The Vikings ( da, Vikinger) are

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's national Australian rules football team. The team formed in 1992 to play the

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from the

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in Denmark. The Vikings represent the best Danish born players selected from the clubs of the

Danish Australian Football League The Dansk Australsk Fodbold Liga (Eng: Danish Australian Football League) is the controlling body and main league for the sport of Australian rules football in Denmark. Founded in 1989, regular competition commenced in 1991. Despite being predomi ...

. The Vikings wear the

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of red and white, with the top half of Australian rules football in the shape of a

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Viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

" helmet. Proper internationals began in 1994 when Denmark played an international in England. In 1995, the DAFL took a decision to exclude Australians from its national team. Since then, the Vikings have participated in the inaugural 2002

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held in

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(finishing 4th). The national team was one of two teams (the other being Nauru) that withdrew from the 2005 tournament due to an inability of the Danish league to finance the trip.

International competition

International Cup

* 2002: 4th * 2005: Did not enter *

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: 11th * 2011: 8th *

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: Did not enter *

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: Did not enter

European championships

* 2010: 2nd *

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: 3rd *

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: Did not enter *

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: 2nd

2008 International Cup Squad

Coach: Jim Campion (

Farum Cats Farum Australsk Fodbold (English: Farum Australian Football) is a club under the Danish Australian Football League. Formed in 1994 as the Farum Lions, the team played their first season of DAFL Premier League 1995 finishing 2nd, after losing the ...

) *Chris Campion (Farum) *Christian Møller Larsen ( Aalborg) *Christian Rose (Farum) *Christoffer Holm Nielsen (Farum) *Erik Krolmark ( North Copenhagen) *Frederik Schmidt (Farum) *Frederik Schulin (

Århus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

) *Jakob Ibsen (North Copenhagen) *Eliud K Schmidt (North Copenhagen) *Jens Djernes (Århus) *Jesper Gjørup (North Copenhagen) *Joakim Secher (Farum) *Jonas Holstein (North Copenhagen) *Kasper Sallander Holm (North Copenhagen) *Kristian Stetter (Aalborg) *Mads Buhl (Farum) *Mikkel Højgaard (Farum) *Morten Engsbye (Farum) *Nicolai Secher (Farum) *Niels Schønnemann (North Copenhagen) *Pàll Finnsson (Århus) *Peter Bjarnum (Farum) *Rasmus Jacobsen (Farum) *Rene Damborg (Aalborg) *Thore Lauritzen (Farum) *Troels Ottesen (Farum)

References

External links

DAFL Vikings
National Australian rules football teams Australian rules football in Denmark Australian rules football 1992 establishments in Denmark {{Denmark-sport-stub