Norway At The FIFA Women's World Cup
The Norway women's national football team has represented Norway at the FIFA Women's World Cup on nine occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. They were runners up in 1991. They won the following tournament in 1995. They also reached the fourth place in 1999 and in 2007. 1991 World Cup Norway had five wins and a draw in the European Championship qualification. In the quarter-final against Hungary they won 2–1 at home, followed by 0–2 away. In the European Championship finals, Denmark was defeated after scoreless 100 minutes (the regular game time was 2 × 40 minutes at that time) – on a penalty shootout. The final against Germany also went into extra time, in which the Germans won 3–1. In the People's Republic of China Norway was in the group with the host, Denmark and New Zealand. In the first game they lost 0–4 against the Chinese women. The second game against New Zealand was won 4–0. Linda Medalen was the first Norwegian to scor ...
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Norway Women's National Football Team
The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. History Norway women's national football team emerged in 1978 for the Nordic Championship tournament, which was relatively early for Western Europe, but late for the Nordic countries, beating only Iceland. Having little culture for official clubs and a series system, Norway had a lot to do to catch up to especially Sweden and Denmark. Their early history therefore consisted of losing to their neighbours and eventually beating Northern Ireland for their first win. A power to be reckoned with Eventually, Norway marked themselves as one of the better countries in Europe, if inferior to their Nordic neighbours. They beat England, France and Switzerland. In the first qualification for the European Competition f ...
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