Denmark men's national ice hockey team

Denmark

Nickname(s)	Danish Lions
Association	Danmarks Ishockey Union
Head coach	Mikael Gath
Assistants	Andreas Lilja Jens Nielsen
Captain	Jesper Jensen
Most games	Morten Green (316)
Most points	Jens Nielsen (241)
Team colors
IIHF code	DEN
Ranking
Current IIHF	11 1 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF	10 (first in 2022)
Lowest IIHF	15 (first in 2014)
First international
Canada  47–0  Denmark (Stockholm, Sweden; 12 February 1949)
Biggest win
Denmark  27–4  Belgium (Copenhagen, Denmark; 18 March 1977)
Biggest defeat
Canada  47–0  Denmark (Stockholm, Sweden; 12 February 1949)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	55 (first in 1949)
Best result	8th (2010, 2016)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2022)
International record (W–L–T)
365–482–58

The Danish national men's ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Denmark. The team is controlled by Danmarks Ishockey Union. It was founded in 1949, and as of 2022, the Danish team was ranked 10th in the IIHF World Rankings. Denmark currently has 4,255 players (0.07% of its population). Their coach is Swedish Mikael Gath. Denmark once held the record for the largest loss when they were defeated by Canada in 1949, 47–0, only being surpassed by New Zealand who were defeated by Australia 58–0 in 1987.

History

The team played its first world championship in 1949, led by player-coach and captain Jørgen Hviid.^[2][3] After not qualifying for a world championship since 1949, Denmark surprised many in 2003 by finishing in 11th place, including a tie game against that year's champions Canada.^[4]

In 2003, Denmark was back in the elite pool of the IIHF World Championships after 54 years. The Danish national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets in Tampere, Finland, defeating the United States 5–2 on 26 April 2003 and tied Canada 2–2 six days later on 2 May 2003. Denmark has remained in the top division ever since. At the 2010 World Championships Denmark finished 8th place, which is their best ever placing to date. The feat was repeated in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year	Finish	Rank
2022 Beijing	Quarterfinals	7th

World Championship

Year	Finish	Rank
1949 Stockholm	Consolation round	10th
1962 Colorado Springs/Denver	6th in the Group B	14th
1963 Stockholm	3rd in the Pool C	18th
1966 Jesenice	2nd in the Pool C	18th
1967 Vienna	2nd in the Pool C	18th
1969 Ljubljana	6th in the Pool C	20th
1970 Galaţi	5th in the Pool C	19th
1971	7th in the Pool C	21st
1972 Miercurea-Ciuc	6th in the Pool C	19th
1973	7th in the Pool C	21st
1975 Sofia	6th in the Pool C	20th
1976 Gdańsk	3rd in the Pool C	19th
1977 Copenhagen/Hørsholm	2nd in the Pool C	19th
1978 Canary Islands (Las Palmas)	3rd in the Pool C	19th
1979 Galati	Relegation in the Pool B	16th
1981 Beijing	4th in the Pool C	20th
1982 Jaca	3rd in the Pool C	19th
1983 Budapest	4th in the Pool C	20th
1985 Megève/Chamonix/Saint-Gervais	5th in the Pool C	21st
1986 Puigcerda	Consolation round in the Pool C	21st
1987 Copenhagen/Herlev/Hørsholm	2nd in the Pool C	18th
1989 Oslo/Lillehammer	8th in the Pool B	16th
1990 Budapest	2nd in the Pool C	18th
1991 Brøndby	1st in the Pool C	17th
1992 Klagenfurt	4th in the Pool B	16th
1993 Eindhoven	4th in the Pool B	16th
1994 Copenhagen/Aalborg	5th in the Pool B	17th
1995 Bratislava	5th in the Pool B	17th
1996 Eindhoven	6th in the Pool B	18th
1997 Katowice (Spodek)/Sosnowiec	8th in the Pool B	20th
1998 Ljubljana/Jesenice	4th in the Pool B	20th
1999 Odense/Rodovre	1st in the Pool B	17th
2000 Katowice/Krakow	5th in the Pool B	21st
2001 Grenoble	3rd in Division I, Group A	21st
2002 Eindhoven	1st in Division I, Group B	18th
2003 Helsinki/Tampere/Turku	Second round	11th
2004 Prague/Ostrava	Qualifying round	12th
2005 Vienna/Innsbruck	Relegation round	14th
2006 Riga	Relegation round	13th
2007 Moscow	Qualifying round	10th
2008 Halifax/Quebec	Qualifying round	12th
2009 Bern/Kloten	Relegation round	13th
2010 Cologne/Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen	Playoff round	8th
2011 Bratislava/Košice	Qualifying round	11th
/ 2012 Helsinki/Stockholm	Preliminary round	13th
/ 2013 Stockholm/Helsinki	Preliminary round	12th
2014 Minsk	Preliminary round	13th
2015 Prague/Ostrava	Preliminary round	14th
2016 Moscow/Saint Petersburg	Playoff round	8th
/ 2017 Cologne/Paris	Preliminary round	12th
2018 Copenhagen/Herning	Preliminary round	10th
2019 Bratislava/Košice	Preliminary round	11th
2020 Zürich/Lausanne	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[5]	–
2021 Riga	Preliminary round	12th
2022 Helsinki/Tampere	Preliminary round	9th
/ 2023 Tampere/Riga	Preliminary round	10th
2024 Prague/Ostrava

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.^[6][7]

Head coach: Heinz Ehlers

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	William Rørth	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	(1999-09-20) 20 September 1999 (age 24)	Rødovre Mighty Bulls
9	F	Frederik Storm	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1989-02-20) 20 February 1989 (age 35)	ERC Ingolstadt
12	F	Oscar Mølgaard	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 19)	HV71
14	D	Jacob Gammelgaard	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1995-12-23) 23 December 1995 (age 28)	Rungsted Ishockey Klub
15	D	Matias Lassen	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28)	Malmö Redhawks
17	F	Nicklas Jensen	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	(1993-03-06) 6 March 1993 (age 31)	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
19	F	Matthias Asperup	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29)	Herlev Eagles
22	D	Markus Lauridsen	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 33)	Malmö Redhawks
24	F	Nikolaj Ehlers	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 28)	Winnipeg Jets
25	D	Oliver Lauridsen	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 (age 35)	Malmö Redhawks
27	D	Anders Krogsgaard	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 27)	Fischtown Pinguins
32	G	Mathias Seldrup	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 27)	Esbjerg Energy
34	D	Morten Jensen	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 27)	Rungsted Ishockey Klub
38	F	Morten Poulsen	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1988-09-09) 9 September 1988 (age 35)	Herning Blue Fox
39	G	Georg Sørensen	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 28)	Aalborg Pirates
40	D	Anders Koch	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1997-10-02) 2 October 1997 (age 26)	Aalborg Pirates
41	D	Jesper Jensen – C	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 32)	EC KAC
42	F	Mikkel Aagaard	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 28)	Modo Hockey
47	D	Oliver Larsen	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1998-12-25) 25 December 1998 (age 25)	Mikkelin Jukurit
50	F	Mathias Bau Hansen	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 30)	Herning Blue Fox
54	F	Felix Scheel	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 31)	Esbjerg Energy
63	F	Patrick Russell – A	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31)	Linköping HC
65	F	Christian Wejse	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1998-12-04) 4 December 1998 (age 25)	Fischtown Pinguins
71	F	Niklas Andersen	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1997-11-20) 20 November 1997 (age 26)	Fischtown Pinguins
80	G	Frederik Dichow	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 23)	Frölunda HC
89	F	Mikkel Bødker – A	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1989-12-16) 16 December 1989 (age 34)	HV71
95	F	Nick Olesen	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1995-11-14) 14 November 1995 (age 28)	Brynäs IF

Current top players

Former and current players in NHL

Players from Denmark who have played in the NHL

NHL Drafts

Players from Denmark to be drafted in the NHL

All-time record

Updated as of the match versus France on 10 February 2024.^[8]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Australia	2	1	0	1	10	7
Austria	41	11	1	29	82	170
Belarus	29	13	2	14	72	90
Belgium	13	12	0	1	177	31
Bulgaria	32	19	2	11	137	88
Canada	9	1	1	7	12	79
China	16	8	2	6	86	52
Croatia	3	3	0	0	24	4
Czech Republic	11	3	0	8	12	33
East Germany	12	0	0	12	25	84
Estonia	7	4	2	1	26	16
Finland	27	4	0	23	30	108
France	85	37	5	43	242	291
Germany	28	9	0	19	59	84
Great Britain	28	15	4	9	132	89
Hungary	63	26	4	33	207	277
Italy	30	14	3	13	96	118
Japan	33	13	1	19	109	145
Kazakhstan	9	5	0	4	33	24
Latvia	36	13	0	23	87	124
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	8	1
Netherlands	55	31	7	17	242	185
North Korea	7	7	0	0	52	12
Norway	95	41	9	45	240	306
Poland	31	10	3	18	99	133
Romania	20	9	1	10	75	80
Russia	15	1	0	14	17	68
Slovakia	23	7	0	16	48	90
Slovenia	29	15	3	11	92	76
South Africa	2	2	0	0	15	2
South Korea	10	9	0	1	86	16
Spain	6	6	0	0	42	8
Sweden	28	2	0	26	44	132
Switzerland	31	3	1	27	49	134
Ukraine	11	3	3	5	29	30
United States	11	2	0	9	16	41
Yugoslavia	20	8	4	8	73	78
Totals:	909	368	58	483	2888	3306

Uniform evolution

• National team jerseys
• 
  2013–2017 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2022 Olympic jerseys
• 
  2022– IIHF jerseys

References

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile

This page was last edited on 4 April 2024, at 14:32