Predictions: Jæren Open 2025

This article was translated by AI. The original article is written in Norwegian.

Tomorrow Norwegian table hockey kicks off again with the venerable Jæren Open. For the occasion, Jærligaen’s leading star Andreas Fjermestad has studied the entry list and formed an opinion about Saturday’s outcome.

From Jæren Open 2018. In the foreground, Andreas Fjermestad (r.) plays against Espen Moe.

8. Sinus Moberg

Manages to reach the A group ahead of seasoned players like Thorbjørn Hestvaag and Sondre Efteland Johansen. This tournament really shows how much better he has become at table hockey lately. Loses 2-4 to Amund after several games with 10+ goals.

7. Andreas Fjermestad

Andreas has had enormously poor league results lately. Among other things, he managed to finish second to last just a few league nights before the tournament. The poor results continue into Jæren Open as well. Halfway through the tournament Andreas takes off his watch, convinced that the weight difference on his hand must be the reason his left shovel isn’t working. This doesn’t help either. He barely scrapes into the A group with an 8th place in the group stage. Raises his level somewhat in the intermediate round, but is many points behind Benjamin in 6th. In typical fashion he faces Magnus Klippen in the quarterfinal. Gives up in 3 of 4 games and expects applause from Magnus for completing the last game. Loses 0-4.

6. Benjamin Nygård

Takes points off Magnus, Vegard and Daniel in the intermediate round and is well placed for a top 4 finish for a long time. But then loses to Moberg and a weak Fjermestad in the final games and tumbles down to 6th place. Then faces Vegard Klippen and loses 4-1.

5. Arne Hetlelid

Arne Hetlelid plays enormously well and is only 3 points behind Magnus in second place in the intermediate round. He then faces Daniel in the quarterfinal and sets a new record for the number of Eideskudd in a best of 7. Daniel has made the blunder of choosing a board that is magical for taking Eideskudd on. Unfortunately loses in the seventh game by missing an Eideskudd in the dying seconds, which gives Daniel a goal with a simple Selsengfinte.

“Halfway through the tournament Andreas takes off his watch, convinced that the weight difference on his hand must be the reason his left shovel isn’t working. This doesn’t help either.”

– Andreas Fjermestad

3. Amund Risa Fylling

Amund as usual plays a strong intermediate round and concedes by far the fewest goals. In the quarterfinal he faces Sinus Moberg, who has done enormously well in this tournament. Amund thinks back to the league night before, when Sinus beat him and knocked him out. He loses the first two games, but eventually cracks the code for beating the world’s best 8-year-old, and wins the next 4 games. Then faces Daniel Nygård. Amund brings the first game home after very late and cynical play. Daniel exploits this in the following games by scoring the first goal of every game and gives Amund a taste of his own medicine, with very cynical play that would not have made the rest of the Bergen league proud. Amund eventually loses 4-2 to Daniel.

3. Vegard Klippen

Vegard makes a “comeback”! He has finally managed to gather his strength back after being sent out of the Bergen Open by Arne Hetlelid, and is very pleased he doesn’t have to face him again. Loses the game against Arne Hetlelid in the intermediate round and therefore loses the three games after that intermediate-round loss. In the quarters he faces Benjamin Nygård, who is in superb form at the moment, but wins comfortably 4-1. In the semifinal he faces his brother Magnus in a furious semifinal. Vegard has summoned all his strength and wins the first two games. Magnus then comes back and wins three games in a row. Vegard then takes the sixth game and leads the last game in the dying seconds. Is openly fuming when Magnus manages to sneak in a lovely garbage goal in the final second. Vegard is openly affected by the goal and unfortunately carries this into the sudden death and concedes a spjass relatively quickly.

2. Daniel Nygård

Daniel has been climbing higher and higher up the standings in the latest Norwegian tournaments. He ends up in fourth place in the intermediate round and faces Arne Hetlelid in a furious semifinal. Daniel wins in 7 games, 4-3. Then faces Magnus and is absolutely delighted to manage to win a game this time.

1. Magnus Klippen

This year’s first place in Jæren Open will come as no shock to many. Magnus once again occupies first place in Jæren Open. Magnus puts in a disappointing intermediate round and just barely scrapes second place in a tight table. He runs straight over Andreas Fjermestad in the quarterfinal, but has somewhat more trouble with his brother in the semifinal. In the final he also wins reasonably comfortably. Another NBA victory for the middle brother of the Klippen family!

Who wins Jæren Open 2025

• Amund Risa Fylling

• Vegard Klippen

• Daniel Nygård

• Magnus Klippen

Leave your own prediction for Jæren Open 2025 in the comments below! More information about the tournament can be found here.