Women's football in Norway

For more in depth, albeit general information see Football in Norway.
Women's football in Norway
Country Norway
Governing body Football Association of Norway
National team(s) Women's national team
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions
Champions League
FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team)
European Championship(National Team)
Olympics(National Team)

Women's football in Norway is one of the traditional powers of women's football.[1][2][3] The Norwegian Women's Football Championship is a tournament reserved for women's football teams divided into six levels, consisting of a national championship in the top three under the aegis of the Norwegian Football Association (NFF), while the lower ones are managed by various regional associations. Toppserien is the biggest football division in Norway by importance and is followed by the 1st divisjon hierarchy. The Norwegian football system consists of a series of alloys linked to each other by hierarchy through promotions and retrocessions. In each division the teams face an Italian round with round-trip matches. You assign three points to the winning team, one point for each team in the event of a tie and zero to the defeated team.

National competition

The highest level is the Toppserien, a division consisting of 12 teams, which assigns the champion title of Norway.[4] From the Toppserien they are relegated to 1. division the teams ranked at the last two places of the final standings. The second level is represented by the 1st division, created in 1996 and consisting of 12 teams. The first two classifieds of the 1st. division are promoted in Toppserien, while the last two are back in 2nd division. The third level is represented by the 2nd division, consisting of groups with a variable number of up to 12 teams each, geographically divided. The winning teams of the nine groups, the first two of only group 1, are facing to define the two teams promoted in 1. division, while the relegations are individually managed by the regional associations.

National team

The Norway women's national football team, organised by the Football Association of Norway, have a history of success on the international stage, winning both the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics.[5][6][7] In 2017 the Football Association of Norway decided men and women got equal pay.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Out of this World". FIFA. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  2. ↑ UEFA.com. "Norway's women leaders show the way". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Schlesinger, Torsten; Weigelt-Schlesinger, Yvonne. "Sport in Globalised Societies. Changes and Challenges: Book of Abstracts". Waxmann Verlag. Retrieved 13 July 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Leighton, Tony (2011-01-30). "Trip to Norway is an eye-opener for Lincoln Ladies' Rod Wilson". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  5. ↑ Longman, Jere (2000-09-29). "Out of this World". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  6. ↑ "SOCCER; U.S. Women Beat Norway To Capture World Cup". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  7. ↑ "Norway Women Win World Cup - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 1995-06-19. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  8. ↑ Wrack, Suzanne (17 October 2017). "Norway's historic pay deal for women's team shows it can be done - Suzanne Wrack". Retrieved 26 October 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.
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