Football World Cup 2002 / Denmark

This article covers the Danish national team at the 2002 World Cup .

qualification

Denmark had to prevail against the Czech Republic , Bulgaria , Iceland , Northern Ireland and Malta . Group 3 was won by a narrow margin over the Czech Republic. Denmark qualified for the World Cup finals.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Denmark	22: 6	22nd
2	Czech Republic	20: 8	20th
3	Bulgaria	14:15	17th
4th	Iceland	14:20	13
5	Northern Ireland	11:12	11
6th	Malta	4:24	1

Iceland	-	Denmark		1: 2
Northern Ireland	-	Denmark		1: 1
Denmark	-	Bulgaria		1: 1
Malta	-	Denmark		0: 5
Czech Republic	-	Denmark		0-0
Denmark	-	Czech Republic		2: 1
Denmark	-	Malta		2: 1
Denmark	-	Northern Ireland		1: 1
Bulgaria	-	Denmark		0: 2
Denmark	-	Iceland		6-0

Danish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Thomas Sørensen	Sunderland AFC	06/12/1976	4th	0	0	0	0
16	Peter Kjær	Aberdeen FC	05/11/1965	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Jesper Christiansen	Glasgow Rangers	04/24/1978	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
3	René Henriksen	Panathinaikos Athens	08/27/1969	4th	0	0	0	0
4th	Martin Laursen	AC Milan	07/26/1977	4th	0	1	0	0
5	Jan Heintze	PSV Eindhoven	08/17/1963	2	0	1	0	0
6th	Thomas Helveg	AC Milan	06/24/1971	4th	0	1	0	0
12	Niclas Jensen	Manchester City	08/17/1974	3	0	0	0	0
13	Steven Lustü	Lyn Oslo	04/13/1971	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Kasper Bøgelund	PSV Eindhoven	10/08/1980	2	0	0	0	0
midfield player
2	Stig Tøfting	Bolton Wanderers	08/14/1969	4th	0	1	0	0
7th	Thomas Gravesen	Everton FC	03/11/1976	4th	0	0	0	0
10	Martin Jørgensen	Udinese Calcio	10/06/1975	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Claus Jensen	Charlton Athletic	04/29/1977	1	0	1	0	0
15th	Jan Michaelsen	Panathinaikos Athens	11/28/1970	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Christian Poulsen	FC Copenhagen	02/28/1980	3	0	2	0	0
23	Brian Steen Nielsen	Malmö FF	December 28, 1968	1	0	0	0	0
striker
8th	Jesper Grønkjær	Chelsea FC	08/12/1977	4th	0	0	0	0
9	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Feyenoord Rotterdam	08/29/1976	4th	4th	1	0	0
11	Low tide sand	FC Schalke 04	07/19/1972	3	0	1	0	0
18th	Peter Løvenkrands	Glasgow Rangers	01/29/1980	1	0	0	0	0
19th	Dennis Rommedahl	PSV Eindhoven	07/22/1978	4th	1	0	0	0
21st	Peter Madsen	Brøndby IF	04/26/1978	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Morten Olsen		08/14/1949

Preliminary round

At best, Denmark had been given outsider opportunities in Group A. France and Uruguay just seemed too strong. In the first game Uruguay was defeated. The second game against France defeated Senegal ended in a draw. Then you met the reigning world champion France, who absolutely had to win in order to reach the next round. Denmark won this game 2-0 and won Group A.

Uruguay	-	Denmark		1: 2
Denmark	-	Senegal		1: 1
Denmark	-	France		2-0

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Denmark	5: 2	7th
2	Senegal	5: 4	5
3	Uruguay	4: 5	2
4th	France	0: 3	1

Round of 16

Denmark was unlucky to face one of the strongest teams in the tournament in the round of 16. England was the title favorite behind Brazil. With 0: 3 Denmark was eliminated from the tournament.

Denmark

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England

0: 3