Norway national basketball team

Norway
FIBA ranking	88 (T)
Joined FIBA	1968
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Norwegian Basketball Association
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Eurobasket
Appearances	None

The Norwegian national basketball team, regulated by Norges Basketballforbund, is the basketball side that represents Norway in international competitions.

Its first match was played in 1966, when Norway lost 39-74 to Iceland. The most capped player is Torgeir Bryn, with 111 caps.

Norway has tried qualifying for the Eurobasket competition several times, but never made it. They only entered the Olympic qualification once, for the 1988 Summer Olympics. Norway is one of Europe's most populous nations to never qualify for a major international basketball competition, only behind Belarus and Slovakia.

The men's team is inactive since 2001 whilst the women's team is also inactive since 2011.

Competitive record

FIBA EuroBasket						Qualification
Year	Pos.	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1967–1989	Did not qualify
1991	Did not qualify					4	1	3
1993						4	0	4
1995	Did not enter					Did not enter
1997	Did not qualify					5	0	5
1999						3	0	3
2001						9	3	6
2003–2017	Did not enter					Did not enter

Current roster

At the 2001 EuroBasket Qualification: ^[1] (last publicized squad)

Norway men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PG 5 Nima Taheri 19 – 20 August 1979 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kristiansand Pirates 6 Orji Nnamdi Okoroafor 19 – 24 February 1980 7 Hans Calix Black Ndiaye 18 – 18 May 1981 8 Oyvind Brauti Fritzen 18 – 13 November 1980 9 Marco Elsafadi 22 – 6 December 1976 10 Fred Raimo Erlandsen 27 – 19 July 1971 11 Frode Loftesnes 25 – 21 July 1973 12 Torgeir Bryn 34 – 19 August 1964 13 Torbjoern Brauti Fritzen 20 – 9 February 1979 15 Lars Gunnar Sonsteby 29 – 9 May 1970	Head coach Assistant coaches Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 19 May 1999

Notable players

• Torgeir Bryn - the first Scandinavian and the only Norwegian who has played in the NBA and the most capped player for the Norway national basketball team, with 111 matches.

References

1. Norway | 2001 EuroBasket Qualification, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

External links

• Official site
• Eurobasket