Denmark men's national basketball team

Denmark
FIBA ranking	56 1 (15 August 2024)
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 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

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
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	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
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
2025	To be determined				To be determined
Total	3/35	26	3	23	158	52	106

Results and fixtures

Win Loss

2023

22 July 2023 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 3rd round	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 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 3rd round	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 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 3rd round	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 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 3rd round	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

23 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	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 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	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 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Denmark	vs.	Serbia	Denmark

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24 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Serbia	vs.	Denmark	Serbia

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2025

21 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Georgia	vs.	Denmark	Georgia

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24 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Denmark	vs.	Finland	Denmark

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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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
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

Allan Foss

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 23 February 2024

Depth chart

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

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: ?)

Kit

Manufacturer

2018–present: Spalding

References

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

External links

Official website (in Danish)
Denmark FIBA profile
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

[FIBA_World_Rankings-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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