Sweden national handball team

Sweden
Information
Association Swedish Handball Association
(Svenska Handbollförbundet)
Coach Ola Lindgren
Staffan Olsson
Most caps Magnus Wislander (384)
Most goals Magnus Wislander (1185)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 8 (First in 1972)
Best result 2nd (1992, 1996, 2000, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances 22 (First in 1938)
Best result 1st (1954, 1958, 1990, 1999)
European Championship
Appearances 11 (First in 1994)
Best result 1st (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Last updated on Unknown.
Sweden national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Team
1996 Atlanta Team
2000 Sydney Team
2012 London Team
World Championship
1954 Sweden
1958 East Germany
1990 Czechoslovakia
1999 Egypt
1964 Czechoslovakia
1997 Japan
2001 France
1938 Germany
1961 West Germany
1993 Sweden
1995 Iceland
European Championship
1994 Portugal
1998 Italy
2000 Croatia
2002 Sweden
World Cup Field Handball
1948 France
1952 Switzerland
1959 Austria

The Sweden men's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) is the national handball team of Sweden and 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 (19 medals) as well as reaching the most medal rounds (22 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.


Competitive record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Germany 1936 Berlin Did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Match for 7th place 7th of 16 6 2 2 2 82 87 −5
Canada 1976 Montreal Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles Match for 5th place 5th of 12 6 4 0 2 145 134 +11
South Korea 1988 Seoul Match for 5th place 5th of 12 6 4 0 2 133 109 +24
Spain 1992 Barcelona Runners-up 2nd of 12 7 6 0 1 165 130 +35
United States 1996 Atlanta Runners-up 2nd of 12 7 6 0 1 182 141 +41
Australia 2000 Sydney Runners-up 2nd of 12 8 7 0 1 240 197 +43
Greece 2004 Athens Did not qualify
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London Runners-up 2nd of 12 8 5 0 3 228 186 +42
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Qualified
Total 8/13 0 Titles 48 34 2 12 1,175 984 +191

World Championship

Competitive record at the World Championship

World Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA +/-
Nazi Germany 193833102813−5
Sweden 1954133005636+20
East Germany 19581660013874+64
West Germany 1961365018973+16
Czechoslovakia 19642630310490+14
Sweden 196756402118112+6
France 1970663036968+1
East Germany 1974106303111113−2
Denmark 197886204121125−4
West Germany 1982117214159157+2
Switzerland 198647502174153+21
Czechoslovakia 199017601177143+34
Sweden 199337601166136+30
Iceland 199539801251201+50
Japan 199729702253187+66
Egypt 199919810282202+80
France 200129801263207+56
Portugal 2003137502204191+13
Tunisia 2005119414275234+41
Germany 2007 Did not qualify
Croatia 200979603277232+45
Sweden 2011410604272241+31
Spain 2013 Did not qualify
Qatar 2015106312157133+24
Total22/2415310444537243121+603

Record against other teams at the World Championship

National Team Pld W D L PF PA PD
Algeria Algeria6600162119+43
Argentina Argentina430112090+30
Australia Australia22009833+65
Austria Austria100145−1
Belarus Belarus11002928+1
Brazil Brazil22005842+16
Bulgaria Bulgaria22005235+17
Chile Chile11002818+10
China China11004221+21
Croatia Croatia4103107111−4
Cuba Cuba22007440+34
Czech Republic Czech Republic33008661+25
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia640210490+14
Denmark Denmark9603168156+12
East Germany East Germany21013433+1
Egypt Egypt5410142104+38
Finland Finland11002716+9
France France9306218224−6
Germany Germany*10505172171+1
Hungary Hungary9612217191+26
Iceland Iceland650112498+26
Italy Italy11001917+2
Japan Japan33008459+25
Kuwait Kuwait22006741+26
Lithuania Lithuania11003220+12
Morocco Morocco11003321+12
Norway Norway540111194+17
Poland Poland6303116117-1
Portugal Portugal11003225+7
Romania Romania7205140154−14
Russia Russia31026677−11
Serbia Serbia22006553+12
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia & Montenegro101026260
Slovakia Slovakia22006548+17
Slovenia Slovenia21015758−1
South Korea South Korea6600185139+46
Soviet Union Soviet Union31025659-3
Spain Spain8404199181+18
Switzerland Switzerland33007052+18
Ukraine Ukraine11003420+14
United States USA11003216+16
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia**8512169158+11
Total15310444537243121+603

*Germany's results also include West Germany.
**Yugoslavia's results also include the Federal republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003).
Results updated April 11, 2016.

European Championship

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994Champion17700172133
Spain 1996Fourth place47403170156
Italy 1998Champion17601182158
Croatia 2000Champion17700198167
Sweden 2002Champion18701235191
Slovenia 20047th place77403211203
Switzerland 2006 Did not qualify
Norway 20085th57412208190
Austria 2010Preliminary round1530037884
Serbia 2012Main round126123157168
Denmark 2014Main round76402166158
Poland 20168th place87223173168
Total11/124 titles724652119391776
*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

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Ola Lindgren and Staffan Olsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Mattias Andersson (1978-03-29) 29 March 1978 1.85 m 136 0 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
4 CB Markus Olsson (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 1.88 m 43 92 Denmark Skjern Håndbold
5 RB Linus Persson (1993-04-16) 16 April 1993 1.90 m 8 4 Sweden HK Malmö
6 LW Jonas Källman (1981-07-17) 17 July 1981 2.00 m 215 623 Hungary Pick Szeged
9 LW Jerry Tollbring (1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 1.82 m 1 0 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23) 23 December 1988 1.91 m 132 530 Germany THW Kiel
11 LB Lukas Nilsson (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 1.92 m 15 45 Sweden Ystads IF
14 CB Jesper Konradsson (1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 1.84 m 18 27 Sweden Alingsås HK
18 P Tobias Karlsson (1981-06-04) 4 June 1981 1.96 m 168 81 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
19 RB Johan Jakobsson (1987-02-12) 12 February 1987 1.95 m 100 213 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
20 GK Mikael Appelgren (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 1.91 m 32 0 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
24 LW Fredrik Petersen (1983-08-27) 27 August 1983 1.88 m 145 406 Germany Füchse Berlin
28 LB Philip Stenmalm (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 1.98 m 23 31 Spain CB Logroño
29 RB Andreas Cederholm (1990-05-04) 4 May 1990 1.86 m 31 58 Sweden IFK Kristianstad
31 LB Viktor Östlund (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 1.98 m 36 94 Sweden Eskilstuna Guif
32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 1.79 m 71 115 Germany Füchse Berlin
35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 1.97 m 92 214 Hungary MVM Veszprém
36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30) 30 August 1989 2.00 m 61 69 Germany Füchse Berlin

Matches and goals are correct as of 31 January 2016.

Notable players

Notable coaches

Kit supplier

From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas. Since 2016 they are supplied by Kempa

References

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External links

Awards
Preceded by
Ludmila Engquist
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
1998
Succeeded by
Tony Rickardsson
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