Sweden women's national handball team

Sweden

Information

Association

Swedish Handball Federation

Coach

Henrik Signell

Captain

Sabina Jacobsen

Most caps

Åsa Eriksson (251)

Most goals

Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (1091)

Colours

Home

Away

Results

Summer Olympics

Appearances

3 (First in 2008)

Best result

8th (2008)

World Championship

Appearances

9 (First in 1957)

Best result

6th (1993)

European Championship

Appearances

10 (First in 1994)

Best result

2nd (2010)

Last updated on Unknown.

Sweden women's national handball team
Medal record
European Championship
	2010 Denmark/Norway
	2014 Croatia/Hungary

The Sweden women's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges damlandslag i handboll) is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation (Swedish: Svenska Handbollförbundet) and takes part in international handball competitions.

Results

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1976	Did not qualify
1980	Did not qualify
1984	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2008	8th	6	2	0	4	147	168	-21
2012	11th	5	0	0	5	108	131	-23
2016	7th	6	2	1	3	170	174	-4
Total^[1]	3/11	17	4	1	12	425	473	-48

World Championship

Competitive record at the World championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1957	8th	4	1	0	3	9	19	-10
1962	Did not qualify
1965	Did not qualify
1971	Did not qualify
1973	Did not qualify
1975	Did not qualify
1978	Did not qualify
1982	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1990	13th	6	3	1	2	137	119	+18
1993	6th	7	4	0	3	140	124	+16
1995	11th	8	4	0	4	175	166	+9
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2001	8th	9	6	0	3	228	224	+4
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2009	13th	8	6	0	2	247	191	+56
2011	9th	6	3	0	3	164	123	+41
2013	Did not qualify
2015	9th	6	4	1	1	211	160	+51
2017	Qualified
Total	9/23	55	31	2	21	1311	1126	+185

Record against other teams at the World championship

National Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-
Angola	3	3	0	0	77	53	+24
Argentina	1	1	0	0	37	11	+26
Australia	1	1	0	0	66	21	+45
Austria	4	0	1	3	85	93	-8
Brazil	1	1	0	0	26	23	+3
Canada	1	1	0	0	21	16	+5
China	1	0	0	1	15	17	-2
Republic of the Congo	2	2	0	0	57	40	+17
Croatia	1	0	0	1	26	27	-1
Denmark	3	1	0	2	66	68	-2
Czech republic*	3	1	0	2	42	42	-
France	4	1	0	3	92	88	+4
Germany	2	0	0	2	42	50	-8
Hungary	2	1	0	1	32	38	-6
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	54	40	+14
Japan	1	1	0	0	27	14	+13
The Netherlands	1	1	0	0	23	21	+2
Norway	1	0	0	1	15	26	-11
Poland	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3
Romania	3	3	0	0	48	40	+8
Russia	1	0	0	1	19	25	-6
Spain	1	1	0	0	27	24	+3
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	26	20	+6
South Korea	1	0	0	1	25	34	-9
Thailand	1	1	0	0	49	18	+31
Ukraine	2	1	0	1	53	55	-2
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	31	14	+17
USA	1	1	0	0	30	11	+19
F.R. Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	18	32	-14
Total^[2]	48	26	1	21	1130	955	+175

*Results against the Czech republic also include Czechoslovakia (-1993) and the combined team of the Czech republic and Slovakia (1993).
Results updated 16 June 2014.

European Championship

Competitive record at the European championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1994	7th	6	3	0	3	134	145	-11
1996	8th	6	2	0	4	142	171	-29
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2002	15th	3	0	0	3	79	94	-15
2004	14th	3	0	0	3	68	81	-13
2006	6th	7	3	0	4	156	170	-14
2008	9th	6	2	2	2	134	135	-1
2010	2nd	8	6	0	2	199	176	+23
2012	8th	6	3	1	2	153	142	+11
2014	3rd	8	5	1	2	238	220	+18
2016	8th	6	1	1	4	149	156	-7
Total	10/12	59	25	5	29	1452	1490	-38

Record against other teams at the European championship

National Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-
Austria	4	1	0	3	93	100	-7
Belarus	1	0	1	0	21	21	0
Czech Republic	2	2	0	0	59	46	+13
Croatia	4	1	0	3	99	106	-7
Denmark	3	1	0	2	60	89	-29
France	3	1	0	2	67	72	-5
Germany	3	2	0	1	88	90	-2
Hungary	2	2	0	0	55	45	+10
Macedonia	2	2	0	0	50	38	+12
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	54	53	+1
The Netherlands	2	1	1	0	55	48	+7
Norway	5	1	0	4	117	126	-9
Poland	1	1	0	0	24	23	+1
Romania	2	1	0	1	50	53	-3
Russia	2	0	1	1	47	51	-4
Serbia	1	0	1	0	23	23	0
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	31	22	+9
Ukraine	2	2	0	0	57	48	+9
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	28	31	-3
Total^[3]	43	19	4	20	1078	1085	-7

Performance in other tournaments

Sweden during a friendly match against the Netherlands in 2016

Carpathian Trophy 1994: Third place
GF World Cup 2006: Fifth place
Møbelringen Cup 2001: Third place
Møbelringen Cup 2011: Third place
Carpathian Trophy 2015: Winner

Team

Current squad

The squad chosen for two qualification matches against Macedonia for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship, and an international match against Croatia in June 2017.^[4]

Matches, goals and clubs are correct, as of 13 June 2017.

Head coach: Henrik Signell

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Johanna Bundsen	(1991-06-03) 3 June 1991	1.85 m	57	0	København Håndbold
2	P	Ulrika Toft Hansen	(1987-07-13) 13 July 1987	1.69 m	75	114	Team Esbjerg
4	LW	Olivia Mellegård	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996	1.78 m	15	27	IK Sävehof
5	RW	Emma Ekenman-Fernis	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996	1.72 m	15	23	IK Sävehof
6	LB	Carin Strömberg	(1993-07-10) 10 July 1993	1.83 m	39	32	Viborg HK
8	LB	Jamina Roberts	(1990-05-28) 28 May 1990	1.75 m	121	222	Érdi VSE
9	LW	Louise Sand	(1992-12-27) 27 December 1992	1.64 m	79	179	Brest Bretagne Handball
11	RW	Daniela Gustin	(1994-05-11) 11 May 1994	1.81 m	6	12	Randers HK
12	GK	Filippa Idéhn	(1990-08-15) 15 August 1990	1.83 m	77	2	Brest Bretagne Handball
14	LB	Johanna Westberg	(1990-04-06) 6 April 1990	1.86 m	45	69	Nykøbing Falster
16	GK	Martina Thörn	(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991	1.78 m	13	0	Randers HK
19	P	Anna Lagerquist	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993	1.73 m	15	17	Nykøbing Falster
20	CB	Isabelle Gulldén	(1989-06-29) 29 June 1989	1.79 m	175	679	CSM București
22	RB	Hanna Blomstrand	(1996-08-25) 25 August 1996	1.70 m	20	16	København Håndbold
24	RW	Nathalie Hagman	(1991-07-19) 19 July 1991	1.67 m	108	288	CSM București
27	RB	Sabina Jacobsen (c)	(1989-03-24) 24 March 1989	1.80 m	104	132	CSM București
28	RB	Ida Odén	(1987-04-14) 14 April 1987	1.72 m	54	135	IK Sävehof
29	LB	Jenny Alm	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989	1.84 m	95	243	København Håndbold

Notable players

Several Swedish players have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments, either as Most Valuable Player, top scorer, best defense player or as a member of the All-Star Team.

MVP

Linnea Torstenson, 2010 European Championship
Isabelle Gulldén, 2014 European Championship

All-Star Team

Annika Wiel Fredén, 2006 European Championship
Nathalie Hagman, 2016 Summer Olympics

Top scorers

Isabelle Gulldén, 2014 European Championship (58 goals)

Best defense player

Johanna Wiberg, 2010 European Championship
Sabina Jacobsen, 2014 European Championship

Incomplete

Famous players

Individual all-time records

Still active players are highlighted

Most matches played

Total number of matches played in official competitions only.^[5]

#	Player	Matches	Goals
1	Åsa Eriksson	251	1087
2	Tina Flognman	223	386
3	Mia Hermansson-Högdahl	216	1091
4	Matilda Boson	208	514
5	Kristina Jönsson	182	0
6	Gunilla Olsson	178	298
8	Isabelle Gulldén	175	679
8	Linnea Torstenson	175	654
9	Anna Ljungdahl	158	303
10	Madelene Olsson	157	161

Last updated: 13 June 2017
Source: svenskhandboll.se

Most goals scored

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.^[6]

#	Player	Goals	Matches	Average
1	Mia Hermansson-Högdahl	1091	216	5.05
2	Åsa Eriksson	1087	251	4.33
3	Isabelle Gulldén	679	175	3.88
4	Linnea Torstenson	654	175	3.74
5	Lina Olsson Rosenberg	531	145	3.66
6	Matilda Boson	514	208	2.47
7	Katarina Arfwidsson	493	132	3.73
8	Johanna Ahlm	460	141	3.26
9	Tina Flognman	386	223	1.73
10	Annika Wiel Fredén	316	119	2.65

Last updated: 13 June 2017
Source: svenskhandboll.se

References

↑ http://www.olympic.org/handball
↑ http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx
↑ http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx
↑ "Truppen till VM-kvalet mot Makedonien". EHF. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
↑ "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
↑ "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

External links

Women's national handball teams of Europe (EHF)

Current teams

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Bulgaria
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Cyprus
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Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
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Defunct teams

National sports teams of Sweden

American football
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Bandy
- M
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Baseball
Basketball
- M
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- M U18
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Beach handball
- M
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Cricket
Beach football
- M
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Field hockey
- M
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Football
- M
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- M U23
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Australian rules football
Badminton
Floorball
- M
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Futsal
- M
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Handball
- M
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Ice hockey
- M
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- M J
- M U18
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Inline hockey
Korfball
Roller derby
Rugby league
Rugby union
- M
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Speedway
- M
- M U21
- M U19
Squash
- M
- W
Volleyball
- M
- W
Water polo
Tennis
- M
- W

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