Páll Axel Vilbergsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Páll Axel.

Páll Axel Vilbergsson (born 4 January 1978) is an Icelandic former basketball player who played for 22 seasons in the Úrvalsdeild karla and was a two time national champion.^[1] He was also a member of the Icelandic national team from 1996 to 2009. In 2004 he was selected as the Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year.^[2]

Páll Axel Vilbergsson

Páll Axel in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1978-01-04) 4 January 1978 (age 47)
Nationality	Icelandic
Listed height	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Career information
College	Campbellsville (1997)
Playing career	1994–2019
Career history
As player:
1994–1997	Grindavík
1998	Skallagrímur
1998–1999	Grindavík
1999–2000	Fleron
2000–2012	Grindavík
2012–2015	Skallagrímur
2015–2016	Grindavík
2017–2019	Njarðvík-b
As coach:
2000	Grindavík (Women's)
2017	Grindavík (Women's)
Career highlights and awards
Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (2004) 6x Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (2003, 2004, 2006–2008, 2010) 2x Icelandic league champion (1996, 2012) 2x Icelandic Basketball Cup (1995, 2006) 3x Icelandic Super Cup (1996, 1998, 2011)
Career Úrvalsdeild karla statistics
Points	6,949 (17.1 ppg)
Rebounds	2,471 (6.1 rpg)
Games	407

He was one of the most prolific three point shooters the Úrvalsdeild karla history and was its first player to make 1000 three points shots.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} In 2010 he tied the Úrvalsdeild record for most points scored by an Icelandic player in a single game when he scored 54 points against Tindastóll.^[8][9] In 2011 he made a controversial three pointer at the buzzer that won the Icelandic Super Cup for Grindavík.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Páll Axel last played for Division II club Njarðvík-b.^[14]

Icelandic national team

From 1996 to 2009, Páll Axel played 92 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.^[15]

Awards and accomplishments

Club honours

• Icelandic championship (2): 1996, 2012
• Icelandic Basketball Cup (2): 1995, 2006
• Icelandic Super Cup (3) : 1996, 1998, 2011
• Icelandic Company Cup (3) : 2000, 2009, 2011

Individual awards

• Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (1) : 2004^[16]
• Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (6) : 2003, 2004, 2006–2008, 2010^[17]

Personal life

Páll Axel is the brother of Ármann Vilbergsson, who played several seasons in Úrvalsdeild karla.^[18][19][20]

References

1. "Páll Axel tók við Íslandsbikarnum fyrir Grindvíkinga". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). May 3, 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
2. "Hildur og Páll Axel leikmenn ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). April 17, 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
3. "Páll Axel fyrstur með 1000 þrista". RÚV (in Icelandic). October 28, 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
4. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (October 26, 2015). "Páll Axel tók annað þriggja stiga met af Guðjóni Skúla". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
5. Ásgeirsson, Eiríkur Stefán (January 23, 2014). "Páll Axel bætti metið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
6. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (October 27, 2014). "Sögulegir þristar Páls Axels - Myndband". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
7. Barmat, Matias (February 12, 2014). "Páll Axel Vilbergsson, new three-pointer king in Iceland". worldhoopstats.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
8. Ásgeirsson, Eiríkur Stefán (January 10, 2010). "Páll Axel með 54 stig í Grindavík". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
9. Þórólfsson, Sigurður Elvar (January 12, 2010). "Stigametið hjá John Johnson stendur enn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
10. Daðason, Kolbeinn Tumi (October 9, 2011). "Umfjöllun: Flautukarfa Páls Axels tryggði Grindavík sigur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
11. "Flautukarfa Páls Axels tryggði Grindavík sigur". Mbl.is (in Icelandic). October 9, 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
12. Daðason, Kolbeinn Tumi (October 9, 2011). "Páll Axel: Ég þarf ekki meiri tíma en þetta". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
13. "Sigurkarfa Páls Axels hefði ekki átt að standa". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). October 11, 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
14. "Gamlar stjörnur í Njarðvík skelltu Skallagrími". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
15. "KKÍ | A landslið". kki.is. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
16. "Besti leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla". kki.is. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
17. "KKÍ | Úrvalslið · Karla". kki.is. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
18. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (January 10, 2010). "Grindvíkingar auðveldlega inn í undanúrslitin". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
19. "Ármann Vilbergsson - 2001-2007 Statistics". KKI.is. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
20. "Ármann Örn Vilbergsson". KKI.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017.

External links

• Páll Axel Vilbergsson at eurobasket.com
• 1993-2007 Úrvalsdeild statistics at kki.is
• 2007-2016 statistics at kki.is
• Pall Axel Vilbergsson at realgm.com