Danish men's national field handball team

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Denmark
Association Dansk Håndbold Forbund (DHF)
Balance sheet
50 games
16 wins
0 draws
34 losses
statistics
First international game Denmark 5:16 German Empire August 26, 1934, Copenhagen
DenmarkDenmark Nazi stateNazi state 
DenmarkDenmark
Last international game Denmark 7-17 Switzerland June 21, 1959, Vienna
DenmarkDenmark SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
AustriaAustria
Highest victory Netherlands 8:20 Denmark June 15, 1952, Zurich
NetherlandsNetherlands DenmarkDenmark 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Biggest defeat Sweden 20: 5 Denmark June 18, 1959, Vienna
SwedenSweden DenmarkDenmark 
AustriaAustria
List of international matches


Handball world championship
Participation 5 of 7 (First: 1938 )
best result Silver medal world centered-2.svgSilver medal ( 1948 )
(As of July 3, 2020)

The Danish national men's field handball team represented Denmark at internationals and international tournaments.

The greatest success was the silver medal at the 1948 World Cup .

Olympic games

The Danish national handball teams did not take part in the only event where field handball was played.

year venue Participation until ... Result medal
1936 Berlin , German EmpireGerman Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era)  no participation

World championships

The Romanian national handball team took part in five of the seven field handball world championships held until 1966 .

year Host country Participation until ... Result rank Comments and special features
1938 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire Game for 8th place DenmarkDenmark Denmark 9: 3 NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands  8th place
1948 France 1946Fourth French Republic France final SwedenSweden Sweden 11: 4 DenmarkDenmarkDenmark  Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver medal
1952 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Play for 5th place NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 8:20 DenmarkDenmarkDenmark  5th place
1955 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany Preliminary round DenmarkDenmark Denmark 0 points 9th - 17th place
1959 AustriaAustria Austria Play for 5th place DenmarkDenmark Denmark 7-17 SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland  6th place Last game of the Danes
1963 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland no participation
1966 AustriaAustria Austria no participation

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics. In: haandbold.dk. Dansk Håndbold Forbund , accessed on June 25, 2020 (Danish, set Kamp køn to "Herre" and Kamptype to "Mark 11").