The Icelandic Basketball Association Men's All-Star Game was a basketball exhibition game hosted by the Icelandic Basketball Association (KKÍ).
History It was held was held periodically until 1988 when it was held annually to 2014 and featured a mix of the countries star players. The first annual All-Star Game was played at the Hlíðarendi on 27 January 1988. It was last held on 24 January 2014 at the Ásvellir stadium.
The teams selections varied from year to year, with sports journalists selecting the teams during the first years while later teams were selected by fans and coaches. The teams buildup also varied, sometimes splitting the players to teams based on geography (Players from Suðurnes or the Capital Region versus the rest of the country) or pitting domestic players against foreign players.
Events The All-Star day featured the all-star match between selections, a slam-dunk contest, a three-point contest and a celebrity game.
Results This is a list of each All-Star Game, the venue at which it was played, and the Game MVP.
Season Result Host arena Host city Date Game MVP Notes 1978–1979 Icelandic players 85 - Foreign players 128 Laugardalshöll Reykjavík The Icelandic team was made up of players in the Icelandic national team. 1985–1986 National Team 61 - Press Select 71 Laugardalshöll Reykjavík The National Team was made up of players in the Icelandic national team. 1987–1988 Landið 81 - Suðurnes 79 Hlíðarendi Reykjavík January 27, 1988 Pálmar Sigurðsson (Haukar) 1988–1989 Suðurnes 87 - Landið 90 Keflavík Keflavík February 25, 1989 Valur Ingimundarson (Tindastóll) The teams were selected by sports journalists. 1989–1990 Suðurnes 132 - Landið 129 Keflavík Keflavík February 9, 1990 Teitur Örlygsson (Njarðvík) 1990–1991 Suðurnes 147 - Landið 133 Grindavík Grindavík February 10, 1991 Rondey Robinson (Njarðvík) 1991–1992 Landið 151 - Suðurnes 128 Laugardalshöll Reykjavík February 24, 1992 Not selected 1992–1993 A Group 128 - B Group 157 Hlíðarendi Reykjavík February 13, 1993 Not selected The starting teams were selected by the readers of Morgunblaðið and Dagblaðið Vísir. The All-Star team coaches selected the remaining 7 players on each team. 1993–1994 A Group 143 - B Group 134 Austurberg Reykjavík February 12, 1994 Frank Booker (Valur) Overtime 1994–1995 A Group 198 - B Group 199 Laugardalshöll Reykjavík February 11, 1995 John Rhodes (ÍR) Double overtime: 165-165 and 183-183 1995–1996 Domestic 103 - Foreign 116 Smárinn Kópavogur February 18, 1996 Torrey John, Tindastóll 1996–1997 Team Sprite 114 - Team Esso 122 Laugardalshöll Reykjavík January 11, 1997 Herman Myers, Grindavík 1997–1998 Team Sprite 124 - Team Esso 108 Laugardalshöll Reykjavík January 17, 1998 Sherrick Simpson (Haukar) Teams selected by Benedikt Guðmundsson (Sprite) and Einar Einarsson (Esso) 1998–1999 Team Esso vs Team Sprite Hlíðarendi Reykjavík Postponed N/A Game was first postponed due to bad weather and later canceled 1999–2000 Team Sprite 154 - Team Esso 124 Strandagata Hafnarfjörður January 15, 2000 Keith Veney (Njarðvík) 2000–2001 Team Doritos 131 - Team Pepsi 136 Ljónagryfjan Njarðvík January 13, 2001 Shawn Myers (Tindastóll) 2001–2002 Team Domestic 105 - Team Foreign 113 Ásvellir Hafnarfjörður January 12, 2002 Damon Johnson (Keflavík) 2002–2003 Team South 132 - Team North 123 Ásvellir Hafnarfjörður January 11, 2003 Stevie Johnson (Haukar) 2003–2004 Team South 136 - Team North 133 Seljaskóli Reykjavík January 10, 2004 Friðrik Erlendur Stefánsson (Njarðvík) 2004–2005 Team Domestic 113 - Team Foreign 134 Hlíðarendi Reykjavík January 15, 2005 Clifton Cook (Skallagrímur) 2005–2006 Team Domestic 109 - Team Foreign 128 Express League (2005-2006) - eurobasket.com DHL-Höllin Reykjavík A.J. Moye (Keflavík) 2006–2007 Team Domestic 120 - Team Foreign 142 DHL-Höllin Reykjavík Kevin Sowell (Þór Akureyri) 2007–2008 Team Domestic 137 - Team Foreign 136 Keflavík Keflavík 20 January, 2008 A.J. Moye (2) (Keflavík) 2008–2009 Team Úrvalsdeild 113 - National Team Selection 111 Express League (2008-2009) - eurobasket.com Ásvellir Hafnarfjörður 20 December 2008 Jason Dourisseau (KR) 2009–2010 Team Iceland Express 129 - Team Shell 134 Edition 2009-10 - nba.blog.is Dalhús Grafarvogur 12 December, 2009 Andre Dabney, Hamar 2010–2011 Team Landsbyggðin 130 - Team Capital Region 128 Seljaskóli Reykjavík 11 December, 2010 Lazar Trifunovic (Keflavík) 2011–2012 Team Capital Region 142 - Team Landsbyggðin 140 Dalhús Grafarvogur Nathan Walkup (Fjölnir) 2012–2013 Rosters 2013 - kki.is Team Icelandair 122 - Team Domino's 148 Edition 2012-13 - kki.isExpress League (2012-2013) - eurobasket.com Ásgarður Garðabær 21 January, 2013 Jay Threatt (Snæfell) Domestic players versus foreign players 2013–2014 Rosters 2014 - kki.is Team Icelandair 140 - Team Domino's 116 Ásvellir Hafnarfjörður 25 January, 2014 Junior Hairston (Stjarnan) Source
Slam-Dunk winners Year Winner Team1988 Teitur Örlygsson Njarðvík1989 Teitur Örlygsson (2) Njarðvík1990 Ron Davis Grindavík 1991 Guðmundur Bragason Grindavík 1992 Samuel Graham Hetti1993 Terry Acox Akranes ÍA1994 Albert Óskarsson Keflavík 1995 Raymond Harding Snæfell 1996 Malcolm Montgomery Selfoss1997 Malcolm Montgomery (2) Selfoss1998 Sherrick Simpson Haukar2000 Eiríkur Þór Sigurðsson Stjarnan 2001 Logi Gunnarsson Njarðvík2002 Cedric Holmes ÍR 2003 Stevie Johnson Haukar2004 Kevin Grandberg ÍR 2005 Anthony Glover Keflavík 2006 Richmond Pittman Valur2007 2008 2009 Jason Dourisseau KR2010 John Davis 2011 2012 2013 Billy Baptist Keflavík 2014 Travis Cohn Snæfell
Three-point shootout contest Year Winner Team1988 Hreinn Þorkelsson Keflavík1989 Valur Ingimundarson Tindastóll1990 Valur Ingimundarson (2) Tindastóll 1991 Gunnar Örlygsson Njarðvík 1992 Joe Baer KR1993 Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson KR (coach)1994 Wayne Casey Grindavík 1995 Mark Hadden Haukar 1996 Teitur Örlygsson Njarðvík1997 Baldur Ingi Jónason KFÍ1998 Guðjón Skúlason Keflavík2000 Teitur Örlygsson (2) Njarðvík 2001 Brenton Birmingham Njarðvík2002 Brenton Birmingham (2) Njarðvík 2003 Herbert Arnarson KR2004 Jeb Ivey KFÍ2005 Magnús Þór Gunnarsson Keflavík 2006 Jeb Ivey (2) Njarðvík2007 2008 2009 Guðjón Skúlason (2) Keflavík2010 Magnús Þór Gunnarsson Njarðvík 2011 2012 2013 Magnús Þór Gunnarsson Keflavík 2014 Magnús Þór Gunnarsson (4) Keflavík
Topscorers Year Winner Points Team2006 A.J. Moye 21 Keflavík 2009 Jason Dourisseau 36 KR2010 Cristopher Smith 32 Fjolnir2012 Darrin Govens 41 statistics 2011-12 Game kki.is Þór Þorlákshöfn 2013 Jay Threatt 24 Snæfell
Coaches with most appearances PlayerAll-StarWinning editionsLosing editions Fridrik Ingi Rúnarsson 7 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004 1992 Jón Kr. Gíslason 3 1994 1993, 1996 Valur Ingimundarson 3 2001 1994, 1995 Ingi Þór Steinþórsson 3 - 2000, 2002, 2003 Sigurður Ingimundarson 3 - 1997, 2001, 2005 Sigurður Hjörleifsson 2 1989, 2002 -
See also Icelandic Basketball Association Women's All-Star Game
References
Sources Results 1988-2005