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| FIBA ranking | 60 1 (15 September 2025)[1] | ||
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| JoinedFIBA | 1951 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | DBBF | ||
| Coach | Allan Foss | ||
| Nickname(s) | De rød-hvide (The Red and White) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 3 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| Championship for Small Countries | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| Medals |  Gold: (2010) | ||
| First international | |||
 Denmark 13–109Soviet Union  (Paris, France; 3 May 1951) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Denmark 99–51Cyprus  (Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 April 1986) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Soviet Union 118–14Denmark (Moscow, Soviet Union; 25 May 1953) | |||
TheDenmark men's national basketball team (Danish:Danmarks landsbasketballhold) representsDenmark in internationalbasketball competition. The national team is controlled by theDanish Basketball Association.
In the 1950s, the Denmark national team competed regularly at theEuroBasket, the top European tournament. Their best appearance came in their debut appearance in1951. Since then, the team has struggled to maintain consistency, but won gold at theEuropean Championship for Small Countries in2010. Denmark has yet to qualify to play on the global stage at theFIBA World Cup.
Denmark debuted in the European championships at theEuroBasket 1951 inParis. They went 0–4 in the preliminary round and ended up in last place in their group. In a direct elimination match againstLuxembourg, 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 theEuroBasket tournament and advancing the team to the first classification round. They picked up another win there, againstScotland, finishing in third place in the group at 1–2. Their third win of the tournament came againstPortugal in the 13th–16th place classification semifinal. Denmark then lost toSwitzerland in the 13th/14th place match to finish 14th of the 18 teams with a record of 3–7.
Two years later, at theEuroBasket 1953 inMoscow, 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 theEuroBasket 1955 inBudapest, Denmark lost all eight of their matches and finished last of the 18 teams at the event.
After the EuroBasket 1955, the Danish national team regressed and never qualified for a major tournament again. They did achieve some success on a lower level, at theEuropean Championship for Small Countries, where they won gold in2010.
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Serbia| 21 November 2024 | Denmark | 52–72 | Serbia | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
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| 18:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 6–29, 13–14, 16–19,17–10 | ||||
| Pts:Engelhardt 13 Rebs:Knudsen,Sorensen 5 Asts:four players 3 | Boxscore | Pts:Koprivica 13 Rebs:Ristić 6 Asts:Avramović,Jović 6 | Arena:Farum Arena Attendance: 2,993 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Ilias Kounelles (CYP) | ||
v Denmark| 24 November 2024 | Serbia | 98–51 | Denmark | Belgrade, Serbia | |
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| 20:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:25–17,25–11,20–11,28–12 | ||||
| Pts:Avramović 18 Rebs:Dobrić 8 Asts:Avramović 8 | Boxscore | Pts:Lundberg 15 Rebs:Lundberg 6 Asts:Lundberg 6 | Arena:Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Attendance: 6,300 Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Mihkel Männiste (EST), Orhan Hekimoğlu (TUR) | ||
v Denmark| 21 February 2025 | Georgia | 62–60 | Denmark | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
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| 21:00 (UTC+4) | Scoring by quarter: 19–21,18–4, 11–20, 14–15 | ||||
| Pts:Shengelia 19 Rebs:Shengelia 13 Asts:Andronikashvili,Shengelia 4 | Boxscore | Pts:Larsen 14 Rebs:Berg 8 Asts:Berg 3 | Arena:Tbilisi Arena Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Ilias Kounelles (CYP) | ||
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Finland| 24 February 2025 | Denmark | 77–83 | Finland | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
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| 20:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:25–24,22–17,23–18, 7–24 | ||||
| Pts:Larsen 22 Rebs:Larsen 11 Asts:Lundberg 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Nkamhoua 26 Rebs:Nkamhoua 8 Asts:Salin 6 | Arena:Farum Arena Attendance: 2,391 Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Péter Praksch (HUN) | ||
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Norway| 2 August 2025 | Denmark | 89–71 | Norway | Farum, Denmark | |
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| 18:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:25–15, 20–21,20–17,24–18 | ||||
| Pts:Jensen 21 Rebs:Erikstrup 8 Asts:Berg,Jensen 5 | Boxscore | Pts:Frey 23 Rebs:Nordheim 6 Asts:Odfjell,Savić 4 | Arena:Farum Arena Attendance: 1,133 Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Péter Praksch (HUN), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU) | ||
v Denmark| 9 August 2025 | Croatia | 100–71 | Denmark | Opatija, Croatia | |
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| 20:30 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:24–14,32–29,21–16,23–12 | ||||
| Pts:Smith 24 Rebs:Drežnjak 5 Asts:Smith 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Dibba 17 Rebs:Berg 5 Asts:three players 3 | Arena:Marino Cvetković Sports Hall Attendance: 500 Referees: Kerem Baki (TUR), Michał Proc (POL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK) | ||
v Denmark| 13 August 2025 | Norway | 70–79 | Denmark | Bergen, Norway | |
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| 18:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 15–22,22–18, 21–24 | ||||
| Pts:Savić 21 Rebs:Savić 10 Asts:Frey 5 | Boxscore | Pts:Erikstrup 32 Rebs:Erikstrup 9 Asts:Heede-Andersen,Jensen 4 | Arena:Åsane Arena Attendance: 1,030 Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Mihkel Männiste (EST) | ||
v Croatia| 20 August 2025 | Denmark | 76–79 | Croatia | Farum, Denmark | |
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| 19:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:21–12, 17–24, 19–24, 19–19 | ||||
| Pts:Dibba 19 Rebs:Webb 11 Asts:Heede-Andersen 8 | Boxscore | Pts:Šarić 30 Rebs:Šarić 8 Asts:Badžim 5 | Arena:Farum Arena Attendance: 1,763 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Mihkel Männiste (EST) | ||
Roster for the2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches in August 2025 againstNorway andCroatia.[2][3]
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | |
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| 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 |
Per Huyghebaert – (early 1990s – 1994)Allan Foss – (2004–2009)
/Peter Hoffman – (2010–2011)Pieti Poikola – (2013–2016)
Erez Bittman – (2017–2021)Arnel Dedić – (2021–2022) Allan Foss – (2022–present)1951 EuroBasket: finished14th 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: finished16th 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: finished18th 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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