Norway was seeded in group two and was guaranteed to either face one of the host nations Australia or New Zealand or one of the big nations. – The fact that Norway plays the opening match is a great opportunity to show what they have and you really have to embrace this opportunity to show off, says news’s football commentator Christian Nilssen. It was the latter and Norway thus missed out on teams such as the USA, England, Germany, France and Sweden. It is the fourth championship in a row that Norway has ended up in the group of the host nation. Norway ended up in group A with New Zealand, Switzerland and the Philippines. – Here it is good for Norway to look forward to being at the center of the attention of the world football team, says Nilssen. Hege Riise’s team is probably interested in fighting back after a European Championship that ended in failure with the 8-0 loss against England as a highlight in a negative sense. Since then, Norway has changed national team manager from Martin Sjögren to Hege Riise. The new national team manager has won three of his first four games. The previous match against the Netherlands, where Norway won 2-0 away from home, gives hope for next year’s championship. Here are all the groups: Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Philippines. Group B: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Nigeria. Group C: Spain, Japan, Costa Rica, Zambia. Group D: England, China, Denmark, playoff winner group B. Group E: USA, Netherlands, Vietnam, playoff winner group A. Group F: France, Brazil, Jamaica, playoff winner group C. Group G: Sweden, Italy, Argentina, South Africa. Group H: Germany, South Korea, Columbia, Morocco. Playoff A: Cameroon, Thailand or Portugal. Playoff B: Senegal, Haiti or Chile. Playoff C: Taiwan, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea or Panama.
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Norway with a dream draw – plays the opening match in the football World Cup – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcasting schedule
