Denmark national basketball team
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The Danish national basketball team is the basketball
side that represents Denmark in international competition.
Coach Peter Hoffman Assistant Coach Jesper Winther Serensen
in Paris. They were defeated in all four of their preliminary round games, going 0-4 to take 5th place in the group. In a direct elimination match against Luxembourg
, the Danes took a 46-45 lead with 5 seconds left. A final half-court shot by Luxembourg bounced off the rim, giving Denmark its first win and advancing the team to the first classification round. They picked up another win there, against Scotland
, finishing third place in the group at 1-2. Their third win of the tournament came against Portugal
in the 13-16 classification semifinal before Denmark lost to Switzerland
in the 13/14 match to finish 14th of 18 teams with a record of 3-7.
in Moscow, the Denmark squad did not fare as well. They dropped 8 decisions (3 in the preliminary round, 3 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 Budapest
, this time finishing last of the 18 teams competing.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
side that represents Denmark in international competition.
Roster
| Position | Player | Current Club |
|---|---|---|
| Guard | Adama Darboe |  Denmark Svendborg RabbitsSvendborg Rabbits Svendborg Rabbits is a Danish professional basketball team, from Svendborg. The home ground is Svendborg Idrætscenter.The team won silver in the best Danish basketball league Canal Digital Ligaen in the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. They won gold in the 2007 cup tournament Landspokalturneringen... |
| Guard | Frederik Nielsen Frederik Nielsen Frederik Løchte Nielsen is a professional male tennis player. Nielsen competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, in both singles and doubles.... |
Denmark Horsholm 79'ers |
| Guard | Alan Voskuil | Denmark Horsens IC |
| Guard | Andreas Jakobsen | Denmark Bakken Bears Bakken Bears Bakken Bears is a Danish professional basketball club based in Aarhus. It was founded in 1962 and has won the Danish championship eight times so far .-Current squad:- National Honours :*Danish championship... |
| Guard | Chanan Colman | Denmark Svendborg Rabbits Svendborg Rabbits Svendborg Rabbits is a Danish professional basketball team, from Svendborg. The home ground is Svendborg Idrætscenter.The team won silver in the best Danish basketball league Canal Digital Ligaen in the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. They won gold in the 2007 cup tournament Landspokalturneringen... |
| Forward | Nicolai Iversen | Denmark Svendborg Rabbits Svendborg Rabbits Svendborg Rabbits is a Danish professional basketball team, from Svendborg. The home ground is Svendborg Idrætscenter.The team won silver in the best Danish basketball league Canal Digital Ligaen in the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. They won gold in the 2007 cup tournament Landspokalturneringen... |
| Forward & Center | Peter Johansen | Denmark Team FOG Næstved Team FOG Næstved Team FOG Næstved is a professional basketball team from Næstved, Denmark, playing in the best Danish basketball league, Canal Digital Ligaen.The team's head coach is Geof Kotila, an American.... |
| Center | Chris Christoffersen | Denmark Bakken Bears Bakken Bears Bakken Bears is a Danish professional basketball club based in Aarhus. It was founded in 1962 and has won the Danish championship eight times so far .-Current squad:- National Honours :*Danish championship... |
Coach Peter Hoffman Assistant Coach Jesper Winther Serensen
Performance at Summer Olympics
| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | - | Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics -Fifth-place classification:-First round:Winners advanced to the second round. Losers competed in the first consolation round for another chance to move on.* Estonia def. France, 34-29* Chile def. Turkey, 30-16* Switzerland def. Germany, 25-18... |
Germany |
| 1948 | - | Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport as an official medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition.... |
Great Britain |
| 1952 | - | Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the third appearance of the sport. 23 nations entered the competition.The top six teams at the 1948 Summer Olympics qualified automatically, as did the 1950 World Champion , the top two at the 1951 European championships , and the host country... |
Finland |
| 1956 | - | Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics was the fourth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. Fifteen nations, an unusually low number for the basketball tournament, competed in the event, with 174 participants. A total number of 56 games of basketball were played.The teams were divided... |
Australia |
| 1960 | - | Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Sports Palace at Bologna... |
Italy |
| 1964 | - | Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics Basketball contests at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from October 11 to October 23. The United States defeated the Soviet Union to win their sixth straight gold medal at this event, while Brazil earned the bronze against Puerto... |
Japan |
| 1968 | - | Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics -Group B:October 13October 14October 15October 16October 18October 19October 20-Medal bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place... |
Mexico |
| 1972 | - | Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics -Group B:-Medal bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place13th–16th Place Forfeited match.-Gold Medal Match controversy:... |
Germany |
| 1976 | - | Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball contests at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place from July 18 to July 27 at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau and the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games... |
Canada |
| 1980 | - | Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium and at the CSKA Sports Palace, both located in Moscow. Finals of both men's and women's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium.... |
Soviet Union |
| 1984 | - | Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics -Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place-Preliminary Round:... |
USA |
| 1988 | - | Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition, thus repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in... |
Korea |
| 1992 | - | Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics The Basketball games of the 1992 Summer Olympics were played at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona. 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams participated in the tournament.... |
Spain |
| 1996 | - | Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place at the Morehouse College Gymnasium and the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost entirely of NBA players won the gold medal... |
USA |
| 2000 | - | Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics -Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification matches:-Preliminary round:The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.-Group A:-Group B:-Championship bracket:... |
Australia |
| 2004 | - | Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.... |
Greece |
Eurobasket 1951
Denmark debuted in the European championships at Eurobasket 1951Eurobasket 1951
The 1951 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1951, was the seventh regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition, a record number and more than twice the number that had...
in Paris. They were defeated in all four of their preliminary round games, going 0-4 to take 5th place in the group. In a direct elimination match against Luxembourg
Luxembourg national basketball team
The Luxembourgian national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Luxembourg in international competitions.-Eurobasket 1946:...
, the Danes took a 46-45 lead with 5 seconds left. A final half-court shot by Luxembourg bounced off the rim, giving Denmark its first win and advancing the team to the first classification round. They picked up another win there, against Scotland
Scotland national basketball team
The Scottish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Scotland in international competition. They are organised by basketballscotland, the sport's governing body in Scotland...
, finishing third place in the group at 1-2. Their third win of the tournament came against Portugal
Portugal national basketball team
The Portuguese national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Portugal in international competition. Portugal never had great success in the past at international level, but have qualified for the Eurobasket three times, more recently in EuroBasket 2011...
in the 13-16 classification semifinal before Denmark lost to Switzerland
Switzerland national basketball team
The Swiss national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Switzerland in international competitions. They are usually seen as a minor team. Switzerland entered five times EuroBasket, having their best result as 4 th place at the first edition, in 1935...
in the 13/14 match to finish 14th of 18 teams with a record of 3-7.
Eurobasket 1953
Two years later, at Eurobasket 1953Eurobasket 1953
The 1953 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1953, was the eighth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by the Soviet Union,...
in Moscow, the Denmark squad did not fare as well. They dropped 8 decisions (3 in the preliminary round, 3 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.
Eurobasket 1955
Denmark lost all 8 of their games again at Eurobasket 1955Eurobasket 1955
The 1955 European Basketball Championship, commonly called Eurobasket 1955, was the ninth regional championship held by FIBA Europe. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Hungary, silver medal...
in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, this time finishing last of the 18 teams competing.