Denmark national handball team

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Denmark

Nickname

Association

Danish Handball Association

Coach

Ulrik Wilbek

Most caps

Lars Christiansen (272)

Most goals

Lars Christiansen (1151)





Home colours





Away colours

World Handball Championship

Appearances

16 (First in 1938)

Best result

2nd, 1967

European Championship

Appearances

7 (First in 1994)

Best result

1st, 2008

The Denmark national handball team is the national handball team of Denmark. Controlled by the Danish Handball Association it represents Denmark in international matches. The team is the current European Champions.

[edit] History

Handball is one of the most popular pastimes in Denmark, only exceeded by fx Table Tennis, Soccer and Badminton. At the end of 2003 the Danish Handball Association had more than 146.000 active and passive members.

2007 World Championship

In 2007 Denmark participated in the World Championship in Germany, where they were pitted in Group E with Angola, Hungary and their neighbors to the north Norway. Denmark finished second in their group following victories against Angola and Norway. In the main round the team faced Croatia, Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary and defending champions Spain.

Despite an initial defeat against Croatia, the team advanced by defeating their last three opponents. In the quartefinal Iceland was defeated by the nearest of margins, 42-41. In the semifinal Denmark lost to Poland 36-33 and ended up in the bronze match against France where they won 34-27 thus placing third.

2008 Europe Championship

After only one lost mach, the Danish team won the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.

[edit] Current squad

The Danish international squad of 2008.

Number	Player	Age	Caps	Goals	Club
No. 1	Kasper Hvidt	6 February 1976	170	1	FC Barcelona
No. 3	Mikkel Holm Aagaard	26 November 1979	42	77	Viborg HK
No. 4	Lasse Boesen	18 September 1979	73	184	TBV Lemgo
No. 6	Lars T. Jørgensen	3 February 1978	133	123	Portland San Antonio
No. 7	Jesper Jensen	30 October 1977	62	145	Skjern Håndbold
No. 8	Lars Rasmussen	9 April 1976	54	137	Team Tvis Holstebro
No. 9	Lars Christiansen	18 April 1972	252	1151	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
No. 10	Lars Møller Madsen	30 May 1981	52	100	Skjern Håndbold
No. 12	Peter Henriksen	20 August 1972	45	0	GOG Svendborg TGI
No. 13	Bo Spellerberg	24 July 1979	112	157	KIF Kolding
No. 14	Michael V. Knudsen	4 September 1978	169	557	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
No. 19	Jesper Nøddesbo	23 October 1980	80	155	FC Barcelona
No. 21	Lars Krogh Jeppesen	5 March 1979	125	361	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
No. 22	Kasper Søndergaard	9 June 1981	25	65	KIF Kolding
No. 23	Joachim Boldsen	30 April 1978	164	376	AaB Håndbold
No. 24	Hans Lindberg	1 August 1981	57	122	HSV Hamburg
No. 26	Kasper Nielsen	9 June 1975	100	229	SG Flensburg-Handewitt