The Denmark women's national handball team is the national team of

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. It is governed by the

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(DHF). In 1997, it became the first Women's Handball team to hold all three major titles simultaneously (The World Championship, The Olympic Championship and The European Championship). Denmark women's handball team is the only team (women's and men's) in handball history to win the Olympic Games three consecutive times, earning the gold medal in 1996, 2000, and 2004. Despite tremendous results, the Danish handball team has seen a steady decline. As of 2021, the team has not won a gold medal since the Olympic Games 2004. However, at the World Championship 2013, the team won its first medal (bronze) at a World Championship since 1997 when the team won gold. It was also the first medal the Danish team had won in 9 years.

Honours

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

Performance in other tournaments

* Carpathian Trophy 1980 – Fifth place * Carpathian Trophy 1997 – Winner *

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– Third place * GF World Cup '08 – Second place * Møbelringen Cup 2002 – Winner * Møbelringen Cup 2003 – Third place * Møbelringen Cup 2005 – Winner * Møbelringen Cup 2007 – Third place * Møbelringen Cup 2008 – Third place * Møbelringen Cup 2010 – Second place * Møbelringen Cup 2012 – Second place * Golden League 2012-13 – Winner * Golden League 2014-15 – Winner * Golden League 2016-17 – Third place

Team

Current squad

The squad for the

2022 European Women's Handball Championship The 2022 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro from 4 to 20 November 2022. It showed an impressive action by the norwegian right-back Nora Mørk, who was the top scorer of the EHF EURO 2022, a ...

. On 11 October Michala Møller replaced

Mia Rej Mia Rej (born 2 February 1990) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team. She made her debut on the national team on 9 March 2016 against Russia. She represented Denmark at the 2019 World Women's Handball C ...

in the squad due to a knee injury. Head coach: Jesper Jensen ''Caps and goals as of 20 November 2022.''

Extended squad

The following players have been called up for the pre-squad.

Previous squads

Notable players

Several Danish players have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments, either as

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or as a member of the All-Star Team. ;MVP * Anja Andersen, 1996 European Championship *

Karin Mortensen Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

, 2002 European Championship ;All-Star Team *

Anette Hoffmann Anette Hoffmann (born 5 May 1971) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.< ...

, 1995 World Championship; 2000 Summer Olympics * Anja Andersen, 1996 Summer Olympics *

Susanne Munk Wilbek Susanne Munk Wilbek (born Munk Lauritsen, ) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Camilla Andersen Camilla Røseler Andersen (born 5 July 1973) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

, 1997 World Championship; 1998 European Championship * Tonje Kjærgaard, 1998 European Championship; 1999 World Championship *

Janne Kolling Janne Kolling (born 12 July 1968) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

, 1998 European Championship; 2000 Summer Olympics *

Mette Vestergaard Mette Vestergaard Larsen (born 27 November 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney

, 2001 World Championship * Kristine Andersen, 2002 European Championship * Line Daugaard, 2002 European Championship; 2004 Summer Olympics *

, 2002 and 2004 European Championship * Rikke Schmidt, 2004 Summer Olympics *

Katrine Fruelund Katrine Fruelund (born 12 July 1978 in Randers, Midtjylland) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney

, 2004 Summer Olympics *

Josephine Touray Josephine Touray (born 6 October 1979) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί � ...

, 2004 European Championship * Mie Augustesen, 2010 European Championship * Maibritt Kviesgaard, 2010 European Championship *

Line Jørgensen Line Anna Ryborg Jørgensen Myers (born 31 December 1989) is a former Danish handball player, who last played for Team Esbjerg and formerly the Danish national team. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' (" Honorary Citizen") of t ...

, 2011 World Championship * Maria Fisker, 2013 World Championship; 2014 European Championship *

Kristina Kristiansen Kristina "Mulle" Kristiansen (born 13 July 1989) is a Danish handball player for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and the Danish national team. International honours * Danish Championship: **''Winner'': 2017 **''Runner-up'': 2013 *EHF Cup: **'' ...

, 2014 European Championship * Sandra Toft, 2016 and 2020 European Championship, 2021 World Championship * Line Haugsted, 2020 European Championship * Emma Friis, 2022 European Championship * Kathrine Heindahl, 2022 European Championship ''Incomplete''

Coaching staff

Coaches

:''List of coaches for Denmark women's national handball team''

Individual all-time records

Most matches played

Total number of matches played in official competitions only. Last updated: 20 November 2022

Most goals scored

Total number of goals scored in official matches only. Last updated: 20 November 2022

References

* *

External links

*
IHF profile
{{European Women's Handball Championship winners

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Women's national handball teams