Norway national bandy team

Norway national bandy team (Norwegian: Norges herrelandslag i bandy) represents Norway in the sport of bandy.

Norway
AssociationNorway's Bandy Association
Head coach Thomas Moen
Team colors   
First international
Norway 1 – 3 Sweden
Oslo, 6 February 1927
Biggest win
Norway 32 – 0 Belarus
Haparanda, 29 March 2001
Biggest defeat
Russia 22 – 0 Norway
Kazan, 1 February 2005
Bandy World Championship
Appearances36 (first in 1961)
Best result2nd (1965)

Norway, Finland and Sweden played bandy at the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952. After having seen them there, the Soviet Union invited these three countries to a four nation bandy tournament in 1954. This was the first time a Soviet national bandy team met other national bandy teams. The four countries used somewhat different rules prior to this tournament, but the rules were adjusted to be the same for the future.[1]

Norway has been competing in the Bandy World Championship since the second tournament in 1961. Norway finished in second place in 1965 and in third place 1993.

Norway's best result in the Russian Government Cup is a second place in 1994.

World Championship record
TournamentFinal standing
Finland 1957Didn't participate
Norway 19614th place
Sweden 19634th place
Soviet Union 1965 Silver
Finland 19674th place
Sweden 1969Didn't participate
Sweden 19714th place
Soviet Union 19734th place
Finland 19754th place
Norway 19774th place
Sweden 19794th place
Soviet Union 19814th place
Finland 19834th place
Norway 19854th place
Sweden 19874th place
Soviet Union 19894th place
Finland 19914th place
Norway 1993 Bronze
USA 19955th place
Sweden 19975th place
Russia 19994th place
Finland and Sweden 20015th place
Russia 20035th place[2]
Sweden 20045th place
Russia 20055th place
Sweden 20065th place
Russia 20075th place
Russia 20085th place
Sweden 20095th place
Russia 20105th place
Russia 20115th place
Kazakhstan 20125th place
Sweden and Norway 20135th place
Russia 20145th place
Russia 20155th place
Russia 20165th place
Sweden 20174th place
Russia 20186th place

Current squad

Norwegian squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, January 26 – February 2, 2014.[3]

Pos. Age Name Club
GK 29 Christopher Smerkerud Ullevål IL
GK 21 Kenneth Larsen Sarpsborg BK
DF 23 Anders Greger Svenn Ullevål IL
DF 20 Sigurd Strømnes Sarpsborg BK
DF 27 Anders Christensen Stabæk IF
DF 20 Fredrik Randsborg Stabæk IF
MF 28 Christian Randsborg Stabæk IF
MF 23 Nikolai Rustad Jensen Stabæk IF
MF 27 Magnus Høgevold Stabæk IF
MF 24 Petter Yngve Løyning Stabæk IF
MF 27 Jan Olav Løyning Stabæk IF
MF 24 Robin Nicolay Cras Mjøndalen IF
MF 32 Christian Lauenborg Waaler IF Ready
FW 20 Andreas Haugo Killingstad Stabæk IF
FW 32 Petter Renstrøm Moen Solberg SK
FW 29 Marius Austad Solberg SK

References
  1. Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. won qualification to Group A in 2004
  3. "A-landslagstroppen til VM Irkutsk" (in Norwegian). Norges Bandyförbund. January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.


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