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Wikipedia - Valur (men's basketball)
The Valur men's basketball team, commonly known as Valur, is a basketball team based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is part of the Valur multi-sport club.
History
The club was founded as Gosi on 25 December 1951 and was one of the founding members of the Icelandic men's top division. On 22 December 1957 the club changed its name to Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur (English: Reykjavík Basketball Club) and played under that name until 1970. On 3 October 1970 the club merged into Valur sports club and became its basketball department.
Under the new name, Valur had considerable success in the 1980's, winning the Icelandic championship two times, in 1980 and 1983, and the Icelandic cup three times, 1980, 1981 and 1983.
In 1992, Valur reached the Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to Keflavík 2-3.
In 2022, Valur won its third national championship after beating Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals. On 2 October 2022, Valur won its first Super Cup, after defeating Icelandic Cup holders Stjarnan 80-77.
On 14 January 2023, Valur won its fourth Icelandic Cup title, and its first in 40 years, after defeating Stjarnan in the Cup final.
Klubben har hjemmebane i Valur-idrætsstadion, som har en kapacitet på 2.000 tilskuere. Valur har en stor og trofast fanskare, der er kendt for at skabe en god atmosfære ved hjemmekampe.
Valur er kendt for at udvikle unge spillere, og klubben har en stærk ungdomsafdeling. Klubben har også en række landsholdsspillere på sit hold, hvilket er et vidnesbyrd om klubbens høje niveau.
Valur er en af de førende basketballklubber i Island og har en lang og succesfuld historie. Klubben er kendt for sin stærke forsvar og sit hurtige angreb. Valur er altid en trussel til at vinde mesterskabet, og de er et af de hold, som alle andre hold frygter at møde.