Norwegian men's national handball team
| Association | Norges Håndbollforbund (NHF) | ||
| confederacy | EHF | ||
| Outfitter | Umbro | ||
| Trainer |
 Christian Berge
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| Assistant coach |
Børge Lund
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| Most goals | Roger Kjendalen : 930 | ||
| Most games | Steinar Ege : 262 | ||
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| Balance sheet | |||
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| 1242 games 576 wins 82 draws 584 defeats |
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First international match Norway 8:11 Finland June 17, 1947 |
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Last game Norway 26:33 France January 29, 2017 |
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Biggest win : Norway 55-5. United Kingdom 30 November 1975 |
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Biggest defeat Norway 10:37 Soviet Union June 6, 1976 |
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| Olympic games | |||
| Participation | 1 of 13 (First: 1972 ) | ||
| best result | 9th place | ||
| Handball world championship | |||
| Participation | 15 of 26 (First: 1958 ) | ||
| best result | 2nd place ( 2017 , 2019 ) | ||
| European handball championship | |||
| Participation | 9 of 14 (First: 2000 ) | ||
| best result | 3rd place (2020) | ||
| (As of December 26, 2020) | |||
The Norwegian men's national handball team represents Norway in international tournaments in men's handball .
International championships
Handball world championship
- World Championship 1958 : 6th place
- World Championship 1961 : 7th place
- World Championship 1964 : 11th place
- World Championship 1967 : 13th place
- World Championship 1970 : 13th place
- World Championship 1993 : 13th place
- World Championship 1997 : 12th place
- World Championship 1999 : 13th place
- World Championship 2001 : 14th place
- World Championship 2005 : 7th place
- World Championship 2007 : 13th place
- World Championship 2009 : 9th place
- World Championship 2011 : 9th place
- World Championship 2013 : not qualified
- World Championship 2015 : not qualified
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World Championship 2017 :
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World Championship 2019 :
European handball championship
- European Championship 1994 : not qualified
- European Championship 1996 : not qualified
- European Championship 1998 : not qualified
- European Championship 2000 : 8th place
- European Championship 2002 : not qualified
- European Championship 2004 : not qualified
- European Championship 2006 : 11th place
- European Championship 2008 : 6th place
- European Championship 2010 : 7th place
- European Championship 2012 : 13th place
- European Championship 2014 : 14th place
- European Championship 2016 : 4th place
- European Championship 2018 : 7th place
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European Championship 2020 :
Olympic games
- 1972 Olympic Games : 9th place
- 1976–2016: not qualified
Current squad
| No. | Surname | society | International matches * | Gates* | ||||
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| goalkeeper | ||||||||
| 12 | Kristian Sæverås |  Aalborg Håndbold
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9 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Espen Christensen |  GWD Minden
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103 | 2 | ||||
| 30th | Torbjørn Bergerud | SG Flensburg-Handewitt
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73 | 0 | ||||
| Outfield player | ||||||||
| 2 | Tom Kåre Nikolaisen | Kolstad Håndball
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2 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Sander Sagosen | Paris Saint-Germain
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94 | 416 | ||||
| 7th | Sander Øverjordet | Haslum HK
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2 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | Petter Øverby | HC Erlangen
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59 | 26th | ||||
| 17th | Magnus Jøndal | SG Flensburg-Handewitt
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144 | 448 | ||||
| 18th | William Aar | Kolstad Håndball
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6th | 5 | ||||
| 19th | Kristian Bjørnsen | HSG Wetzlar
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114 | 496 | ||||
| 21st | Magnus Gullerud | GWD Minden
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122 | 133 | ||||
| 23 | Gøran Johannessen | SG Flensburg-Handewitt
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60 | 120 | ||||
| 24 | Christian O'Sullivan | SC Magdeburg
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111 | 168 | ||||
| 25th | Eivind Tangen | Skjern Håndbold
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81 | 136 | ||||
| 27 | Harald Reinkind | THW Kiel
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95 | 173 | ||||
| 44 | Kevin Gulliksen | GWD Minden
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23 | 29 | ||||
| 71 | Alexander Blonz | Elverum Håndball
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17th | 33 | ||||
| 77 | Magnus Rød | SG Flensburg-Handewitt
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46 | 95 | ||||
* As of December 25, 2019
Well-known former national players
- Steinar Ege
- Christian Berge
- Roger Kjendalen
- Øystein Havang
- Glenn Solberg
- Simen Muffetangen
- Preben Vildalen
- Frode Hagen
- Johnny Jensen
- Stig quickly
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Record goal scorers , accessed December 26, 2018.
- ↑ Record Players , accessed December 26, 2018.
- ↑ International match statistics