Haaland attends ice hockey match ahead of World Cup debut

June 12, 2026, 07:40 Updated 35 minutes ago1 min read

Erling Haaland and Norway teammates watching an ice hockey game from the stands.

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Erling Haaland and his Norway teammates watched a Stanley Cup ice hockey game before the striker's World Cup debut.

Erling Haaland traded the football pitch for the ice rink as he and his Norway teammates attended a Stanley Cup ice hockey match ahead of the striker's World Cup debut.

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#	Standings	P	GD	Pts
1	Mexico	1	2	3
2	South Korea	1	1	3
3	Czech Republic	1	-1	0
4	South Africa	1	-2	0
1	Canada	0	0	0
2	Bosnia & Herzegovina	0	0	0
3	Qatar	0	0	0
4	Switzerland	0	0	0
1	Brazil	0	0	0
2	Morocco	0	0	0
3	Haiti	0	0	0
4	Scotland	0	0	0
1	USA	0	0	0
2	Paraguay	0	0	0
3	Australia	0	0	0
4	Türkiye	0	0	0
1	Germany	0	0	0
2	Curaçao	0	0	0
3	Ivory Coast	0	0	0
4	Ecuador	0	0	0
1	Netherlands	0	0	0
2	Japan	0	0	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0
4	Tunisia	0	0	0
1	Belgium	0	0	0
2	Egypt	0	0	0
3	Iran	0	0	0
4	New Zealand	0	0	0
1	Spain	0	0	0
2	Cape Verde Islands	0	0	0
3	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0
4	Uruguay	0	0	0
1	France	0	0	0
2	Senegal	0	0	0
3	Iraq	0	0	0
4	Norway	0	0	0
1	Argentina	0	0	0
2	Algeria	0	0	0
3	Austria	0	0	0
4	Jordan	0	0	0
1	Portugal	0	0	0
2	Congo DR	0	0	0
3	Uzbekistan	0	0	0
4	Colombia	0	0	0
1	England	0	0	0
2	Croatia	0	0	0
3	Ghana	0	0	0
4	Panama	0	0	0
1	Iran	0	0	0
2	Austria	0	0	0
3	Australia	0	0	0
4	Ivory Coast	0	0	0
5	Sweden	0	0	0
6	Uzbekistan	0	0	0
7	Qatar	0	0	0
8	Iraq	0	0	0
9	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0
10	Ghana	0	0	0
11	Haiti	0	0	0
12	Czech Republic	1	-1	0

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