Norway picked up a World Cup victory over Senegal on Monday, June 23, and the celebration among Norwegian supporters was immediate — and loud.
Fans poured into the streets and flooded social media after the final whistle. The win kept Norway alive in the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, a competition being held across North America this summer.
Senegal came in as a team that has made deep World Cup runs before. The West African side reached the quarterfinals in 2002 and won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2022. Monday’s loss complicates their path forward depending on how results elsewhere shake out.
Norway, meanwhile, hadn’t qualified for a World Cup since 1998 before this cycle. The return to the tournament after nearly three decades away has made the stakes feel higher for their supporters — and Monday’s result only added to that. Whether they advance further depends on the rest of their group-stage schedule, which hasn’t concluded.
No final score or scorers were immediately confirmed.
