Football World Cup 1994 / Norway

This article covers the Norwegian national football team at the 1994 World Cup . It was Norway's second participation in the finals of a World Cup after 1938.

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Norway	25: 05	16
2	Netherlands	29: 09	15th
3	England	26: 09	13
4th	Poland	10:15	8th
5	Turkey	11:19	7th
6th	San Marino	02:46	1

Norway	-	San Marino	10-0
Norway	-	Netherlands	2: 1
San Marino	-	Norway	0: 2
England	-	Norway	1: 1
Norway	-	Turkey	3: 1
Norway	-	England	2-0
Netherlands	-	Norway	0-0
Norway	-	Poland	1-0
Poland	-	Norway	0: 3
Turkey	-	Norway	2: 1

Norwegian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Erik Thorstvedt	Tottenham Hotspur	10/28/1962	3	0	0	0
12	Frode Grodås	Lillestrøm SK	October 24, 1964	0	0	0	0
13	Ola By Rise	Rosenborg Trondheim	11/14/1960	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Gunnar Hall	Oldham Athletic	08/11/1965	2	0	0	0
3	Erland Johnsen	Chelsea FC	04/05/1967	1	0	1	0
4th	Bratseth rune	SV Werder Bremen	03/19/1961	3	0	0	0
5	Stig Inge Bjørnebye	Rosenborg Trondheim	12/11/1969	3	0	1	0
14th	Roger Nilsen	Sheffield United	08/08/1969	0	0	0	0
15th	Karl Petter Løken	Rosenborg Trondheim	08/14/1966	0	0	0	0
17th	Dan Harrows	Brøndby IF	01/13/1970	0	0	0	0
20th	Henning Berg	Blackburn Rovers	09/01/1969	3	0	0	0
midfield player
7th	Erik Mykland	Start Kristiansand	07/21/1971	3	0	0	0
8th	Øyvind Leonhardsen	Rosenborg Trondheim	08/17/1970	3	0	1	0
10	Kjetil Rekdal	Lierse SK	06/11/1968	3	1	0	0
11	Mini Jakobsen	BSC Young Boys	11/08/1965	3	0	0	0
18th	Alf-Inge Haaland	Nottingham Forest	11/23/1972	2	0	2	0
19th	Roar beach	Rosenborg Trondheim	02/02/1970	0	0	0	0
22nd	Lars Bohinen	Nottingham Forest	09/08/1969	3	0	0	0
striker
6th	Jostein Flo	Sheffield United	10/03/1964	3	0	0	0
9	Jan Åge Fjørtoft	Swindon Town	01/10/1967	2	0	0	0
16	Gøran Sørloth	Bursaspor	07/16/1962	1	0	1	0
21st	Sigurd Rushfeldt	Tromso IL	12/11/1972	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Egil Olsen		04/22/1942

Norwegian team matches

Preliminary round

→ Main article : Football World Cup 1994 / Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
2.	Ireland	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Italy	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Norway	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th

Sun June 19, 1994, 4:00 p.m. in Washington, DC
Norway	-	Mexico	1: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 23, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. in East Rutherford
Italy	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)
Tue June 28, 1994 at 12:30 p.m. in East Rutherford
Ireland	-	Norway	0-0

In Norway's Group E, Italy was the favorite. Italy's defeat in the first game against Ireland (0-1) was an immediate surprise. In the further course of the group phase, the teams, which included Mexico, neutralized each other, with each team earning a win, a draw and a defeat. The four finished the group tied, with Norway finishing fourth due to fewer goals scored and eliminated. Mexico won the group ahead of Ireland and Italy, which meant the three teams made it to the round of 16.