Danish national ice hockey team
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| Association | Danmarks Ishockey Union |
| World ranking | 12th place |
| Trainer | Janne Karlsson |
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Tomas Jonsson Stefan Lahde |
| Most games | Jesper Damgaard (250) |
| Most of the points | Jens Nielsen (241) |
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First international match Canada 47: 0 Denmark Stockholm , Sweden ; February 12 , 1949 |
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Biggest win Denmark 27: 4 Belgium Copenhagen , Denmark ; March 18th , 1977 |
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Biggest defeat Canada 47: 0 Denmark Stockholm , Sweden ; February 12 , 1949 |
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| Participation | since 1949 |
| best result | 8th place ( 2010 , 2016 ) |
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The Danish national ice hockey team is ranked 14th in the IIHF world rankings after the 2017 World Cup . The team belongs to the Danish Ice Hockey Union ( Danmarks Ishockey Union ). Around 4,255 players are currently organized there. The current coach is the Swede Per Bäckman .
history
The first game took place on February 12, 1949 in Stockholm against the Canadian national ice hockey team . The Canadians won the game 47-0. This was also the greatest defeat for the Danes. They achieved their highest victory so far on March 18, 1977 in Copenhagen, where the Belgian national ice hockey team lost 27: 4.
For a long time, Danish ice hockey played no special role internationally. The only A-World Cup participation was the tournament in Sweden, from which the mentioned 0:47 disgrace came. This only changed at the turn of the millennium. An extensive youth program of the Danish Ice Hockey Federation seemed to bear fruit as early as 1999, when they came first at the B World Cup in their own country (in Odense and Rødovre); however, in the relegation held afterwards (and for the last time that year), the teams from Italy, France and Norway had to go first and thus could not qualify for the upcoming A-World Cup in Saint Petersburg. In preparation for the annual world championships, the national team regularly took part in tournaments of the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge .
It was not until 2002 , at the Division I tournament in Hungary, that the Danes finally made direct promotion and have been in the A group since then. Already in the first year they caused a tangible surprise when they defeated the USA 5-2 in the opening game and sent them into the relegation round, while they reached the intermediate round and finished with an eleventh place, which is remarkable for a promoted team (including after a Draw against eventual world champions Canada ).
At the 2010 World Cup, the Danes surprisingly qualified for the quarter-finals, in which they lost 4-2 to their Scandinavian neighbor from Sweden . Eighth place at the World Cup also meant the best World Cup placement for the Danish national team.
Squad
Current squad
The squad for the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship, which will be held from May 10 to 26, 2019 in Bratislava and Košice , Slovakia :
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Heinz Ehlers | Jan 25, 1966 |
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Rikard Franzén | March 21, 1968 |
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Jens Nielsen | Oct 23, 1969 |
Placements at world championships
- 1930 - 1948 - did not take part
- 1949 - 10th place
- 1950 - 1961 - did not take part
- 1962 - 14th place (6th B-WM)
- 1963 - 18th place (3rd C-WM)
- 1965 - did not take part
- 1966 - 18th place (2nd C-WM)
- 1967 - 19th place (3rd C-WM)
- 1969 - 20th place (6th C-WM)
- 1970 - 19th place (5th C-WM)
- 1971 - 20th place (6th C-WM)
- 1972 - 20th place (7th C-WM)
- 1973 - 21st place (7th C-WM)
- 1974 - did not take part
- 1975 - 20th place (6th C-WM)
- 1976 - 20th place (4th C-WM)
- 1977 - 19th place (2nd C-WM)
- 1978 - 19th place (3rd C-WM)
- 1979 - 16th place (8th B-WM)
- 1981 - 20th place (4th C-WM)
- 1982 - 19th place (3rd C-WM)
- 1983 - 20th place (4th C-WM)
- 1985 - 21st place (5th C-WM)
- 1986 - 21st place (5th C-WM)
- 1987 - 18th place (2nd C-WM)
- 1989 - 16th place (8th B-WM)
- 1990 - 18th place (2nd C-WM)
- 1991 - 17th place (1st C-WM)
- 1992 - 16th place (4th B-WM)
- 1993 - 16th place (4th B-WM)
- 1994 - 17th place (5th B-WM)
- 1995 - 17th place (5th B-WM)
- 1996 - 18th place (6th B-WM)
- 1997 - 20th place (8th B-WM)
- 1998 - 20th place (4th B-WM)
- 1999 - 17th place (1st B-WM)
- 2000 - 21st place (5th B-WM)
- 2001 - 22nd place (3rd Division I, Group A)
- 2002 - 18th place (1st Division I, Group B)
- 2003 - 11th place
- 2004 - 12th place
- 2005 - 13th place
- 2006 - 13th place
- 2007 - 10th place
- 2008 - 12th place
- 2009 - 13th place
- 2010 - 8th place
- 2011 - 11th place
- 2012 - 13th place
- 2013 - 12th place
- 2014 - 13th place
- 2015 - 14th place
- 2016 - 8th place
- 2017 - 12th place
- 2018 - 10th place
- 2019 - 11th place
