Sweden women's national basketball team

 Sweden
FIBA ranking 36
Joined FIBA 1952
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Svenska Basketbollförbundet
Coach François Gomez
Olympic Games
Appearances None
Women's World Cup
Appearances None
EuroBasket Women
Appearances 6 (first in 1978)
Medals None
Uniforms
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Sweden national women's basketball team represents Sweden in international basketball matches. The team has entered five EuroBasket Women finals, first in 1978 where they lost all games and finished at 13th place. In Spain 1987 Sweden finished at 7th place, the best result so far in the EuroBasket. In the qualification for EuroBasket Women 2013, Sweden won their qualification group and qualified for their first championship in 26 years.

EuroBasket record

Year Round Position GP W L
1938–1976Did not enter/qualify
Poland 1978Classification round13th707
1980Did not qualify
Italy 1981Match for 11th place11th716
Hungary 1983Match for 9th place10th725
1985Did not qualify
Spain 1987Match for 7th place7th734
1989–2011Did not qualify
France 2013Match for 7th place7th945
HungaryRomania 2015Preliminary round14th413
2017Did not qualify
Best: 7th place411130

Current roster

The following was the Swedish roster in the EuroBasket Women 2015.

Sweden women's national basketball team - EuroBasket Women 2015 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
G 3 Yderström, Stefanie 25 – (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Flammes Carolo Basket France
C 5 Hamilton-Carter, Danielle 25 – (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Lyon Basket France
SG 6 Eldebrink, Frida 27 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Beşiktaş JK Turkey
SG 7 Key, Ashley 30 – (1985-06-01)1 June 1985 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Hatay BSB Turkey
PF 8 Andersson, Kadidja 35 – (1980-02-07)7 February 1980 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Sallen Basket Sweden
G 9 Eldebrink, Elin 28 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Chevakata Vologda Russia
SF 10 Egnell, Elisabeth 28 – (1987-11-19)19 November 1987 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) PINKK Pecsi 424 Hungary
PG 11 Stålvant, Martina 26 – (1989-05-27)27 May 1989 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Northland Basket Lulea Sweden
PF 12 Barthold, Anna 35 – (1980-03-31)31 March 1980 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Northland Basket Lulea Sweden
SF 13 Drammeh, Binta 23 – (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Hatay BSB Turkey
C 14 Halvarsson, Louice 26 – (1989-01-15)15 January 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) PINKK Pecsi 424 Hungary
PF 15 Vesterberg, Josefin 21 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Northland Basket Lulea France
Head coach
  • Lars Johansson
Assistant coach(es)
  • Jurgita Kausaite
  • David Leman
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 11 June 2015

References

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