Norway national handball team

Norway
Information
Association	Norwegian Handball Federation
Coach	Christian Berge
Assistant coach	Glenn Solberg
Most caps	Steinar Ege (262)
Most goals	Roger Kjendalen (930)
Colours
Home Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1958)
Best result	6th (1958)
European Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th (2016)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Norway national handball team is the national handball team of Norway. Controlled by the Norwegian Handball Federation it represents Norway in international matches.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	Did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Match for 9th place	9th of 12	5	3	1	1	90	87
1976 Montreal	Did not qualify
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Total	1/13	-	5	3	1	1	90	87

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Did not qualify
1954
1958	Match for 5th place	6	6	3	0	3	118	102
1961	Match for 7th place	7	6	2	0	4	73	85
1964	Preliminary round	11	3	1	0	2	37	47
1967	Preliminary round	13	3	0	0	3	44	58
1970	Preliminary round	13	3	0	0	3	23	28
1974	Did not qualify
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	51	57
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Round of 16	12	6	1	2	3	132	141
1999	Preliminary round	13	6	2	1	3	156	162
2001	Round of 16	14	6	2	1	3	139	155
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Match for 7th place	7	9	6	1	2	258	219
2007	Match for 13th place	13	6	4	0	2	181	137
2009	Match for 9th place	9	9	6	0	3	280	232
2011	Match for 9th place	9	9	5	0	4	259	255
2013	Did not qualify
2015
Total	13/24	-	75	32	6	37	1751	1678

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000	7th/8th Place	8	6	1	1	4	133	144
2002	Did not qualify
2004
2006	Main round	11	6	2	0	4	178	177
2008	6th Place	6	7	3	2	2	196	185
2010	Main round	7	6	3	0	3	169	164
2012	Preliminary round	13	3	1	0	2	80	87
2014	Preliminary round	14	3	0	1	2	77	84
2016	4th place	4	8	4	1	3	235	233
Total	7/12	–	39	14	5	20	1068	1074

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification and two friendly matches against Iceland.^[1]

Head coach: Christian Berge

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 CB Sander Sagosen 14 September 1995 1.95 m 40 116 Aalborg Håndbold 6 RW Thomas Kristensen 2 May 1990 1.96 m 36 25 Frisch Auf Göppingen 7 P Joakim Hykkerud 10 February 1986 1.94 m 50 57 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 8 P Bjarte Myrhol 29 May 1982 1.94 m 184 527 Skjern Håndbold 9 P Petter Øverby 26 March 1992 1.93 m 31 10 Elverum Håndball 11 LB Erlend Mamelund 1 May 1984 1.97 m 137 354 THW Kiel 12 GK Ole Erevik 9 January 1981 1.96 m 176 0 Pays d’Aix UC 13 RB Christoffer Rambo 18 November 1989 1.99 m 90 208 GWD Minden 15 RB Kent Robin Tønnesen 5 June 1991 1.96 m 61 139 Füchse Berlin 16 GK Espen Christensen 17 June 1985 1.90 m 49 0 GOG Gudme 17 LW Magnus Jøndal 7 February 1988 1.87 m 81 198 ØIF Arendal 19 RW Kristian Bjørnsen 10 January 1989 1.91 m 58 266 IFK Kristianstad 20 LW André Lindboe 3 November 1988 1.78 m 41 86 Elverum Håndball 21 P Magnus Gullerud 13 November 1991 1.96 m 67 79 SønderjyskE Håndbold 22 CB Gøran Sørheim 24 June 1990 1.83 m 35 37 SønderjyskE Håndbold 23 LB Inge Aas Eriksen 25 April 1994 1.93 m 8 5 IFK Kristianstad 24 CB Christian O'Sullivan 22 August 1991 1.90 m 55 75 IFK Kristianstad 27 RB Harald Reinkind 17 August 1992 1.96 m 60 135 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 30 GK Torbjørn Bergerud 16 July 1994 1.99 m 11 0 Lugi HF 89 LB Espen Lie Hansen 1 March 1989 1.96 m 103 351 A1 Bregenz HB

Matches and goals are correct as of 10 April 2016.

Individual all-time records

  Still active players are highlighted.

Most matches played Total number of matches played in official competitions only.[2] # Player Matches Goals 1 Steinar Ege 262 1 2 Jan Thomas Lauritzen 254 557 3 Roger Kjendalen 242 930 4 Børge Lund 216 389 5 Håvard Tvedten 208 809 6 Preben Vildalen 201 312 7 Johnny Jensen 200 288 8 Frode Hagen 188 574 9 Øystein Havang 187 717 10 Frank Løke 186 646 Last updated: 15 January 2016 Source: handball.no

Most goals scored Total number of goals scored in official matches only.[3] # Player Goals Matches Aver. 1 Roger Kjendalen 930 242 3,84 2 Håvard Tvedten 809 208 3,88 3 Øystein Havang 717 187 3,83 4 Frank Løke 646 186 3,47 5 Kristian Kjelling 615 159 3,86 6 Frode Hagen 574 188 3,05 7 Jan Thomas Lauritzen 557 254 2,19 8 Ole Gustav Gjekstad 548 149 3,68 9 Bjarte Myrhol 527 184 2,86 10 Rune Erland 474 129 3,67 Last updated: 9 April 2016 Source: handball.no

References

2. "Statistics – Matches" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
3. "Statistics – Goals" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile