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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.
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The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments
Year | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
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2008 | Spain | Germany | Russia / Turkey |
2004 | Greece | Portugal | Netherlands / Czech Republic |
2000 | France | Italy | Netherlands / Portugal |
1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | France / England |
1992 | Denmark | Germany | Netherlands / Sweden |
1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Italy / West Germany |
1984 | France | Spain | Denmark / Portugal |
1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Czechoslovakia |
1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Netherlands |
1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Belgium |
1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | England |
1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Hungary |
1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |