Danish national rugby union team
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| Association | Dansk Rugby Union | ||
| captain | Soren Brobyskov | ||
| WR abbreviation | THE | ||
| WR rank | 71st (37.36 points) (as of February 4, 2020) |
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Most international matches Morten Rune Nielsen (64) |
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First international match Sweden 6-0 Denmark (23 October 1949)  |
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Biggest win Denmark 127: 5 Estonia (April 28, 2018)  |
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Biggest defeat Denmark 7: 104 Russia (May 13, 2000)  |
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World Championship participations: none |
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The Danish national rugby union team represents Denmark in the sport of rugby union . She plays in Division 2B of the European Nations Cup and has not yet qualified for a World Cup. Denmark is the World Association International Rugby Board in the third strength class ( third tier divided).
Rugby has been played in Denmark since 1931, but it was not until 1949 that the first international match was played. This was lost 6-0 against Sweden . The national association has existed since 1950 and joined FIRA , the European umbrella association, in 1971 . Three years later they co-founded the Nordisk Rugby Union , which takes care of the game operations in Scandinavia. They have been an IRB member since 1988 and have been participating in the World Cup qualifications ever since.
International matches
| country | Games | Won | Lost | draw |
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 Andorra
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Armenia
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Belgium
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Bulgaria
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 GDR
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Germany
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9 | 1 | 8th | 0 |
 Finland
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Georgia
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Israel
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Croatia
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5 | 0 | 4th | 1 |
 Latvia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 Lithuania
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Luxembourg
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Malta
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Morocco
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Moldova
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Netherlands
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10 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
 Norway
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10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
 Austria
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Poland
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
 Portugal
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Russia
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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Sweden
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48 | 10 | 35 | 3 |
 Switzerland
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9 | 4th | 3 | 2 |
 Serbia
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Slovenia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 Spain
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Czech Republic
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Tunisia
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Ukraine
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Hungary
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 136 | 40 | 88 | 9 |
Results at world championships
- World Championship 1987 : not participated
- World Championship 1991 : not participated
- 1995 World Cup : not qualified
- World Championship 1999 : not qualified
- World Championship 2003 : not qualified
- World Cup 2007 : not qualified ( 2nd qualifying round )
- World Cup 2011 : not qualified ( 1st qualifying round )
Individual evidence
- ^ World Rugby Rankings. world.rugby, February 4, 2020, accessed November 26, 2019 .
Web links
- Official website (Danish)
- RugbyData statistics