Predictions: Norway Open 2026

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

Norway Open 2026 kicks off at Giskehallen in Sandnes on Saturday, September 5. Daniel Nygård has looked into his crystal ball to give us his predictions.

Top 8 predictions – Norway Open 2026

8 – Andreas Fjermestad

Plays well, but gets a little too relaxed in the intermediate round since he is guaranteed to advance. Faces Rainers in the quarterfinal and has given up before the match even starts. Says the real tournament does not begin until the banquet, but gets knocked out in the first round there as well.

7 – Ville Henttonen

A perfectly respectable tournament. Faces Magnus Klippen in the quarterfinal and gives him a good fight. Is pleased to have beaten Trond Ove in the round of 16.

6 – James-John Forsberg

A slightly disappointing tournament for one of the two visiting juniors. He was expected to claim his first World Tour medal, so the quarterfinal loss to Amund hurt.

5 – Vegard Klippen

Plays a very good intermediate round and finishes in a solid third place. Faces Gustav in the round of 16 in a firecracker of a playoff match. Loses some energy from this and is probably surprised by his little brother’s level in the quarterfinal. Wins the cup.

4 – Øystein Klippen

After a slightly disappointing intermediate round, Øystein really pulls himself together and finds his rhythm with the center forward. He cruises into the quarterfinal, where he faces the eldest Billy Goat Gruff. It will be very close. Øystein advances solely because of his good spjass shots, but credit where credit is due: they were very good. Faces the middle Billy Goat Gruff in the semifinal, but does not quite have enough to get over the line. Magnus advances after 6 incredibly close games, and Øystein feels robbed of a place in the final.

3 – Amund Risa Fylling

Has received an enormous boost from hanging out with Rainers over the past few days. Some would call it world-class coaching, but yours truly gives the credit to Amund not caring about the result and simply playing to have fun. The quarterfinal against James-John is his showpiece event. Everything went in! Faces Rainers himself in the semifinal, and there is more laughter than table hockey. The score says 4-2, and Amund is ecstatic to add two cheap wins to his head-to-head record. Has more energy than Øystein in the bronze final and claims his first World Tour medal. Deserved!

2 – Magnus Klippen

You do not need to be a rocket scientist to guess who will reach the final of this tournament. The only thing that can stop Magnus is a poor intermediate round that makes him face Rainers before the final. This did not happen, and Magnus makes it comfortably to the final. The playoff matches are somewhat closer than first expected, and it is particularly worth noting that he lost 2 games to Sinus Moberg in the round of 32!

1 – Rainers Kalnins

When the most dominant player of this era takes part in a tournament of this calibre, it would be a disgrace to predict anything other than the truth. A Rainers giving his all does not lose a single game throughout the tournament. However, this is a Rainers treating it as a holiday, with the tournament merely a by-product. The remaining participants are therefore “fortunate” to face a somewhat weaker Rainers, who ends up losing a full 5 individual games. 1 in the group stage against Gustav Brådland, 2 against Amund Fylling in the semifinal, and 1 in the cup against Arne Hetlelid. He also claims his long-awaited victory in the shot cup, since his biggest rival has been completely outplayed by a wedding invitation.

What do you think of Daniel’s predictions? Find more information about Norway Open 2026 on the tournament page.