Denmark men's national basketball team

Denmark
FIBA ranking	55 1 (9 August 2021)
Joined FIBA	1951
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	DBBF
Coach	Arnel Dedić
Nickname(s)	De rød-hvide; (The Red and White)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	3
Medals	None
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances	1
Medals	Gold: (2010)
Home	Away
First international
	Denmark 13–109 Soviet Union ; (Paris, France; 3 May 1951)
Biggest win
	Denmark 99–51 Cyprus ; (Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 April 1986)
Biggest defeat
	Soviet Union 118–14 Denmark ; (Moscow, Soviet Union; 25 May 1953)

The Denmark men's national basketball team (Danish: Danmarks landsbasketballhold) represents Denmark in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Danish Basketball Association.

The Denmark national team competed regularly at the EuroBasket, the top European tournament in the 1950s. Their best appearance came in 1951. Although since then, the team has struggled to maintain consistency to challenge the international elites. Denmark also has yet to reach qualification to play on the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

History[]

EuroBasket 1951[]

Denmark debuted in the European championships at the EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. They were defeated in all of their preliminary round games, going 0–4. They ended up in last place in their group. In a direct elimination match against Luxembourg, Denmark took a 46–45 lead with 5 seconds left. A final half-court shot by Luxembourg bounced off the rim, giving Denmark its first ever win at the EuroBasket tournament and advancing the team to the first classification round. They picked up another win there, against Scotland, finishing in third place in the group at 1–2. Their third win of the tournament came against Portugal in the 13th–16th place classification semifinal. Denmark then lost to Switzerland in the 13th/14th place match to finish 14th of the 18 teams with a record of 3–7.

EuroBasket 1953[]

Two years later, at the EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow, Denmark did not fare as well. They dropped eight of their matches (three in the preliminary round, three in the first classification round, and the two-second-round classification games) on their way to a 16th-place finish out of the 17 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955[]

At the EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest, the national team struggled there as well just as they did at the prior EuroBasket. Losing all eight of their matches in non competitive fashion, this time they finished in last place of the 18 teams at the event.

Later years[]

After the EuroBasket 1955, the Danish national team regressed and never qualified for a major tournament again. Though, they did achieve some success on a lower level, at the European Championship for Small Countries, where they won Gold in 2010.

Competitive record[]

FIBA World Cup[]

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1954	Did not qualify				Did not qualify
1959	Did not enter				Did not enter
1963
1967
1970	Did not qualify				EuroBasket served as qualifiers
1974
1978
1982
1986	Did not enter				Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify				EuroBasket served as qualifiers
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014	Did not enter				Did not enter
2019	Did not enter				Did not enter
2023	Did not qualify				4	0	4
Total	0/18				4	0	4

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1952	Did not enter
1956	Did not qualify
1960	Did not enter
1964	Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify
1972					3	0	3
1976
1980
1984
1988					4	0	4
1992
1996 to 2016
2020	Did not enter
2024	Did not qualify
Total	0/19				7	0	7

Championship for Small Countries[]

FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2010		5	5	0
Total		5	5	0

EuroBasket[]

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1951	14th	10	3	7
1953	16th	8	0	8
1955	18th	8	0	8
1957	Did not enter
1959
1961
1963					Did not enter
1965					Did not enter
1967	Did not qualify				3	1	2
1969					3	0	3
1971					4	1	3
1973					6	1	5
1975	Did not enter				Did not enter
1977	Did not qualify				5	2	3
1979					4	1	3
1981					4	2	2
1983	Did not enter				Did not enter
1985	Did not qualify				4	3	1
1987					4	2	2
1989					3	1	2
1991					4	1	3
1993					10	3	7
1995	Did not enter				Did not enter
1997	Did not qualify				5	2	3
1999					15	5	10
2001					5	1	4
2003					15	4	11
2005	Division B				6	4	2
2007	Did not qualify				14	2	12
2009	Division B				8	0	8
2011	Did not enter				Did not enter
2013	Did not enter				Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify				12	2	10
2017					6	2	4
2022					18	6	12
Total	3/35	26	3	23	158	52	106

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[]

Win Loss

2020[]

21 February 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Czech Republic	75–71 0	Denmark	showPardubice, Czech Republic 0
20:10	Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 30–22, 10–7, 16–22
	Pts: Bohačík 17 Rebs: Kříž 8 Asts: Bohačík 5	Boxscore	Pts: Lundberg 20 Rebs: Lundberg 8 Asts: 6	Arena: Pardubice Arena Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Zafer Yilmaz (TUR), Beniamino Attard (ITA)

24 February 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Denmark	72–88 0	Belgium	showCopenhagen, Denmark 0
18:15	Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 21–28, 13–23, 20–10
	Pts: Larsen 20 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: three players 4	Boxscore	Pts: Tabu 22 Rebs: Tabu 8 Asts: Tabu 7	Arena: Farum Arena Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

27 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Lithuania	76–80 0	Denmark	showVilnius, Lithuania* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 24–17, 13–22, 17–20
	Pts: Gailius 16 Rebs: Birutis 8 Asts: Kalnietis 6	Boxscore	Pts: Lundberg 28 Rebs: Lundberg 7 Asts: Lundberg 4	Arena: Siemens Arena Referees: Boris Krejić (SLO), Özlem Yalman (TUR), Pavol Fúska (SVK)

29 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Denmark	91–90 0	Czech Republic	showVilnius, Lithuania* ^{[note 1]} 0
16:30	Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 22–27, 19–23, 21–19
	Pts: Lundberg 38 Rebs: Zohore 10 Asts: 9	Boxscore	Pts: Peterka 24 Rebs: Peterka 8 Asts: Bohačík, Vyoral 7	Arena: Siemens Arena Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Mehmet Sahin (TUR)

2021[]

20 February 2021 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Belgium	88–65 0	Denmark	showVilnius, Lithuania* ^{[note 1]} 0
16:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 16–17, 26–15, 22–16
	Pts: Obasohan 19 Rebs: Lecomte, Obasohan 5 Asts: Lecomte 5	Boxscore	Pts: 18 Rebs: Zohore 8 Asts: 4	Arena: Avia Solutions Group Arena Referees: Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

22 February 2021 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Denmark	76–77 0	Lithuania	showVilnius, Lithuania* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 18–16, 23–17, 16–19
	Pts: Larsen 21 Rebs: Zohore 10 Asts: 6	Boxscore	Pts: Kalnietis 11 Rebs: Mačiulis 6 Asts: Kalnietis 6	Arena: Avia Solutions Group Arena Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Martin Vulić (CRO)

13 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Iceland	91–70 0	Denmark	showPodgorica, Montenegro* ^{[note 2]} 0
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 21–16, 22–12, 26–19
	Pts: Friðriksson 30 Rebs: Hlinason, Vilhjálmsson 9 Asts: Steinarsson 7	Boxscore	Pts: 27 Rebs: , 5 Asts: 8	Arena: Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Valentin Oliot (FRA)

14 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Denmark	68–79 0	Montenegro	showPodgorica, Montenegro* ^{[note 2]} 0
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 22–21, 20–12, 13–21
	Pts: 15 Rebs: 8 Asts: 6	Boxscore	Pts: Ivanović 18 Rebs: Barović 6 Asts: Popović 4	Arena: Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Zafer Yilmaz (TUR), Ivor Matějek (CZE)

17 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Denmark	73–89 0	Iceland	showPodgorica, Montenegro* ^{[note 2]} 0
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 21–21, 12–23, 22–19
	Pts: 14 Rebs: 6 Asts: 5	Boxscore	Pts: Friðriksson 21 Rebs: Acox 9 Asts: Friðriksson 8	Arena: Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Ivor Matějek (CZE)

18 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Montenegro	79–67 0	Denmark	showPodgorica, Montenegro* ^{[note 2]} 0
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 13–15, 18–17, 22–23
	Pts: Drobnjak 15 Rebs: Radončić 9 Asts: Popović 3	Boxscore	Pts: 16 Rebs: 9 Asts: 3	Arena: Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Valentin Oliot (FRA)

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches on 13 to 18 August 2021 against Iceland and Montenegro.^[4]

Denmark men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	2		25 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Ehingen
F	9		19 – (2001-08-22)22 August 2001	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Idaho State Bengals
G/F	11		24 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	Girona
PG	12		33 – (1988-07-27)27 July 1988	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Næstved
F	15	Zarko Jukić	28 – (1993-07-28)28 July 1993	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	KR
G/F	17		27 – (1994-06-26)26 June 1994	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Albacete
F	20		28 – (1993-06-07)7 June 1993	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
F	22		23 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Real Valladolid
F	24		23 – (1998-05-12)12 May 1998	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Saint Anselm College
F/C	25		22 – (1999-01-10)10 January 1999	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Valls
F/C	33		26 – (1994-10-21)21 October 1994	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Bakken Bears
F/C	37		26 – (1995-06-30)30 June 1995	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Næstved

Head coach

Arnel Dedić

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 13 August 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Jonas Bergstedt	Asbjørn Midtgaard	Sami Eleraky	Jacob Jensen
PF	Kevin Larsen	Daniel Mortensen	Zarko Jukić	Sylvester Berg
SF	Darko Jukic	Jonathan Gilling	Chris Nielsen	Morten Sahlertz
SG	Shavon Shields	Philip Hertz	Thomas Laerke	David Knudsen
PG	Gabriel Lundberg	Adama Darboe	Frederik Nielsen	Chanan Colman

Head coach position[]

– (2004–2009)
/ – (2010–2011)
– (2013–2016)
– (2017–2021)
Arnel Dedić – (2021–present)

Past rosters[]

1951 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 18 teams

3 Knud Lundberg, 4 Knud Norskov, 5 Erik Korsbjerg, 6 Erik Wilbek, 7 Peter Tantholdt, 8 Belger Can, 9 Bent Sondergaard, 10 Erik Melbye, 11 Sven Thomsen, 12 John Christensen, 13 Ove Nielsen, 14 Kai Sogaard, 15 Erik Carlsen, 16 Niels Mygind (Coach: ?)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 17 teams

3 Kai Sorensen, 4 Knud Norskov, 5 Knud Lundberg, 6 Peter Tantholdt, 7 John Christensen, 8 Erik Madsen, 10 Torben Starup-Hansen, 11 Ivan Rasmussen, 12 Ove Nielsen, 13 Erik Wilbek, 14 Pierre Meilsej, 15 Willi Mouritsen, 16 John Nielsen (Coach: ?)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 18 teams

3 Kai Sogaard, 4 Erik Korsbjerg, 5 Peter Tantholdt, 6 Pierre Meilsej, 7 An Lillelund, 8 Ivan Rasmussen, 9 Ove Nielsen, 10 T Storup, 11 P Hintz, 12 T Malmquist, 13 Willi Mouritsen, 14 S Sparre (Coach: ?)

Kit[]

Manufacturer[]

2018: Spalding

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows were played behind closed doors in select host cities.^[2]
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the European Pre-Qualifiers second round window in August 2021 were played in a single location in select host cities.^[3]

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Denmark during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2021". Retrieved 13 August 2021.

External links[]

Official website (in Danish)
Denmark at FIBA site
Denmark National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
Denmark Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos[]

Denmark v Belarus – Full Game – FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers Youtube.com video

[November_2020_and_February_2021_behind_closed_doors-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows were played behind closed doors in select host cities.^[2]

[August_2021_behind_closed_doors-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the European Pre-Qualifiers second round window in August 2021 were played in a single location in select host cities.^[3]

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[2] "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[4] "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[6] "Denmark during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2021". Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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