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Denmark men's national basketball team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Denmark women'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 ranking56 Decrease 1 (15 August 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

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EuroBasket 1951

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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.

EuroBasket 1953

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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

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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

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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

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2023

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22 July 2023 Switzerland   46–60   Denmark Fribourg, 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 		Boxscore Pts: 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)
26 July 2023 Denmark   82–75   Kosovo Næstved, 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 		Boxscore Pts: Artis 23
Rebs: Berisha, Shoshi 6
Asts: Artis 4 		Arena: Næstved Arena
Attendance: 930
Referees: Geert Jacobs (BEL), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Javier Torres (ESP)
2 August 2023 Denmark   94–81    Switzerland Næstved, 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 		Boxscore Pts: 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)
5 August 2023 Kosovo   63–88   Denmark Prizren, 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 		Boxscore Pts: 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

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23 February 2024 Denmark   75–69   Georgia Næstved, 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 		Boxscore Pts: 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)
26 February 2024 Finland   89–85   Denmark Espoo, 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 		Boxscore Pts: 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)
21 November 2024 Denmark   vs.   Serbia Denmark
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24 November 2024 Serbia   vs.   Denmark Serbia
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2025

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21 February 2025 Georgia   vs.   Denmark Georgia
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24 February 2025 Denmark   vs.   Finland Denmark
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Team

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Current roster

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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
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F 0 Bakary Dibba 22 – (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Tübingen  
G 1 Gabriel Lundberg 29 – (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Virtus Bologna  
SF 3 Sylvester Berg 25 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Bakken Bears  
G 4 Sebastian Åris 28 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Coruña  
PG 5 Adam Heede-Andersen 27 – (1996-07-04)4 July 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Værløse  
C 6 Jonas Zohore 32 – (1991-07-06)6 July 1991 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Rajawali Medan  
SF 8 Darko Jukić 33 – (1990-08-23)23 August 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bakken Bears  
G/F 11 Mads Bonde 26 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Gipuzkoa  
C 13 Kevin Larsen 30 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Estudiantes  
F 18 Gustav Knudsen 20 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Bakken Bears  
PF 41 Morten Bülow 25 – (1999-01-10)10 January 1999 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Randers  
G 71 Jonathan Klussmann 21 – (2002-10-06)6 October 2002 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) La Roda  
G/F 77 Tobias Jensen 19 – (2004-05-08)8 May 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ulm  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 23 February 2024

Depth chart

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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 Gabriel Lundberg Adama Darboe Frederik Nielsen Chanan Colman

Head coach position

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Past rosters

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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

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Manufacturer

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Denmark during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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