Øystein Havang (born 3 September 1964) is a Norwegian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. He won national titles with Sandefjord TIF, and played for the

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over a period of ten years.

Biography

Havang was born on 3 September 1964. He played 187 matches and scored 717 goals for the

Norway men's national handball team The Norway men's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2024, Norway has been in two finals and won three medals. Honours In 2016, they w ...

between 1987 and 1997. He participated at the

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

and

1997 World Men's Handball Championship The 1997 World Men's Handball Championship was the 15th team handball World Championship. It was held in Kumamoto, Japan and was the first World Championship not played in a European country. Russia men's national handball team, Russia won the ch ...

s. With his club Sandefjord TIF Havang won national titles in 1993, 1999 and 2004. He was top scorer in the Norwegian league in the 1997 and 1998 seasons. Havang was awarded the Håndballstatuetten trophy from the

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in 2011.

References

1964 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-handball-bio-stub