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Denmark prepare for difficult Euro 2012 group stage
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 by SNTV


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Denmark may have been drawn in arguably the toughest group at Euro 2012, but that has not affected their aims for the tournament.

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Denmark have been drawn in one of the toughest groups for Euro 2012, but they're not letting their underdog tag affect their confidence.

Their group includes Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands, but coach Morten Olsen still believes they could be in with a chance.

SOUNDBITE - Marten Olsen

Although bookies have drawn the Danes are 100-1 to life the trophy, they still topped their qualifying group ahead of Portugal and Norway.

On Wednesday (May 16), Olsen named a 20 man squad, with another three places to be announced by 24 May at the latest.

Highly-rated Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen and Stoke goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen are amongst the 20 players named

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger and Nicklas Bendtner are also included, and the Arsenal striker says they'll take it one game at a time

SOUNDBITE - Nicklas Bendtner

But the Denmark squad will be hoping to replicate their success in the 1992 tournament when they went on to win against all expectations. They were included just ten days before the tournament began because of international sanctions against Yugoslavia.

They take on the Netherlands in their opening Group B match in Kharkiv on the 9th of June before playing Portugal and Germany in Lviv.

Standings
    Rank Team W/D/L Pts

    Cities & Stadiums

    The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments

    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia