Denmark national Australian rules football team

Denmark
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Vikings
Governing bodyDanish Australian Football League
Rankings
CurrentIncrease 7th (as of October 2022[1])
First international
Denmark Denmark 93 – 25 Great Britain  GBR
(1995)[2]
International Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best result4th (2002

The Vikings (Danish: Vikinger) are Denmark's national Australian rules football team. The team represents the best Danish-born players selected from the clubs of the Danish Australian Football League (DAFL). They wear the national colours of red and white, with the top half of Australian rules football in the shape of a horned "Viking" helmet.

The team was formed in 1992 to play the North London Lions from the British Australian Rules Football League in Denmark. Proper international competition began in 1994 when Denmark played an international in England. In 1995, the DAFL made the decision to exclude Australians from its national team.

The Vikings participated in the inaugural 2002 Australian Football International Cup held in Melbourne (finishing 4th). The national team was one of two teams (the other being Nauru) that withdrew from the 2005 tournament due to an inability of the Danish league to finance the trip.

International competition

International Cup

European championships

EU Cup

Men's

  • 2014: 1st
  • 2015: 1st
  • 2018: 1st

Women's

  • 2015: 2nd

References

  1. ^ Homes, Cam (23 October 2022). "World Footy News World Rankings post 2022 European Championships". World Footy News.
  2. ^ "Men's World Rankings Matches - World Footy News".
  3. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
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