Sweden men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sweden women's national basketball team.

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

FIBA ranking	50 (18 November 2022)^[1]
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
Home Away
First international
Sweden 55–45 Denmark  (Stockholm, Sweden; 6 December 1952)
Biggest win
Sweden 128–61 Azerbaijan  (Norrköping, Sweden; 24 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union 103–31 Sweden  (Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1955)

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 World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L   1954 Did not qualify Did not qualify   1959 Did not enter Did not enter   1963 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers   1967   1970   1974 Did not enter Did not enter   1978 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers   1982   1986 Did not enter Did not enter   1990 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers   1994   1998   2002   2006   2010   2014   2019 12 5 7     2023 To be determined Total 0/18 12 5 7 Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L   1952 Did not enter   1956 Did not qualify   1960 Did not enter Did not enter   1964   1968 Did not qualify 9 3 6   1972 19 8 11   1976 6 2 4   1980 10th 7 3 4 10 5 5   1984 Did not qualify 9 4 5   1988 4 2 2   1992 5 2 3   1996 Did not qualify   2000   2004   2008   2012   2016   2020   2024 To be determined To be determined Total 1/18 7 3 4 62 26 36

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L   1953 17th 7 0 7   1955 16th 7 2 5   1957 Did not enter   1959   1961 18th 6 1 5   1963 Did not enter Did not enter   1965 16th 9 0 9 Direct qualification   1967 Did not qualify 3 0 3   1969 12th 7 1 6 3 2 1   1971 Did not qualify 3 1 2   1973 Did not enter Did not enter   1975 Did not qualify 5 2 3   1977 5 2 3   1979 10 5 5   1981 12 6 6   1983 12th 7 0 7 12 9 3   1985 Did not qualify 12 6 6   1987 12 5 7   1989 9 3 6   1991 11 7 4   1993 15th 3 1 2 6 4 2   1995 11th 6 0 6 6 3 3   1997 Did not qualify 10 4 6   1999 10 5 5   2001 10 3 7   2003 16th 3 0 3 Qualified as host   2005 Did not qualify 10 3 7   2007 10 3 7   2009 Division B 10 7 3   2011 Division B 8 7 1   2013 13th 5 1 4 8 4 4      2015 Did not qualify 12 4 8      2017 4 0 4      2022 10 4 6      2025 To be determined To be determined Total 10/34 60 6 54 211 99 112

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2021

Sweden   v   Portugal

12 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Sweden	77–79	Portugal	Matosinhos, Portugal* ^[note 1]
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)

Luxembourg   v   Sweden

14 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Luxembourg	76–129	Sweden	Matosinhos, Portugal* ^[note 1]
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)

Portugal   v   Sweden

16 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Portugal	60–79	Sweden	Matosinhos, Portugal* ^[note 1]
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)

Sweden   v   Luxembourg

18 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Sweden	94–58	Luxembourg	Matosinhos, Portugal* ^[note 1]
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)

Sweden   v   Finland

25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Sweden	72–62	Finland	Stockholm
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)
Note: v t e

Slovenia   v   Sweden

28 November 2021 (2021-11-28) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Slovenia	94–89	Sweden	Koper
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)
Note: v t e

2022

Croatia   v   Sweden

25 February 2022 (2022-02-25) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Croatia	64–70	Sweden	Zagreb
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)
Note: v t e

Sweden   v   Croatia

28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Sweden	98–1050(2OT)	Croatia	Norrköping
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)
Note: v t e

Finland   v   Sweden

30 June 2022 (2022-06-30) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Finland	85–69	Sweden	Espoo
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)
Note: v t e

Sweden   v   Slovenia

3 July 2022 (2022-07-03) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Sweden	81–84	Slovenia	Stockholm
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)
Note: v t e

Sweden   v   Germany

25 August 2022 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 2nd round	Sweden	50–67	Germany	Stockholm, Sweden
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 9–25, 20–21, 13–8, 8–13
	Pts: Pantzar 11 Rebs: Birgander 10 Asts: Njie 3	Boxscore	Pts: F. Wagner 16 Rebs: Wohlfarth-Bottermann 12 Asts: F. Wagner 5	Arena: Hovet Attendance: 5,460 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Kerem Baki (TUR), Igor Mitrovski (MKD)

Israel   v   Sweden

28 August 2022 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 2nd round	Israel	83–95	Sweden	Tel Aviv, Israel
21:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 15–28, 22–18, 23–25
	Pts: Madar 27 Rebs: Sorkin 7 Asts: Mekel 4	Boxscore	Pts: Borg 20 Rebs: Birgander 7 Asts: Pantzar 6	Arena: Shlomo Group Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

Estonia   v   Sweden

11 November 2022 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 2nd round	Estonia	82–87	Sweden	Tallinn, Estonia
19:05 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 13–27, 24–12, 24–20, 21–28
	Pts: Kullamäe 24 Rebs: four players 7 Asts: Kullamäe 6	Boxscore	Pts: Håkanson 24 Rebs: Birgander 11 Asts: Håkanson 6	Arena: Saku Suurhall Attendance: 3,040 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Viola Györgyi (NOR)

Sweden   v   Israel

14 November 2022 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 2nd round	Sweden	71–68	Israel	Norrköping, Sweden
19:35 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 20–24, 16–8, 18–20
	Pts: Håkanson 29 Rebs: Birgander 11 Asts: Birgander 4	Boxscore	Pts: Menco 17 Rebs: Timor 8 Asts: Ginat, Misgav 3	Arena: Stadium Arena Referees: Kerem Baki (TUR), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Siniša Prpa (SRB)

2023

Germany   v   Sweden

24 February 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 2nd round	Germany	vs.	Sweden
		Boxscore

Sweden   v   Estonia

27 February 2023 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 2nd round	Sweden	vs.	Estonia
		Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 11 and 14 November 2022 against Estonia and Israel.^[3]

Sweden men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 1 Denzel Andersson 26 – (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Bilbao   F/C 2 Adam Ramstedt 27 – (1995-07-24)24 July 1995 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Norrköping   G 6 Tobias Borg 29 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Andorra   PG 12 Ludvig Håkanson 26 – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Bilbao   G/F 13 Chris Czerapowicz 31 – (1991-09-15)15 September 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Andorra   C 15 Mattias Markusson 26 – (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Élan Chalon   F/C 16 Nicholas Spires 28 – (1994-02-25)25 February 1994 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Norrköping   SF 18 Viktor Gaddefors 30 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Uppsala   G 19 Melwin Pantzar 22 – (2000-04-10)10 April 2000 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Real Valladolid   SG 21 Johan Löfberg 27 – (1995-07-08)8 July 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Denain   PF 22 Felix Edwardsson 23 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Heidelberg   C 35 Simon Birgander 25 – (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Joventut   PG 77 Gustav Hansson 27 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Umeå	Head coach   Ludwig Degernäs Assistant coach(es)   Joakim Källman  /  Mikko Riipinen Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 11 November 2022

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

Kit

Manufacturer

• 2018–2020: Spalding
• 2020–present: Adidas

Sponsor

• 2018–2020: Adlibris
• 2018–present: SJ

See also

•  Sports portal
•  Sweden portal

• Sport in Sweden
• Sweden women's national basketball team
• Sweden men's national under-20 basketball team
• Sweden men's national under-18 basketball team
• Sweden men's national under-16 basketball team

Notes

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the European Pre-Qualifiers second round window in August 2021 were played in a single location in select host cities.^[2]

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
2. "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
3. "Sweden during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in November 2022". Retrieved 11 November 2022.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sweden men's national basketball team.

• Official website (in Swedish)
• Sweden FIBA profile
• 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