Denmark national badminton team

Denmark

Association	Badminton Denmark
Confederation	Badminton Europe
President	Tore Vilhelmsen
BWF ranking
Current ranking	8 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking	2 (5 January 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	17 (first in 1989)
Best result	Runners-up (1999, 2011)
Thomas Cup
Appearances	32 (first in 1949)
Best result	Champions (2016)
Uber Cup
Appearances	22 (first in 1957)
Best result	Runners-up (1957, 1960, 2000)
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	27 (first in 1972)
Best result	Champions (1976, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 2006)
Best result	Champions (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 2006)
Best result	Champions (2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)

The Denmark national badminton team (Danish: Danmarks badmintonlandshold) is a badminton team located in Denmark and represents the nation of Denmark in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by Badminton Denmark, the governing body for badminton in Denmark.^[1]

As of the 2020 Olympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	20	12	15	47
2	Indonesia (INA)	8	6	7	21
3	South Korea (KOR)	6	7	7	20
4	Denmark	2	3	4	9
5	Japan (JPN)	1	1	2	4
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	0	2
7	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
8	Malaysia (MAS)	0	6	3	9
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
	India (IND)	0	1	2	3
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
12	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		39	39	43	121

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	1992 Barcelona	Badminton	Men's singles
Gold	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	1996 Atlanta	Badminton	Men's singles
Silver	Camilla Martin	2000 Sydney	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	2004 Athens	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Silver	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	2012 London	Badminton	Men's doubles
Bronze	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	2012 London	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Silver	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Women's doubles
Bronze	Viktor Axelsen	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Men's singles
Gold	Viktor Axelsen	2020 Tokyo	Badminton	Men's singles

Thomas Cup Year Result 1949 Runner-up 1952 First round inter-zone (4th) 1955 Runner-up 1958 First round inter-zone (4th) 1961 Final round inter-zone (3rd) 1964 Runner-up 1967 First round inter-zone (4th / 5th) 1970 Final round inter-zone (3rd) 1973 Runner-up 1976 Final round inter-zone (3rd) 1979 Runner-up 1982 Semi-finalist 1984 Group stage − 5th 1986 Fourth place 1988 Fourth place 1990 Semi-finalist 1992 Group stage − 7th 1994 Group stage − 5th 1996 Runner-up 1998 Semi-finalist 2000 Semi-finalist 2002 Semi-finalist 2004 Runner-up 2006 Runner-up 2008 Quarter-finalist 2010 Quarter-finalist 2012 Semi-finalist 2014 Quarter-finalist 2016 Champion 2018 Semi-finalist 2020 Semi-finalist 2022 Semi-finalists 2024 Quarter-finalist − 6th 2026 Qualified

Uber Cup Year Result 1957 Runner-up 1960 Runner-up 1972 Second round inter-zone (3rd / 4th) 1978 Second round inter-zone (3rd) 1984 Fourth place 1986 Group stage 1988 Group stage − 7th 1990 Group stage − 7th 1994 Group stage − 5th 1996 Semi-finalist 1998 Semi-finalist 2000 Runner-up 2002 Group stage − 7th 2004 Semi-finalist 2008 Quarter-finalist 2010 Quarter-finalist 2012 Quarter-finalist 2014 Quarter-finalist 2016 Quarter-finalist 2018 Quarter-finalist 2020 Quarter-finalist 2022 Quarter-finalist 2024 Quarter-finalist − 6th 2026 Qualified

Sudirman Cup Year Result 1989 Semi-finalist 1991 Semi-finalist 1993 Semi-finalist 1995 Semi-finalist 1997 Semi-finalist 1999 Runner-up 2001 Semi-finalist 2003 Semi-finalist 2005 Semi-finalist 2007 Group stage − 6th 2011 Runner-up 2013 Semi-finalist 2015 Quarter-finalist 2017 Quarter-finalist 2019 Quarter-finalist 2021 Quarter-finalist 2023 Quarter-finalist

Men's team Year Result 2006 Champions 2008 Champions 2010 Champions 2012 Champions 2014 Champions 2016 Champions 2018 Champions 2020 Champions 2024 Champions

Women's team Year Result 2006 Fourth place 2008 Champions 2010 Champions 2012 Runner-up 2014 Champions 2016 Champions 2018 Champions 2020 Champions 2024 Champions

Mixed team Year Result 1972 Runner-up 1974 Runner-up 1976 Champions 1978 Runner-up 1980 Champions 1982 Third place 1984 Runner-up 1986 Champions 1988 Champions 1990 Champions 1992 Runner-up 1994 Runner-up 1996 Champions 1998 Champions 2000 Champions 2002 Champions 2004 Champions 2006 Champions 2008 Champions 2009 Champions 2011 Champions 2013 Runner-up 2015 Champions 2017 Champions 2019 Champions 2021 Champions 2023 Champions

Year	Result
2000	Group stage - 11th of 24
2002	Group stage - 10th of 23
2004	Group X2 - 7th of 20
2006	Group X2 - 13th of 28
2007	Did not compete
2008
2009	Group X2 - 9th of 21
2010	Group Z2 - 6th of 24
2011	Group W2 - 9th of 22
2012	Did not compete
2013	Group Y2 - 11th of 30
2014	Group Y2 - 9th of 33
2015	Group D1 - 7th of 39
2016	Quarter-finalist - 7th of 52
2017	Group G - 17th of 44
2018	Quarter-finalist - 8th of 39
2019	Quarter-finalist - 6th of 43
2020	Cancelled
2021	Cancelled
2022	Group E - 10th of 37
2023	Group G - 13th of 38
2024	Quarter-finalist - 8th of 39

Year	Result
1975	Champions
1977	Runner-up
1979	Champions
1981	Champions
1983	Runner-up
1985	Champions
1987	Champions
1989	Champions
1991	Third place
1993	Champions
1995	Champions
1997	Champions
1999	Third place
2001	Runner-up
2003	Runner-up
2005	Champions
2007	Third place
2009	Champions
2011	Semi-finalist
2013	Champions
2015	Semi-finalist
2017	Semi-finalist
2018	Runner-up
2020	Champions
2022	Champions

The following players were selected to represent Denmark at the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup.^[2]