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Denmark national handball team
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| Most caps | Lars Christiansen (237) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most goals | Lars Christiansen (1089) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 16 (First in 1938) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 2nd, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 6 (First in 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 3rd, 2002 2004 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Denmark national handball team is the national handball team of Denmark. Controlled by the Danish Handball Association it represents Denmark in international matches.
Handball is one of the most popular pasetimes in Denmark, only exceeded by Soccer and Badminton. At the end of 2003 the Danish Handball Association had more then 146.000 active and passive members.
2007 World Championship
In 2007 Denmark participated in the World championship in Germany, where they were pitted in Group E with Angola, Hungary and neighbors to the north Norway. Denmark finished second in their group following victories against Angola and Norway. In the main round the team faced Croatia, Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary and defending champions Spain.
Despite an initial defeat against Croatia, the team gained further advancement by defeating their last three opponents. In the quartefinal Island was defeated by the nearest of margins 41-42. In the semifinal Denmark lost to Poland 36-33 and ended up in the bronzematch against France where they won 34-27 thus placing third.
The Danish international squad of 2007.
| Number | Player | Age | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| No. 1 | Kasper Hvidt | 6 February 1976 | 159 | 1 |  Portland San Antonio |
| No. 2 | Claus Møller Madsen | 24 September 1976 | 117 | 147 | Ademar Leon |
| No. 2 | Lars Møller Madsen | 30 May 1981 | 52 | 100 |  Skjern Håndbold |
| No. 3 | Mikkel Holm Aagaard | 26 November 1979 | 42 | 77 | Skjern Håndbold |
| No. 4 | Lasse Boesen | 18 September 1979 | 73 | 184 | KIF Kolding |
| No. 4 | Kasper Nielsen | 9 June 1975 | 100 | 229 |  SG Flensburg-Handewitt |
| No. 5 | Torsten Laen | 26 November 1979 | 117 | 190 | GOG Svendborg TGI |
| No. 6 | Lars T. Jørgensen | 3 February 1978 | 133 | 123 | Portland San Antonio |
| No. 7 | Jesper Jensen | 30 October 1977 | 62 | 145 | Skjern Håndbold |
| No. 8 | Lars Rasmussen | 9 April 1976 | 54 | 137 | Team Tvis Holstebro |
The Danish Handball Association In Danish
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International handball
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