Danish Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

Denmark
Danmark

OS record goal scorer :	Helle Jensen and Lene Madsen (1 each)
OS record player:	12 players (3 each)
Rank :	20th
Balance sheet
3 OS games 0 wins 0 draws 3 defeats 2:10 goals
statistics
First OS game Denmark 0: 3 USA Orlando ( USA ); July 21, 1996
Biggest OS defeat Denmark 1: 5 PR China Miami ( USA ); July 23, 1996
successes
Olympic games:
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 1996 )
Best results	Preliminary Round ( 1996 )
(As of October 2018 )

The article contains a detailed account of the Danish national soccer team for women at the Summer Olympics . Denmark could only take part in the first edition and failed there in the preliminary round. After that, they always missed qualifying.

The national team at the Olympic Games

Overview

Olympic Games in	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
Atlanta 1996	Preliminary round	PR China , Sweden , USA	-	Keld Gantzhorn
Sydney 2000	not qualified				Since Denmark was eliminated in the preliminary round at the 1999 World Cup, the team was not qualified for the Olympic Games.
Athens 2004	not qualified				Since Denmark could not qualify for the 2003 World Cup, they also had no opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games
Beijing 2008	not qualified				Failed in the qualifying playoffs to Sweden.
London 2012	not qualified				Since Denmark could not qualify for the 2011 World Cup, the team also had no opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro 2016	not qualified				Since Denmark was unable to qualify for the 2015 World Cup, the team again had no opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020	not qualified				Since Denmark could not qualify for the 2019 World Cup, the team again has no opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games

The tournaments

Olympia 1996 in Atlanta

By reaching the World Cup quarter-finals in 1995, the Danes qualified for the first Olympic women's football tournament. They started 3-0 against the USA and then lost 5-1 to the People's Republic of China . The last game against Sweden was also lost 3-1, but neither of them had any influence on the rest of the tournament. With the end, the term of office of Keld Gantzhorn as national coach, who had coached the team since 1988, ended.

Olympia 2000 in Sydney

For the second Olympic tournament, the Danes could not qualify under the new national coach Jørgen Hvidemose by being out in the preliminary round of the 1999 World Cup. Hvidemose's tenure ended with the World Cup. He was succeeded by Poul Højmose .

Olympia 2004 in Athens

Since Denmark failed to qualify for the 2003 World Cup in the semi-finals of the relegation games to France , they had no opportunity to qualify for the third Olympic women's football tournament. Højmose remained in office until 2005, after finishing 6th at the Algarve Cup in 2005 , Peter Bonde took over , but he only stayed in office for almost 13 months.

2008 Olympics in Beijing

The three best European teams from the 2007 World Cup qualified for the tournament in Beijing . The first two places went to world champions Germany and fourth place in the World Cup, Norway . Since the third best European team, England, is not eligible to start at the Olympic Games, the third place between Denmark, which has been coached by Kenneth Heiner-Møller since 2006 , and Sweden, who had failed in the preliminary round, had to be played out. The Danes lost both games against the Swedes with 2: 4 and 1: 3 and were not there again.

Olympia 2012 in London

The Danes again missed participation in the tournament in London against the Swedes, where they failed in the playoffs of the qualification for the 2011 World Cup . As a result, there was no way to qualify via the World Cup.

Olympia 2016 in Rio de Janeiro

After leaving the EM semifinals in 2013, Nils Nielsen took over the team. But he also failed to lead the team to the 2015 World Cup , where the three best European teams should qualify for the tournament in Rio de Janeiro . Denmark already failed in the group games of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup against Switzerland .

Olympia 2020 in Tokyo

The Danes missed participation in the tournament in Tokyo by losing to European champions Netherlands in the playoffs of qualifying for the 2019 World Cup . As a result, there was no way to qualify via the World Cup.

statistics

Record against the Olympic champions at the Olympic Games

• USA : 1 games - 1 loss - 0-3 goals
• Norway : 0 games

Games

Denmark has played three games at the Olympics so far, all of which have been lost. The Danes once played against the host, who later became the Olympic champion. Since they were only there for the first edition, they have not yet been able to play against the defending champions. All games are unique so far.

Denmark has so far played against teams from three confederations (Asia, Europe and North / Central America) and against two continental champions, one each against the Asian and North American champions . Denmark never met the reigning world champion.

Most of the games were played by 12 players who were used in the three games. No Danish woman scored more than one goal, the two goals for Denmark were scored by Helle Jensen and Lene Madsen .

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	07/21/1996	0: 3	Orlando ( USA )	United States	Preliminary round
2	07/23/1996	1: 5	Miami ( USA )	People's Republic of China	Preliminary round
3	07/25/1996	1: 3	Orlando ( USA )	Sweden	Preliminary round	Last game under Keld Gantzhorn

Note: Teams in bold were continental champions at the time of the game.

Records

None of the three defeats is the highest against these teams.

Negative record

• Most goals conceded per game: 3.66 (also Greece and Cameroon)

Web links

• Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Statistical Kit - Statistics, Facts & Figures 1996 - 2012