Norway women's national ice hockey team

Norway
Nickname(s)	The Polar Bears
Association	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association
Most games	Line Bialik (98)
Most points	Line Bialik (125)
IIHF code	NOR
IIHF ranking	15
Highest IIHF ranking	10 (first in 2012)
Lowest IIHF ranking	15 (first in 2005)
Team colors
First international
	Denmark 2–0 Norway; (27 December 1988; Copenhagen, Denmark)
Biggest win
	Norway 14–0 Netherlands; (6 April 1989; Ratingen, West Germany); Norway 14–0 Netherlands; (15 March 1991; Havířov, Czechoslovakia)
Biggest defeat
	United States 17–0 Norway; (21 March 1990; Ottawa, Canada)
World Championships
Appearances	24 (first in 1990)
Best result	6th (1990, 1992, 1994)
European Championships
Appearances	5 (first in 1989)
Best result	(1993)
International record (W–L–T)
	133–157–12

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The Norwegian women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team in Norway. The team represents Norway at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships and is controlled by Norges Ishockeyforbund.^[2]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Norway has never participated in the Women's hockey Olympic tournament.

World Championship

Norway participated in every World Women's Championship, realizing its best performance during the first three tournaments by garnering a sixth-place finish. In 1999, it failed to qualify for Group A, and has since competed in the lower levels. From 2001 until 2005, the Norwegian players competed in series to be relegated or promoted between the first and second division. Since 2007, they have competed in Division I. Of note, the National Under-18 team competes in Division I for its respective category.

Year	Result
1990	6th
1992	6th
1994	6th
1997	8th
1999	10th and 2nd in Group B
2000	11th and 3rd in Group B
2001	15th and 7th in Group B
2003	15th and 1st in Division II
2004	14th and 5th in Division I
2005	15th and 1st in Division II
2007	13th and 4th in Division I
2008	14th and 5th in Division I
2009	12th and 3rd in Division I
2011	10th and 2nd in Division I
2012	10th and 2nd in Division IA
2013	13th and 5th in Division IA
2014	10th and 2nd in Division IA
2015	13th and 5th in Division IA
2016	13th and 5th in Division IA
2017	11th and 3rd in Division IA
2018	14th and 5th in Division IA
2019	13th and 3rd in Division IA
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
2022	12th and 2nd in Division IA
2023	15th and 5th in Division IA
2024	11th and 1st in Division IA