Denmark v Wales: What Time is Kick-off, What TV Channel is it on and Can Cymru Bounce Back from Portugal defeat?
WALES continue their return to the top tier of the UEFA Nations League on Sunday with another testing away assignment as Craig Bellamy takes his side to Copenhagen to face Denmark.
And after both countries suffered defeat in their opening Group 4 matches on Thursday night, there is already plenty riding on the encounter.
Wales went down narrowly 1-0 to Portugal in Lisbon, João Félix scoring the only goal of the game, while Denmark were beaten 3-2 by Norway in Oslo, despite fighting back from two goals down.
That means somebody could be getting their first points on the board at the Parken Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
When is Denmark v Wales?
Denmark v Wales takes place on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
Kick-off is at 5pm UK time — 6pm local time in Copenhagen.
It is an unusually friendly kick-off time for Wales supporters: a Sunday afternoon international rather than one of those evenings spent watching the clock edge towards 7.45pm.
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Where is Denmark v Wales being played?
The match takes place at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, home of both the Denmark national team and FC Copenhagen.
Opened in 1992, Parken has a capacity of just over 38,000 and staged four matches during EURO 2020, including Denmark’s three group games and the extraordinary last-16 meeting between Croatia and Spain.
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What TV channel is Denmark v Wales on?
There are several ways for Welsh supporters to follow Sunday’s match.
BBC One Wales begins its live coverage at 4.30pm, half an hour before kick-off.
The match is also being shown on S4C, with Sgorio Rhyngwladol beginning at 4.30pm, and can be streamed through BBC iPlayer and S4C Clic. Radio coverage is also available through the BBC.
So, in short:
Denmark v Wales — Sunday, September 27
Kick-off — 5pm UK time
Venue — Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
TV — BBC One Wales and S4C
Streaming — BBC iPlayer and S4C Clic
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What happened against Portugal?
Wales may have left Lisbon empty-handed, but there were encouraging signs against a Portuguese side packed with world-class talent.
João Félix’s first-half goal proved decisive, but Wales remained in the contest and threatened to snatch an equaliser late on.
Bellamy is expecting a very different challenge in Copenhagen.
Speaking after the Portugal game, the Wales boss said the temperature and speed of the ball would be different against Denmark, although he expects the physicality of League A football to remain much the same.
“This is the level,” was Bellamy’s succinct assessment.
And that is perhaps the overriding theme of this Nations League campaign.
Having earned promotion under Bellamy without losing a match in their 2024 campaign, Wales are now back among Europe’s leading nations — and there are unlikely to be many comfortable afternoons.
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Both Wales and Denmark looking for a response
Denmark will have their own frustrations following Thursday’s defeat in Norway.
Oscar Bobb and Erling Haaland put the Norwegians two goals ahead before Mikkel Damsgaard and Rasmus Højlund dragged Denmark level.
Haaland, however, struck again in the 74th minute to give Norway a 3-2 victory.
It leaves both Denmark and Wales on zero points heading into their meeting, while Norway host Portugal in Sunday’s other League A Group 4 fixture.
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What is the latest Wales team news?
Bellamy has already had to make changes to his original squad.
Nathan Broadhead, Harry Wilson and Karl Darlow have withdrawn, with Joe Taylor, Charlie Savage and goalkeeper David Cornell joining the group in their place.
Wales were already without defenders Joe Rodon and Dylan Lawlor through injury.
One player worth keeping an eye on is Lewis Koumas. The 21-year-old Liverpool forward impressed against Portugal, with Bellamy saying afterwards that he felt Koumas had shown that he “belongs here”.
There is also Cardiff City interest in the squad through Cian Ashford, who received his first senior Wales call-up after an impressive start to the Championship season.
Denmark have made a change of their own, with Lucas Høgsberg replacing Andreas Christensen.
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What is at stake in the Nations League?
Wales have returned to League A after winning promotion under Bellamy, but survival is not the only prize.
Finish in the top two in Group A4 and Wales will qualify for the Nations League quarter-finals in March 2027.
Third place means a relegation play-off against League B opposition, while finishing bottom would result in automatic relegation.
And the games are coming thick and fast.
After Copenhagen, Wales return home to the Cardiff City Stadium to face Norway on Thursday, October 1, before Denmark arrive in Cardiff just three days later on Sunday, October 4.
Taking something home from Denmark would therefore give Bellamy’s side a considerable lift before that Cardiff double-header.
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Can history repeat itself for Bellamy?
Wales have experienced their share of difficult nights against Denmark — not least the 4-0 EURO 2020 last-16 defeat in Amsterdam — but Craig Bellamy himself has considerably happier memories of this fixture.
And that brings us rather neatly to…
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Did Ewe Know?
Craig Bellamy scored a late winner for Wales against Denmark in Copenhagen in 1998.
His goal secured a 2-1 EURO 2000 qualifying victory — and, remarkably, Bellamy would torment the Danes again 10 years later, scoring the only goal when Wales beat them 1-0 in a 2008 friendly.
Twenty-eight years after that Copenhagen winner, Bellamy returns to Denmark with a very different job to do.
Can he mastermind another Welsh victory from the touchline?