Denmark men's national basketball team

Denmark

FIBA ranking	59 (25 February 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA	1951
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	DBBF
Coach	Allan Foss
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

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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.

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.

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.

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

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Competitive record

FIBA World Cup World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1950 No national representative 1954 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 2023 Did not qualify 4 0 4 2027 To be determined To be determined Total 0/18 4 0 4 Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1952 No national representative 1952 Did not enter 1956 Did not qualify 1960 Did not enter Did not enter 1964 1968 1972 Did not qualify 3 0 3 1976 Did not enter Did not enter 1980 1984 1988 Did not qualify 4 0 4 1992 Did not enter Did not enter 1996 to 2016 2020 2024 Did not qualify Did not qualify 2028 To be determined To be determined 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 1935 to 1949 No national representative 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 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 2015 Did not qualify 12 2 10 2017 6 2 4 2022 18 6 12 2025 20 9 11 Total 3/36 26 3 23 178 61 117

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2024

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers matches on 21 and 24 February 2025 against Georgia and Finland.^[2]

Denmark men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 0 Bakary Dibba 23 – (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Heidelberg G 1 Iffe Lundberg 30 – (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Partizan C 2 Marcus Engelhardt 18 – (2006-12-01)1 December 2006 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Unicaja SF 3 Sylvester Berg 26 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Bakken Bears C 6 Jonas Zohore 33 – (1991-07-06)6 July 1991 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Balkan SG 7 Liam Sørensen 24 – (2000-11-15)15 November 2000 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Horsens SF 8 Darko Jukić 34 – (1990-08-23)23 August 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bakken Bears G/F 11 Mads Stürup 27 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Gipuzkoa C 13 Kevin Larsen 31 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Lucentum PF 17 Frederik Drejer 18 – (2006-08-07)7 August 2006 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Ulm SF 18 Gustav Knudsen 21 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Spirou F 31 Shavon Shields 30 – (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Olimpia Milano G/F 77 Tobias Jensen 20 – (2004-05-08)8 May 2004 1.98 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 21 February 2025

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Jonas Zohore	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	Iffe Lundberg	Adama Darboe	Frederik Nielsen	Chanan Colman

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

: 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: ?)

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: 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: ?)

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: 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: ?)

• 2018–present: Spalding

• Sport in Denmark
• Denmark women's national basketball team
• Denmark men's national under-20 basketball team
• Denmark men's national under-18 basketball team
• Denmark men's national under-16 basketball team
• Denmark men's national 3x3 team

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

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