Sweden men's national handball team
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Association | Swedish Handball Association (Svenska Handbollförbundet) | ||
Coach | Glenn Solberg | ||
Assistant coach | Michael Apelgren Tomas Svensson | ||
Captain | Andreas Palicka | ||
Most caps | Magnus Wislander (386) | ||
Most goals | Magnus Wislander (1191) | ||
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Results | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 10 (First in 1972) | ||
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World Championship | |||
Appearances | 26 (First in 1938) | ||
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European Championship | |||
Appearances | 15 (First in 1994) | ||
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The Sweden men's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) is Sweden's national team in men's handball and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark (1948–1967) and Bengt Johansson (1988–2004). The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed Bengan Boys in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like Tomas Svensson, Staffan Olsson, Magnus Wislander and Stefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship (6 World Championships, 5 European Championships and 3 Olympic Games, earning 13 medals in total) and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002.
Sweden is the most successful nation at the European Men's Handball Championship with 5 titles, and has won the most medals in the history of the World Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 12 medals (as of 2023, this is a record shared with France). Conversely, Sweden has yet to win an Olympic title despite participating in 4 finals (Sweden participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in a demonstration match, defeating Denmark 19–11). The team has also won the World Cup 3 times, the Supercup 2 times, and were Intercontinental Cup winners in 2000.
Honours
[edit]Competition | ![]() |
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Total |
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Olympic Games | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
World Championship | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
European Championship | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Total | 9 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
Competitive record
[edit]Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games
[edit]Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Match for 7th place | 7th of 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 87 | −5 |
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 134 | +11 |
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 109 | +24 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 130 | +35 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 141 | +41 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 240 | 197 | +43 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 186 | +42 |
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Group stage | 11th of 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 131 | +1 |
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Quarterfinals | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177 | 176 | +1 |
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Quarterfinals | 7th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 189 | 171 | +18 |
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Total | 10/17 | 0 Titles | 65 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 1673 | 1362 | +211 |
World Championship
[edit]World Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Third place | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 |
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Champions | 1st of 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 36 | +20 |
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Champions | 1st of 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 74 | +64 |
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Third place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 73 | +16 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 90 | +14 |
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 112 | +6 |
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Match for 5th place | 6th of 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 68 | +1 |
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Preliminary round | 10th of 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 113 | −2 |
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Second round | 8th of 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 125 | −4 |
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Second round | 11th of 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 159 | 157 | +2 |
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Fourth place | 4th of 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 153 | +21 |
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Champions | 1st of 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 143 | +34 |
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Third place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 136 | +30 |
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Third place | 3rd of 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 251 | 201 | +50 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 24 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 253 | 187 | +66 |
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Champions | 1st of 24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 282 | 202 | +80 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 263 | 207 | +56 |
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Second round | 13th of 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 204 | 191 | +13 |
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Main round | 11th of 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 275 | 234 | +41 |
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Main round | 7th of 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 277 | 232 | +45 |
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Fourth place | 4th of 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 272 | 241 | +31 |
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Round of 16 | 10th of 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 157 | 133 | +24 |
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Quarter-finals | 6th of 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 233 | 166 | +67 |
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Main round | 5th of 24 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 273 | 222 | +51 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 32 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 276 | 218 | +58 |
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Fourth place | 4th of 32 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 299 | 237 | +62 |
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Total | 27/32 | 4 Titles | 187 | 129 | 6 | 52 | 4803 | 3964 | +839 |
European Championship
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 133 | +39 |
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Fourth place | 4th of 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 156 | +14 |
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Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 158 | +24 |
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Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 167 | +31 |
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Champions | 1st of 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 235 | 191 | +44 |
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Main round | 7th of 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 203 | +8 |
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 190 | +18 |
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Preliminary round | 15th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 84 | −6 |
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Main round | 12th of 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 157 | 168 | −11 |
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Main round | 7th of 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 158 | +8 |
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Match for 7th place | 8th of 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 173 | 168 | +5 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 218 | 216 | +2 |
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Main round | 7th of 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 169 | +13 |
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Champions | 1st of 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 252 | 221 | +31 |
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Third place | 3rd of 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 282 | 255 | +27 |
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Total | 15/16 | 5 titles | 105 | 67 | 6 | 32 | 2884 | 2637 | +247 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty throws.
- **Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Team
[edit]Current squad
[edit]Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A 17-player roster was announced on 10 June 2024.[1] On 21 June, Felix Möller replaced Andreas Nilsson who had to withdraw.[2] The final roster was revealed on 24 July.[3] On 28 July, Felix Möller replaced Max Darj due to an injury and on 1 August, Jonathan Edvardsson replaced Daniel Pettersson.[4]
Head coach: Glenn Solberg[5]
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Notable players
[edit]- Per Carlén
- Björn "Lurch" Andersson
- Bengt Johansson
- Stefan Lövgren
- Mats Olsson
- Staffan Olsson
- Magnus Wislander
- Ljubomir Vranjes
- Pierre Thorsson
- Magnus Andersson
- Ola Lindgren
- Erik Hajas
- Johan Petersson
- Peter Gentzel
- Tomas Svensson
- Kim Andersson
- Martin Frändesjö
- Jim Gottfridsson
- Niclas Ekberg
Coaches
[edit]# | Coaches | Period |
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1 | Herbert Johansson | 1938–1948 |
2 | Curt Wadmark | 1948–1967 |
3 | Roland Mattsson | 1967–1974 |
4 | Bertil Andersén | 1974–1979 |
5 | Ingemar Eriksson | 1979–1980 |
6 | Caj-Åke Andersson | 1980–1982 |
7 | Roger "Ragge" Carlsson | 1982–1988 |
8 | Bengt "Bengan" Johansson | 1988–2004 |
9 | Ingemar Linnéll | 2004–2008 |
10 | Ola Lindgren & Staffan Olsson | 2008–2016 |
11 | Kristján Andrésson | 2016–2020 |
12 | Glenn Solberg | 2020– |
World & European Records
[edit]World Records
[edit]- Longest undefeated streak in international championships (25 matches, Euro 1998 - 2000 Olympic Games).
- Longest medal round streak in major championships (14 tournaments, 1990-2002).
- Longest medal round streak in the World Championships (7 tournaments, 1986-2001).
- 8 consecutive finals in international championships (1996-2002).
- Most World Championship finals (8 - shared with France).
- 3 consecutive World Championship finals (1997, 1999, 2001 - shared with Denmark).
European Records
[edit]- Most finals reached in international championships (18).
- Most medals in international competition (23 - shared with France).
- 3 consecutive gold medals at the European championship (1998, 2000, 2002).
Other merits
[edit]- First European nation to win a major championship title three times in a row (Euro 1998, Euro 2000, Euro 2002).
- 3 x winners of the World Cup (1992, 1996, 2004)
- 2 x winners of the Supercup (1993, 2005)
- 1 x winners of the Intercontinental Cup (2000)
- The first IHF World Champion (1954 - indoor handball) (Germany's 1938 victory was under the IAHF).
- The first EHF European Champion (1994).
- Defeated Denmark 18-12 in Copenhagen in the first ever international indoor handball game (8 March 1935).
Kit supplier
[edit]From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas, and 2016-2019 by Kempa. The current supplier is Craft.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Herrarnas OS-trupp uttagen". handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Möller ersätter Nilsson i OS-truppen". handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Team Roster - Sweden" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Player replacements". IHF. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Team roster: Sweden" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
External links
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