Sweden national handball team
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| Association |
Swedish Handball Association (Svenska Handbollförbundet) | ||
| Coach | Kristján Andrésson | ||
| Assistant coach | Martin Boquist | ||
| Captain | Niclas Ekberg | ||
| Most caps | Magnus Wislander (384) | ||
| Most goals | Magnus Wislander (1185) | ||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 8 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result | 2nd (1992, 1996, 2000, 2012) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 23 (First in 1938) | ||
| Best result | 1st (1954, 1958, 1990, 1999) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 12 (First in 1994) | ||
| Best result | 1st (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002) | ||
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The Sweden men's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) 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, 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 4 gold medals, and has won the most medals in the history of the World Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 4 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals. Sweden holds the European records for most medals in international competition (20 medals) as well as reaching the most medal rounds (23 tournaments). Conversely, Sweden has yet to win an Olympic title despite participating in 4 finals (Sweden participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in a handball demonstration match, defeating Denmark 19-11). The team has also won the World Cup 3 times, the Super Cup 2 times, and were Intercontinental Cup winners in 2000.
Honours
| Competition |  |  |  | Total |
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| Olympic Games | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| World Championship | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| European Championship | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
Olympic Games
| 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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To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 8/13 | 0 Titles | 53 | 35 | 2 | 16 | 1307 | 1115 | +192 |
World Championship
| 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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Quarterfinals | 6th of 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 233 | 166 | +67 |
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| Total | 24/26 | 4 Titles | 160 | 109 | 4 | 47 | 3957 | 3287 | +670 |
European Championship
| European Championship record | |||||||||
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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 |
| Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 12/13 | 4 titles | 80 | 50 | 5 | 25 | 2157 | 1992 | +165 |
- *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
Current squad
Squad for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship.[1]
Head coach: Kristján Andrésson
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Notable players
Notable coaches
Kit supplier
From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas. Since 2016 they are supplied by Kempa.
See also
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sweden national handball team. |
External links
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EHF European Championship winners | |
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