First Division Men (Icelandic basketball)
Current season, competition or edition: 2016-17 season
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1964 |
| Inaugural season | 1964 |
| CEO | Hannes S. Jónsson |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country |
 Iceland
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| Continent | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Þór Akureyri |
| Most titles | Þór Akureyri (6 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Official website | KKÍ.is |
First Division or D1 (Icelandic: 1. deild karla) is the second tier basketball competition among clubs in Iceland. It is organized by the Icelandic Basketball Federation (Icelandic: Körfuknattleikssamband Íslands - KKÍ). The season consists of a home-and-away schedule of 18 games, followed by a four-team playoff round. Both semifinals and finals series are best-of-three. The top team from the regular-season phase and the four-team playoff round winner are promoted in the Premier League (Icelandic: Úrvalsdeild karla). 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 Second Division (Icelandic: 2. deild karla).
The First Division (Icelandic: 1. deild karla) was founded in 1964. Up until 1978 it was known as Second Division.
For the first years, from its foundation in 1964 until the 1970–71 season, the First Division was led by the ÍS (with 3 wins) and ÍKF (with 2 wins).
Some years later, from the 1974–75 season, the Fram Reykjavík started their leadership on the First Division and their series of wins, that ended in the 1985-86 season when they won their fourth title.
After their golden years, in which they won 15 Premier League titles in less than 25 years, the ÍR was relegated to the First Division. In the 1986-87 season they won for their first time the First Division and came back to the Premier League. Afterwards, the ÍR was relegated again to the First Division. In the 1999-00 season they won their second First Division title and came back to the Premier League.
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