland
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| Confederation | FIBA Europe |
| Founded | 1951 |
| First season | 1951–52 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Division I |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Bikarkeppni KKÍ Fyrirtækjabikarinn |
| Supercup | Meistarakeppni karla |
| Current champions | KR (16th title) |
| Most championships | Njarðvík/ÍKF (17 titles) |
| All-time top scorer | Valur Ingimundarson |
| TV partners | Stöð 2 Sport |
| Website | www |
 2016–17 Icelandic Premier League
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Úrvalsdeild karla; English: Men's Premier League, also known as Domino's deildin for sponsorship reasons, is the highest men's basketball competition among clubs in Iceland, where play determines the national champion. It is organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation (Icelandic: Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ). The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 22 games, followed by an eight-team playoff round. Quarterfinals series are best-of-three, semifinals and finals series are best-of-five. The bottom clubs are relegated, and replaced by the top team from the regular-season phase and the four-team playoff round winner of the second-level First Division (Icelandic: 1. deild karla).
The Premier League (Icelandic: Úrvalsdeild karla) was founded in 1951 and until 1978 it was called 1. division.
From the 2005–06 season to the 2011–12 season, it was named the Iceland Express League, from its sponsor Iceland Express airline. Since the 2012–13 season it has been named the Domino's League, from its sponsor Domino's Pizza.
For the first years, from its foundation in 1951 until the 1963-64 season, the Premier League was dominated by two teams only: ÍKF (with 4 wins) and ÍR (with 8 wins); with the sole exception of the 1958-59 season, in which won the ÍS. From the following season, the 1964-65 season, until the 1974-75, the Premier League was dominated by the ÍR (with 6 more wins) and the KR (with 5 wins). Two years later, the 1976-77 season marked the fifteenth and last victory of the ÍR in the Premier League and an end of an era.
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