Denmark men's national handball team

The Denmark men's national handball team (Danish: Danmarks håndboldlandshold) is controlled by the Danish Handball Association and represents Denmark in international matches. They are the team with the fourth most medals won in European Championship history on the men's side behind Sweden, France and Spain, with a total of seven medals. Two of these are gold medals (2008, 2012), one silver (2014) and four bronze medals (2002, 2004, 2006 & 2022).

Denmark
Information
AssociationDanish Handball Association
CoachNikolaj Jacobsen
Assistant coachHenrik Kronborg
Most capsLars Christiansen (338)
Most goalsLars Christiansen (1503)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances7 (First in 1972)
Best result 1st (2016)
World Championship
Appearances25 (First in 1938)
Best result 1st (2019, 2021, 2023)
European Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1994)
Best result 1st (2008, 2012)
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Denmark men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2020 TokyoTeam
World Championship
2019 Denmark/Germany
2021 Egypt
2023 Poland/Sweden
1967 Sweden
2011 Sweden
2013 Spain
2007 Germany
World Outdoor Championship
1948 France
European Championship
2008 Norway
2012 Serbia
2014 Denmark
2024 Germany
2002 Sweden
2004 Slovenia
2006 Switzerland
2022 Hungary/Slovakia

As of January 2024 they are triple defending World Champions. Defending their 2019 World Championship title at the 2021 World Championship in Egypt, they became only the fourth country to successfully defend a World Championship title. (The other three being Sweden, Romania and France).

By winning the World Championship in 2023, they became the first team on the men's side, to win three World Championship titles in a row, winning in 2019, 2021 & 2023.

They are also the only team to have won nineteen national matches in a row without losing at a World Championship tournament from 2019 to 2021, surpassing the eighteen match winning streak by France. In January 2023, they became the first team ever, to not lose at 28 games in a row at the World Championships spanning from 2019–present, beating the previous record by France who had a 25 winning streak set between 2015 and 2019.

As of January 2021, they are the fourth most successful team in World Championship history behind France, Sweden and Romania, having won seven medals. Three of these are gold (2019, 2021, 2023), three silver (1967, 2011, 2013) and one bronze (2007).

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