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Sweden men's national handball team

Men's national handball team representing Sweden

Summary

Men's national handball team representing Sweden

Field	Value
Name	Sweden
Badge	Swedish Handball Federation logo.svg
Badge_size	160px
Association	Swedish Handball Association
(Svenska Handbollförbundet)
Coach	Michael Apelgren
Assistant coach	Patrik Fahlgren
Most caps	Magnus Wislander (386)
Most goals	Magnus Wislander (1191)
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Summer Olympics apps	10
Summer Olympics first	1972
Summer Olympics best	2nd (1992, 1996, 2000, 2012)
World cup apps	27
World cup first	1938
World cup best	1st (1954, 1958, 1990, 1999)
Regional name	European Championship
Regional cup apps	15
Regional cup first	1994
Regional cup best	1st (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2022)

(Svenska Handbollförbundet) The Sweden men's national handball team () is Sweden's national team in men's handball 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, Staffan Olsson 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 5 titles, and has together with France won the most medals at the World Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 12 medals, including 4 gold medals. Conversely, Sweden has yet to win an Olympic title despite participating in 4 finals (Sweden participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in a demonstration match, defeating Denmark 19–11). The team has also won the World Cup 3 times, the Supercup 2 times, and were Intercontinental Cup winners in 2000.

Honours

Competition	Total	Total	9	9
Olympic Games	0	4	0	4
World Championship	4	4	4	12
European Championship	5	1	1	7

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
GER 1936 Berlin	did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
FRG 1972 Munich	Match for 7th place	7th of 16	6	2	2	2	82	87	−5
CAN 1976 Montreal	did not qualify
URS 1980 Moscow
USA 1984 Los Angeles	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	145	134	+11
KOR 1988 Seoul	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	133	109	+24
ESP 1992 Barcelona	Runners-up	2nd of 12	7	6	0	1	165	130	+35
USA 1996 Atlanta	2nd of 12	7	6	0	1	182	141	+41
AUS 2000 Sydney	2nd of 12	8	7	0	1	240	197	+43
GRE 2004 Athens	did not qualify
CHN 2008 Beijing
GBR 2012 London	Runners-up	2nd of 12	8	5	0	3	228	186	+42
BRA 2016 Rio de Janeiro	Group stage	11th of 12	5	1	0	4	132	131	+1
JPN 2020 Tokyo	Quarter-finals	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	177	176	+1
FRA 2024 Paris	7th of 12	6	3	0	3	189	171	+18
USA 2028 Los Angeles	to be determined
AUS 2032 Brisbane

World Championship

World Championship record	Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Nazi Germany 1938 Germany	Third place	3rd of 4	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5
Sweden 1954 Sweden	Champions	1st of 6	3	3	0	0	56	36	+20
East Germany 1958 East Germany	Champions	1st of 16	6	6	0	0	138	74	+64
West Germany 1961 West Germany	Third place	3rd of 12	6	5	0	1	89	73	+16
Czechoslovakia 1964 Czechoslovakia	Runners-up	2nd of 16	6	3	0	3	104	90	+14
Sweden 1967 Sweden	Match for 5th place	5th of 16	6	4	0	2	118	112	+6
France 1970 France	Match for 5th place	6th of 16	6	3	0	3	69	68	+1
East Germany 1974 East Germany	Preliminary round	10th of 16	6	3	0	3	111	113	−2
Denmark 1978 Denmark	Second round	8th of 16	6	2	0	4	121	125	−4
West Germany 1982 West Germany	Second round	11th of 16	7	2	1	4	159	157	+2
Switzerland 1986 Switzerland	Fourth place	4th of 16	7	5	0	2	174	153	+21
Czechoslovakia 1990 Czechoslovakia	Champions	1st of 16	7	6	0	1	177	143	+34
Sweden 1993 Sweden	Third place	3rd of 16	7	6	0	1	166	136	+30
Iceland 1995 Iceland	Third place	3rd of 24	9	8	0	1	251	201	+50
Japan 1997 Japan	Runners-up	2nd of 24	9	7	0	2	253	187	+66
Egypt 1999 Egypt	Champions	1st of 24	9	8	1	0	282	202	+80
France 2001 France	Runners-up	2nd of 24	9	8	0	1	263	207	+56
Portugal 2003 Portugal	Second round	13th of 24	7	5	0	2	204	191	+13
Tunisia 2005 Tunisia	Main round	11th of 24	9	4	1	4	275	234	+41
Germany 2007 Germany	did not qualify
Croatia 2009 Croatia	Main round	7th of 24	9	6	0	3	277	232	+45
Sweden 2011 Sweden	Fourth place	4th of 24	10	6	0	4	272	241	+31
Spain 2013 Spain	did not qualify
Qatar 2015 Qatar	Round of 16	10th of 24	6	3	1	2	157	133	+24
France 2017 France	Quarter-finals	6th of 24	7	5	0	2	233	166	+67
DENGER 2019 Denmark/Germany	Main round	5th of 24	9	7	0	2	273	222	+51
EGY 2021 Egypt	Runners-up	2nd of 32	9	6	2	1	276	218	+58
POLSWE 2023 Poland/Sweden	Fourth place	4th of 32	9	7	0	2	299	237	+62
CRODENNOR 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway	Main round	14th of 32	6	2	2	2	195	173	+22
GER 2027 Germany	Qualified
FRAGER 2029 France/Germany	To be determined
DEN/ISL/NOR 2031 Denmark/Iceland/Norway

European Championship

European Championship record	Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
POR 1994 Portugal	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	172	133	+39
ESP 1996 Spain	Fourth place	4th of 12	7	4	0	3	170	156	+14
ITA 1998 Italy	Champions	1st of 12	7	6	0	1	182	158	+24
CRO 2000 Croatia	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	198	167	+31
SWE 2002 Sweden	Champions	1st of 16	8	7	0	1	235	191	+44
SLO 2004 Slovenia	Main round	7th of 16	7	4	0	3	211	203	+8
SUI 2006 Switzerland	did not qualify
NOR 2008 Norway	Match for 5th place	5th of 16	7	4	1	2	208	190	+18
AUT 2010 Austria	Preliminary round	15th of 16	3	0	0	3	78	84	−6
SRB 2012 Serbia	Main round	12th of 16	6	1	2	3	157	168	−11
DEN 2014 Denmark	Main round	7th of 16	6	4	0	2	166	158	+8
POL 2016 Poland	Match for 7th place	8th of 16	7	2	2	3	173	168	+5
CRO 2018 Croatia	Runners-up	2nd of 16	8	4	0	4	218	216	+2
AUTNORSWE 2020 Austria/Norway/Sweden	Main round	7th of 24	7	4	0	3	182	169	+13
HUNSVK 2022 Hungary/Slovakia	Champions	1st of 24	9	7	1	1	252	221	+31
GER 2024 Germany	Third place	3rd of 24	9	6	0	3	282	255	+27
DENNORSWE 2026 Denmark/Norway/Sweden	Qualified as co-host
PORESPSUI 2028 Portugal/Spain/Switzerland	To be determined
CZEDENPOL 2030 Czech Republic/Denmark/Poland
FRAGER 2032 France/ Germany

:*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.

Other tournaments

World Cup

The World Cup was an international tournament hosted by Sweden that was arranged from 1971 to 2010. It was contested by the 7 best nations at the preceding World Championship along with Sweden. It was mostly contested by European nations; however, Egypt was a participant at the tournament on several occasions.

1971 SWE: 6th place
1974 SWE: 8th place
1979 SWE: 8th place
1984 SWE: 4th place
1988 SWE: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
1992 SWE: [[Image:Med 1.png|15px|alt=|link=]] Champions
1996 SWE: [[Image:Med 1.png|15px|alt=|link=]] Champions
1999 SWE: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
2002 SWE: 5th place
2004 SWE: [[Image:Med 1.png|15px|alt=|link=]] Champions
2006 SWE: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
2010 SWE: [[Image:Med 2.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 2nd place

Supercup

The Supercup was an international tournament hosted by Germany from 1979 to 2015, which was open to reigning and former World and Olympic Champions (with occasional exceptions such as the participation of Switzerland in 1993). The Supercup and World Cup was mostly played in alternating years so as not to clash with one another.

1979 GER: 6th place
1981 GER: 6th place
1983 GER: 5th place
1985 GER: 8th place
1987 GER: 6th place
1989 GER: 5th place
1991 GER: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
1993 GER: [[Image:Med 1.png|15px|alt=|link=]] Champions
1995 GER: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
1998 GER: 5th place
1999 GER: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
2001 GER: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
2003 GER: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
2005 GER: [[Image:Med 1.png|15px|alt=|link=]] Champions
2007 GER: [[Image:Med 2.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 2nd place
2009 GER: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place
2011 GER: [[Image:Med 2.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 2nd place
2013 GER: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] 3rd place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Michael Apelgren

Notable players

Per Carlén
Björn "Lurch" Andersson
Bengt Johansson
Stefan Lövgren
Mats Olsson
Staffan Olsson
Magnus Wislander
Ljubomir Vranjes
Pierre Thorsson
Magnus Andersson
Ola Lindgren
Erik Hajas
Johan Petersson
Peter Gentzel
Tomas Svensson
Kim Andersson
Martin Frändesjö
Jim Gottfridsson
Niclas Ekberg
Jonas Källman

Coaches

#	Coaches	Period	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Herbert Johansson	1938–1948
Curt Wadmark	1948–1967
Roland Mattsson	1967–1974
Bertil Andersén	1974–1979
Ingemar Eriksson	1979–1980
Caj-Åke Andersson	1980–1982
Roger "Ragge" Carlsson	1982–1988
Bengt "Bengan" Johansson	1988–2004
Ingemar Linnéll	2004–2008
Ola Lindgren & Staffan Olsson	2008–2016
Kristján Andrésson	2016–2020
Glenn Solberg	2020–2024
Michael Apelgren	2024–

World and European records

World records

Longest undefeated streak in international championships (25 matches, Euro 1998 - 2000 Olympic Games).
Longest medal round streak in major championships (14 tournaments, 1990–2002).
Longest medal round streak in the World Championships (7 tournaments, 1986–2001).
8 consecutive finals in international championships (1996–2002).
Most World Championship finals (8 - shared with France).

European records

3 consecutive gold medals at the European championship (1998, 2000, 2002).

Other merits

First European nation to win a major championship title three times in a row (Euro 1998, Euro 2000, Euro 2002).
3 x winners of the World Cup (1992, 1996, 2004)
2 x winners of the Supercup (1993, 2005)
1 x winners of the Intercontinental Cup (2000)
The first IHF World Champion (1954 - indoor handball) (Germany's 1938 victory was under the IAHF).
The first EHF European Champion (1994).
Defeated Denmark 18–12 in Copenhagen in the first ever international indoor handball game (8 March 1935).

Kit supplier

From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas, and 2016–2019 by Kempa. The current supplier is Craft.

References

(18 December 2024). "Olle Forsell Schefvert tar plats i VM-truppen". handbollslandslaget.se.
(15 January 2025). "Team Roster Sweden".

Wikipedia Source

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