Denmark men's national basketball team
Men's national basketball team representing Denmark

Denmark
FIBA ranking59 Increase 1 (2 December 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA1951
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationDBBF
CoachAllan Foss
Nickname(s)De rød-hvide
(The Red and White)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances3
MedalsNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances1
MedalsGold medal Gold: (2010)
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.

In the 1950s, the Denmark national team competed regularly at the EuroBasket, the top European tournament. Their best appearance came in their debut appearance in 1951. Since then, the team has struggled to maintain consistency, but won gold at the European Championship for Small Countries in 2010. Denmark has yet to qualify 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 went 0–4 in the preliminary round and 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, Denmark lost all eight of their matches and finished last 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. They did achieve some success on a lower level, at the European Championship for Small Countries, where they won gold in 2010.

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2025

Georgia  v  Denmark
21 February 2025 Georgia  62–60  Denmark Tbilisi, Georgia
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)
Denmark  v  Finland
24 February 2025 Denmark  77–83  Finland Copenhagen, Denmark
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)
Denmark  v  Norway
2 August 2025 Denmark  89–71  Norway Farum, Denmark
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)
Croatia  v  Denmark
9 August 2025 Croatia  100–71  Denmark Opatija, Croatia
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)
Norway  v  Denmark
13 August 2025 Norway  70–79  Denmark Bergen, Norway
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)
Denmark  v  Croatia
20 August 2025 Denmark  76–79  Croatia Farum, Denmark
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)
Denmark  v  Spain
27 November 2025 Denmark  64–74  Spain Farum, Denmark
18:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 10–20, 14–15, 17–14
Pts: Jensen 20
Rebs: Larsen 8
Asts: Berg, Jensen 3 		Boxscore Pts: Fernández 15
Rebs: Osobor, Paulí 8
Asts: Cárdenas 4 		Arena: Farum Arena
Attendance: 2,630
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Michał Proc (POL), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)
Ukraine  v  Denmark
30 November 2025 Ukraine  88–71  Denmark Riga, Latvia
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 28–16, 27–10, 15–25
Pts: Kovliar 28
Rebs: Bobrov 11
Asts: Kovliar 11 		Boxscore Pts: Erikstrup 21
Rebs: Erikstrup, Larsen 7
Asts: Jensen 10 		Arena: Xiaomi Arena
Attendance: 500
Referees: Petar Pešić (SRB), Ilias Kounellis (CYP), Ioannis Tsibouris (GRE)

2026

Denmark  v  Georgia
27 February 2026 Denmark  vs.  Georgia Denmark
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Georgia  v  Denmark
2 March 2026 Georgia  vs.  Denmark Georgia
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Spain  v  Denmark
2 July 2026 Spain  vs.  Denmark Spain
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Denmark  v  Ukraine
5 July 2026 Denmark  vs.  Ukraine Denmark
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Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 27 and 30 November 2025 against Spain and Ukraine.[2]

Denmark men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 0 Bakary Dibba 24 – (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Breogán Spain
C 2 Marcus Engelhardt 18 – (2006-12-01)1 December 2006 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Unicaja Spain
SF 3 Sylvester Berg 27 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Bakken Bears Denmark
G/F 7 Tobias Jensen 21 – (2004-05-08)8 May 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ulm Germany
SF 8 Gustav Knudsen 22 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Manresa Spain
G 10 Ogbemudia Uagboe 19 – (2006-05-07)7 May 2006 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Værløse Denmark
PG 12 Adam Heede-Andersen 28 – (1996-07-04)4 July 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Svendborg Denmark
PF 13 Kevin Larsen 32 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Lucentum Spain
C 14 David Kristensen 27 – (1998-08-25)25 August 1998 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Zamora Spain
SF 15 Zarko Jukic 32 – (1993-07-28)28 July 1993 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) ÍR Iceland
F/C 32 Dane Erikstrup 22 – (2003-04-03)3 April 2003 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Donar Netherlands
PG 71 Jonathan Klussmann 23 – (2002-10-06)6 October 2002 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Paderborn Germany
Head coach
  • Denmark Allan Foss
Assistant coach(es)
  • Denmark Morten Thomsen
  • Iceland Lárus Jónsson
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 November 2025

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 Iffe Lundberg Adama Darboe Frederik Nielsen Chanan Colman

Head coach position

  • Belgium Per Huyghebaert – (1991–1994)
  • Denmark Allan Foss – (2004–2009)
  • United States/Denmark Peter Hoffman – (2010–2011)
  • Finland Pieti Poikola – (2013–2016)
  • Israel Erez Bittman – (2017–2021)
  • Croatia Arnel Dedić – (2021–2022)
  • Denmark 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: ?)

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 Per Meilsøe, 15 Willi Mouritsen, 16 John Nielsen (Coach: ?)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 18 teams

3 Kai Sogaard, 4 Erik Korsbjerg, 5 Peter Tantholdt, 6 Per Meilsøe, 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Denmark during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in November 2025". Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  • 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
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