Denmark at the FIFA World Cup

Denmark qualified for the first time in 1986, where they won all three of their group stage matches including a 2–0 victory against title contenders West Germany, but were eliminated by Spain in the next round.

Since then, the Danish national team has regularly qualified for FIFA World Cup finals and made their sixth and most recent appearance at Qatar 2022.

In their first match against Scotland, Denmark won 1–0 with the only goal coming from Preben Elkjær after he burst into the penalty area before shooting left-footed low into the right corner of the net.

The phrase would live on for 13 years and was repeated by the Danish TV commentators in 1999, when an identical backpass was carried out by Jesper Grønkjær to Filippo Inzaghi on the former's debut for Denmark.

Under coach Bo "Bosse" Johansson, the 1998 FIFA World Cup saw the revival of the Danish team, starring both Laudrup brothers in their last international campaign.

After beating Saudi Arabia 1–0, drawing with South Africa and losing 2–1 to later champions France in mediocre games, the Danish team qualified to the knockout stages as second in the group.

Assistant referees: Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait) Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain) Fourth official: Rahman Al Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

Assistant referees: Mohamed Mansri (Tunisia) Dramane Danté (Mali) Fourth official: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) Denmark qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but despite impressive results in the group stage, especially the 2–0 win against reigning World Cup winners France, Denmark didn't manage to advance any further as they were defeated with a 0–3 score in the round of 16 against England.

All times local (UTC+9) Man of the Match: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark) Assistant referees: Awni Hassouneh (Jordan) Dramane Dante (Mali) Fourth official: Byron Moreno (Ecuador) Man of the Match: Khalilou Fadiga (Senegal) Assistant referees: Ferenc Szekely (Hungary) Visva Krishnan (Singapore) Fourth official: Kim Young-Soo (South Korea) Man of the Match: Zinedine Zidane (France) Assistant referees: Carlos Matos (Portugal) Elise Doriri (Vanuatu) Fourth official: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Man of the Match: Rio Ferdinand (England) Assistant referees: Heiner Müller (Germany) Evzen Amler (Czech Republic) Fourth official: Mourad Daami (Tunisia) At the 2010 World Cup, Denmark was grouped with Japan, Cameroon and the Netherlands.