{{short description|Norwegian handball player and coach}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Bent Dahl | image = File:20241026 OEHB Friendly CZE-UKR Tulln Bent Dahl Z09 1654.jpg | nationality = Norwegian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|10|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Vestfold, Norway | height = | position = | clubs1 = Reistad | clubs2 = Drammen HK | currentclub = Serbia (national team) | manageryears1 = 1997–2000 | managerclubs1 = Drammen HK | manageryears2 = 1999–2008 | managerclubs2 = Norway junior | manageryears3 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs3 = Oppsal IF | manageryears4 = 2011–2013 | managerclubs4 = Skrim Kongsberg | manageryears5 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs5 = Italy | manageryears6 = 2016–2018 | managerclubs6 = St.Hallvard Håndball | manageryears7 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs7 = Skrim Kongsberg (assistant) | manageryears8 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs8 = Siófok KC (assistant) | manageryears9 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs9 = Siófok KC | manageryears10 = 2021–2024 | managerclubs10 = SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea | manageryears11 = 2022–2025 | managerclubs11 = Czech Republic | manageryears12 = 2025 | managerclubs12 = Serbia }} '''Bent Dahl''' (born 5 October 1970) is a Norwegian handball coach and former player.
Dahl has been coaching several teams during his coaching career, including the Norway women's national junior handball team, the Italian women's national team, Siófok KC and Skrim Kongsberg. He has also been the analytical coach for the Russian national team from 2012 to 2016 and assistant coach for the Romanian women's national team.<ref>[https://www.laagendalsposten.no/bent-dahl-til-ungarn-og-verdens-beste-liga/s/5-64-630631 Bent Dahl til Ungarn og «verdens beste liga]. laagendalsposten.no, 2019-01-02</ref><ref>[https://dk.linkedin.com/in/bent-dahl-ba465149 Bent Dahl - Head Coach Czech Republic Woman Team]. Linkedin, 2023-04-14</ref>
It was announced on 20 September 2021 that Dahl would be taking over the Romanian top-tier team SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea with immediate effect.<ref>[https://handballfast.com/news/44729-rumyniya-vylca-obyavila-o-naznacenii-na-post-glavnogo-trenera-norvezca-benta-dalya-on-pomoshhnika-adriana-vasile-v-nacionalnoi-komande Румыния. "Вылча" объявила о назначении на пост главного тренера норвежца Бента Даля. Он помощник Адриана Василе в национальной команде]. handball.cz, 2021-09-20</ref>
In August 2022 he joined the Czech women's national team as the new national coach, where he was set to qualify the team for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.<ref>[https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/new-impulse-czech-republic-womens-national-team “A new impulse” for the Czech Republic women's national team]. International Handball Federation, 2022-09-02</ref> At the 2023 World Championship, he led the team to become the surprise of the tournament, when they reached the quarter-final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tv2.no/sport/vm-sjokket-dette-er-amatorenes-landslag/16292516/|publisher=TV2 Norway|title=VM-sjokket: – Dette er amatørenes landslag|date=11 December 2023|access-date=26 June 2025|language=no}}</ref>
He left the Czech national team after the 2024 European Championship, and was replaced by Tomáš Hlavatý.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/hlavaty-and-curda-take-over-czech-womens-national-team|publisher=International Handball Federation|title=Hlavatý and Čurda take over Czech women's national team|date=19 February 2025|language=en|access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref> He was also head coach of the Serbian national team for a short period, to qualify the team for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship, which succeeded.<ref>[https://www.zurnal.rs/sr/clanak/206352/rukomet/reprezentacija/dal-posle-dvomeca-sa-slovenijom-fokus-na-razvoj-srpskog-zenskog-rukometa]. zurnal.rs, 2025-02-14</ref>
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{{SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (women's handball)}} {{Authority control}}
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