Norway women's national under-18 ice hockey team explained

Norway
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Nickname:Isbjørnene (The Polar Bears)
Association:Norwegian Ice Hockey Association
Coach:Janne Salmela
Asst Coach:Marte Carlsson
Magnus Evensen
Captain:Maren Knudsen
Most Games:Several players (20)
Top Scorer:Andrea Dalen (11)
Mathea Fischer (11)
Most Points:Mathea Fischer (22)
Iihf Code:NOR
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First Game: 2 - 1
(Chambéry, France; 28 December 2008)
Largest Win: 15 - 0
(Jaca, Spain; 8 January 2024)
Largest Loss: 12 - 1
(Piešťany, Slovakia; 6 April 2010)
World Champ2 Name:IIHF World Women's U18 Championships - Division I A
World Champ2 Apps:14
World Champ2 First:2009
World Champ2 Best:2nd (2015)
Record:27–41–0

The Norway women's national under-18 ice hockey team is the national under-18 ice hockey team in Norway. The team represents Norway at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.

History

The inaugural Norway national under-18 participation was on 12–14 December 2008 in Hønefoss. The team would compete at Division I, which were held in Chambéry, France from 28 December 2008 to 2 January 2009. Birger Aaserud og Kjersti Malo Dyb lead the national team.[1]

Their division competition were: Japan, France, Slovakia and Austria. They lost in every match, earned a goal deposit of 9–16 and avoided relegation as there is no placement lower than last team of Division I. Japan earned a promotion.

The 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I tournament was on 3–9 April in Piešťany, Slovakia. They faced France, Slovakia and Austria, relegated Switzerland, and new team Kazakhstan.[2] They lost four of the matches, won their first match against Kazakhstan, and ended 5th in the Division. Switzerland was promoted

World Women's U18 Championship record

YearGPWLGFGAPtsRank
2009 4 0 4 9 16 0 13th place
2010 5 1 4 14 27 3 13th place
2011 5 2 3 16 11 6 12th place
2012 5 2 3 13 13 6 12th place
2013 5 3 2 10 10 9 12th place
2014 5 2 3 11 14 6 12th place
2015 5 4^ 1* 14 9 12 10th place
2016 5 2 3 14 12 6 12th place
2017 5 2^ 3 14 14 5 11th place
2018 5 1^ 4 4 13 2 14th place (Relegated to Division I B)
2019 5 4^ 1* 14 4 12 16th place
2020 5 3 2** 13 7 11 15th place (Promoted to Division 1 A)[3]
2022 4 0 4* 5 26 1 13th place
2023 5 1 4 8 16 3 14th place (Relegated to Division I B)
2024 5 5 0 37 4 15 15th place (Promoted to Division 1 A)

^Includes one win in extra time (in the round robin)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Innkalling til samling for U18 Jenter. 12 December 2008. hockey.no. no. 8 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724123820/http://hockey.no/t2.asp?p=76106&x=1&a=239532. 24 July 2011. dead.
  2. News: U18 kvinner: Oppdatert VM-info. 1 April 2010. hockey.no. no. 8 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724123856/http://hockey.no/t2.asp?p=76106&x=1&a=261105. 24 July 2011. dead.
  3. Web site: 2020 IIHF World Women U18 Championship: Norway. iihf.com. 2020-01-11.