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FIBA ranking | 49 ![]() | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1952 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | SBBF | ||
Coach | Mikko Riipinen | ||
Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blue and Yellow) | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 1 | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | None | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 11 | ||
Medals | None | ||
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 : Sveriges herrlandslag i basket) represents Sweden in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation.
Sweden has competed at the EuroBasket 11 times throughout their history. On the global level, the Scandinavian squad has qualified for the Olympic Games once, in 1980. However, Sweden still seeks qualification for their first appearance to the FIBA World Cup.
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.
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.
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.
In the 2025 EuroBasket, Sweden advanced to the playoffs in the first time at the country's history.
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games
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Win Loss
22 November 2024 | Sweden ![]() | 73–72 | ![]() | Stockholm, Sweden |
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18:30 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:26–18, 11–19, 18–19, 18–16 | |||
Pts: Håkanson 22 Rebs: Birgander, Czerapowicz 6 Asts: Njie, Pantzar 3 | Boxscore | Pts: Krämer 43 Rebs: Osetkowski 9 Asts: Osetkowski 5 | Arena: Hovet Attendance: 8,906 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK) |
25 November 2024 | Germany ![]() | 80–61 | ![]() | Heidelberg, Germany |
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19:30 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:23–19, 18–12, 19–17, 20–13 | |||
Pts: Thiemann 16 Rebs: Thiemann 9 Asts: Kayil, Krämer 4 | Boxscore | Pts: Njie 15 Rebs: Gaddefors 6 Asts: Pantzar 5 | Arena: SNP Dome Attendance: 4,380 Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Cecília Montgomery-Tóth (HUN) |
20 February 2025 | Bulgaria ![]() | 81–77 (OT) | ![]() | Botevgrad, Bulgaria |
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19:30 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:25–22, 9–17, 24–15, 12–16, Overtime:11–7 | |||
Pts: Vezenkov 40 Rebs: Vezenkov 18 Asts: Miller-McIntyre 9 | Boxscore | Pts: Pantzar 22 Rebs: Birgander 13 Asts: Birgander 5 | Arena: Arena Botevgrad Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ofer Manheim (ISR), Josip Jurčević (CRO) |
23 February 2025 | Sweden ![]() | 86–83 (OT) | ![]() | Stockholm, Sweden |
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17:30 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:20–14, 12–19, 21–18, 19–21, Overtime:14–11 | |||
Pts: Birgander 19 Rebs: Birgander 12 Asts:three players 4 | Boxscore | Pts: Ivanović 26 Rebs: Radebaugh 7 Asts: Ivanović 4 | Arena: Hovet Attendance: 7,985 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL) |
27 August 2025 | Sweden ![]() | 90–93 | ![]() | Tampere, Finland |
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20:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 27–23, 24–23, 18–21 | |||
Pts: Håkanson 28 Rebs: Birgander 7 Asts: Gaddefors 6 | Boxscore | Pts: Markkanen 28 Rebs: Markkanen 6 Asts: Salin 7 | Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 11,865 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Boris Krejić (SVN), Martin Horozov (BUL) |
29 August 2025 | Germany ![]() | 105–83 | ![]() | Tampere, Finland |
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13:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter:27–17, 32–25, 25–24, 21–17 | |||
Pts: Schröder 23 Rebs: T. Da Silva 6 Asts: Schröder 7 | Boxscore | Pts: Pantzar 18 Rebs: Njie 6 Asts: Njie 7 | Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 5,025 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Michał Proc (POL), Ofer Manheim (ISR) |
30 August 2025 | Great Britain ![]() | 59–78 | ![]() | Tampere, Finland |
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16:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 17–16, 17–26, 12–17 | |||
Pts: Hesson 17 Rebs: Wheatle 13 Asts: Nelson 4 | Boxscore | Pts: Larsson 23 Rebs: Pantzar 8 Asts: Birgander 6 | Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 7,200 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Valentin Oliot (FRA) |
1 September 2025 | Sweden ![]() | 81–87 | ![]() | Tampere, Finland |
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13:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–22, 31–24, 16–23 | |||
Pts: Larsson 28 Rebs: Birgander 10 Asts: Larsson, Njie 4 | Boxscore | Pts: Vučević 23 Rebs: Vučević 15 Asts: Allman 7 | Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 3,255 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL) |
3 September 2025 | Lithuania ![]() | 74–71 | ![]() | Tampere, Finland |
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16:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 19–18, 21–14, 20–18 | |||
Pts: Valančiūnas 18 Rebs: Tubelis 12 Asts: Velička 7 | Boxscore | Pts: Larsson 18 Rebs:three players 5 Asts: Njie 6 | Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 4,560 Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Valentin Oliot (FRA), Ofer Manheim (ISR) |
6 September 2025 | Turkey ![]() | 85–79 | ![]() | Riga, Latvia |
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12:00 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 17–19, 26–13, 22–24 | |||
Pts: Şengün 24 Rebs: Şengün 16 Asts: Şengün 6 | Boxscore | Pts: Håkanson 16 Rebs: Birgander 13 Asts: Pantzar 6 | Arena: Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 2,193 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Boris Krejić (SVN) |
28 November 2025 | Czech Republic ![]() | vs. | ![]() | Czech Republic |
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3 July 2026 | Sweden ![]() | vs. | ![]() | Sweden |
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Roster for the EuroBasket 2025. [2] [3]
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Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Simon Birgander | Adam Ramstedt | Mattias Markusson |
PF | Viktor Gaddefors | Denzel Andersson | Nicholas Spires |
SF | Melwin Pantzar | Wilhelm Falk | |
SG | Pelle Larsson | Tobias Borg | |
PG | Ludvig Håkanson | Barra Njie |
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)
2025 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 24 teams [4]
1 Denzel Andersson, 2 Adam Ramstedt, 5 Wilhelm Falk, 6 Tobias Borg, 9 Pelle Larsson, 12 Ludvig Håkanson, 15 Mattias Markusson,
16 Nick Spires, 18 Viktor Gaddefors, 19 Melwin Pantzar, 31 Barra Njie, 35 Simon Birgander (Coach: Mikko Riipinen)