Norway women's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Norway women's national under-18 ice hockey team is the national under-18 ice hockey team in Norway. The team represents Norway at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.

Norway
Nickname(s)Isbjørnene (The Polar Bears)
AssociationNorwegian Ice Hockey Association
Head coach Janne Salmela
Assistants Marte Carlsson
Magnus Evensen
CaptainMaren Knudsen
Most gamesSeveral players (20)
Top scorerAndrea Dalen (11)
Mathea Fischer (11)
Most pointsMathea Fischer (22)
Team colors     
IIHF codeNOR
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Austria 2 - 1 Norway 
(Chambéry, France; 28 December 2008)
Biggest win
 Norway 9 - 2 Kazakhstan 
(Piešťany, Slovakia; 9 April 2010)
Biggest defeat
  Switzerland 12 - 1 Norway 
(Piešťany, Slovakia; 6 April 2010)
IIHF World Women's U18 Championships - Division I A
Appearances10 (first in 2009)
Best result2nd (2015)
International record (W–L–T)
19–30–0

History

The inaugural Norway national under-18 participation was on 12–14 December 2008 in Hønefoss. The team would competed at Division I, which were held in Chambéry, France from 28 December 2008 to 2 January 2009. Birger Aaserud og Kjersti Malo Dyb lead the national team.[1]

Their division competition were: Japan, France, Slovakia and Austria. They lost in every match, earned a goal deposit of 9–16 and avoided relegation as there is no placement lower than last team of Division I. Japan earned a promotion.

The 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I tournament was on 3–9 April in Piešťany, Slovakia. They faced France, Slovakia and Austria, relegated Switzerland, and new team Kazakhstan.[2] They lost four of the matches, won their first match against Kazakhstan, and ended 5th in the Division. Switzerland was promoted

World Women's U18 Championship record

Year GP W L GF GA Pts Rank
2009404916013th place
20105141427313th place
20115231611612th place
20125231313612th place
20135321010912th place
20145231114612th place
201554^1*1491210th place
20165231412612th place
201752^31414511th place
201851^4413214th place (Relegated to Division I B)
201954^1*1441216th place
2020532**1371115th place (Promoted to Division 1 A)[3]

^Includes one win in extra time (in the round robin)
*Includes one loss in extra time (in the round robin)
**Includes two losses in extra time (in the round robin)

References

  1. "Innkalling til samling for U18 Jenter" (in Norwegian). hockey.no. 12 December 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. "U18 kvinner: Oppdatert VM-info" (in Norwegian). hockey.no. 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  3. "2020 IIHF World Women U18 Championship: Norway". iihf.com. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
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