Sweden men's national basketball team
FIBA ranking | 51 | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1952 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | SBBF | ||
Coach | Ludwig Degernäs | ||
Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blue and Yellow) | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 1 | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | None | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 10 | ||
Medals | None | ||
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First international | |||
(Stockholm, Sweden; 6 December 1952) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Norrköping, Sweden; 24 August 2011) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1955) |
The Sweden men's national basketball team (Swedish: svenska basketslandslaget) represents Sweden in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation.
Sweden has qualified for the EuroBasket ten times throughout their history. Their best tournament result was the 11th place finish at the 1995 edition. The Scandinavian squad has also qualified for the Olympic Games once, in 1980, finishing in 10th place. However, Sweden still seeks qualification for their first appearance to the FIBA World Cup.
History
EuroBasket 1953
Sweden's European Basketball Championship debut came at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. Although the Swedes did not fare well in their first tournament appearance. As they lost all seven of their matches to finish in last place in the 17 team tournament.
EuroBasket 1955
Sweden's second appearance on the continental level came at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest. The team got off to an demoralizing start by losing to Switzerland in their first match. Although Sweden would achieve their first ever win at the EuroBasket against Luxembourg in their second match of the preliminary phase. However, they followed it by losing their next two matches in the round as well to Romania, and the Soviet Union. They finished 4th out of the 5 teams in the group with an (1-3) record, and found themselves in the classification rounds. There, the team once again finished with an (1-3) record in their pool, with their only victory coming against Denmark. Two losses in the classification 13th–16th place semifinals and the 15th/16th place final (a rematch against Luxembourg) put Sweden at 16th place of the 18 teams.
Later years
Sweden qualified for the EuroBasket eight more times with their three best finishes coming in 1969, 1983 and 1995. They also made their lone Summer Olympics appearance in 1980. But overall the national team has struggled to reach an elite level of consistency to become a serious medal contender at major international tournaments. At some events, however, the team displayed potential. E.g. at the EuroBasket 2013 they beat the heavily favored former champion Russia 81-62.
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games
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EuroBasket
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Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2021
12 August 2021 | Sweden |
77–79 | Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 1] | |
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18:00 WEST (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 18–22, 21–23, 24–18 | |||
Pts: Czerapowicz 16 Rebs: Birgander 11 Asts: Håkanson 11 |
Boxscore | Pts: Borovnjak 20 Rebs: Borovnjak, Queiroz 6 Asts: Barbosa, Silva 6 |
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos Referees: Erez Gurion (ISR), Martin Vulić (CRO), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU) |
14 August 2021 | Luxembourg |
76–129 | Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 1] | |
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18:00 WEST (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 21–33, 21–30, 9–40, 25–26 | |||
Pts: Gutenkauf, Kovac 14 Rebs: five players 3 Asts: Grün 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Czerapowicz 24 Rebs: Birgander 8 Asts: Håkanson 9 |
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos Referees: Tanel Suslov {EST), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO) |
16 August 2021 | Portugal |
60–79 | Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 1] | |
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18:00 WEST (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 20–15, 12–23, 16–25 | |||
Pts: Brito 12 Rebs: Delgado 8 Asts: Barbosa 3 |
Boxscore | Pts: Andersson 18 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Håkanson 7 |
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Tanel Suslov {EST), Martin Vulić (CRO) |
18 August 2021 | Sweden |
94–58 | Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 1] | |
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18:00 WEST (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 19–11, 28–14, 23–14 | |||
Pts: Barton 22 Rebs: Czerapowicz 10 Asts: Barton 10 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vujaković 18 Rebs: Vujaković 9 Asts: Vujaković 4 |
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Erez Gurion (ISR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU) |
25 November 2021 | Sweden |
72–62 | Stockholm | |||
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20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 17–8, 16–14, 25–29 | |||||
Pts: Håkanson 20 Rebs: Gaddefors 10 Asts: Håkanson 10 |
Boxscore | Pts: Salin 12 Rebs: Jantunen, Salin 8 Asts: Seppälä 3 |
Arena: Avicii Arena Attendance: 10,218 Referees: Oskars Lūcis (LAT), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Beniamino Attard (ITA) |
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28 November 2021 | Slovenia |
94–89 | Koper | |||
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20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 25–20, 25–19, 27–26 | |||||
Pts: Prepelič 30 Rebs: Blažič 9 Asts: Prepelič 8 |
Boxscore | Pts: Håkanson 21 Rebs: Czerapowicz 11 Asts: Håkanson 14 |
Arena: Arena Bonifika Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Thomas Bissuel (FRA), Tanel Suslov (EST) |
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2022
25 February 2022 | Croatia |
64–70 | Zagreb | |||
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18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 20–17, 10–17, 19–18 | |||||
Pts: Zubčić 20 Rebs: Krušlin 6 Asts: Gnjidić, Krušlin 2 |
Boxscore | Pts: Gaddefors 16 Rebs: Birgander 12 Asts: Håkanson 6 |
Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Martin Horozov (BUL) |
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28 February 2022 | Sweden |
98–105 (2OT) | Norrköping | |||
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19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 20–12, 18–24, 20–29, Overtime: 9–9, 10–17 | |||||
Pts: Håkanson 31 Rebs: Birgander 18 Asts: Håkanson 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Filipović 29 Rebs: Matković 13 Asts: Krušlin 6 |
Arena: Stadium Arena Attendance: 2,683 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Thomas Bissuel (FRA) |
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30 June 2022 | Finland |
85–69 | Espoo | |||
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18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 24–17, 26–8, 16–15 | |||||
Pts: Markkanen 22 Rebs: Markkanen 11 Asts: Maxhuni 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Andersson 18 Rebs: Birgander 8 Asts: Birgander 6 |
Arena: Espoo Metro Areena Attendance: 6,951 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Beniamino Attard (ITA) |
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3 July 2022 | Sweden |
81–84 | Stockholm | |||
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17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 24–19, 20–29, 20–14 | |||||
Pts: Håkanson 24 Rebs: Gaddefors 9 Asts: Håkanson 9 |
Boxscore | Pts: Dončić 31 Rebs: Dončić 10 Asts: Dončić 6 |
Arena: Hovet Attendance: 8,599 Referees: Oskars Lūcis (LAT), Paulo Marques (POR), Geert Jacobs (BEL) |
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2023
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 30 June and 3 July 2022 against Finland and Slovenia.[3]
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Simon Birgander | Mattias Markusson | |
PF | Denzel Andersson | Nicholas Spires | |
SF | Viktor Gaddefors | Erik Rush | David Hook |
SG | Tobias Borg | Pelle Larsson | Felix Terins |
PG | Ludvig Håkanson | Melwin Pantzar | Tim Schuberg |
Head coach position
Rolf Nilsson – (1991–1997)
Jan Enjebo – (1998–2004)
Kostas Flevarakis – (2005–2010)
Brad Dean – (2010–2013)
Vedran Bosnić – (2014–2018)
Hugo López – (2018–2021)
Kenneth Grant – (2021 Interim)
Ludwig Degernäs – (2021–present)
Past rosters
1953 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 17 teams
3 Rune Erkers, 4 Kjell Eliasson, 5 Sture Herrman, 6 Staffan Widén, 7 Bo Widén, 8 Örjan Widén, 9 Åke Larsson, 10 Lars Olsson, 11 Erik Sundell, 12 Bengt Gustafsson, 13 Lars-Erik Keijser, 14 Per-Åke Hallberg (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)
1955 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 18 teams
3 Staffan Widén, 4 Bo Widén, 5 Örjan Widén, 6 Jan Holmberg, 7 Alvin Tornblom, 8 Lars Helgostam, 9 Sture Herrman, 10 Per-Åke Hallberg, 11 Palle Cardell, 12 Bengt Gustafsson, 13 Jan Oldenmark, 14 Anders Renner, 15 Gustaf Ragge, 16 Nils af Trolle (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)
1961 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 19 teams
4 Svante af Klinteberg, 5 Staffan Widén, 6 Udo Tohver, 7 Bo Widén, 8 Torbjörn Langemar, 9 Alvin Törnblom, 10 Bjorn Lundberg, 11 Lars Andersson, 12 Curt Wennström, 13 Örjan Widén, 14 Gunars Kraulis, 15 Lennart Dahllöf (Coach: Juris Reneslacis)
1965 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
4 Hans Albertsson, 5 Jörgen Hansson, 6 Anders Grönlund, 7 Rune Leinas, 8 Per-Olof Svensson, 9 Ulf Lindelöf, 10 Björn Lundberg, 11 Torbjörn Langemar, 12 Lars Cullert, 13 Per-Olof Lefwerth, 14 Kaj Håkansson, 15 Egon Håkanson (Coach: Rolf Nygren)
1969 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams
4 Kjell Gunna, 5 Bo Lundmark, 6 Anders Grönlund, 7 Ulf Lindelöf, 8 Arturs Veigurs, 9 Ebbe Edström, 10 Janos Fugedi, 11 Jan Hjorth, 12 Per-Olof Lefwerth, 13 Kjell Rannelid, 14 Hans Albertsson, 15 Jörgen Hansson (Coach: Arne Jansson)
1980 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams
4 Peter Andersson, 5 Thomas Nordgren, 6 Peter Gunterberg, 7 Göran Unger, 8 Torbjörn Taxén, 9 Joon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, 10 Jan Enjebo, 11 Bernt Malion, 12 Roland Rahm, 13 Sten Feldreich, 14 Leif Yttergren, 15 Åke Skyttevall (Coach: Mike Perry)
1983 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams
4 Bill Magarity, 5 Bernt Malion, 6 Peter Nyström, 7 Jerry Sehlberg, 8 Thomas Nordgren, 9 Joon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, 10 Kenny Grant, 11 Bo Faleström, 12 Roland Rahm, 13 Sten Feldreich, 14 Göran Eriksson, 15 Åke Skyttevall (Coach: Sven Jensen)
1993 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
4 Olle Håkanson, 5 Magnus Tegel, 6 Örjan Andersson, 7 Henrik Evers, 8 Henrik Gaddefors, 9 Peter Borg, 10 Martin Jansson, 11 Jens Tillman, 12 Torbjörn Gehrke, 13 Anders Marcus, 14 Per Stümer, 15 Mattias Sahlström (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)
1995 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 14 teams
4 Olle Håkanson, 5 Örjan Andersson, 6 Christian Larsson, 7 Henrik Evers, 8 Henrik Gaddefors, 9 Jonas Larsson, 10 Oscar Lefwerth, 11 Joakim Blom, 12 Torbjörn Gehrke, 13 Anders Marcus, 14 Vincent Lundahl, 15 Mattias Sahlström (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)
2003 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
4 Paul Burke, 5 Hakan Larsson, 6 Jens Stalhandske, 7 Mats Levin, 8 Oluoma Nnamaka, 9 Jonas Larsson, 10 Lesli Myrthil, 11 Joakim Blom, 12 Fredrik Jonzen, 13 Christian Maråker, 14 John Pettersson, 15 Daniel Dajic (Coach: Jan Enjebo)
2013 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
4 Ludvig Håkanson, 5 Jonathan Skjöldebrand, 6 Joakim Kjellbom, 7 Dino Pita, 8 Anton Gaddefors, 9 Brice Massamba, 10 Kenny Grant, 11 Jonas Jerebko, 12 Thomas Massamba, 13 Erik Rush, 14 Jeffery Taylor, 15 Viktor Gaddefors (Coach: Brad Dean)
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See also
- Sport in Sweden
- Sweden women's national basketball team
- Sweden men's national under-18 basketball team
- Sweden men's national under-16 basketball team
Notes
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Sweden during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in June/July 2022". Retrieved 30 June 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)
- Sweden at FIBA site
- Sweden National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
- Sweden Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
Videos
- Sweden v Turkey – Full Game – FIBA EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers Youtube.com video