Norway national bandy team
| Association | Norway's Bandy Association |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Thomas Moen |
| Team colors | |
| First international | |
| Norway 1–3 Sweden (Oslo, Norway; 6 February 1927) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Norway 32–0 Belarus (Haparanda, Sweden; 29 March 2001) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Russia 22–0 Norway (Kazan, Russia 1 February 2005) | |
| Bandy World Championship | |
| Appearances | 36 (first in 1961) |
| Best result | 2nd (1965) |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| World Championship | ||
| 1965 Soviet Union | ||
| 1993 Norway | ||
| 2023 Sweden | ||
| 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.
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
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
- ^ Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ won qualification to Group A in 2004
- ^ "A-landslagstroppen til VM Irkutsk" (in Norwegian). Norges Bandyförbund. January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.