Denmark men's national basketball team

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

Denmark

FIBA ranking	58 3 (15 September 2023) [1]
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 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 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 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

Switzerland   v   Denmark

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)

Denmark   v   Kosovo

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)

Denmark   v    Switzerland

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)

Kosovo   v   Denmark

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

Denmark   v   Georgia

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)

Finland   v   Denmark

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)

Denmark   v   Serbia

21 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Denmark	vs.	Serbia	Denmark
		Boxscore

Serbia   v   Denmark

24 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Serbia	vs.	Denmark	Serbia
		Boxscore

2025

Georgia   v   Denmark

21 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Georgia	vs.	Denmark	Georgia
		Boxscore

Denmark   v   Finland

24 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Denmark	vs.	Finland	Denmark
		Boxscore

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 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) Balkan 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) Michael Bree Jeffrey Jensen 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: ?)

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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: ?)

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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

See also

• Sports portal
• Denmark portal

• Sport in Denmark
• Denmark women's national basketball team
• Denmark men's national under-20 basketball team
• Denmark men's national under-18 basketball team
• Denmark men's national under-16 basketball team
• Denmark men's national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
2. "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