Norway women's national ice hockey team

The Norway women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team in Norway. The team represents Norway at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)'sWorld Women's Championships and is controlled by Norges Ishockeyforbund. Women's ice hockey is growing in popularity in Norway and the number of Norwegian women's ice hockey players registered with the IIHF has increased from 482 in 2011 to 702 in 2019.[3]

Norway
Nickname(s)The Polar Bears
AssociationNorwegian Ice Hockey Federation
General managerRandi Aase
Head coachThomas Pettersen
AssistantsClaes Halvordsson
CaptainIngrid Morset
Most gamesLine Bialik (98)[1]
Most pointsLine Bialik (125)
Team colors     
IIHF codeNOR
Home colours
Away colours
Ranking
Current IIHF14 1 (30 March 2022)[2]
Highest IIHF10 (first in 2012)
Lowest IIHF15 (first in 2005)
First international
Denmark  2–0  Norway
(27 December 1988; Copenhagen, Denmark)
Biggest win
Norway  14–0  Netherlands
(6 April 1989; Ratingen, West Germany)
Norway  14–0  Netherlands
(15 March 1991; Havířov, Czechoslovakia)
Biggest defeat
United States  17–0  Norway
(21 March 1990; Ottawa, Canada)
World Championships
Appearances23 (first in 1990)
Best result6th (1990, 1992, 1994)
European Championships
Appearances5 (first in 1989)
Best result (1993)
International record (W–L–T)
133–157–12

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Norway has never participated in the Women's hockey Olympic tournament.

World Championship

Norway participated in every World Women's Championship, realizing its best performance during the first three tournaments by garnering a sixth-place finish. In 1999, it failed to qualify for Group A, and has since competed in the lower levels. From 2001 until 2005, the Norway players competed in series to be relegated or promoted between the first and second division. Since 2007, they have competed in Division I. Of note, the National Under-18 team competes in Division I for its respective category.

Year Result
19906th
19926th
19946th
19978th
199910th and 2nd in Group B
200011th and 3rd in Group B
200115th and 7th in Group B
200315th and 1st in Division II
200414th and 5th in Division I
200515th and 1st in Division II
200713th and 4th in Division I
200814th and 5th in Division I
200912th and 3rd in Division I
201110th and 2nd in Division I
201210th and 2nd in Division IA
201313th and 5th in Division IA
201410th and 2nd in Division IA
201513th and 5th in Division IA
201613th and 5th in Division IA
201711th and 3rd in Division IA
201814th and 5th in Division IA
201913th and 3rd in Division IA
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
202212th and 2nd in Division IA

European Women Championship

Team

2022 roster

Roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A.[6][7] Player age at start of tournament on 24 April 2022.

Head coach: Thomas Pettersen
Assistant coach: Claes Halvordsson

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1GEna Nystrøm1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)72 kg (159 lb) (2000-04-28)28 April 2000 (aged 21) Mercyhurst Lakers
2DLene Tendenes1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)70 kg (150 lb) (1999-03-27)27 March 1999 (aged 23) Linköping HC
3DSilje Kongstorp1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)82 kg (181 lb) (2002-08-25)25 August 2002 (aged 19) Malmö Redhawks
5DRebekka Haukali1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)68 kg (150 lb) (2003-08-15)15 August 2003 (aged 18) Stavanger Oilers
6FUne Bjelland1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)58 kg (128 lb) (1999-10-06)6 October 1999 (aged 22) Adrian Bulldogs
7FKaroline Pedersen1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)70 kg (150 lb) (1999-03-13)13 March 1999 (aged 23) Malmö Redhawks
8FLotte Pedersen1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)64 kg (141 lb) (2003-02-28)28 February 2003 (aged 19) Stavanger Oilers
9FTea Nyburg1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)65 kg (143 lb) (2003-11-11)11 November 2003 (aged 18) MoDo Hockey
10FChristina Furseth1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)62 kg (137 lb) (2002-07-13)13 July 2002 (aged 19) Stavanger Oilers
11FLine BialikA1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)59 kg (130 lb) (1986-11-08)8 November 1986 (aged 35) Färjestad BK
12DIngrid MorsetC1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)68 kg (150 lb) (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 (aged 29) Linköping HC
13FIngrid Berge1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)71 kg (157 lb) (2000-06-12)12 June 2000 (aged 21) Norwich Cadets
14DMalin Årdal1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)59 kg (130 lb) (2003-01-05)5 January 2003 (aged 19) Stavanger Oilers
15FEmilie Kruse1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)65 kg (143 lb) (1999-10-13)13 October 1999 (aged 22) Linköping HC
16FAndrine Furulund1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)71 kg (157 lb) (1998-06-29)29 June 1998 (aged 23) Färjestad BK
17FMarthe Brunvold1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)59 kg (130 lb) (2001-06-25)25 June 2001 (aged 20) Linköping HC
19DThea Jørgensen1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)80 kg (180 lb) (2001-06-25)25 June 2001 (aged 20) Lindenwood Lions
20GLinnea Holterud Olsson1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)68 kg (150 lb) (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 25) Hammarby IF
21FMadelen Haug Hansen163 m (534 ft 9 in)65 kg (143 lb) (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 28) Linköping HC
22FAndrea DalenA1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)67 kg (148 lb) (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 29) Linköping HC
23DEmma Bergesen1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)62 kg (137 lb) (1999-11-01)1 November 1999 (aged 22) Mount Royal Cougars
24FMathea Fischer1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)73 kg (161 lb) (1997-10-08)8 October 1997 (aged 24) SDE Hockey

Awards and honors

References

  1. NORWAY NATIONAL TEAM PLAYERS Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine hockey.no
  2. "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. "IIHF Member National Association Denmark". IIHF. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. 7 March 2020.
  5. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: NOR - Norway". IIHF. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  7. "A-landslaget kvinner: VM 2022". Norges Ishockeyforbund (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group A: Best Players Selected By The Directorate" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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