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Sporting Witness: Denmark's shock Euros win

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Denmark's shock Euros win

03/06/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Denmark's shock Euros win

How the Danes won the Euro 92 championship despite not even qualifying for the tournament

John Jensen remembers how he helped Denmark win the 1992 European Championship, one of the most unlikely victories in the tournament's history

In June 1992, Denmark’s top footballers were relaxing on the beach when they received an urgent call to take part in the Euro 92 tournament. The Danes had failed to qualify for the championship, but were now needed as replacements for Yugoslavia, a country that no longer existed because it had descended into civil war. In a surprise to everyone, including themselves, Denmark then went on to win the tournament, defeating Holland and West Germany on the way. Will Yates talks to midfielder John Jensen, who scored one of the Danish goals in the final. The programme is a Whistledown Production, first broadcast in 2016.

(Photo: The Danish team celebrate. Credit: Getty Images)

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