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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Denmark women's national basketball team.

Denmark Denmark
File:Danish Basketball.jpg
FIBA ranking56 Decrease 1 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1951
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationDBBF
CoachErez Bittman
Nickname(s)De rød-hvide
(The Red and White)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances3
MedalsNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances1
MedalsGold Gold: (2010)

The Denmark men's national basketball team (Template:Lang-da) represents Denmark in international basketball competition. They are 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

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers

First round

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 4 4 0 336 282 +54 8 Advance to second round
2  Armenia 4 2 2 299 296 +3 6 Withdrew after first round
3  Albania 4 0 4 275 332 −57 4 Transfer to third round
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
26 November 2017 Armenia  71–780(OT)  Denmark Yerevan
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 21–13, 11–17, 18–21, Overtime: 2–9
Pts: Boatright 28
Rebs: Fischer 16
Asts: Boatright 5 		Boxscore Pts: Lundberg 21
Rebs: Colman 9
Asts: Lundberg 5 		Arena: Mika Sports Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Borys Shulga (UKR), Serkan Emlek (TUR), Goran Sljivić (AUT)
22 February 2018 Denmark  82–69  Albania Næstved
18:15 Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 18–21, 24–14, 15–17
Pts: Lundberg 28
Rebs: Lundberg 10
Asts: Colman 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ndoja 29
Rebs: Hysenagolli 7
Asts: Dusha 5 		Arena: Næstved Arena
Referees: Sigmundur Herbertsson (ISL), Juris Kokainis (LAT), Nikola Perlić (CRO)
28 June 2018 Denmark  90–64  Armenia Copenhagen
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 18–26, 28–12, 22–10
Pts: Larsen 19
Rebs: Larsen 13
Asts: Colman 9 		Boxscore Pts: Hess 20
Rebs: Chrabascz 7
Asts: Fischer 4 		Arena: Ballerup Super Arena
Referees: Ivan Miličević (BIH), Martynas Gudas (LTU), Marko Vučkovič (SLO)
1 July 2018 Albania  78–86  Denmark Tirana
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 18–19, 25–17, 14–21
Pts: Pullazi, Shima 15
Rebs: Pullazi 9
Asts: Moore 4 		Boxscore Pts: Jukić 23
Rebs: Bergstedt 7
Asts: Lundberg 7 		Arena: Tirana Olympic Park
Attendance: 100
Referees: Zoran Mitrovski (MKD), Alakbar Hasanov (AZE), Milosav Kaluđerović (MNE)

Second round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 2 2 298 282 +16 6 Qualification to EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Denmark 4 2 2 327 329 −2 6 Transfer to third round
3  Belarus 4 2 2 310 324 −14 6
Source: FIBA
13 September 2018 Belarus  94–980(OT)  Denmark Minsk
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 20–16, 15–7, 11–23, Overtime: 12–12, 12–16
Pts: Liutych 22
Rebs: three players 8
Asts: Sitnik 9 		Boxscore Pts: Lundberg 27
Rebs: Shields 9
Asts: Colman 8 		Arena: Falcon Club
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Haris Bijedić (BIH), Pavel Fuska (SVK), Martin Vulić (CRO)
16 September 2018 Denmark  76–72  Sweden Copenhagen
14:15 Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 19–15, 23–19, 14–10
Pts: Larsen 24
Rebs: Larsen 11
Asts: Nielsen 3 		Boxscore Pts: Czerapowicz 27
Rebs: Gaddefors 10
Asts: Gaddefors, Håkanson 4 		Arena: Ballerup Super Arena
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Tanel Suslov (EST), Paulo Marques (POR), Vladimir Jevtović (SRB)
2 December 2018 Denmark  79–84  Belarus Næstved
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 16–20, 21–19, 27–26
Pts: Gilling 22
Rebs: Jukić 7
Asts: Colman, Lundberg 3 		Boxscore Pts: Trastsinetski 21
Rebs: Parakhouski 10
Asts: Saddler 5 		Arena: Næstved Arena
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Michał Proc (POL), Mindaugas Večerskis (LTU), Zdenko Tomasović (SLO)
21 February 2019 Sweden  79–74  Denmark Malmö
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 15–15, 20–24, 22–13
Pts: Löfberg 18
Rebs: Rush 7
Asts: Massamba 6 		Boxscore Pts: Zohore Bergstedt 22
Rebs: Lundberg 10
Asts: Colman 5 		Arena: Baltiska hallen
Attendance: 3,452
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Mart Uuehendrik (EST), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

Third round

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 4 4 0 313 274 +39 8 Qualification to EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Belarus 4 2 2 314 267 +47 6
3  Albania 4 0 4 247 333 −86 4
Source: FIBA
7 August 2019 Belarus  78–81  Denmark Minsk
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 26–17, 14–19, 23–18
Pts: Wayns 15
Rebs: Parakhouski 8
Asts: Rubinshteyn 6 		Boxscore Pts: Lundberg 30
Rebs: Hertz 7
Asts: three players 4 		Arena: Falcon Club
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Janusz Calik (POL), Saša Maričić (SRB)
10 August 2019 Denmark  95–73  Albania Copenhagen
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 23–14, 23–17, 27–20
Pts: Lundberg 23
Rebs: Lundberg 10
Asts: Hertz 5 		Boxscore Pts: Hysenagolli 23
Rebs: Shima 6
Asts: Shestani 4 		Arena: Ballerup Super Arena
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Wojciech Liszka (POL)
17 August 2019 Denmark  69–66  Belarus Copenhagen
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 7–17, 18–20, 22–15, 22–14
Pts: Lundberg 27
Rebs: Gilling 8
Asts: Larsen, Lundberg 3 		Boxscore Pts: Salash 17
Rebs: Parakhouski 9
Asts: Trastsinetski 5 		Arena: Ballerup Super Arena
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Petar Denkovski (MKD), Martin Horozov (BUL)
21 August 2019 Albania  57–68  Denmark Tirana
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 17–14, 6–19
Pts: Moore 16
Rebs: Hysenagolli 9
Asts: Lekndreaj 4 		Boxscore Pts: Bergstedt 12
Rebs: Christensen, Rungby 7
Asts: Nielsen, Bergstedt 3 		Arena: Tirana Olympic Park
Attendance: 150
Referees: Siniša Herceg (CRO), Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Alin Faur (ROU)

EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 264 199 +65 6 EuroBasket 2022
2  Denmark 3 1 2 223 239 −16 4
3  Lithuania 3 1 2 238 255 −17 4[a]
4  Czech Republic 3 1 2 226 258 −32 4[a] EuroBasket 2022 as host
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Lithuania 97–89 Czech Republic
21 February 2020 Czech Republic  75–71  Denmark Pardubice
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: Darboe 6 		Arena: Pardubice Arena
Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Zafer Yilmaz (TUR), Beniamino Attard (ITA)
24 February 2020 Denmark  72–88  Belgium Copenhagen
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 Lithuania  76–80  Denmark Vilnius, Lithuania
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 Denmark  vs.  Czech Republic Vilnius, Lithuania
16:30
Boxscore Arena: Siemens Arena
19 February 2021 Belgium  vs.  Denmark
Boxscore
22 February 2021 Denmark  vs.  Lithuania
Boxscore
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.[2]

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers matches played on 21 and 24 February 2020 against Czech Republic and Belgium.[3]

Denmark men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 1 Gabriel Lundberg 25 – (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Iberostar Tenerife Spain
PG 2 Sebastian Petersen 24 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Svendborg Rabbits Denmark
G 4 Adama Darboe 33 – (1986-04-26)26 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Bakken Bears Denmark
C 6 Jonas Bergstedt 28 – (1991-07-06)6 July 1991 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Rilski Sportist Bulgaria
F 8 Darko Jukić 29 – (1990-08-23)23 August 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bakken Bears Denmark
C 9 Sami Eleraky 26 – (1993-05-30)30 May 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Zamalek Egypt
SF 11 Mads Bonde Stürup 22 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Innova Chef Spain
PG 12 Frederik Nielsen 31 – (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Murcia Spain
F/C 21 Kevin Larsen 26 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Palencia Spain
F 31 Jonathan Gilling 28 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Almansa Spain
F 33 Daniel Mortensen 25 – (1994-10-21)21 October 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Wetterbygden Stars Sweden
G/F 91 Philip Hertz 27 – (1992-07-16)16 July 1992 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Be'er Sheva Israel
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 21 February 2020

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Jonas Bergstedt Sami Eleraky Jacob Jensen Lasse Elbaek
PF Kevin Larsen Daniel Mortensen Zarko Jukic 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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Denmark during the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers in Feb. 2020". Retrieved 21 February 2020.

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