Norwegian national basketball team
Norway Norge |
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Association | Norwegian Basketball Association |
FIBA member since | 1968 |
FIBA world rankings | 88 |
Trainer | |
World championships | |
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Participation in the finals | no |
Best results | |
Olympic games | |
Participation in the finals | no |
Best results | |
Continental championships | |
championship | European Championship |
Participation in the finals | no |
Best results | |
Homepage | http://www.basket.no/ |
(As of May 3, 2014) |
The Norwegian national basketball team represents Norway in men's international basketball matches, such as international tournaments and friendly matches.
The team has not yet been able to qualify for World Championships, Olympic Games or European Championships.
history
In 1965 the best Norwegian basketball players were put together for the first time to form a national team. The first game in the history of the Norwegian national basketball team took place as part of the Polar Cup and was lost to Iceland 39:74. She joined FIBA three years later, in 1968.
In the first few years since it was founded, games were only played against Scandinavian national basketball teams, all of which were lost by 1971. After 30 defeats from 30 games, Norway finally managed their first victory in a friendly match in Hallsberg against a youth team from Sweden . You had no chance against the Swedish men's national team (37:91 and 44: 148).
The Norwegians have never managed to qualify for a major international tournament. The national team's game operations also stopped at times.
Known players
- Torgeir Bryn , to date the only Norwegian to ever play in the NBA . There he was active for the Los Angeles Clippers .
Performing in international competitions
World championships
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Olympic games
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European championships
- never qualified
Web links
- Official website of the Norwegian Basketball Federation
- Profile of the national team on the FIBA Europa website
- Norwegian national team on eurobasket.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all results of the national team on basket.no. Retrieved May 3, 2014