Sweden national basketball team

Sweden
FIBA ranking	53 (18 September 2018)
Joined FIBA	1952
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	SBBF
Coach	Vedran Bosnić
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	10
Medals	None
Uniforms
Light	Dark

The Swedish national basketball team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation SBBF. (Swedish: Svenska basketbollförbundet)

Sweden qualified for the EuroBasket finals nine times where their best result was 11th place at the 1995 event. The Scandinavian squad entered the Olympic Basketball Tournament in 1980, reaching 10th place. They have yet to qualify for the Basketball World Championship.

History

EuroBasket 1953

Sweden's European championship debut came at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. The Swedes did not fare well in their first tournament, losing all 7 games to finish in last place of the 17 teams.

EuroBasket 1955

Sweden's first EuroBasket win came against Luxembourg in the preliminary round of EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest. They lost three in that round as well, however, and took 4th of the 5 teams and found themselves in the classification rounds. They again finished the pool with a 1–3 record, defeating Denmark. Two losses in the classification 13–16 semifinals and the 15/16 final (a rematch against Luxembourg) put Sweden at 16th place of the 18 teams.

Later years

Sweden qualified for the final round of the EuroBasket on more occasions and earned some more victories but the squad lacked the depth to become a serious medal contender. At some events, however, the country displayed potential. E.g. at the 2013 EuroBasket it beat the heavily favored former champion Russia by 19 points difference (81-62).

Roster

Roster for EuroBasket 2017 qualification.^[1]

Sweden men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Person, Jonathan	7003860300000000000♠23 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Uppsala Basket
SG	5	Borg, Tobias	7003833800000000000♠22 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Bilbao Basket
G/F	6	Gaddefors, Anton	7003979700000000000♠26 – (1989-11-04)4 November 1989	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Juvecaserta Basket
SG	7	Pita, Dino	7004102070000000000♠27 – (1988-09-20)20 September 1988	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Miasto Szkła Krosno
PG	9	Massamba, Thomas	7004114790000000000♠31 – (1985-03-28)28 March 1985	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Södertälje Kings
SG	10	Pahlmblad, Martin	7004110240000000000♠30 – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Kymis B.C.
PF	11	Ramstedt, Adam	7003933200000000000♠25 – (1991-02-12)12 February 1991	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Södertälje Kings
PF	14	Lindqvist, Alexander	7003933200000000000♠25 – (1991-02-12)12 February 1991	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Uppsala Basket
PF	16	Spires, Nicholas	7003822300000000000♠22 – (1994-02-25)25 February 1994	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Södertälje Kings
G/F	20	Eriksson, Marcus	7003830500000000000♠22 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Herbalife Gran Canaria
PG	29	Schüberg, Tim	7003779700000000000♠21 – (1995-04-27)27 April 1995	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Norrköping Dolphins
C	40	Engstrom, Carl	7003910600000000000♠24 – (1991-09-26)26 September 1991	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	BC Tartu
C		Kjellbom, Joakim	7004136460000000000♠37 – (1979-04-22)22 April 1979	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Norrköping Dolphins
F		Liden, Tom	7004106440000000000♠29 – (1987-07-11)11 July 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	BC Luleå
G		Håkanson, Ludvig	7003746700000000000♠20 – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Movistar Estudiantes
SF		Czerapowicz, Chris	7003911700000000000♠24 – (1991-09-15)15 September 1991	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Miasto Szkła Krosno

Head coach

Vedran Bosnić

Assistant coach(es)

Pontus Frevold
Fredrik Joulamo

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 31 August 2016

Competitive record

At EuroBasket

FIBA EuroBasket					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935–1951	Did not enter
1953	17th	7	0	7
1955	16th	7	2	5
1957–1959	Did not enter
1961	18th	6	1	5
1963	Did not enter
1965	16th	9	0	9	Directly qualified
1967	Did not qualify				3	0	3
1969	12th	7	1	6	3	2	1
1971	Did not qualify				3	1	2
1973					Did not enter
1975					5	2	3
1977					5	2	3
1979					10	5	5
1981					12	6	6
1983	12th	7	0	7	12	9	3
1985	Did not qualify				12	6	6
1987					12	5	7
1989					9	3	6
1991					11	7	4
1993	15th	3	1	2	6	4	2
1995	11th	6	0	6	6	3	3
1997	Did not qualify				10	4	6
1999					10	5	5
2001					10	3	7
2003	16th	3	0	3	Directly qualified
2005	Did not qualify				10	3	7
2007	Did not qualify				10	3	7
2009	Division B				10	7	3
2011	Division B				8	7	1
2013	13th	5	1	4	8	4	4
2015	Did not qualify				12	4	8
2017	Did not qualify				4	0	4
Total		60	6	54

At Olympic Games

FIBA EuroBasket					Pre-Olympic
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936–1964	Did not qualify
1968					9	3	6
1972					19	8	11
1976					6	2	4
1980	10th	7	3	4	13	5	6
1984	Did not qualify				10	4	6
1988					4	2	2
1992					5	2	3
1984–2016	Did not qualify
2020	To be determined
Total	1/18	7	3	4

At Basketball World Cup

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
2019	Did not qualify				12	5	7
2023	To be determined
Total

Past rosters

1953 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 17 teams

Åke Larsson, Lars Olsson, Lars-Erik Keijser, Per-Åke Hallberg, Erik Sundell, Erik Gustavsson, Staffan Widen, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Rune Erkers, Kjell Eliasson, Sture Herrman (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 18 teams

Staffan Widen, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Jan Oldenmark, Anders Renner, Gustaf Ragge, Lars Helgostam, Sture Herrman, Per-Åke Hallberg, Nils af Trolle, Jan Holmberg, Alvin Tornblom, Palle Cardell, Bengt Gustafsson (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 19 teams

Staffan Widen, Udo Tohver, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Gunars Kraulis, Lars Andersson, Curt Wennström, Lennart Dahllöf, Alvin Törnblom, Bjorn Lundberg, Torbjörn Langemar, Svante af Klinteberg (Coach: Juris Reneslacis)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Björn Lundberg, Rune Leinas, Per-Olof Svensson, Ulf Lindelöf, Anders Grönlund, Lars Cullert, Per-Olof Lefwerth, Hans Albertsson, Jörgen Hansson, Egon Håkanson, Torbjörn Langemar, Kaj Håkansson (Coach: Rolf Nygren)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

Per-Olof Lefwerth, Anders Grönlund, Ulf Lindelöf, Arturs Veigurs, Kjell Rannelid, Hans Albertsson, Ebbe Edström, Janos Fugedi, Jörgen Hansson, Kjell Gunna, Bo Lundmark, Jan Hjorth (Coach: Arne Jansson)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams

Roland Rahm, Peter Andersson, Sten Feldreich, Thomas Nordgren, Peter Gunterberg, Jon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, Jan Enjebo, Torbjörn Taxen, Leif Yttergren, Åke Skyttevall, Göran Unger, Bernt Malion (Coach: Mike Perry)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

Göran Eriksson, Roland Rahm, Sten Feldreich, Bill Magarity, Kenny Grant, Jon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, Peter Nyström, Bernt Malion, Thomas Nordgren, Jerry Sehlberg, Åke Skyttevall, Bo Faleström (Coach: Sven Jensen)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

Mattias Sahlström, Anders Marcus, Per Stumer, Jens Tillman, Olle Håkanson, Magnus Tegel, Henrik Gaddefors, Peter Borg, Torbjörn Gehrke, Henrik Evers, Martin Jansson, Örjan Andersson (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 14 teams

Mattias Sahlström, Joakim Blom, Christian Larsson, Henrik Evers, Henrik Gaddefors, Jonas Larsson, Vincent Lundahl, Oscar Lefwerth, Torbjörn Gehrke, Anders Marcus, Olle Håkanson, Örjan Andersson (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Joakim Blom, Paul Burke, Håkan Larsson, John Pettersson, Daniel Dajic, Oluoma Nnamaka, Jens Johnsson, Mats Levin, Jonas Larsson, Lesli Myrthil, Christian Maråker, Fredrik Jönzen (Coach: Jan Enjebo)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams

Anton Gaddefors, Viktor Gaddefors, Kenny Grant, Ludvig Håkanson, Jonas Jerebko, Joakim Kjellborn, Brice Massamba, Thomas Massamba, Dino Pita, Erik Rush, Jonathan Skjöldebrand, Jeffery Taylor (Coach: Brad Dean)

References

↑ Lär känna Sveriges EM-trupp Archived 23 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. (in Swedish)

External links

Official Website (in Swedish)
FIBA profile
EuroBasket.com – Sweden Men Current Squad
Archived records of Sweden team participations

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[1] Lär känna Sveriges EM-trupp Archived 23 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. (in Swedish)

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