Denmark men's national basketball team

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.

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.

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.

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.

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers match on 24 February 2022 against Norway.[4]

Denmark men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 1 Jonathan Klussmann 19 – (2002-10-06)6 October 2002 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Randers C 3 Asbjørn Midtgaard 26 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Leiden G 4 Adama Darboe 35 – (1986-04-26)26 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) KR PG 5 Frederik Nielsen 33 – (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Næstved F/C 6 Jonas Zohore 30 – (1991-07-06)6 July 1991 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Spójnia PG 7 Noah Sørensen 19 – (2003-02-06)6 February 2003 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Murcia G/F 8 Gustav Knudsen 18 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Zaragoza G/F 11 Mads Bonde 24 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Girona SF 15 Zarko Jukić 28 – (1993-07-28)28 July 1993 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Póvoa C 21 Kevin Larsen 28 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Estudiantes F/C 33 Daniel Mortensen 27 – (1994-10-21)21 October 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Þór Þorlákshöfn F 36 Frederik Rungby 28 – (1993-06-07)7 June 1993 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) BSW Sixers	Head coach Arnel Dedić Assistant coach(es) Jeffrey Jensen Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 24 February 2022

• Allan Foss – (2004–2009)
• / Peter Hoffman – (2010–2011)
• Pieti Poikola – (2013–2016)
• Erez Bittman – (2017–2021)
• Arnel Dedić – (2021–present)

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: ?)

• 2018–present: Spalding

• Denmark v Belarus – Full Game – FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers Youtube.com video