Denmark national Australian rules football team

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Denmark
Flag of Denmark.svg
Nickname(s)The Vikings
Governing bodyDanish Australian Football League
Rankings
CurrentIncrease2.svg 7th (as of October 2022 [1] )
First international
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 93 – 25 Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR
(1995) [2]
International Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best result4th (2002

The Vikings (Danish : Vikinger) are Denmark's national Australian rules football team. The team formed in 1992 to play the North London Lions from the British Australian Rules Football League in Denmark.

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The Vikings represent the best Danish born players selected from the clubs of the Danish Australian Football League.

The Vikings wear the national colours of red and white, with the top half of Australian rules football in the shape of a horned "Viking" helmet.

Proper internationals began in 1994 when Denmark played an international in England.

In 1995, the DAFL took a decision to exclude Australians from its national team.

Since then, the Vikings have participated in the inaugural 2002 Australian Football International Cup held in Melbourne (finishing 4th).

The national team was one of two teams (the other being Nauru) that withdrew from the 2005 tournament due to an inability of the Danish league to finance the trip.

International competition

International Cup

European championships

EU Cup

Men's

  • 2014: 1st
  • 2015: 1st
  • 2018: 1st

Women's

  • 2015: 2nd

2008 International Cup Squad

Coach: Jim Campion (Farum Cats)

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References

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  2. "Men's World Rankings Matches - World Footy News".
  3. "Results". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-24.