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Denmark men's national basketball team

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.

Denmark
FIBA ranking55 Increase 3 (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1951
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationDBBF
CoachAllan Foss
Nickname(s)De rød-hvide
(The Red and White)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances3
MedalsNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances1
MedalsGold Gold: (2010)
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 national team competed regularly at the EuroBasket in the 1950s, the top European tournament. 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

Olympic Games

Olympic GamesQualifying
YearPositionPldWLPldWL
1952Did not enter
1956Did not qualify
1960Did not enterDid not enter
1964
1968
1972Did not qualify303
1976Did not enterDid not enter
1980
1984
1988Did not qualify404
1992Did not enterDid not enter
1996 to 2016
2020
2024Did not qualifyDid not qualify
2028To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/19707

Championship for Small Countries

FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
YearPositionPldWL
2010 550
Total550

EuroBasket

EuroBasketQualification
YearPositionPldWLPldWL
195114th1037
195316th808
195518th808
1957Did not enter
1959
1961
1963Did not enter
1965
1967Did not qualify312
1969303
1971413
1973615
1975Did not enterDid not enter
1977Did not qualify523
1979413
1981422
1983Did not enterDid not enter
1985Did not qualify431
1987422
1989312
1991413
19931037
1995Did not enterDid not enter
1997Did not qualify523
199915510
2001514
200315411
2005Division B642
2007Did not qualify14212
2009Division B808
2011Did not enterDid not enter
2013
2015Did not qualify12210
2017624
202218612
2025To be determinedTo be determined
Total3/352632315852106

Results and fixtures

  Win  Loss

2023

v  Denmark
22 July 2023 Switzerland  46–60  DenmarkFribourg, Switzerland
17:30 (UTC+2)Scoring by quarter: 6–18, 17–9, 13–12, 10–21
Pts: three players 7
Rebs: Rocak 5
Asts: Fofana 3		BoxscorePts: Lundberg 14
Rebs: Dibba 10
Asts: Lundberg, Zohore 3		Arena: Salle Saint-Lèonard
Attendance: 540
Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Łukasz Jankowski (POL)
v  Kosovo
26 July 2023 Denmark  82–75  KosovoNæstved, Denmark
18:00 (UTC+2)Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 17–27, 25–22, 13–10
Pts: Lundberg 20
Rebs: Dibba 9
Asts: Jukić 7		BoxscorePts: Artis 23
Rebs: Berisha, Shoshi 6
Asts: Artis 4		Arena: Næstved Arena
Attendance: 930
Referees: Geert Jacobs (BEL), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Javier Torres (ESP)
v   Switzerland
2 August 2023 Denmark  94–81   SwitzerlandNæstved, Denmark
18:00 (UTC+2)Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 26–9, 27–21, 23–26
Pts: Lundberg 22
Rebs: Erikstrup 9
Asts: Jukić 9		BoxscorePts: De la Fuente 22
Rebs: Fofana, Martin 5
Asts: Fofana 9		Arena: Næstved Arena
Attendance: 1,280
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Josip Jurčević (CRO), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU)
v  Denmark
5 August 2023 Kosovo  63–88  DenmarkPrizren, Kosovo
20:45 (UTC+2)Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 11–23, 17–21, 18–20
Pts: Artis, Janjeva 11
Rebs: Hajrizi 6
Asts: Hajrizi 3		BoxscorePts: Lundberg 28
Rebs: Zohore 9
Asts: Lundberg 5		Arena: Sezai Surroi Sports Hall
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Gellért Kapitány (HUN), Mehmet Şahin (TUR)

2024

v  Georgia
23 February 2024 Denmark  75–69  GeorgiaNæstved, Denmark
18:30 (UTC+1)Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 16–14, 22–16, 25–16
Pts: Lundberg 19
Rebs: Knudsen 6
Asts: Lundberg 7		BoxscorePts: Shengelia 27
Rebs: Shermadini 8
Asts: Thomasson,
Tsintsadze 4		Arena: Næstved Arena
Attendance: 2,153
Referees: Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU)
v  Denmark
26 February 2024 Finland  89–85  DenmarkEspoo, Finland
18:30 (UTC+2)Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 19–31, 30–14, 17–13
Pts: Jantunen 19
Rebs: Jantunen 7
Asts: Maxhuni 6		BoxscorePts: Lundberg 26
Rebs: Dibba 7
Asts: Larsen, Lundberg 6		Arena: Espoo Metro Areena
Attendance: 5,339
Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)
v  Serbia
21 November 2024 Denmark  vs.  SerbiaDenmark
Boxscore
v  Denmark
24 November 2024 Serbia  vs.  DenmarkSerbia
Boxscore

2025

v  Denmark
21 February 2025 Georgia  vs.  DenmarkGeorgia
Boxscore
v  Finland
24 February 2025 Denmark  vs.  FinlandDenmark
Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers matches on 23 and 26 February 2024 against Georgia and Finland.[2]

Denmark men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F0Bakary Dibba22 – (2001-10-23)23 October 20012.01 m (6 ft 7 in)Tübingen
G1Gabriel Lundberg29 – (1994-12-04)4 December 19941.93 m (6 ft 4 in)Virtus Bologna
SF3Sylvester Berg25 – (1998-05-27)27 May 19982.01 m (6 ft 7 in)Bakken Bears
G4Sebastian Åris28 – (1995-12-09)9 December 19951.88 m (6 ft 2 in)Coruña
PG5Adam Heede-Andersen27 – (1996-07-04)4 July 19961.87 m (6 ft 2 in)Værløse
C6Jonas Zohore32 – (1991-07-06)6 July 19912.10 m (6 ft 11 in)Rajawali Medan
SF8Darko Jukić33 – (1990-08-23)23 August 19901.98 m (6 ft 6 in)Bakken Bears
G/F11Mads Bonde26 – (1997-05-24)24 May 19971.99 m (6 ft 6 in)Gipuzkoa
C13Kevin Larsen30 – (1993-07-17)17 July 19932.07 m (6 ft 9 in)Estudiantes
F18Gustav Knudsen20 – (2003-04-16)16 April 20032.04 m (6 ft 8 in)Bakken Bears
PF41Morten Bülow25 – (1999-01-10)10 January 19992.04 m (6 ft 8 in)Randers
G71Jonathan Klussmann21 – (2002-10-06)6 October 20021.88 m (6 ft 2 in)La Roda
G/F77Tobias Jensen19 – (2004-05-08)8 May 20041.98 m (6 ft 6 in)Ulm
Head coach
  • Allan Foss
Assistant coach(es)
  • Michael Bree
  • Jeffrey Jensen
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 23 February 2024

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2Bench 3
CJonas ZohoreAsbjørn MidtgaardSami ElerakyJacob Jensen
PFKevin LarsenDaniel MortensenZarko JukićSylvester Berg
SFDarko JukicJonathan GillingChris NielsenMorten Sahlertz
SGShavon ShieldsPhilip HertzThomas LaerkeDavid Knudsen
PGGabriel LundbergAdama DarboeFrederik NielsenChanan Colman

Head coach position

  • Allan Foss – (2004–2009)
  • / Peter Hoffman – (2010–2011)
  • Pieti Poikola – (2013–2016)
  • Erez Bittman – (2017–2021)
  • Arnel Dedić – (2021–2022)
  • Allan Foss – (2022–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: ?)

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