Denmark men's national ice hockey team
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Nickname(s) | Danish Lions |
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Association | Danmarks Ishockey Union |
Head coach | Mikael Gath |
Assistants | Andreas Lilja Magnus Wennström |
Captain | Jesper Jensen |
Most games | Morten Green (316) |
Most points | Jens Nielsen (241) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | DEN |
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Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 11 ![]() |
Highest IIHF | 10 (2022) |
Lowest IIHF | 15 (2006, 2014–15) |
First international | |
Canada ![]() ![]() (Stockholm, Sweden; 12 February 1949) | |
Biggest win | |
Denmark ![]() ![]() (Copenhagen, Denmark; 18 March 1977) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Canada ![]() ![]() (Stockholm, Sweden; 12 February 1949) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 56 (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
[edit]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
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Finish | Rank |
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Quarterfinals | 7th |
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World Championship
[edit]Year | Finish | Rank |
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Consolation round | 10th |
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6th in the Group B | 14th |
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3rd in the Pool C | 18th |
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2nd in the Pool C | 18th |
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2nd in the Pool C | 18th |
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6th in the Pool C | 20th |
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5th in the Pool C | 19th |
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7th in the Pool C | 21st |
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6th in the Pool C | 19th |
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7th in the Pool C | 21st |
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6th in the Pool C | 20th |
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3rd in the Pool C | 19th |
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2nd in the Pool C | 19th |
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3rd in the Pool C | 19th |
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Relegation in the Pool B | 16th |
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4th in the Pool C | 20th |
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3rd in the Pool C | 19th |
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4th in the Pool C | 20th |
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5th in the Pool C | 21st |
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Consolation round in the Pool C | 21st |
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2nd in the Pool C | 18th |
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8th in the Pool B | 16th |
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2nd in the Pool C | 18th |
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1st in the Pool C | 17th |
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4th in the Pool B | 16th |
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4th in the Pool B | 16th |
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5th in the Pool B | 17th |
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5th in the Pool B | 17th |
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6th in the Pool B | 18th |
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8th in the Pool B | 20th |
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4th in the Pool B | 20th |
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1st in the Pool B | 17th |
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5th in the Pool B | 21st |
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3rd in Division I, Group A | 21st |
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1st in Division I, Group B | 18th |
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Second round | 11th |
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Qualifying round | 12th |
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Relegation round | 14th |
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Relegation round | 13th |
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Qualifying round | 10th |
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Qualifying round | 12th |
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Relegation round | 13th |
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Playoff round | 8th |
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Qualifying round | 11th |
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Preliminary round | 13th |
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Preliminary round | 12th |
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Preliminary round | 13th |
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Preliminary round | 14th |
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Playoff round | 8th |
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Preliminary round | 12th |
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Preliminary round | 10th |
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Preliminary round | 11th |
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Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[5] | – |
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Preliminary round | 12th |
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Preliminary round | 9th |
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Preliminary round | 10th |
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Preliminary round | 13th |
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Qualified as co-host |
Team
[edit]Current roster
[edit]Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.[6][7]
Head coach: Mikael Gath
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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1 | G | William Rorth | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 20 September 1999 | ![]() |
5 | F | Lucas Andersen | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 30 January 1999 | ![]() |
9 | F | Frederik Storm | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 20 February 1989 | ![]() |
11 | F | Alexander True | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 17 July 1997 | ![]() |
12 | F | Oscar Mølgaard | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 18 February 2005 | ![]() |
15 | D | Matias Lassen | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 15 March 1996 | ![]() |
22 | D | Markus Lauridsen | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 28 February 1991 | ![]() |
25 | D | Oliver Lauridsen – A | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 24 March 1989 | ![]() |
29 | F | Mikkel Aagaard | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 18 October 1995 | ![]() |
38 | F | Morten Poulsen | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 9 September 1988 | ![]() |
40 | D | Anders Koch | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 2 October 1997 | ![]() |
41 | D | Jesper Jensen – C | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 30 July 1991 | ![]() |
42 | D | Phillip Bruggisser | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 7 August 1991 | ![]() |
43 | G | Mathias Seldrup | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 21 October 1996 | ![]() |
47 | D | Oliver Larsen | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 25 December 1998 | ![]() |
48 | D | Nicholas Jensen | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 8 April 1989 | ![]() |
54 | F | Felix Scheel | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 1 September 1992 | ![]() |
63 | F | Patrick Russell – A | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 4 January 1993 | ![]() |
65 | F | Christian Wejse | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 4 December 1998 | ![]() |
71 | F | Niklas Andersen | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 20 November 1997 | ![]() |
72 | F | Phillip Schultz | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 24 July 2000 | ![]() |
77 | F | Mathias From | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 16 December 1997 | ![]() |
80 | G | Frederik Dichow | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 1 March 2001 | ![]() |
86 | F | Joachim Blichfeld | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 17 July 1998 | ![]() |
95 | F | Nick Olesen | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 14 November 1995 | ![]() |
Current top players
[edit]Former and current players in NHL
[edit]Players from Denmark who have played in the NHL
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All-time record
[edit]Updated as of the match versus France on 10 February 2024.[8]
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
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41 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 82 | 170 |
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29 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 72 | 90 |
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13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 31 |
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32 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 137 | 88 |
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9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 79 |
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16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 86 | 52 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
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11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
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12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 84 |
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7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 16 |
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27 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 30 | 108 |
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85 | 37 | 5 | 43 | 242 | 291 |
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28 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 59 | 84 |
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28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 132 | 89 |
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63 | 26 | 4 | 33 | 207 | 277 |
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30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 96 | 118 |
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33 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 109 | 145 |
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9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 24 |
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36 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 87 | 124 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
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55 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 242 | 185 |
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7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 12 |
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95 | 41 | 9 | 45 | 240 | 306 |
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31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 99 | 133 |
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20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 75 | 80 |
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15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 68 |
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23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 48 | 90 |
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29 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 92 | 76 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
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10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 16 |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 |
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28 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 44 | 132 |
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31 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 49 | 134 |
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11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 30 |
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11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 41 |
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20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 73 | 78 |
Totals: | 909 | 368 | 58 | 483 | 2888 | 3306 |
Uniform evolution
[edit]- National team jerseys
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2013–2017 IIHF jerseys
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2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
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2022 Olympic jerseys
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2022– IIHF jerseys
References
[edit]- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Fredberg, Peter (15 August 2014). "Tre ishockeylegender blev optaget i Hall of Fame". BT Ishockey (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "Hall of Fame: Jørgen Hviid – dansk ishockeys fader". Danmarks Ishockey Union (in Danish). 8 March 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ IIHF Article
- ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Herrelandsholdet: Truppen er klar til VM" (in Danish). ishockey.dk. 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Team roster: Denmark" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Denmark - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
External links
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