Valerenga was forced to move its Group 2 game indoors against fellow Norwegian first-division side Brann of Bergen because of bad weather.
Morten Berre scored a late goal to salvage the draw for Valerenga, still unbeaten in RL play. Stefan Ishizaki also scored for Valerenga in the second half, after Martin Knudsen and Charlie Miller put Brann two up in the first half.
Valerenga and Brann each have one point, two behind leader IFK Goteborg of Sweden, which was idle.
German soccer authorities, stung by a game-rigging scandal involving a ring of high-stake gamblers, is thinking of setting up its own betting agency.
Theo Zwanziger, one of two co-presidents of the German soccer federation (DFB), said the idea was to prevent game-rigging and help amateur soccer with the earnings.
The market should not be left to companies that make big turnovers "with our shows."
"They are using our games and we don't get anything out of it," Zwanziger said.
Zwanziger said the DFB was planning such a move after the 2006 World Cup, in cooperation with the German league, which runs the Bundesliga championship.
Oddset, the state-run betting agency, is a national sponsor of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Zwanziger said the turnover of bookmakers on German matches was up to 3 million euros (US$3.9 million) a year, "and we want to get a cut, since we provide the foundation."
Germany has been rocked by a match-fixing scandal, after referee Robert Hoyzer admitted accepting bribes to rig matches for a ring of Croatian gamblers who made huge winnings by placing bets with Oddset on manipulated matches.
Berlin prosecutors are investigating 25 people suspected of involvement in the scheme, including 14 players and four referees.
One referee remains in custody, while Hoyzer has been released. The three Croatian brothers suspected of masterminding the scheme also have been in prison since January.
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