Norway national bandy team

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Norway
Coat of arms of Norway.svg
Association Norway's Bandy Association
Head coach Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Moen
Team colors  
First international
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–3 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg
(Oslo, Norway; 6 February 1927)
Biggest win
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 32–0 Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg
(Haparanda, Sweden; 29 March 2001)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22–0 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
(Kazan, Russia 1 February 2005)
Bandy World Championship
Appearances36 (first in 1961 )
Best result2nd (1965)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1965 Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Norway
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Sweden
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Sweden

Norway national bandy team (Norwegian : Norges herrelandslag i bandy) represents Norway in the sport of bandy. The country has both a men's national team and a women's national team. This article deals chiefly with the men's national team.

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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's best world championship results has been a second place in 1965 and third place in 1993 and 2023.

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

World Championship record

TournamentFinal standing
Finland 1957 Didn't participate
Norway 1961 4th place
Sweden 1963 4th place
Soviet Union 1965 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Finland 1967 4th place
Sweden 1969 Didn't participate
Sweden 1971 4th place
Soviet Union 1973 4th place
Finland 1975 4th place
Norway 1977 4th place
Sweden 1979 4th place
Soviet Union 1981 4th place
Finland 1983 4th place
Norway 1985 4th place
Sweden 1987 4th place
Soviet Union 1989 4th place
Finland 1991 4th place
Norway 1993 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
USA 1995 5th place
Sweden 1997 5th place
Russia 1999 4th place
Finland and Sweden 2001 5th place
Russia 2003 5th place [2]
Sweden 2004 5th place
Russia 2005 5th place
Sweden 2006 5th place
Russia 2007 5th place
Russia 2008 5th place
Sweden 2009 5th place
Russia 2010 5th place
Russia 2011 5th place
Kazakhstan 2012 5th place
Sweden and Norway 2013 5th place
Russia 2014 5th place
Russia 2015 5th place
Russia 2016 5th place
Sweden 2017 4th place
Russia 2018 6th place
Sweden 2019 5th place
Sweden 2023 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Sweden 2025 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze

Current squad

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

Pos.AgeNameClub
GK29 Christopher Smerkerud Flag of Norway.svg Ullevål IL
GK21Kenneth Larsen Flag of Norway.svg Sarpsborg BK
DF23 Anders Greger Svenn Flag of Norway.svg Ullevål IL
DF20 Sigurd Strømnes Flag of Norway.svg Sarpsborg BK
DF27 Anders Christensen Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk IF
DF20 Fredrik Randsborg Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk IF
MF28 Christian Randsborg Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk IF
MF23 Nikolai Rustad Jensen Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk IF
MF27 Magnus Høgevold Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk IF
MF24 Petter Yngve Løyning Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk IF
MF27 Jan Olav Løyning Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk IF
MF24 Robin Nicolay Cras Flag of Norway.svg Mjøndalen IF
MF32 Christian Lauenborg Waaler Flag of Norway.svg IF Ready
FW20 Andreas Haugo Killingstad Flag of Norway.svg Stabæk IF
FW32 Petter Renstrøm Moen Flag of Norway.svg Solberg SK
FW29 Marius Austad Flag of Norway.svg 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.