Sweden national handball team
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 (1949-1967) 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. In fact, Sweden has won more medals in international competition than any other nation (19 medals). 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
World Championship
European Championship
| European Championship record |
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| Year |
Round |
Position |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
 1994 | Champion | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 133 |
 1996 | Fourth place | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 156 |
 1998 | Champion | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 158 |
 2000 | Champion | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 167 |
 2002 | Champion | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 235 | 191 |
 2004 | 7th place | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 203 |
 2006 | Did not qualify |
 2008 | 5th | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 190 |
 2010 | Preliminary round | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 84 |
 2012 | Main round | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 157 | 168 |
 2014 | Main round | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 158 |
 2016 | 8th place | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 173 | 168 |
| Total | 11/12 | 4 titles | 72 | 46 | 5 | 21 | 1939 | 1776 |
- *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
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
External links
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1972 Munich
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1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London 
2016 Rio de Janeiro
