Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An nada shi manajan kungiyar kwallon kafa ta kasar Denmark a shekarar 1962, ya maye gurbin Arne Sørensen, wanda ya jagoranci Denmark zuwa lambar azurfa a gasar Olympics ta 1960. Abin takaici ga Petersen, yawancin 'yan wasan da suka lashe lambar azurfa a shekarar 1960 yanzu an dakatar da su daga tawagar' yan wasa kawai saboda sun sanya hannu kan kwangilar kwararru, kuma kwallon kafa ta Danish ba ta da 'yan wasan da za su bi nasarar. Ya gudanar da Denmark zuwa na huɗu wuri na hudu mahalarta a
Kofin Turai na 1964, bayan da ya doke kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Malta, kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Albania, da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Luxembourg a wasannin neman shiga gasar. Poul Petersen ya jagoranci Denmark har wasanni 47 har zuwa Nuwamba 1966, ya lashe wasanni 17 kuma ya rasa wasanni 22.