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Skien 2024: Get to Know Norway
Host nation will be joined by five teams at this year's World Para Ice Championships B-Pool from 15-20 April, with the top two finishers advancing to the A-Pool for next season and the bottom team being relegated to the C-Pool 02 Apr 2024
The 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championships B-Pool will take place from 15-20 April in Skien, Norway. It will be the 10th edition of World Championships B-Pool and first time Norway will play host. Six teams will compete, with the top two finishers advancing to the A-Pool for next season and the bottom finisher being relegated to the C-Pool.
Follow along as we break down what you need to know about each team.
Background
Norway enters the tournament as the top seed after finishing in seventh place at the last World Championships A-Pool. The host nation has a long history in putting on major Para ice hockey events, including the Lillehammer 1994 Paralympic Winter Games and the 2012 World Championships A-Pool in Hamar.
This will mark the first time Norway plays in the B-Pool tournament, and it will do so aiming to course correct and vault itself back to the A-Pool to keep its hopes alive of making the Milano Cortina 2026 Games. In 2022, Norway failed to make the Winter Paralympics for the first time in history since the sport was added to the Games programme in 1994.
World Championships History
2023: 7th place (A-Pool)
2021: 6th place (A-Pool)
2019: 5th place (A-Pool)
2017: 4th place (A-Pool)
2015: 4th place (A-Pool)
2013: 5th place (A-Pool)
2012: 6th place (A-Pool)
2009: Silver (A-Pool)
2008: Silver (A-Pool)
2004: Gold (A-Pool)
2000: Silver (A-Pool)
1996: Silver (A-Pool)
Athlete to Watch
Ola Oiseth led Norway at last year’s World Championships A-Pool with eight points, nearly double that of any other skater in the programme. The 25-year-old forward has Paralympic experience, playing at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games when he was only 19, and has the potential to be one of the top scorers in Skien.
Coaching Duties
Ole Eskild Dahlstroem will make his World Championship debut as the national team coach. Also of note, former national team player Magnus Boegle will serve as the Team Manager.
Matchup to Watch: Norway vs. Germany on 20 April
The final game of the tournament could be for all the marbles with top-seeded Norway against second-seeded Germany. The teams played twice at the World Championships A-Pool last year, each taking one win.
