Sweden women's national basketball team

The Sweden women's national basketball team (Swedish: svenska dambasketlandslaget) represents Sweden in international women's basketball competition and is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation. The national team has entered five EuroBasket Women finals, the first in 1978 where they lost all of their matches and finished in 13th place. At the EuroBasket Women 1987 Sweden finished in 7th place, a feat repeated in 2013. In 2019 Sweden reached the quarterfinals and was ranked 5th, a result that secured a spot in the 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament.

 Sweden
FIBA ranking20 2 (12 February 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1952
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSvenska Basketbollförbundet (SBBF)
CoachMarco Crespi
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue and Yellow)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
Women's World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket Women
Appearances7
MedalsNone
Home
Away

Comparing with earlier decades, Sweden improved significantly during the 2010s. This was much thanks to the "Golden Generation" who won medals in junior championships on both European and World levels.[2]

Competitive record

EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women
Year Round Position GP W L
1952–1976Did not enter/qualify
1978Classification round13th707
1980Did not qualify
1981Match for 11th place11th716
1983Match for 9th place10th725
1985Did not qualify
1987Match for 7th place7th734
1989–2011Did not qualify
2013Match for 7th place7th945
2015Preliminary round14th413
2017Did not qualify
2019Quarterfinals5th633
2021To be determined
Best: 5th place471433

Current roster

Roster for the FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019.[3][4]

Sweden women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PF 1 Abdi, Farhiya 27 – (1992-05-31)31 May 1992 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Galatasaray
F 5 Loyd, Kalis 30 – (1989-04-05)5 April 1989 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Flammes Carolo
SG 6 Eldebrink, Frida 31 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) KSC Szekszárd
PG 7 Lundquist, Klara 19 – (1999-08-28)28 August 1999 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Telge Basket
F 8 Nyström, Ellen 25 – (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) IDK Gipuzkoa
G 9 Eldebrink, Elin 31 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) CB Avenida
C 10 Hamilton-Carter, Danielle 29 – (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Ceglédi EKK
PF 11 Magarity, Regan 23 – (1996-04-30)30 April 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Hatay BB
G 13 Drammeh, Binta 27 – (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Le Mura Lucca
C 14 Halvarsson, Louice 30 – (1989-01-15)15 January 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Wetterbygden Sparks
C 15 Vesterberg, Josefin 25 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Umeå BBK
PF 17 Zahui B., Amanda 25 – (1993-09-08)8 September 1993 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) New York Liberty
Head coach
  • François Gomez
Assistant coaches
  • Francisco Pinto
  • Jesper Sundberg
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 June 2019

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. "Damlandslagets EM-trupp uttagen". basketlandslagen.se. 16 June 2019.
  4. FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 roster
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