The Hindu·2 min read·easy
Watch: Royal welcome for Norway: 100,000 fans celebrate world cup heroes
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The Hindu Bureau
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Norway celebrated its national football team's best-ever World Cup performance with a royal ceremony and parade, despite their quarter-final loss to England. Star player Erling Haaland was notably absent from the final festivities.
Despite a heartbreaking 2-1 extra-time quarter-final defeat to England, supporters celebrated Norway’s best-ever World Cup run. The festivities featured a Royal Palace ceremony, a “Viking row” led by Crown Prince Haakon, and an open-top bus parade through the capital. Erling Haaland, who scored seven goals in the tournament, left early and missed the final celebrations.
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