Norway national handball team

Norway
Information
Nickname	-
Association	Norwegian Handball Federation
Coach	Robert Hedin
Most caps	Steinar Ege (257)
Most goals	Roger Kjendalen (930)
Ranking	#16 (58 points)
Colours
Home Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1958)
Best result	6th, 1958
European Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2000)
Best result	6th, 2008
Infobox 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.

Current squad

The squad as of 13 January 2011 for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship:

Head coach: Robert Hedin

No. Pos. Name DoB (Age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Steinar Ege 10 April 1972 (1972-04-10) (age 39) 1.94 m 257 1 AG København 4 CB Johannes Hippe 24 July 1990 (1990-07-24) (age 21) 1.78 m 5 7 BSK/NIF 5 P Frank Løke 6 February 1980 (1980-02-06) (age 31) 1.93 m 186 646 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke 6 CB Kjetil Strand 2 October 1979 (1979-10-02) (age 32) 1.88 m 102 473 Viking Stavanger 7 RB/W Lars Erik Bjørnsen 20 July 1982 (1982-07-20) (age 29) 1.83 m 85 168 Team Tvis Holstebro 8 P Bjarte Myrhol 29 May 1982 (1982-05-29) (age 29) 1.90 m 117 315 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 9 CB Børge Lund 13 March 1979 (1979-03-13) (age 32) 1.96 m 180 339 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 LW Håvard Tvedten 29 June 1978 (1978-06-29) (age 33) 1.82 m 180 693 BM Valladolid 11 CB Erlend Mamelund 1 May 1984 (1984-05-01) (age 27) 1.85 m 84 266 Haslum 12 GK Ole Erevik 9 January 1981 (1981-01-09) (age 30) 1.96 m 122 0 KIF Kolding 13 RB Christoffer Rambo 18 November 1989 (1989-11-18) (age 21) 1.80 m 38 64 BM Valladolid 14 LB Espen Lie Hansen 1 March 1989 (1989-03-01) (age 22) 1.95 m 22 59 Drammen 15 LB Kristian Kjelling 18 September 1980 (1980-09-18) (age 31) 1.97 m 144 559 Aab Aalborg 18 CB Vegard Samdahl 21 March 1978 (1978-03-21) (age 33) 1.80 m 65 96 Wisła Płock 19 RW Thomas Skoglund 3 March 1983 (1983-03-03) (age 28) 1.82 m 99 178 Team Tvis Holstebro 20 LB Einar Sand Koren 12 November 1984 (1984-11-12) (age 26) 1.80 m 46 75 Haslum 23 LW Sondre Paulsen 21 May 1988 (1988-05-21) (age 23) 1.80 m 12 15 ØIF Arendal 25 LB Eivind Tangen 4 May 1993 (1993-05-04) (age 18) 1.80 m 18 12 Fyllingen

Appearances and goals updated on 26 January 2011.

Individual all-time records

  Still active players are highlighted.

Most matches played Total number of matches played in official competitions only.[1] # Player Matches Goals 1 Steinar Ege 257 1 2 Jan Thomas Lauritzen 254 557 3 Roger Kjendalen 242 930 4 Preben Vildalen 201 312 5 Johnny Jensen 191 287 6 Frode Hagen 188 574 7 Øystein Havang 187 717 8 Frank Løke 186 646 9 Håvard Tvedten 180 693 10 Børge Lund 180 339 Last updated: 18 January 2011 Source: handball.no

Most goals scored Total number of goals scored in official matches only.[2] # Player Goals Matches Average 1 Roger Kjendalen 930 242 2 Øystein Havang 717 187 3 Håvard Tvedten 693 180 4 Frank Løke 646 186 5 Frode Hagen 574 188 6 Kristian Kjelling 559 144 7 Jan Thomas Lauritzen 557 254 8 Ole Gustav Gjekstad 548 149 9 Rune Erland 474 129 10 Kjetil Strand 473 102 Last updated: 9 January 2011 Source: handball.no

References

1. ^ "Statistics – Matches" (in Norwegian). NHF. http://www.handball.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?LagId=6012&SpillerId=0&VS=&Order=2. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 
2. ^ "Statistics – Goals" (in Norwegian). NHF. http://www.handball.no/Statistikk_Landskamper.asp?LagId=6012&SpillerId=0&VS=&Order=3. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 

External links

• Norwegian Handball Federation