Norway
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationNorway's Bandy Association
Head coachNorway 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
Appearances36 (first in 1961)
Best result2nd (1965)

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 finished in second place in 1965 and in third place 1993.

Norway's best result in the Russian Government Cup is a second place in 1994.

World Championship record

TournamentFinal standing
Finland 1957Didn't participate
Norway 19614th place
Sweden 19634th place
Soviet Union 1965 Silver
Finland 19674th place
Sweden 1969Didn't participate
Sweden 19714th place
Soviet Union 19734th place
Finland 19754th place
Norway 19774th place
Sweden 19794th place
Soviet Union 19814th place
Finland 19834th place
Norway 19854th place
Sweden 19874th place
Soviet Union 19894th place
Finland 19914th place
Norway 1993 Bronze
USA 19955th place
Sweden 19975th place
Russia 19994th place
Finland and Sweden 20015th place
Russia 20035th place[2]
Sweden 20045th place
Russia 20055th place
Sweden 20065th place
Russia 20075th place
Russia 20085th place
Sweden 20095th place
Russia 20105th place
Russia 20115th place
Kazakhstan 20125th place
Sweden and Norway 20135th place
Russia 20145th place
Russia 20155th place
Russia 20165th place
Sweden 20174th place
Russia 20186th place
Sweden 20195th place
Sweden 2023 Bronze

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 Norway Ullevål IL
GK 21 Kenneth Larsen Norway Sarpsborg BK
DF 23 Anders Greger Svenn Norway Ullevål IL
DF 20 Sigurd Strømnes Norway Sarpsborg BK
DF 27 Anders Christensen Norway Stabæk IF
DF 20 Fredrik Randsborg Norway Stabæk IF
MF 28 Christian Randsborg Norway Stabæk IF
MF 23 Nikolai Rustad Jensen Norway Stabæk IF
MF 27 Magnus Høgevold Norway Stabæk IF
MF 24 Petter Yngve Løyning Norway Stabæk IF
MF 27 Jan Olav Løyning Norway Stabæk IF
MF 24 Robin Nicolay Cras Norway Mjøndalen IF
MF 32 Christian Lauenborg Waaler Norway IF Ready
FW 20 Andreas Haugo Killingstad Norway Stabæk IF
FW 32 Petter Renstrøm Moen Norway Solberg SK
FW 29 Marius Austad Norway Solberg SK

References

  1. ↑ Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  2. ↑ won qualification to Group A in 2004
  3. ↑ "A-landslagstroppen til VM Irkutsk" (in Norwegian). Norges Bandyförbund. January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.


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