SPORT IN DENMARK

Sport in Denmark is diverse. The national sport is football. Other popular sports include handball, cycling, sailing sports, badminton, ice hockey, swimming, cricket, tennis and recently also golf.
Sport is encouraged in school, and there are local sports clubs in all cities and most towns.

1. FOOTBALL: is the most popular sport in Denmark, with over 313,000 players in more than 1600 clubs.

2. HANDBALL: Denmark has a long history with handball, with the sport originating from Denmark. Handball is one of the most popular pastimes in Denmark, only exceeded by e.g. football. There are over 146.000 licensed handball players in Denmark.

3. GOLF: has become a highly popular sport in recent years in Denmark with more than 180 courses across the country. Golf is mostly popular among the older demographic, with more members over the age of 24 than any other sport in Denmark.

4. CRICKET: The Denmark national cricket team has been performing well and has reached World Cricket League's Division two which kept their hopes to qualify for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Cricket has been played in Denmark since the mid 19th century, brought there the British.

5. TENNIS: is a sport also played in Denmark. There are many good players.

6. ICE HOCKEY: The Denmark men's national ice hockey team has been in the best division since 2003. The Danish national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets in Tampere.

7. CYCLING: In recent years, Denmark has made a mark as a strong cycling nation.
But despite all the bad publicity, cycling is still quite a popular sport in Denmark.