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Sweden men's national handball team

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AssociationSwedish Handball Association
(Svenska Handbollförbundet)
CoachMichael Apelgren
Assistant coachMichael Apelgren
CaptainAndreas Palicka
Most capsMagnus Wislander (386)
Most goalsMagnus Wislander (1191)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances10 (First in 1972)
Best resultSilver 2nd (1992, 1996, 2000, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances26 (First in 1938)
Best resultGold 1st (1954, 1958, 1990, 1999)
European Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1994)
Best resultGold 1st (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2022)
Last updated on Unknown.
Sweden men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1954 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 1958 East Germany
Gold medal – first place 1990 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place 1999 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 1964 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place 1997 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2001 France
Silver medal – second place 2021 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1961 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Iceland
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Portugal
Gold medal – first place 1998 Italy
Gold medal – first place 2000 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2002 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Silver medal – second place 2018 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Germany
World Outdoor Championship
Gold medal – first place 1948 France
Silver medal – second place 1952 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Austria

The Sweden men's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) 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, Staffan Olsson, 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 5 titles, and has won the most medals in the history of the World Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 12 medals (as of 2023, this is a record shared with France). 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

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Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 4 0 4
World Championship 4 4 4 12
European Championship 5 1 1 7
Total 9 9 5 23

Competitive record

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

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Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Germany 1936 Berlin did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Match for 7th place 7th of 16 6 2 2 2 82 87 −5
Canada 1976 Montreal did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles Match for 5th place 5th of 12 6 4 0 2 145 134 +11
South Korea 1988 Seoul Match for 5th place 5th of 12 6 4 0 2 133 109 +24
Spain 1992 Barcelona Runners-up 2nd of 12 7 6 0 1 165 130 +35
United States 1996 Atlanta Runners-up 2nd of 12 7 6 0 1 182 141 +41
Australia 2000 Sydney Runners-up 2nd of 12 8 7 0 1 240 197 +43
Greece 2004 Athens did not qualify
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London Runners-up 2nd of 12 8 5 0 3 228 186 +42
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group stage 11th of 12 5 1 0 4 132 131 +1
Japan 2020 Tokyo Quarterfinals 5th of 12 6 4 0 2 177 176 +1
France 2024 Paris Quarterfinals 7th of 12 6 3 0 3 189 171 +18
United States 2028 Los Angeles to be determined
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 10/17 0 Titles 65 42 2 21 1673 1362 +211

World Championship

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World Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
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
DenmarkGermany 2019 Denmark/Germany Main round 5th of 24 9 7 0 2 273 222 +51
Egypt 2021 Egypt Runners-up 2nd of 32 9 6 2 1 276 218 +58
PolandSweden 2023 Poland/Sweden Fourth place 4th of 32 9 7 0 2 299 237 +62
CroatiaDenmarkNorway 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway Qualified
Germany 2027 Germany To be determined
FranceGermany 2029 France/Germany
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031 Denmark/Iceland/Norway
Total 27/32 4 Titles 187 129 6 52 4803 3964 +839

European Championship

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European Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Portugal 1994 Portugal Champions 1st of 12 7 7 0 0 172 133 +39
Spain 1996 Spain Fourth place 4th of 12 7 4 0 3 170 156 +14
Italy 1998 Italy Champions 1st of 12 7 6 0 1 182 158 +24
Croatia 2000 Croatia Champions 1st of 12 7 7 0 0 198 167 +31
Sweden 2002 Sweden Champions 1st of 16 8 7 0 1 235 191 +44
Slovenia 2004 Slovenia Main round 7th of 16 7 4 0 3 211 203 +8
Switzerland 2006 Switzerland did not qualify
Norway 2008 Norway Match for 5th place 5th of 16 7 4 1 2 208 190 +18
Austria 2010 Austria Preliminary round 15th of 16 3 0 0 3 78 84 −6
Serbia 2012 Serbia Main round 12th of 16 6 1 2 3 157 168 −11
Denmark 2014 Denmark Main round 7th of 16 6 4 0 2 166 158  +8
Poland 2016 Poland Match for 7th place 8th of 16 7 2 2 3 173 168 +5
Croatia 2018 Croatia Runners-up 2nd of 16 8 4 0 4 218 216 +2
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020 Austria/Norway/Sweden Main round 7th of 24 7 4 0 3 182 169 +13
HungarySlovakia 2022 Hungary/Slovakia Champions 1st of 24 9 7 1 1 252 221 +31
Germany 2024 Germany Third place 3rd of 24 9 6 0 3 282 255 +27
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 Denmark/Norway/Sweden Qualified as co-host
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028 Portugal/Spain/Switzerland To be determined
Total 15/16 5 titles 105 67 6 32 2884 2637 +247
*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

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A 17-player roster was announced on 10 June 2024.[1] On 21 June, Felix Möller replaced Andreas Nilsson who had to withdraw.[2] The final roster was revealed on 24 July.[3] On 28 July, Felix Möller replaced Max Darj due to an injury and on 1 August, Jonathan Edvardsson replaced Daniel Pettersson.[4]

Head coach: Norway Glenn Solberg[5]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LB Jonathan Carlsbogård (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 29) 1.95 m 69 134 Spain Barça
5 P Max Darj (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 32) 1.92 m 121 145 Germany Füchse Berlin
6 P Felix Möller (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 (aged 21) 1.96 m 15 10 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold
11 RW Daniel Pettersson (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 32) 1.79 m 90 207 Germany SC Magdeburg
12 GK Andreas Palicka (1986-07-10)10 July 1986 (aged 38) 1.89 m 158 16 France Paris Saint-Germain
13 RW Sebastian Karlsson (1995-01-21)21 January 1995 (aged 29) 1.78 m 15 41 France Montpellier Handball
15 LW Hampus Wanne (1993-12-10)10 December 1993 (aged 30) 1.85 m 96 393 Spain Barça
16 GK Tobias Thulin (1995-07-05)5 July 1995 (aged 29) 1.98 m 60 0 Hungary SC Pick Szeged
19 CB Felix Claar (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 (aged 27) 1.93 m 74 196 Germany SC Magdeburg
22 LW Lucas Pellas (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 (aged 28) 1.83 m 71 226 France Montpellier Handball
23 RB Albin Lagergren (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 31) 1.86 m 110 324 Germany SC Magdeburg
24 CB Jim Gottfridsson (1992-09-02)2 September 1992 (aged 31) 1.91 m 155 495 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt
28 CB Jonathan Edvardsson (1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 27) 1.90 m 22 8 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
32 P Oscar Bergendahl (1995-03-08)8 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.92 m 56 84 Germany SC Magdeburg
33 RB Lukas Sandell (1997-02-03)3 February 1997 (aged 27) 1.93 m 58 140 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
49 LB Karl Wallinius (1999-01-14)14 January 1999 (aged 25) 1.99 m 29 29 Germany THW Kiel

Notable players

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Coaches

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

World & European Records

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World Records

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  • 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).
  • 3 consecutive World Championship finals (1997, 1999, 2001 - shared with Denmark).

European Records

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  • Most finals reached in international championships (18).
  • Most medals in international competition (23 - shared with France).
  • 3 consecutive gold medals at the European championship (1998, 2000, 2002).

Other merits

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  • 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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Herrarnas OS-trupp uttagen". handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Möller ersätter Nilsson i OS-truppen". handbollslandslaget.se (in Swedish). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Team Roster - Sweden" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024 - Player replacements". IHF. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Team roster: Sweden" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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