Danish u19 National Team
For the second time Denmark will send off a team to the u19 World Championships. First time around was in 2005 in PEI, Canada.
Softball is a very small sport in Denmark, so the playerpool is not huge. This means that we will be bringing players from 19 years olds down to a couple of 15 year olds. Several players have WC-experience from 2005, and also from the European Championships in 2006 (2nd), but unfortunately high school graduations have left a couple of our more experienced players at home.
A good deal of the players play regularly in the highest Danish senior league, which is considered one of the best in Europe. Players to watch will be WC veterans: team captain Jan Weichart and pitcher Valdemar Terkelsen, who also starred on the senior national team in 2007.
Coaching the team wil beKiwi’s Israel Nukunuku and Sam Woodcock, with Jens Terkelsen as manager.
The Danish team will not be going for gold, but we are convinced that we will cause some upsets during the tournament.
Team Denmark will be arriving on June 18th and will be playing a friendly against the Czech Republic on june 20th.
The whole delegation is looking forward to the trip to Whitehorse – at least your weather and your light will be almost normal for us, compared to several other nations!
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Jens Terkelsen
Team Manager
Roster after the jump.
Denmark u19 National Team – 2008
Name Surname Numer Position Team
Daniel Nicolaisen 5 OF Ballerup Vandals
David Grates 28 P/OF Stenløse Bulls
Dennis Nielsen 64 IF/P Stenløse Bulls
Ibrahim Sajid 10 IF GSK, Gladsaxe
Jan Weichardt 66 IF Amager Vikings
Jimmy Tanghus Poulsen 8 OF Østfyns Oysters
Kasper Rasmussen 88 OF Hørsholm Hurricanes
Mads Hermansen 11 C Hørsholm Hurricanes
Mathias Pachler 4 OF Hørsholm Hurricanes
Jonas Pedersen 9 OF Odense Giants
Patrick Nielsen 50 IF Stenløse Bulls
Stefan Lüthmann 75 OF/C Amager Vikings
Stephan Jensen 63 IF Ballerup Vandals
Valdemar Brask Terkelsen 73 P Hørsholm Hurricanes
Zlatan Delic 15 OF KIK, Kokkedal
Israel Nukunuku Head Coach
Sam Woodcock Ass. Coach
Jens Terkelsen Team Manager