Sweden men's national basketball team
FIBA ranking | 51 1 (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1952 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | SBBF | ||
Coach | Mikko Riipinen | ||
Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blue and Yellow) | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 1 | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | None | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 10 | ||
Medals | None | ||
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First international | |||
Sweden 55–45 Denmark (Stockholm, Sweden; 6 December 1952) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Sweden 128–61 Azerbaijan (Norrköping, Sweden; 24 August 2011) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Soviet Union 103–31 Sweden (Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1955) |
The Sweden men's national basketball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i basket) represents Sweden in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation.
Sweden has qualified for the
History
EuroBasket 1953
Sweden's
EuroBasket 1955
Sweden's second appearance on the continental level came at
Later years
Sweden qualified for the
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games
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EuroBasket
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Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2024
22 February 2024 | Sweden | 84–70 | Bulgaria | Partille, Sweden |
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19:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 29–22, 21–21, 12–12, 22–15 | |||
5 | Boxscore | Pts: Miller-McIntyre 21 Rebs: Minchev 13 Asts: Ivanov 4 |
Arena: Partille Arena Attendance: 4,567 Referees: Boris Krejić (SVN), Mihkel Männiste (EST), Ilias Kounelles (CYP) |
25 February 2024 | Montenegro | 95–70 | Sweden | Podgorica, Montenegro |
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19:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 23–13, 25–20, 20–13 | |||
5 | Boxscore | Pts: Njie 15 Rebs: Gaddefors 8 Asts: Borg, Njie 4 |
Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Valentin Oliot (FRA) |
2025
23 February 2025 | Sweden | vs. | Montenegro | Sweden |
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Boxscore |
Team
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Bulgaria and Montenegro.[2][3]
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Simon Birgander | Mattias Markusson | |
PF
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Denzel Andersson | Nicholas Spires | |
SF | Viktor Gaddefors | Erik Rush | David Höök |
SG | Tobias Borg | Pelle Larsson | Felix Terins |
PG | Ludvig Håkanson | Melwin Pantzar | Tim Schuberg |
Head coach position
- Rolf Nilsson – (1991–1997)
- Jan Enjebo – (1998–2004)
- Kostas Flevarakis – (2005–2010)
- Brad Dean – (2010–2013)
- Vedran Bosnić – (2014–2018)
- Hugo López – (2018–2021)
- Kenneth Grant – (2021 Interim)
- Ludwig Degernäs – (2021–2023)
- / Mikko Riipinen – (2023–present)
Past rosters
3 Rune Erkers, 4 Kjell Eliasson, 5 Sture Herrman, 6 Staffan Widén, 7 Bo Widén, 8 Örjan Widén, 9 Åke Larsson, 10 Lars Olsson, 11 Erik Sundell, 12 Bengt Gustafsson, 13 Lars-Erik Keijser, 14 Per-Åke Hallberg (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)
3 Staffan Widén, 4 Bo Widén, 5 Örjan Widén, 6 Jan Holmberg, 7 Alvin Tornblom, 8 Lars Helgostam, 9 Sture Herrman, 10 Per-Åke Hallberg, 11 Palle Cardell, 12 Bengt Gustafsson, 13 Jan Oldenmark, 14 Anders Renner, 15 Gustaf Ragge, 16 Nils af Trolle (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)
4 Svante af Klinteberg, 5 Staffan Widén, 6 Udo Tohver, 7 Bo Widén, 8 Torbjörn Langemar, 9 Alvin Törnblom, 10 Bjorn Lundberg, 11 Lars Andersson, 12 Curt Wennström, 13 Örjan Widén, 14 Gunars Kraulis, 15 Lennart Dahllöf (Coach: Juris Reneslacis)
4 Hans Albertsson, 5 Jörgen Hansson, 6 Anders Grönlund, 7 Rune Leinas, 8 Per-Olof Svensson, 9 Ulf Lindelöf, 10 Björn Lundberg, 11 Torbjörn Langemar, 12 Lars Cullert, 13 Per-Olof Lefwerth, 14 Kaj Håkansson, 15 Egon Håkanson (Coach: Rolf Nygren)
4 Kjell Gunna, 5 Bo Lundmark, 6 Anders Grönlund, 7 Ulf Lindelöf, 8 Arturs Veigurs, 9 Ebbe Edström, 10 Janos Fugedi, 11 Jan Hjorth, 12 Per-Olof Lefwerth, 13 Kjell Rannelid, 14 Hans Albertsson, 15 Jörgen Hansson (Coach: Arne Jansson)
1980 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams
4 Peter Andersson, 5 Thomas Nordgren, 6 Peter Gunterberg, 7 Göran Unger, 8 Torbjörn Taxén, 9 Joon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, 10 Jan Enjebo, 11 Bernt Malion, 12 Roland Rahm, 13 Sten Feldreich, 14 Leif Yttergren, 15 Åke Skyttevall (Coach: Mike Perry)
4 Bill Magarity, 5 Bernt Malion, 6 Peter Nyström, 7 Jerry Sehlberg, 8 Thomas Nordgren, 9 Joon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, 10 Kenny Grant, 11 Bo Faleström, 12 Roland Rahm, 13 Sten Feldreich, 14 Göran Eriksson, 15 Åke Skyttevall (Coach: Sven Jensen)
4 Olle Håkanson, 5 Magnus Tegel, 6 Örjan Andersson, 7 Henrik Evers, 8 Henrik Gaddefors, 9 Peter Borg, 10 Martin Jansson, 11 Jens Tillman, 12 Torbjörn Gehrke, 13 Anders Marcus, 14 Per Stümer, 15 Mattias Sahlström (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)
4 Olle Håkanson, 5 Örjan Andersson, 6 Christian Larsson, 7 Henrik Evers, 8 Henrik Gaddefors, 9 Jonas Larsson, 10 Oscar Lefwerth, 11 Joakim Blom, 12 Torbjörn Gehrke, 13 Anders Marcus, 14 Vincent Lundahl, 15 Mattias Sahlström (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)
4 Paul Burke, 5 Hakan Larsson, 6 Jens Stalhandske, 7 Mats Levin, 8 Oluoma Nnamaka, 9 Jonas Larsson, 10 Lesli Myrthil, 11 Joakim Blom, 12 Fredrik Jonzen, 13 Christian Maråker, 14 John Pettersson, 15 Daniel Dajic (Coach: Jan Enjebo)
4 Ludvig Håkanson, 5 Jonathan Skjöldebrand, 6 Joakim Kjellbom, 7 Dino Pita, 8 Anton Gaddefors, 9 Brice Massamba, 10 Kenny Grant, 11 Jonas Jerebko, 12 Thomas Massamba, 13 Erik Rush, 14 Jeffery Taylor, 15 Viktor Gaddefors (Coach: Brad Dean)
Kit
Manufacturer
Sponsors
See also
- Sport in Sweden
- Sweden women's national basketball team
- Sweden men's national under-20 basketball team
- Sweden men's national under-18 basketball team
- Sweden men's national under-16 basketball team
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Herrlandslagets trupp till EM-kvalet uttagen". basket.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Sweden during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)
- Sweden FIBA profile
- Sweden National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
- Sweden Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
Videos
- Sweden v Turkey – Full Game – FIBA EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers Youtube.com video