FIBA zone FIBA Europe Medals None Appearances 10 Coach Vedran Bosnic | Appearances 1 Appearances None Medals None Location Sweden Joined FIBA 1952 | |
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National federation Swedish Basketball Federation | ||
The Swedish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Sweden in international competitions. It is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation SBBF. (Swedish: Svenska Basketboll Förbundet)
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Sweden qualified for the EuroBasket finals nine times where their best result was 11th place at the 1995 event. The Scandinavian squad entered the Olympic Basketball Tournament in 1980, reaching 10th place. They have yet to qualify for the Basketball World Championship.
2013 fixtures
Source: basket.se
EuroBasket 1953
Sweden's European championship debut came at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. The Swedes did not fare well in their first tournament, losing all 7 games to finish in last place of the 17 teams.
EuroBasket 1955
Sweden's first EuroBasket win came against Luxembourg in the preliminary round of EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest. They lost three in that round as well, however, and took 4th of the 5 teams and found themselves in the classification rounds. They again finished the pool with a 1–3 record, defeating Denmark. Two losses in the classification 13–16 semifinals and the 15/16 final (a rematch against Luxembourg) put Sweden at 16th place of the 18 teams.
Later years
Sweden qualified for the final round of the EuroBasket on more occasions and earned some more victories but the squad lacked the depth to become a serious medal contender. At some events, however, the country displayed potential. E.g. at the 2013 EuroBasket it beat the heavily favored former champion Russia by 19 points difference (81-62).
Roster
Roster for EuroBasket 2017 qualification.
Past rosters
1953 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 17 teams
Åke Larsson, Lars Olsson, Lars-Erik Keijser, Per-Åke Hallberg, Erik Sundell, Erik Gustavsson, Staffan Widen, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Rune Erkers, Kjell Eliasson, Sture Herrman (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)
1955 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 18 teams
Staffan Widen, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Jan Oldenmark, Anders Renner, Gustaf Ragge, Lars Helgostam, Sture Herrman, Per-Åke Hallberg, Nils af Trolle, Jan Holmberg, Alvin Tornblom, Palle Cardell, Bengt Gustafsson (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)
1961 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 19 teams
Staffan Widen, Udo Tohver, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Gunars Kraulis, Lars Andersson, Curt Wennström, Lennart Dahllöf, Alvin Törnblom, Bjorn Lundberg, Torbjörn Langemar, Svante af Klinteberg (Coach: Juris Reneslacis)
1965 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
Björn Lundberg, Rune Leinas, Per-Olof Svensson, Ulf Lindelöf, Anders Grönlund, Lars Cullert, Per-Olof Lefwerth, Hans Albertsson, Jörgen Hansson, Egon Håkanson, Torbjörn Langemar, Kaj Håkansson (Coach: Rolf Nygren)
1969 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams
Per-Olof Lefwerth, Anders Grönlund, Ulf Lindelöf, Arturs Veigurs, Kjell Rannelid, Hans Albertsson, Ebbe Edström, Janos Fugedi, Jörgen Hansson, Kjell Gunna, Bo Lundmark, Jan Hjorth (Coach: Arne Jansson)
1980 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams
Roland Rahm, Peter Andersson, Sten Feldreich, Thomas Nordgren, Peter Gunterberg, Jon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, Jan Enjebo, Torbjörn Taxen, Leif Yttergren, Åke Skyttevall, Göran Unger, Bernt Malion (Coach: Mike Perry)
1983 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams
Göran Eriksson, Roland Rahm, Sten Feldreich, Bill Magarity, Kenny Grant, Jon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, Peter Nyström, Bernt Malion, Thomas Nordgren, Jerry Sehlberg, Åke Skyttevall, Bo Faleström (Coach: Sven Jensen)
1993 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
Mattias Sahlström, Anders Marcus, Per Stumer, Jens Tillman, Olle Håkanson, Magnus Tegel, Henrik Gaddefors, Peter Borg, Torbjörn Gehrke, Henrik Evers, Martin Jansson, Örjan Andersson (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)
1995 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 14 teams
Mattias Sahlström, Joakim Blom, Christian Larsson, Henrik Evers, Henrik Gaddefors, Jonas Larsson, Vincent Lundahl, Oscar Lefwerth, Torbjörn Gehrke, Anders Marcus, Olle Håkanson, Örjan Andersson (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)
2003 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
Joakim Blom, Paul Burke, Håkan Larsson, John Pettersson, Daniel Dajic, Oluoma Nnamaka, Jens Johnsson, Mats Levin, Jonas Larsson, Lesli Myrthil, Christian Maråker, Fredrik Jönzen (Coach: Jan Enjebo)
2013 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
Anton Gaddefors, Viktor Gaddefors, Kenny Grant, Ludvig Håkanson, Jonas Jerebko, Joakim Kjellborn, Brice Massamba, Thomas Massamba, Dino Pita, Erik Rush, Jonathan Skjöldebrand, Jeffery Taylor (Coach: Brad Dean)