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Index: World Cup Finals: Korea-Japan 2002: Teams: Denmark

Denmark in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Denmark's 3rd appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Quarter-finals at France 1998.

Denmark in the 2002 World Cup

Group A

Uruguay vs Denmark
Stig Tofting and Thomas Gravesen marshaled the Danish midfield well, in the win over Uruguay.

Denmark vs Senegal
Senegal held on, with ten men, for the last ten minutes; to share the points with Denmark.

Denmark vs France
Zinedine Zidane returned for France but couldn't help the World Champions crash out of the tournament without scoring a goal.

Knockout Stage

Denmark vs England (Second Round)
After three first-half goals by England, Denmark never really came back into the game.

Denmark World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Thomas Sorensen (Sunderland)
16 Peter Kjaer (Aberdeen)
22 Jesper Christiansen (Rangers)

Defenders:

3 Rene Henriksen (Panathinaikos)
4 Martin Laursen (AC Milan)
5 Jan Heintze (PSV Eindhoven)
6 Thomas Helveg (AC Milan)
12 Niclas Jensen (Manchester City)
13 Steven Lustu (Lyn)
20 Kasper Bogelund (PSV Eindhoven)

Midfielders:

2 Stig Töfting (Bolton Wanderers)
7 Thomas Gravesen (Everton)
14 Claus Jensen (Charlton)
17 Christian Poulsen (FC Copenhagen)
23 Brian Steen Nielsen (Malmo)

Forwards:

8 Jesper Gronkjaer (Chelsea)
9 Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord)
10 Martin Jorgensen (Udinese)
11 Ebbe Sand (Schalke 04)
15 Jan Michaelsen (Panathinaikos)
18 Peter Lovenkrands (Rangers)
19 Dennis Rommedahl (PSV Eindhoven)
21 Peter Madsen (Brondby)

Trainer:
Morten Olsen.

Players to watch:
Ebbe Sand, John Dahl Tomasson and Thomas Helveg.

Destination Denmark

Denmark Travel Notes:
Find out more about Denmark @ Travel Notes.