- Deildabikar
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Deildabikar Founded 1996 Region Iceland Number of teams 24 Current champions Valur (2nd title) Most successful club Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
(5 titles)2011 Deildabikar The Deildabikar, also known as the Icelandic League Cup is a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. It is also considered the third most important competition in Icelandic football.
The pre-season tournament involves the top 24 clubs in Iceland from the previous season. It generally takes place between February and May. The number of teams in the 2008 edition rose from 16 to 24.
The 24 teams are divided into three pools of eight teams. Each team meets each other one during the pool stage. The final positions of the group are determined after these 7 games are played. The top two of each group automatically gain entry to the next stage in the competition, and the best 2 teams in third place join them in the quarter final round.
From the quarter final round it is a purely knockout competition where ties take place over 1-leg only, if a tie is not decided in the 90 minutes then penalty kicks are taken to decide the game.
Since 2001, two other pre-season tournaments have been arranged in the same format for teams lower down in the Icelandic football league ladder.
Winners
Club # Year(s) FH 5 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 KR 4 1998, 2001, 2005, 2010 ÍA 3 1996, 1999, 2003 Valur 2 2008, 2011 Grindavík 1 2000 ÍBV 1 1997 Finals
Year Winner Score Finalist 1996 ÍA 3-1 * Breiðablik 1997 ÍBV 3-2 * Valur 1998 KR 2-2 **(6-5) Valur 1999 ÍA 1-0 Fylkir 2000 Grindavík 4-0 Valur 2001 KR 0-0 **(5-3) FH 2002 FH 2-2 **(4-3) Fylkir 2003 ÍA 1-1 **(4-2) Keflavik 2004 FH 2-1 KR 2005 KR 3-2 Þróttur 2006 FH 3-2 Keflavik 2007 FH 3-2 * Valur 2008 Valur 4-1 Fram 2009 FH 3-0 Breiðablik 2010 KR 2-1 Breiðablik 2011 Valur 3-1 * Fylkir * - After Extra Time
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