Sweden women's national handball team

Sweden women's national handball team
Medal record
European Championship

Sweden
Information
Association	Swedish Handball Federation
Coach	Henrik Signell
Captain	Sabina Jacobsen
Most caps	Åsa Eriksson (251)
Most goals	Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (1091)
Colours
Home	Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 2008)
Best result	7th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1957)
Best result	4th (2017)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (2010)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Sweden women's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges damlandslag i handboll) is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation (Swedish: Svenska Handbollförbundet) and takes part in international handball competitions.

Results

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1976 Montreal	Did not qualify
1980 Moscow	Did not qualify
1984 Los Angeles	Did not qualify
1988 Seoul	Did not qualify
1992 Barcelona	Did not qualify
1996 Atlanta	Did not qualify
2000 Sydney	Did not qualify
2004 Athens	Did not qualify
2008 Beijing	Quarter final	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	147	168	–21
2012 London	Preliminary round	11th of 12	5	0	0	5	108	131	–23
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Quarter final	7th of 12	6	2	1	3	170	174	–4
2020 Tokyo	To be determined
Total	3/11	0 Titles	17	4	1	12	425	473	–48

World Championship

Competitive record at the World championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1957	8th	4	1	0	3	9	19	-10
1962	Did not qualify
1965	Did not qualify
1971	Did not qualify
1973	Did not qualify
1975	Did not qualify
1978	Did not qualify
1982	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1990	13th	6	3	1	2	137	119	+18
1993	6th	7	4	0	3	140	124	+16
1995	11th	8	4	0	4	175	166	+9
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2001	8th	9	6	0	3	228	224	+4
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2009	13th	8	6	0	2	247	191	+56
2011	9th	6	3	0	3	164	123	+41
2013	Did not qualify
2015	9th	6	4	1	1	211	160	+51
2017	4th	9	6	0	3	262	231	+31
2019	TBD
2021	TBD
2023	Qualified
Total	9/23	64	37	2	24	1573	1377	+216

Record against other teams at the World championship

National Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-
Angola	3	3	0	0	77	53	+24
Argentina	1	1	0	0	37	11	+26
Australia	1	1	0	0	66	21	+45
Austria	4	0	1	3	85	93	-8
Brazil	1	1	0	0	26	23	+3
Canada	1	1	0	0	21	16	+5
China	1	0	0	1	15	17	-2
Republic of the Congo	2	2	0	0	57	40	+17
Croatia	1	0	0	1	26	27	-1
Denmark	3	1	0	2	66	68	-2
Czech republic*	3	1	0	2	42	42	-
France	4	1	0	3	92	88	+4
Germany	2	0	0	2	42	50	-8
Hungary	2	1	0	1	32	38	-6
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	54	40	+14
Japan	1	1	0	0	27	14	+13
The Netherlands	1	1	0	0	23	21	+2
Norway	1	0	0	1	15	26	-11
Poland	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3
Romania	3	3	0	0	48	40	+8
Russia	1	0	0	1	19	25	-6
Spain	1	1	0	0	27	24	+3
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	26	20	+6
South Korea	1	0	0	1	25	34	-9
Thailand	1	1	0	0	49	18	+31
Ukraine	2	1	0	1	53	55	-2
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	31	14	+17
USA	1	1	0	0	30	11	+19
F.R. Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	18	32	-14
Total^[1]	48	26	1	21	1130	955	+175

*Results against the Czech republic also include Czechoslovakia (-1993) and the combined team of the Czech republic and Slovakia (1993).
Results updated 16 June 2014.

European Championship

Competitive record at the European championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1994	7th	6	3	0	3	134	145	-11
1996	8th	6	2	0	4	142	171	-29
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2002	15th	3	0	0	3	79	94	-15
2004	14th	3	0	0	3	68	81	-13
2006	6th	7	3	0	4	156	170	-14
2008	9th	6	2	2	2	134	135	-1
2010	2nd	8	6	0	2	199	176	+23
2012	8th	6	3	1	2	153	142	+11
2014	3rd	8	5	1	2	238	220	+18
2016	8th	6	1	1	4	149	156	-7
2018	Qualified
2020	TBD
Total	11/13	59	25	5	29	1452	1490	-38

Record against other teams at the European championship

National Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-
Austria	4	1	0	3	93	100	-7
Belarus	1	0	1	0	21	21	0
Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	59	46	+13
Croatia	4	1	0	3	99	106	-7
Denmark	3	1	0	2	60	89	-29
France	3	1	0	2	67	72	-5
Germany	3	2	0	1	88	90	-2
Hungary	2	2	0	0	55	45	+10
Macedonia	2	2	0	0	50	38	+12
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	54	53	+1
The Netherlands	2	1	1	0	55	48	+7
Norway	5	1	0	4	117	126	-9
Poland	1	1	0	0	24	23	+1
Romania	2	1	0	1	50	53	-3
Russia	2	0	1	1	47	51	-4
Serbia	1	0	1	0	23	23	0
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	31	22	+9
Ukraine	2	2	0	0	57	48	+9
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	28	31	-3
Total^[2]	43	19	4	20	1078	1085	-7

Performance in other tournaments

Sweden during a friendly match against the Netherlands in 2016

Carpathian Trophy 1994: Third place
GF World Cup 2006: Fifth place
Møbelringen Cup 2001: Third place
Møbelringen Cup 2011: Third place
Carpathian Trophy 2015: Winner

Team

Current squad

The squad chosen for a training camp on Iceland and two matches against Iceland in September 2018.^[3]

Caps and goals as of 29 September 2018.

Head coach: Henrik Signell

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Johanna Bundsen	(1991-06-03) 3 June 1991	1.85 m	74	0	København Håndbold
4	LW	Olivia Mellegård	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996	1.78 m	34	68	IK Sävehof
6	CB	Carin Strömberg	(1993-07-10) 10 July 1993	1.84 m	58	45	Viborg HK
7	P	Linn Blohm	(1992-05-20) 20 May 1992	1.80 m	77	183	København Håndbold
8	LB	Jamina Roberts	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990	1.76 m	140	281	Randers HK
9	LW	Louise Sand	(1992-12-27) 27 December 1992	1.64 m	96	208	Fleury Loiret HB
10	RW	Mathilda Lundström	(1996-12-20) 20 December 1996	1.64 m	9	10	Skuru IK
11	RW	Daniela Gustin	(1994-05-11) 11 May 1994	1.81 m	25	47	SG BBM Bietigheim
12	GK	Filippa Idéhn	(1990-08-15) 15 August 1990	1.83 m	96	2	Brest Bretagne Handball
14	LB	Johanna Westberg	(1990-04-06) 6 April 1990	1.86 m	64	118	Nykøbing Falster
19	P	Anna Lagerquist	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993	1.73 m	32	44	Nykøbing Falster
20	CB	Isabelle Gulldén	(1989-06-29) 29 June 1989	1.77 m	193	760	Brest Bretagne Handball
22	RB	Hanna Blomstrand	(1996-08-25) 25 August 1996	1.73 m	37	63	København Håndbold
24	RB	Nathalie Hagman	(1991-07-19) 19 July 1991	1.67 m	127	381	CSM București
29	LB	Jenny Alm	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989	1.84 m	114	265	København Håndbold
N/A	CB	Emma Lindqvist	(1997-09-17) 17 September 1997	1.77 m	2	0	H 65 Höörs HK

Notable players

Several Swedish players have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments, either as Most Valuable Player, top scorer, best defense player or as a member of the All-Star Team.

MVP

Linnea Torstenson, 2010 European Championship
Isabelle Gulldén, 2014 European Championship

All-Star Team

Annika Wiel Fredén, 2006 European Championship
Nathalie Hagman, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2017 World Championship

Top scorers

Isabelle Gulldén, 2014 European Championship (58 goals)

Best defense player

Johanna Wiberg, 2010 European Championship
Sabina Jacobsen, 2014 European Championship

Incomplete

Famous players

Individual all-time records

Still active players are highlighted

Most matches played

Total number of matches played in official competitions only.^[4]

#	Player	Matches	Goals
1	Åsa Eriksson	251	1087
2	Tina Flognman	223	386
3	Mia Hermansson-Högdahl	216	1091
4	Matilda Boson	208	514
5	Isabelle Gulldén	193	760
6	Kristina Jönsson	182	0
7	Gunilla Olsson	178	298
8	Linnea Torstenson	175	654
9	Anna Ljungdahl	158	303
10	Madelene Olsson	157	161

Last updated: 29 September 2018
Source: svenskhandboll.se

Most goals scored

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.^[5]

#	Player	Goals	Matches	Average
1	Mia Hermansson-Högdahl	1091	216	5.05
2	Åsa Eriksson	1087	251	4.33
3	Isabelle Gulldén	760	193	3.94
4	Linnea Torstenson	654	175	3.74
5	Lina Olsson Rosenberg	531	145	3.66
6	Matilda Boson	514	208	2.47
7	Katarina Arfwidsson	493	132	3.73
8	Johanna Ahlm	460	141	3.26
9	Tina Flognman	386	223	1.73
10	Nathalie Hagman	381	127	3.00

Last updated: 29 September 2018
Source: svenskhandboll.se

References

↑ http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx
↑ http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx
↑ "Lindqvist debuterar – Blohm tillbaka". Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
↑ "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
↑ "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

External links

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[1] ttp://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx

[2] ttp://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx

[3] "Lindqvist debuterar – Blohm tillbaka". Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

[4] "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

[5] "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

Medal record
European Championship
	2010 Denmark/Norway
	2014 Croatia/Hungary