Norwegian national ice hockey team
Association | Norges Ishockeyforbund |
IIHF member | since 1935 |
World ranking | Place 10 |
Trainer | Petter Thoresen |
Assistant coach | Sjur Robert Nilsen |
Homepage | http://www.hockey.no/ |
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First international match Norway 2:12 Switzerland February 13, 1937 in London |
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Biggest win Norway 25: 1 China April 22, 2005 in Debrecen |
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Biggest defeat Finland 20: 1 Norway March 12, 1947 in Hämeenlinna |
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Olympic games | |
Participation | since 1952 (11 ×) |
Best result: | 8th place (1972) |
World Championship | |
Participation | since 1937 |
best result | 4th place (1951) |
(Status: 2015) |
The Norwegian national ice hockey team for men is ranked 9th in the IIHF world rankings after the 2017 World Cup . The team is part of the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation .
In preparation for the annual world championships, the national team regularly took part in tournaments of the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge . At the 2018 World Cup , the Norwegian team achieved 13th place, the worst position since being promoted back to the top division in 2005.
Squad
Current squad
The squad for the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship, which will be held from May 10 to 26, 2019 in Bratislava and Košice , Slovakia :
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function | Nat. | Surname | Date of birth |
Head coach | Petter Thoresen | July 25, 1961 | |
Assistant coach | Per-Erik Alcén | Nov 2, 1959 | |
Assistant coach | Sjur Robert Nilsen | 3 Dec 1967 |
Olympic results
- 1920 - did not participate
- 1924 - did not participate
- 1928 - did not take part
- 1932 - did not take part
- 1936 - did not take part
- 1948 - did not take part
- 1952 - 9th place
- 1956 - did not take part
- 1960 - did not participate
- 1964 - 10th place
- 1968 - 11th place
- 1972 - 8th place
- 1976 - did not participate (waived)
- 1980 - 11th place
- 1984 - 12th place
- 1988 - 12th place
- 1992 - 9th place
- 1994 - 11th place
- 1998 - did not qualify
- 2002 - did not qualify
- 2006 - did not qualify
- 2010 - 10th place
- 2014 - 12th place
- 2018 - 8th place
Placements at world championships
- 1937 - 9th place
- 1938 - 13th place
- 1939 - did not take part
- 1947 - did not take part
- 1949 - 8th place
- 1950 - 6th place
- 1951 - 4th place
- 1953 - did not take part
- 1954 - 8th place
- 1955 - did not take part
- 1956 - 11th place (2nd B-WM)
- 1957 - did not take part
- 1958 - 7th place
- 1959 - 8th place
- 1961 - 9th place (1st B-WM)
- 1962 - 5th place
- 1963 - 9th place (1st B-WM)
- 1964 - 10th place (2nd B-WM)
- 1965 - 8th place
- 1966 - 12th place (4th B-WM)
- 1967 - 11th place (3rd B-WM)
- 1968 - 11th place (3rd B-WM)
- 1969 - 11th place (5th B-WM)
- 1970 - 9th place (3rd B-WM)
- 1971 - 10th place (4th B-WM)
- 1972 - 13th place (7th B-WM)
- 1973 - 15th place (1st C-WM)
- 1974 - 13th place (7th B-WM)
- 1975 - 15th place (1st C-WM)
- 1976 - 11th place (3rd B-WM)
- 1977 - 12th place (4th B-WM)
- 1978 - 14th place (6th B-WM)
- 1979 - 12th place (4th B-WM)
- 1981 - 14th place (6th B-WM)
- 1982 - 12th place (4th B-WM)
- 1983 - 12th place (4th B-WM)
- 1985 - 15th place (7th B-WM)
- 1986 - 17th place (1st C-WM)
- 1987 - 10th place (2nd B-WM)
- 1989 - 9th place (1st B-WM)
- 1990 - 8th place
- 1991 - 10th place (2nd B-WM)
- 1992 - 10th place
- 1993 - 9th place
- 1994 - 11th place
- 1995 - 10th place
- 1996 - 10th place
- 1997 - 12th place
- 1998 - 21st place (5th B-WM)
- 1999 - 12th place
- 2000 - 10th place
- 2001 - 15th place
- 2002 - 22nd place (3rd Div. I, Gr. B)
- 2003 - 20th place (2nd Div. I, Gr. B)
- 2004 - 20th place (2nd Div. I, Gr. A)
- 2005 - 17th place (1st Div. I, Gr. A)
- 2006 - 11th place
- 2007 - 14th place
- 2008 - 8th place
- 2009 - 11th place
- 2010 - 9th place
- 2011 - 6th place
- 2012 - 8th place
- 2013 - 10th place
- 2014 - 12th place
- 2015 - 11th place
- 2016 - 10th place
- 2017 - 11th place
- 2018 - 13th place
- 2019 - 12th place
Web links
Commons : Norway National Ice Hockey Team - collection of images