Denmark men's national ice hockey team

Denmark
Nickname(s)	Danish Lions
Association	Danmarks Ishockey Union
Most games	Morten Green (316)
Most points	Jens Nielsen (241)
IIHF code	DEN
IIHF ranking	11
Highest IIHF ranking	10 (2022)
Lowest IIHF ranking	15 (2014)
Team colors
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	56 (first in 1949)
Best result	8th (2010, 2016)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2022)
International record (W–L–T)
	365–482–58

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The Danish national men's ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Denmark. The team is controlled by Danmarks Ishockey Union. After not qualifying for a top-level World Championship since 1949, Denmark surprised many in 2003 by finishing in 11th place, including a tie game against that year's champions Canada.

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.

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.

Tournament record

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^[1]	–
2021 Riga	Preliminary round	12th
2022 Helsinki/Tampere	Preliminary round	9th
/ 2023 Tampere/Riga	Preliminary round	10th
2024 Prague/Ostrava	Preliminary round	13th

All-time record

Updated as of the match versus France on 10 February 2024.^[2]

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

External links

Men's National teams
Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Belarus - Bosnia - Bulgaria
Canada - China - Chinese Taipei - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark
Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia - Greece - Great Britain
Hong Kong - Hungary - Ireland - Iceland - Indonesia - Iran - Israel - Italy
Japan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg
Macau - Malaysia - Mexico - Mongolia - North Korea - Norway
New Zealand - The Netherlands - Philippines - Poland - Romania - Russia - Serbia
Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - South Africa - South Korea
Sweden - Switzerland - Thailand - Turkey - Turkmenistan - Ukraine - UAE
United States
Defunct teams: Bohemia - - Bohemia and Moravia - CIS - Czechoslovakia
East Germany - Serbia and Montenegro - U.S.S.R. - West Germany - Yugoslavia
Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:
Algeria - Andorra - Argentina - Azerbaijan - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Egypt
India - Jamaica - Lebanon - Liechtenstein - Morocco - North Macedonia
Oman - Portugal - Puerto Rico - Tunisia - - Qatar - Uzbekistan
Non IIHF members: Bahrain - Costa Rica - Haiti - Falkland Islands - Saudi Arabia - Venezuela
Other teams: Basque Country - Catalonia - - England - Northern Ireland - - Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Scotland - Team Europe - Team North America