Denmark at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Last updated October 23, 2025

The Denmark women's national football team has represented Denmark at the FIFA Women's World Cup on five occasions, in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007 and 2023.

FIFA Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup Finals record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1
1995	Quarter-finals	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1
1999	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7
2003	Did not qualify
2007	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	4	0
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019
2023	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
2027	To be determined
2031	To be determined
2035	To be determined
Total	5/12	17	5	2	12	22	29	−7

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA Women's World Cup Finals history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	Group stage	17 November	New Zealand	W 3–0	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
		19 November	China	D 2–2	Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
		21 November	Norway	L 1–2	Ying Dong Stadium, Panyu
	Quarter-finals	24 November	Germany	L 1–2 (aet)	Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan
1995	Group stage	6 June	Australia	W 5–0	Arosvallen, Västerås
		8 June	United States	L 0–2	Strömvallen, Gävle
		10 June	China	L 1–3	Arosvallen, Västerås
	Quarter-finals	13 June	Norway	L 1–3	Tingvallen, Karlstad
1999	Group stage	19 June	United States	L 0–3	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
		24 June	North Korea	L 1–3	Civic Stadium, Portland
		27 June	Nigeria	L 0–2	Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover
2007	Group stage	12 September	China	L 2–3	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
		15 September	New Zealand	W 2–0	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
		20 September	Brazil	L 0–1	Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou
2023	Group stage	22 July	China	W 1–0	Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth
		28 July	England	L 0–1	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
		1 August	Haiti	W 2–0	Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth
	Round of 16	7 August	Australia	L 0–2	Stadium Australia, Sydney

Record by opponent

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	3	2	1	0	1	5	2	3
Brazil	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
China	4	4	1	1	2	6	8	-2
England	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Germany	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Haiti	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
New Zealand	6	2	2	0	0	5	0	5
Nigeria	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
North Korea	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Norway	0	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3
United States	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China (H)	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Denmark	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

17 November 1991

19:45

Denmark	3–0	New Zealand
H. Jensen 15', 40' Mackensie 42'	Report

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 14,000^[1]

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

19 November 1991

19:45

China	2–2	Denmark
Sun Wen 37' Wei Haiying 76'	Report	Kolding 24' Nissen 55'

Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 27,000^[1]

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

21 November 1991

19:45

Norway	2–1	Denmark
Svensson 14' (pen.) Medalen 56'	Report	Thychosen 54' (pen.)

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 15,500^[1]

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Soviet Union)

Quarterfinals

24 November 1991

15:30

Denmark	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Germany
Mackensie 25' (pen.)	Report	Wiegmann 17' (pen.) Mohr 98'

Zhongshan Stadium, Zhongshan

Attendance: 12,000^[1]

Referee: Vassilios Nikakis (Greece)

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

6 June 1995

19:00

Denmark	5–0	Australia
Krogh 12', 48' Eggers Nielsen 25' Jensen 37' C. Hansen 86'	Report

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Bente Skogvang (Norway)

8 June 1995

19:00

United States	2–0	Denmark
Lilly 9' Milbrett 49'	Report

Strömvallen, Gävle

Attendance: 2,704

Referee: Engage Camara (Guinea)

10 June 1995

16:00

China	3–1	Denmark
Shi Guihong 21' Sun Wen 76' Wei Haiying 90'	Report	Bonde 44'

Arosvallen, Västerås

Attendance: 1,619

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile)

Quarterfinals

13 June 1995

17:15

Norway	3–1	Denmark
Espeseth 21' Medalen 64' Riise 85'	Report	Krogh 86'

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 4,655

Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	13	1	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	1	5	8	−3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	North Korea	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Denmark	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

June 19, 1999

15:00 EDT (UTC−4)

United States	3–0	Denmark
Hamm 17' Foudy 73' Lilly 89'	Report

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford

Attendance: 78,972

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

June 24, 1999

18:00 PDT (UTC−7)

North Korea	3–1	Denmark
Jin Pyol-hui 15' Jo Song-ok 39' Kim Kum-sil 73'	Report	Johansen 74'

Civic Stadium, Portland, Oregon

Attendance: 20,129

Referee: Martha Liliana Pardo (Colombia)

June 27, 1999

16:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Nigeria	2–0	Denmark
Akide 25' Okosieme 81'	Report

Jack Kent Cooke Stadium, Landover

Attendance: 22,109

Referee: Maria Edilene Siqueira (Brazil)

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	China (H)	3	2	1	5	6	−1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Denmark	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

12 September 2007

20:00

China	3–2	Denmark
Li Jie 31' Bi Yan 50' Song Xiaoli 88'	Report	Nielsen 51' Sørensen 87'

Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan

Attendance: 50,800^[2]

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

15 September 2007

17:00

Denmark	2–0	New Zealand
K. Pedersen 61' Sørensen 66'	Report

Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan

Attendance: 54,000^[2]

Referee: Mayumi Oiwa (Japan)

20 September 2007

20:00

Brazil	1–0	Denmark
Pretinha 90+1'	Report

Yellow Dragon Stadium, Hangzhou

Attendance: 43,817^[2]

Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	China	3	1	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Haiti	3	0	3	0	4	−4	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 July 2023

20:00 UTC+8

Denmark	1–0	China
Vangsgaard 90'	Report

Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth

Attendance: 16,989

Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

28 July 2023

18:30 UTC+10

England	1–0	Denmark
James 6'	Report

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 40,439

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

1 August 2023

19:00 UTC+8

Haiti	0–2	Denmark
	Report	Harder 21' (pen.) Troelsgaard 90+10'

Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth

Attendance: 17,897

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Round of 16

7 August 2023

20:30 UTC+10

Australia	2–0	Denmark
Foord 29' Raso 70'	Report

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 75,784

Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1991	1995	1999	2007	2023
Helle Jensen	3	2	1
Gitte Krogh	3		3
Susan Mackensie	2	2
Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen	2		1		1
Cathrine Paaske Sørensen	2				2
Lisbet Kolding	1	1
Hanne Nissen	1	1
Annette Thychosen	1	1
Christina Hansen	1		1
Christina Bonde	1		1
Janni Johansen	1			1
Katrine Pedersen	1					1
Amalie Vangsgaard	1				1
Pernille Harder	1					1
Sanne Troelsgaard	1					1
Total	22	7	7	1	4	3

References

1 2 3 4 "1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup China '91 – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
1 2 3 "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2007. pp. 67–73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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[TR91-1] 1 2 3 4 "1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup China '91 – Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[TR07-2] 1 2 3 "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2007. pp. 67–73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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v t e Countries at the FIFA Women's World Cup
Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia ¹ China PR Chinese Taipei Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Philippines Thailand Vietnam
CAF	Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria South Africa Zambia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Jamaica Haiti Mexico Panama United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Denmark England France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Republic of Ireland Russia Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland
¹ Has been member of multiple confederations.

Denmark at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Contents

FIFA Women's World Cup record

Record by opponent

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

Quarterfinals

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group C

Quarterfinals

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group D

Round of 16

Goalscorers

See also

References