Denmark men's national ice hockey team

The Danish men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Denmark. The team is controlled by Danmarks Ishockey Union. The team is ranked 12th by the IIHF World Ranking. Denmark currently has 5,147 players (0.09 % of its population). Their head coach is Heinz Ehlers.

Denmark once held the record for the largest loss when they were defeated by Canada in 1949, 47 - 0, only being surpassed by New Zealand who were defeated by Australia 58 - 0 in 1987.

In 2003, Denmark was back in the elite division of the World Championship after 54 years. The Danish national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets in Tampere, Finland, defeating the United States 5-2 on April 26, 2003 and tied Canada 2-2 six days later on May 2, 2003. Since Finland 2003, Denmark has not been out of the top division ever since.

Olympic Record

 * 1920-1968 - Did not participate
 * 1972-2018 - Did not qualify

World Championship Record

 * 1920-1948 - Did not participate
 * 1949 - Finished in 10th place
 * 1950-1961 - Did not participate
 * 1962 - Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
 * 1963 - Finished in 18th place (3rd in "Pool C")
 * 1964-1965 - Did not participate
 * 1966 - Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
 * 1967 - Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool C")
 * 1968 - Did not participate
 * 1969 - Finished in 20th place (6th in "Pool C")
 * 1970 - Finished in 19th place (5th in "Pool C")
 * 1971 - Finished in 20th place (6th in "Pool C")
 * 1972 - Finished in 20th place (7th in "Pool C")
 * 1973 - Finished in 21st place (7th in "Pool C")
 * 1974 - Did not participate
 * 1975 - Finished in 20th place (6th in "Pool C")
 * 1976 - Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool C")
 * 1977 - Finished in 19th place (2nd in "Pool C")
 * 1978 - Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool C")
 * 1979 - Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
 * 1981 - Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool C")
 * 1982 - Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool C")
 * 1983 - Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool C")
 * 1985 - Finished in 21st place (5th in "Pool C")
 * 1986 - Finished in 21st place (5th in "Pool C")
 * 1987 - Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
 * 1989 - Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
 * 1990 - Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
 * 1991 - Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
 * 1992 - Finished in 16th place (4th in "Pool B")
 * 1993 - Finished in 16th place (4th in "Pool B")
 * 1994 - Finished in 17th place (5th in "Pool B")
 * 1995 - Finished in 17th place (5th in "Pool B")
 * 1996 - Finished in 18th place (6th in "Pool B")
 * 1997 - Finished in 20th place (8th in "Pool B")
 * 1998 - Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool B")
 * 1999 - Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool B")
 * 2000 - Finished in 21st place (5th in "Pool B")
 * 2001 - Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
 * 2002 - Finished in 18th place (1st in Division I, Group B)
 * 2003 - Finished in 11th place
 * 2004 - Finished in 12th place
 * 2005 - Finished in 14th place
 * 2006 - Finished in 13th place
 * 2007 - Finished in 10th place
 * 2008 - Finished in 12th place
 * 2009 - Finished in 13th place
 * 2010 - Finished in 8th place
 * 2011 - Finished in 11th place
 * 2012 - Finished in 13th place
 * 2013 - Finished in 12th place
 * 2014 - Finished in 13th place
 * 2015 - Finished in 14th place
 * 2016 - Finished in 8th place
 * 2017 - Finished in 12th place
 * 2018 - Finished in 10th place
 * 2019 - Finished in 11th place
 * 2020 - canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Retired Numbers

 * #7 Jesper Damgaard