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Sweden men's national basketball team
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Sweden |
| logo | Sweden Basketball logo.png |
| logo_width | 230px |
| nickname | Blågult |
| (The Blue and Yellow) | |
| coach | Mikko Riipinen |
| fiba_ranking | |
| joined_fiba | 1952 |
| fiba_zone | FIBA Europe |
| national_fed | SBBF |
| oly_appearances | 1 |
| oly_medals | None |
| wc_appearances | None |
| zone_championship | EuroBasket |
| zone_appearances | 11 |
| zone_medals | None |
| h_pattern_b | _navysides |
| h_body | ffff00 |
| h_shorts | ffff00 |
| h_pattern_s | _adidasnavy |
| a_pattern_b | _yellowsides |
| a_body | 02075d |
| a_shorts | 02075d |
| a_pattern_s | _adidasyellow |
| first_game | 55–45 |
| (Stockholm, Sweden; 6 December 1952) | |
| largest_win | 128–61 |
| (Norrköping, Sweden; 24 August 2011) | |
| largest_loss | 103–31 |
| (Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1955) |
the men's team
(The Blue and Yellow) (Stockholm, Sweden; 6 December 1952) (Norrköping, Sweden; 24 August 2011) (Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1955)
The Sweden men's national basketball team () represents Sweden in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation.
Sweden has competed at the EuroBasket 11 times throughout their history. On the global level, the Scandinavian squad has qualified for the Olympic Games once, in 1980. However, Sweden still seeks qualification for their first appearance to the FIBA World Cup.
History
EuroBasket 1953
Sweden's European Basketball Championship debut came at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. Although the Swedes did not fare well in their first tournament appearance. As they lost all seven of their matches to finish in last place in the 17 team tournament.
EuroBasket 1955
Sweden's second appearance on the continental level came at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest. The team got off to an demoralizing start by losing to Switzerland in their first match. Although Sweden would achieve their first ever win at the EuroBasket against Luxembourg in their second match of the preliminary phase. However, they followed it by losing their next two matches in the round as well to Romania, and the Soviet Union. They finished 4th out of the 5 teams in the group with an (1-3) record, and found themselves in the classification rounds. There, the team once again finished with an (1-3) record in their pool, with their only victory coming against Denmark. Two losses in the classification 13th–16th place semifinals and the 15th/16th place final (a rematch against Luxembourg) put Sweden at 16th place of the 18 teams.
Later years
Sweden qualified for the EuroBasket eight more times with their three best finishes coming in 1969, 1983 and 1995. They also made their lone Summer Olympics appearance in 1980. But overall the national team has struggled to reach an elite level of consistency to become a serious medal contender at major international tournaments. At some events, however, the team displayed potential. E.g. at the EuroBasket 2013 they beat the heavily favored former champion Russia 81-62.
In the 2025 EuroBasket, Sweden advanced to the playoffs in the first time at the country's history.
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup
| World Cup | Qualification | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Total | 0/18 | 28 | 13 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG 1950 | No national representative | |||||||||||||
| BRA 1954 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| CHI 1959 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| BRA 1963 | Did not qualify | *EuroBasket served | ||||||||||||
| as qualifiers* | ||||||||||||||
| URU 1967 | ||||||||||||||
| YUG 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| PUR 1974 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| PHI 1978 | Did not qualify | *EuroBasket served | ||||||||||||
| as qualifiers* | ||||||||||||||
| COL 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| ESP 1986 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| ARG 1990 | Did not qualify | *EuroBasket served | ||||||||||||
| as qualifiers* | ||||||||||||||
| CAN 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| GRE 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| USA 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| JPN 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| TUR 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| ESP 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| CHN 2019 | 12 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||
| PHIJPNIDN 2023 | 16 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| QAT 2027 | To be determined | To be determined |
Olympic Games
| Olympic Games | Qualifying | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Total | 1/18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 28 | 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 to 1952 | No national representative | ||||||||||||||||
| AUS 1956 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| JPN 1964 | |||||||||||||||||
| MEX 1968 | Did not qualify | 9 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| FRG 1972 | 19 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| CAN 1976 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| URS 1980 | 10th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| USA 1984 | Did not qualify | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| KOR 1988 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| ESP 1992 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| USA 1996 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| AUS 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| GRE 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| CHN 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| UK 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| BRA 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| JPN 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| FRA 2024 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| USA 2028 | To be determined | To be determined |
EuroBasket
| EuroBasket | Qualification | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Total | 11/35 | 66 | 7 | 59 | 217 | 102 | 115 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 to 1951 | No national representative | ||||||||||||||||
| URS 1953 | 17th | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| HUN 1955 | 16th | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| BUL 1957 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
| TUR 1959 | |||||||||||||||||
| YUG 1961 | 18th | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| POL 1963 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| URS 1965 | 16th | 9 | 0 | 9 | Direct qualification | ||||||||||||
| FIN 1967 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| ITA 1969 | 12th | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FRG 1971 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| ESP 1973 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| YUG 1975 | Did not qualify | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| BEL 1977 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA 1979 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| TCH 1981 | 12 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| FRA 1983 | 12th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||
| FRG 1985 | Did not qualify | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| GRE 1987 | 12 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| YUG 1989 | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA 1991 | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| GER 1993 | 15th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| GRE 1995 | 14th | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| ESP 1997 | Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| FRA 1999 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| TUR 2001 | 10 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| SWE 2003 | 16th | 3 | 0 | 3 | Qualified as host | ||||||||||||
| SCG 2005 | Did not qualify | 10 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| ESP 2007 | 10 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| POL 2009 | Division B | 10 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| LTU 2011 | Division B | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| SVN 2013 | 13th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| FRACROGERLAT 2015 | Did not qualify | 12 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| FINISRROUTUR 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| CZEGEOITAGER 2022 | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| CYPFINPOLLAT 2025 | 16th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| ESTGRESVNESP 2029 | To be determined | To be determined |
Results and fixtures
2025
2026
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 28 November and 1 December 2025 against Czech Republic and Slovenia.
- FIN/SWE Mikko Riipinen
- SWE Joakim Källman
- SWE Ludwig Degernas
- SWE Adam Engström
- (C) Team captain
- Club – describes last club before the competition
- Age – describes age on 28 November 2025
Depth chart
Head coach position
- SWE Lars-Åke Nilsson – (1953–1955)
- CAN Rolf Nilsson – (1991–1997)
- SWE Jan Enjebo – (1998–2004)
- GRE Kostas Flevarakis – (2005–2010)
- USA Brad Dean – (2010–2013)
- BIH Vedran Bosnić – (2014–2018)
- ESP Hugo López – (2018–2021)
- SWE Kenneth Grant – (2021, Interim)
- SWE Ludwig Degernäs – (2021–2023)
- FIN/SWE Mikko Riipinen – (2023–present)
Past rosters
1953 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 17 teams
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)
1955 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 18 teams
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)
1961 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 19 teams
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)
1965 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
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)
1969 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams
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)
1983 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams
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)
1993 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
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)
1995 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 14 teams
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)
2003 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
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)
2013 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
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)
2025 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 24 teams
1 Denzel Andersson, 2 Adam Ramstedt, 5 Wilhelm Falk, 6 Tobias Borg, 9 Pelle Larsson, 12 Ludvig Håkanson, 15 Mattias Markusson, 16 Nick Spires, 18 Viktor Gaddefors, 19 Melwin Pantzar, 31 Barra Njie, 35 Simon Birgander (Coach: Mikko Riipinen)
Kit
Manufacturer
- 2018–2020: Spalding
- 2020–present: Adidas
Sponsors
- Previously: Adlibris
- 2018–present: SJ (back)
- 2023–present: Nocco (front)
Notes
References
- "Sweden during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in November 2025".
- "Sweden at the EuroBasket 2025".
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