Sweden national handball team
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| Association | Swedish Handball Association (Svenska Handbollförbundet) |
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| Coach |  Ingemar Linnéll, 2004- |
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| Most caps | Magnus Wislander (384) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most goals | Magnus Wislander (1185) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Handball Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 19 (First in 1938) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1954, 1958, 1990, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | Team | |
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Team | |
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | Team | |
The Sweden national handball team is the national handball team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. During the 90:s under the coach Bengt Johansson it is considered by many to be one of the most important teams in Handball, and probably one of the best national teams in any sport ever, having won 11 medals in the Handball World Cup: 4 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronzes
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[edit] European Championship record
Sweden's best performance in the European Championships.
- 1994 - Winners
- 1996 - 4th
- 1998 - Winners
- 2000 - Winners
- 2002 - Winners
- 2004 - 7th
- 2006 - Did not qualify
- 2008 - 5th
[edit] Current Squad (2008)
- Tomas Svensson
- Dan Beutlér
- Tomas Sandström
- Jan Lennartsson
- Johan Petersson
- Henrik Lundström
- Jonas Källman
- Kim Andersson
- Dalibor Doder
- Oscar Carlén
- Jonas Larholm
- Magnus Jernemyr
- Robert Arrhenius
- Tobias Karlsson
- Martin Boquist
[edit] Famous past players
[edit] Famous coaches
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International handball
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