When France sealed at the beginning of the second half to a 14-16 disadvantage, Norway timed out.
It had an effect and France, who had several five-goal inferiors, withdrew in the match.
When Grace Zaadi made it 19-18, France had taken the lead for the first time in the match.
The final minutes were gasping.
Nora Mörk stepped forward and made it 21-20 for Norway with three minutes left during a French expulsion and showed the team fightingface.
With less than two minutes left, Sanna Solberg made it 22-20 and France took a timeout.
But France was a beaten team.
The big Norwegian match winner was goalkeeper Silje Solberg who took 16 of 35 shots and had 46 in save percentage.
France otherwise got off to a good start and the great shooter Pauletta Foppa threw in 4-2, which started the team machine Norway who answered with five straight goals and went up to the lead 7-4.