Sweden national handball team

Sweden
Information
Association	Swedish Handball Association (Svenska Handbollförbundet)
Coach	Kristján Andrésson
Most caps	Magnus Wislander (384)
Most goals	Magnus Wislander (1185)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	8 (First in 1972)
Best result	2nd (1992, 1996, 2000, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances	23 (First in 1938)
Best result	1st (1954, 1958, 1990, 1999)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1994)
Best result	1st (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002)
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Sweden national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Team
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
	2012 London	Team
World Championship
	1954 Sweden
	1958 East Germany
	1990 Czechoslovakia
	1999 Egypt
	1964 Czechoslovakia
	1997 Japan
	2001 France
	1938 Germany
	1961 West Germany
	1993 Sweden
	1995 Iceland
European Championship
	1994 Portugal
	1998 Italy
	2000 Croatia
	2002 Sweden
World Cup Field Handball
	1948 France
	1952 Switzerland
	1959 Austria

The Sweden men's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) 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 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. Sweden holds the European records for most medals in international competition (19 medals) as well as reaching the most medal rounds (22 tournaments). 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

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 Berlin	Did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Match for 7th place	7th of 16	6	2	2	2	82	87	−5
1976 Montreal	Did not qualify
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	145	134	+11
1988 Seoul	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	133	109	+24
1992 Barcelona	Runners-up	2nd of 12	7	6	0	1	165	130	+35
1996 Atlanta	Runners-up	2nd of 12	7	6	0	1	182	141	+41
2000 Sydney	Runners-up	2nd of 12	8	7	0	1	240	197	+43
2004 Athens	Did not qualify
2008 Beijing
2012 London	Runners-up	2nd of 12	8	5	0	3	228	186	+42
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Group stage	11th of 12	5	1	0	4	132	131	+1
2020 Tokyo	To be determined
Total	8/13	0 Titles	53	35	2	16	1,307	1115	+192

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1938 Germany	Third place	3rd of 4	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5
1954 Sweden	Champions	1st of 6	3	3	0	0	56	36	+20
1958 East Germany	Champions	1st of 16	6	6	0	0	138	74	+64
1961 West Germany	Third place	3rd of 12	6	5	0	1	89	73	+16
1964 Czechoslovakia	Runners-up	2nd of 16	6	3	0	3	104	90	+14
1967 Sweden	Match for 5th place	5th of 16	6	4	0	2	118	112	+6
1970 France	Match for 5th place	6th of 16	6	3	0	3	69	68	+1
1974 East Germany	Preliminary round	10th of 16	6	3	0	3	111	113	−2
1978 Denmark	Second round	8th of 16	6	2	0	4	121	125	−4
1982 West Germany	Second round	11th of 16	7	2	1	4	159	157	+2
1986 Switzerland	Fourth place	4th of 16	7	5	0	2	174	153	+21
1990 Czechoslovakia	Champions	1st of 16	7	6	0	1	177	143	+34
1993 Sweden	Third place	3rd of 16	7	6	0	1	166	136	+30
1995 Iceland	Third place	3rd of 24	9	8	0	1	251	201	+50
1997 Japan	Runners-up	2nd 24	9	7	0	2	253	187	+66
1999 Egypt	Champions	1st of 24	9	8	1	0	282	202	+80
2001 France	Runners-up	2nd of 24	9	8	0	1	263	207	+56
2003 Portugal	Second round	13th of 24	7	5	0	2	204	191	+13
2005 Tunisia	Main round	11th of 24	9	4	1	4	275	234	+41
2007 Germany	Did not qualify
2009 Croatia	Main round	7th of 24	9	6	0	3	277	232	+45
2011 Sweden	Fourth place	4th of 24	10	6	0	4	272	241	+31
2013 Spain	Did not qualify
2015 Qatar	Round of 16	10th of 24	6	3	1	2	157	133	+24
2017 France	Quarterfinals	6th of 24	7	5	0	2	233	166	+67
2019 Denmark/Germany	To be determined
2021 Egypt
2023 Poland/Sweden	Qualified
Total	23/25	4 Titles	160	109	4	47	3,957	3,287	+670

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1994 Portugal	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	172	133	+39
1996 Spain	Fourth place	4th of 12	7	4	0	3	170	156	+14
1998 Italy	Champions	1st of 12	7	6	0	1	182	158	+24
2000 Croatia	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	198	167	+31
2002 Sweden	Champions	1st of 16	8	7	0	1	235	191	+44
2004 Slovenia	Main round	7th of 16	7	4	0	3	211	203	+8
2006 Switzerland	Did not qualify
2008 Norway	Match for 5th place	5th of 16	7	4	1	2	208	190	+18
2010 Austria	Preliminary round	15th of 16	3	0	0	3	78	84	–6
2012 Serbia	Main round	12th of 16	6	1	2	3	157	168	–11
2014 Denmark	Main round	7th of 16	6	4	0	2	166	158	+8
2016 Poland	Match for 7th place	8th of 16	7	2	2	3	173	168	+5
2018 Croatia	Qualified
2020 Austria/Norway/Sweden	Qualified
Total	12/13	4 titles	72	46	5	21	1,939	1,776	+163

*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.

Honours

Competition	01 !	02 !	03 !	Total
Olympic Games	0	4	0	4
World Championship	4	3	4	11
European Championship	4	0	0	4
Total	8	7	4	19

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Kristján Andrésson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 LB Simon Jeppsson (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 2.03 m 5 15 Lugi HF 7 P Max Darj (1991-09-27) 27 September 1991 1.92 m 10 9 Alingsås HK 9 LW Jerry Tollbring (1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 1.82 m 15 51 IFK Kristianstad 10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988-12-23) 23 December 1988 1.91 m 140 563 THW Kiel 12 GK Andreas Palicka (1986-07-10) 10 July 1986 1.89 m 61 0 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 14 CB Jesper Konradsson (1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 1.84 m 30 39 Alingsås HK 18 P Fredric Pettersson (1989-02-11) 11 February 1989 2.01 m 14 25 Fenix Toulouse 20 GK Mikael Appelgren (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 1.91 m 49 1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 21 LW Emil Frend Öfors (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 1.93 m 0 0 Alingsås HK 23 RB Albin Lagergren (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 1.86 m 10 17 IFK Kristianstad 24 CB Jim Gottfridsson (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 1.91 m 37 120 Flensburg-Handewitt 28 LB Philip Stenmalm (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 2.00 m 33 56 KIF Kolding København 32 RW Mattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 1.78 m 88 162 Füchse Berlin 35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 1.97 m 107 241 MVM Veszprém 36 P Jesper Nielsen (1989-08-30) 30 August 1989 2.00 m 76 90 Paris Saint-Germain 65 LB Lukas Nilsson (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 1.94 m 29 76 THW Kiel

2016 Olympics squad

The following is the Swedish roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Head coaches: Ola Lindgren and Staffan Olsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Andersson, MattiasMattias Andersson (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 38) 1.85 m 141 0 Flensburg-Handewitt 3 RB Andersson, KimKim Andersson (1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 33) 1.99 m 222 787 Ystads IF 5 CB Gottfridsson, JimJim Gottfridsson (1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 23) 1.90 m 25 84 Flensburg-Handewitt 9 LW Tollbring, JerryJerry Tollbring (1995-09-13)13 September 1995 (aged 20) 1.82 m 3 2 IFK Kristianstad 11 LB Nilsson, LukasLukas Nilsson (1996-11-16)16 November 1996 (aged 19) 1.92 m 18 53 THW Kiel 13 LB Stenbäcken, JonathanJonathan Stenbäcken (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 28) 1.95 m 40 49 TBV Lemgo 18 RB Jakobsson, JohanJohan Jakobsson (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 29) 1.95 m 105 220 Flensburg-Handewitt 19 P Karlsson, TobiasTobias Karlsson (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 143 79 Flensburg-Handewitt 20 GK Appelgren, MikaelMikael Appelgren (1989-09-06)6 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.91 m 37 0 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 24 LW Petersen, FredrikFredrik Petersen (1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 32) 1.88 m 150 416 Malmö 28 LB Stenmalm, PhilipPhilip Stenmalm (1992-04-03)3 April 1992 (aged 24) 1.98 m 23 31 KIF Kolding København 32 RW Zachrisson, MattiasMattias Zachrisson (1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 25) 1.79 m 76 128 Füchse Berlin 35 P Nilsson, AndreasAndreas Nilsson (1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.97 m 96 224 Telekom Veszprém 36 P Nielsen, JesperJesper Nielsen (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 26) 2.00 m 66 80 Füchse Berlin

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

Notable coaches

• Bengt Johansson

Kit supplier

From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas. Since 2016 they are supplied by Kempa

References

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External links

• Official website
• IHF profile