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Index: World Cup Finals: France 1998: Denmark

Denmark in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
France 1998 was Denmark's 2nd appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Denmark reached the Second Round at Mexico 1986.

Denmark in the 1998 World Cup

Group C

12th June: vs. Saudi Arabia (1:0) in Lens.

18th June: vs. South Africa (1:1) in Toulouse.

24th June: vs. France (1:2) in Lyon.

Knockout Stage

2nd Round
28th June: vs. Nigeria (4:1) in St. Denis.

Denmark were mediocre in achieving second place in the group, but proved too much for Nigeria in the second round.

1/4 Finals
3rd July: vs. Brazil (2-3) in Nantes.

The quarter-finals set the Danes up with a very threatening Brazil side.

As the saying goes, no games are easy at this stage. And boy did the Danes take it to the World Champions; going a goal up in the second minute of their encounter. At 2:3 down, Marc Rieper headed against the cross-bar in the final minutes.

This game was ten times better than the Italy vs France match, earlier the same day.

Denmark World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United)
16 Mogens Krogh (Brondby)
22 Peter Kjor (Silkeborg)

Defenders:

2 Michael Schjoenberg (Kaiserslautern)
3 Marc Rieper (Celtic)
4 Jes Hogh (Fenerbahce)
5 Jan Heintze (Bayer Leverkusen)
13 Jacob Laursen (Derby County)

Midfielders:

6 Thomas Helveg (Udinese)
7 Allan Nielsen (Tottenham Hotspur)
8 Per Frandsen (Bolton Wanderers)
10 Michael Laudrup (Ajax)
14 Morten Wieghorst (Celtic)
15 Stig Tofting (MSV Duisburg)
17 Bjarne Goldbaek (Copenhagen)
20 René Henriksen (Akademisk)
21 Martin Jorgensen (Udinese)

Forwards:

9 Miklos Molnar (Seville)
11 Brian Laudrup (Glasgow Rangers)
18 Peter Moller (PSV Eindhoven)
19 Ebbe Sand (Brondby)

Trainer:
Bo Johansson.

Destination Denmark

Denmark Travel Notes:
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