In July this year an era came to an end for the Danish women’s national team. Head coach Jesper Jensen, who had led the team to two silver medals at the EHF EURO 2022 and 2024, as well as bronze at the 2021 and 2023 IHF World Championships and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, stepped away.

His replacement, Helle Thomsen, is only the second-ever female coach of the women’s national team and the first since 1965. Thomsen brings with her former Montenegro head coach Bojana Popovic as assistant.