Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (ÍBV) is an Icelandic multi-sports district association from Vestmannaeyjar off the south coast of Iceland. It was founded in 1903 as Knattspyrnufélag Vestmannaeyja by Björgúlfur Ólafsson, military doctor for the Dutch army. It was soon renamed to Knattspyrnufélag Vestmannaeyja (KV) and then to Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (ÍBV) héraðssamband in 1945. ÍBV played as KV in the first Icelandic first league tournament in 1912.
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| Full name | Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja |
|---|---|
| Sports | |
| Founded | 1903 (as KV) |
| Chairman | Sæunn Magnúsdóttir |
There have been formed several association entities with the ÍBV name to manage various of sports. ÍBV-Íþróttafélag was founded in 1996 to manage football and handball when the youth team clubs Þór and Týr, that where subbrands to KV and then ÍBV for the youth coaching only, where merged. Sundfélag ÍBV was founded in 1977 to manage swimming. Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍBV is association founded around basketball in 1995 after 9 basketball less years at the youth club Týr. Blakfélag ÍBV and Frjálsíþróttafélag ÍBV are younger association entities that also use the name from the sport district association in Vestmannaeyjar as identity.
Football
editMen's football
editÍBV men's football team has won the Icelandic championship three times, in 1979, 1997 and 1998.[1] It currently plays in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla.
Women's football
editÍBV women's football team has played in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna since 2011. It has won the Icelandic Cup twice, in 2004[2] and 2017.[3][4]
Handball
editMen's handball
editÍBV men's handball team won the national championship in 2014[5] and 2018.[6] On 24 December 2018, the team's goalkeeper, Kolbeinn Aron Arnarson, died at his home at the age of 29.[7][8]
EHF records
edit| Competition | M | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHF Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| EHF Challenge Cup | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| EHF Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Opposition | Home | Away | Agg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991/92 | EHF Cup Winners' Cup | R1 | 
|
Runar Sandefjord | 19:20 | 21:14 | 35:41 |
| 2014/15 | EHF Cup | QR1 | 
|
Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 25:30 | 27:25 | 50:57 |
| 2015/16 | EHF Challenge Cup | R2 |
|
Hapoel Ramat Gan | 31:22 | 21:25 | 56:43 |
| R3 | 
|
Benfica | 26:28 | 26:34 | 52:62 | ||
| 2017/18 | EHF Challenge Cup | R3 | 
|
HC Gomel | 32:27 | 27:31 | 63:54 |
| L16 |
|
Ramhat Hashron HC | 32:25 | 21:21 | 53:46 | ||
| QF | 
|
SKIF Krasnodar | 41:28 | 23:25 | 66:51 | ||
| SF | 
|
AHC Potaissa Turda | 31:28 | 28:24 | 55:56 | ||
| 2018/19 | EHF Cup | QR2 | 
|
Pays d'Aix Université Club | 24:23 | 25:36 | 49:59 |
Women's handball
editÍBV women's handball team has won the national championship four times, in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2006.
Basketball
editMen's basketball
editHonors
edit- Division II (2):
- 1977, 19991[9]
1As ÍV
Notable coaches
edit
James Booker 1978[10]
References
edit- ^ "Kristinn með ÍBV". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 16 September 1999. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ Brynjar Ingi Erluson (8 September 2017). "Ísland um helgina - Stjarnan og ÍBV mætast í bikarúrslitum kvenna". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (9 September 2017). "ÍBV er bikarmeistari kvenna í knattspyrnu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (9 September 2017). "ÍBV bikarmeistari á dramatískan hátt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörns (15 May 2014). "ÍBV Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ Benedikt Grétarsson (19 May 2018). "Umfjöllun og myndir: FH - ÍBV 20-28 - ÍBV er Íslandsmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Margrét Helga Erlingsdóttir (26 December 2018). "Kolbeinn Aron er látinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Andlát Kolbeinn Aron Arnarson". Morgunblaðið. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ 2. deild - Meistaraflokkur karla
- ^ "Eyjamenn ráku þann bandaríska". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 December 1978. p. 47. Retrieved 20 February 2022.