🇳🇴 NORWAY (NOR) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1937-)
8 wins, 4 reigns, 11 games with IHLC – ranked 12th
IHLC last held 13 April 2013

Norway, playing international hockey since 1937, first competed for the IHLC at the 1950 World Championship in London, and failed to capture the title until nearly fifty years later, winning the IHLC from Germany in 1996. After a second reign in 1997, the Isbjørnene failed to compete on the top international level throughout the 2000s, only recently reemerging as a contender on the backs of NHL stars lacing up for Norge. Norway has won two more IHLC titles since 2010, competed for the IHLC as recently as the 2018 Olympics, and surely will continue to compete in coming years.

IHLC GAMES
Total IHLC Games Played: 79
First IHLC Game: 2-0 loss vs. 🇬🇧 GBR, 15 Mar 1950
First IHLC Win: 3-1 win vs. 🇩🇪 GER, 05 Feb 1996
Latest IHLC Game: 3-0 loss vs. 🇨🇭 SUI, 14 May 2023
Latest IHLC Win: 5-0 loss vs. 🇸🇪 SWE, 20 Apr 2023
Largest IHLC Victory: 3-1 win (3 times, latest vs. 🇫🇮 FIN, 12 Apr 2013)
Largest IHLC Defeat: 14-2 loss vs. 🇷🇺 URS, 05 Mar 1965
Longest IHLC Undefeated Streak: 5 games (01 Nov – 08 Nov 1997)
Longest IHLC Winless Streak: 29 games (15 Mar 1950 – 05 Apr 1995)

IHLC HOSTING
IHLC Games Hosted: 70
First Game Hosted: 🇫🇮 FIN 4-1 NOR 🇳🇴, 12 Feb 1951 (Oslo)
Latest Game Hosted: 🇨🇿 CZE 1-0 NOR 🇳🇴, 04 Apr 2015 (Lillehammer)
Major Tournaments Hosted: Olympic Games (2: 1952, 1994), World Championship (2: 1958, 1999)

MAJOR TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Best IIHF World Championship Result: 4th (1: 1951)
Best Olympic Games Result: 8th (2: 1972, 2018)
Best Canada / World Cup Result: n/a

COMPETITIVE IHLC RECORDS
🇦🇹 AUSTRIA: 1 win, 0 losses
🇨🇦 CANADA: 0 wins, 13 losses, 1 tie
🇨🇿 CZECHIA: 0 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie
🇩🇰 DENMARK: 0 wins, 1 loss
🇫🇮 FINLAND: 1 win, 15 losses, 1 tie
🇫🇷 FRANCE: 1 win, 0 losses
🇩🇪 GERMANY / WEST GERMANY: 1 win, 2 losses
🇬🇧 GREAT BRITAIN: 0 wins, 2 losses
🇯🇵 JAPAN: 1 win, 0 losses, 2 ties
🇰🇿 KAZAKHSTAN: 0 wins, 1 loss
🇵🇱 POLAND: 1 win, 0 losses
🇷🇺 RUSSIA / SOVIET UNION: 0 wins, 7 losses
🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA: 0 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie
🇸🇮 SLOVENIA: 1 win, 0 losses
🇸🇪 SWEDEN: 0 wins, 12 losses, 2 ties
🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND: 1 win, 6 losses
🇺🇸 UNITED STATES: 0 wins, 1 loss

COMPLETE IHLC HISTORY
01. 🇬🇧 GBR 2-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 15 Mar 1950 – WC – London 🇬🇧
02. 🇬🇧 GBR 4-3 NOR 🇳🇴 – 17 Mar 1950 – WC – London 🇬🇧
03. 🇺🇸 USA 12-6 NOR 🇳🇴 – 22 Mar 1950 – WC – London 🇬🇧
04. 🇫🇮 FIN 4-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 12 Feb 1951 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
05. 🇫🇮 FIN 3-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 13 Feb 1951 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
06. 🇨🇦 CAN 8-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 11 Mar 1951 – WC – Paris 🇫🇷
07. 🇨🇦 CAN 11-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 23 Feb 1952 – OG – Oslo 🇳🇴
08. 🇨🇦 CAN 8-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 28 Feb 1954 – WC – Stockholm 🇸🇪
09. 🇷🇺 URS 11-3 NOR 🇳🇴 – 21 Feb 1958 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
10. 🇷🇺 URS 10-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 01 Mar 1958 – WC – Oslo 🇳🇴
11. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 05 Feb 1959 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
12. 🇸🇪 SWE 10-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 16 Mar 1962 – WC – Colorado Springs 🇺🇸
13. 🇷🇺 URS 14-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 05 Mar 1965 – WC – Tampere 🇫🇮
14. 🇩🇪 FRG 7-4 NOR 🇳🇴 – 13 Nov 1985 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
15. 🇩🇪 FRG 6-5 NOR 🇳🇴 – 14 Nov 1985 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
16. 🇨🇦 CAN 7-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 07 Nov 1987 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
17. 🇨🇦 CAN 4-4 NOR 🇳🇴 – 08 Nov 1987 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
18. 🇷🇺 URS 8-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 24 Jan 1988 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
19. 🇷🇺 URS 9-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 25 Jan 1988 – EX – Sarpsborg 🇳🇴
20. 🇫🇮 FIN 3-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 10 Apr 1990 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
21. 🇫🇮 FIN 5-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 12 Apr 1990 – EX – Lillehammer 🇳🇴
22. 🇸🇪 SWE 4-3 NOR 🇳🇴 – 17 Apr 1990 – WC – Fribourg 🇨🇭
23. 🇫🇮 FIN 4-3 NOR 🇳🇴 – 13 Dec 1990 – EX – Helsinki 🇫🇮
24. 🇷🇺 RUS 3-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 30 Apr 1992 – WC – Bratislava 🇨🇿
25. 🇸🇰 SVK 3-3 NOR 🇳🇴 – 17 Nov 1993 – THC – Lillehammer 🇳🇴
26. 🇸🇪 SWE 1-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 11 Apr 1994 – EX – Gjøvik 🇳🇴
27. 🇸🇪 SWE 8-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 12 Apr 1994 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
28. 🇸🇪 SWE 1-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 04 Apr 1995 – EX – Gjøvik 🇳🇴
29. 🇸🇪 SWE 6-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 05 Apr 1995 – EX – Sarpsborg 🇳🇴
30. 🇳🇴 NOR 3-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 05 Feb 1996 – RIC – Oslo 🇳🇴
31. 🇳🇴 NOR 4-3 FRA 🇫🇷 – 07 Feb 1996 – RIC – Oslo 🇳🇴
32. 🇳🇴 NOR 3-3 SWE 🇸🇪 – 01 Apr 1996 – EX – Hamar 🇳🇴
33. 🇸🇪 SWE 7-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 02 Apr 1996 – EX – Gjøvik 🇳🇴
34. 🇫🇮 FIN 1-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 21 Apr 1996 – WC – Vienna 🇦🇹
35. 🇨🇿 CZE 2-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 24 Apr 1996 – WC – Vienna 🇦🇹
36. 🇨🇦 CAN 7-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 26 Apr 1997 – WC – Turku 🇫🇮
37. 🇸🇪 SWE 4-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 29 Apr 1997 – WC – Turku 🇫🇮
38. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 26 Sep 1997 – EX – Winnipeg 🇨🇦
39. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 28 Sep 1997 – EX – Brandon 🇨🇦
40. 🇨🇦 CAN 4-3 NOR 🇳🇴 – 29 Sep 1997 – EX – The Pas 🇨🇦
41. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 30 Sep 1997 – EX – Flin Flon 🇨🇦
42. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 02 Oct 1997 – EX – Kenora 🇨🇦
43. 🇳🇴 NOR 5-3 JPN 🇯🇵 – 01 Nov 1997 – EX – Sarpsborg 🇳🇴
44. 🇳🇴 NOR 3-3 JPN 🇯🇵 – 03 Nov 1997 – EX – Hamar 🇳🇴
45. 🇳🇴 NOR 2-2 JPN 🇯🇵 – 04 Nov 1997 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
46. 🇳🇴 NOR 3-1 AUT 🇦🇹 – 06 Nov 1997 – WCQ – Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
47. 🇳🇴 NOR 3-0 POL 🇵🇱 – 08 Nov 1997 – WCQ – Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
48. 🇰🇿 KAZ 4-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 09 Nov 1997 – WCQ – Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
49. 🇫🇮 FIN 5-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 10 Apr 1999 – EX – Joensuu 🇫🇮
50. 🇫🇮 FIN 6-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 11 Apr 1999 – EX – Savonlinna 🇫🇮
51. 🇨🇭 SUI 5-3 NOR 🇳🇴 – 23 Apr 1999 – EX – Geneva 🇨🇭
52. 🇨🇭 SUI 5-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 24 Apr 1999 – EX – La Chaux-de-Fonds 🇨🇭
53. 🇸🇰 SVK 9-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 06 May 2000 – WC – Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
54. 🇸🇪 SWE 5-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 06 Apr 2006 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
55. 🇫🇮 FIN 3-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 14 May 2006 – WC – Rīga 🇱🇻
56. 🇨🇭 SUI 5-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 15 Apr 2009 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
57. 🇨🇭 SUI 3-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 16 Apr 2009 – EX – Oslo 🇳🇴
58. 🇳🇴 NOR 3-2 SUI 🇨🇭 – 17 May 2010 – WC – Mannheim 🇩🇪
59. 🇳🇴 NOR 3-1 SLO 🇸🇮 – 11 Nov 2010 – PC – Gomel 🇧🇾
60. 🇩🇰 DEN 3-2 NOR 🇳🇴 (SO) – 12 Nov 2010 – PC – Gomel 🇧🇾
61. 🇨🇦 CAN 3-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 07 May 2011 – WC – Košice 🇸🇰
62. 🇸🇪 SWE 5-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 05 Apr 2012 – EHC – Oslo 🇳🇴
63. 🇸🇪 SWE 7-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 06 Apr 2012 – EHC – Oslo 🇳🇴
64. 🇳🇴 NOR 3-1 FIN 🇫🇮 – 12 Apr 2013 – EHC – Lillehammer 🇳🇴
65. 🇫🇮 FIN 5-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 13 Apr 2013 – EHC – Lillehammer 🇳🇴
66. 🇨🇭 SUI 3-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 12 May 2013 – WC – Stockholm 🇸🇪
67. 🇫🇮 FIN 6-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 14 Feb 2014 – OG – Sochi 🇷🇺
68. 🇨🇦 CAN 3-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 20 May 2014 – WC – Minsk 🇧🇾
69. 🇨🇿 CZE 4-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 03 Apr 2015 – EHC – Lillehammer 🇳🇴
70. 🇨🇿 CZE 1-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 04 Apr 2015 – EHC – Lillehammer 🇳🇴
71. 🇫🇮 FIN 5-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 16 Feb2018 – OG – Gangneung 🇰🇷
72. 🇫🇮 FIN 3-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 18 Apr 2019 – EHC – Rovaniemi 🇫🇮
73. 🇫🇮 FIN 7-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 19 Apr 2019 – EHC – Kokkola 🇫🇮
74. 🇷🇺 RUS 5-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 10 May 2019 – WC – Bratislava 🇸🇰
75. 🇫🇮 FIN 6-2 NOR 🇳🇴 – 21 Apr 2022 – EHC – Joensuu 🇫🇮
76. 🇫🇮 FIN 2-1 NOR 🇳🇴 – 22 Apr 2022 – EHC – Kuopio 🇫🇮
77. 🇸🇪 SWE 4-3 NOR 🇳🇴 (OT) – 19 Apr 2023 – EHC – Östersund 🇸🇪
78. 🇸🇪 SWE 5-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 20 Apr 2023 – EHC – Östersund 🇸🇪
79. 🇨🇭 SUI 3-0 NOR 🇳🇴 – 14 May 2023 – WC – Rīga 🇱🇻

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