Sweden men's national basketball team

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Sweden
Sweden Basketball logo.png
FIBA ranking 49 Decrease2.svg 1 (25 February 2025) [1]
Joined FIBA 1952
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation SBBF
Coach Mikko Riipinen
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue and Yellow)
Olympic Games
Appearances1
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
EuroBasket
Appearances11
MedalsNone
First international
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55–45 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg
(Stockholm, Sweden; 6 December 1952)
Biggest win
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 128–61 Azerbaijan  Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
(Norrköping, Sweden; 24 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union 103–31 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg
(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.

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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.

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.

In the 2025 EuroBasket, Sweden advanced to the playoffs in the first time at the country's history.

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win  Loss

2024

22 November 2024 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg7372Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stockholm, Sweden
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  Flag of Germany.svg8061Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Heidelberg, Germany
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)

2025

20 February 2025 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg8177(OT)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Botevgrad, Bulgaria
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  Flag of Sweden.svg8683(OT)Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Stockholm, Sweden
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  Flag of Sweden.svg9093Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Tampere, Finland
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  Flag of Germany.svg10583Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tampere, Finland
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  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg5978Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tampere, Finland
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  Flag of Sweden.svg8187Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Tampere, Finland
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  Flag of Lithuania.svg7471Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tampere, Finland
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  Flag of Turkey.svg8579Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Riga, Latvia
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)

2026

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025. [2] [3]

Sweden men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PF 1 Denzel Andersson 28 – (1996-09-21)21 September 19962.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Obradoiro Flag of Spain.svg
C 2 Adam Ramstedt 30 – (1995-07-24)24 July 19952.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Göttingen Flag of Germany.svg
SF 5 Wilhelm Falk 22 – (2003-06-25)25 June 20032.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Murcia Flag of Spain.svg
G 6 Tobias Borg 31 – (1993-11-02)2 November 19931.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Maristas Flag of Spain.svg
G/F 9 Pelle Larsson 24 – (2001-02-23)23 February 20011.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Miami Heat Flag of the United States.svg
PG 12 Ludvig Håkanson 29 – (1996-03-22)22 March 19961.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Joventut Flag of Spain.svg
C 15 Mattias Markusson 28 – (1996-04-10)10 April 19962.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Chorale Roanne Flag of France.svg
F/C 16 Nick Spires 31 – (1994-02-25)25 February 19942.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Södertälje Flag of Sweden.svg
F 18 Viktor Gaddefors 32 – (1992-10-08)8 October 19922.03 m (6 ft 8 in) New Taipei CTBC DEA Flag of the Republic of China.svg
G 19 Melwin Pantzar 25 – (2000-04-10)10 April 20001.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Unicaja Flag of Spain.svg
PG 31 Barra Njie 24 – (2001-01-13)13 January 20011.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Braunschweig Flag of Germany.svg
C 35 Simon Birgander 27 – (1997-10-23)23 October 19972.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Murcia Flag of Spain.svg
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Källman
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Ludwig Degernas
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Adam Engström
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 August 2025

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C Simon BirganderAdam RamstedtMattias Markusson
PF Viktor GaddeforsDenzel AnderssonNicholas Spires
SF Melwin PantzarWilhelm Falk
SG Pelle LarssonTobias Borg
PG Ludvig HåkansonBarra Njie

Head coach position

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)


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)

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See also

References

  1. "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. "Herrlandslagets EM-trupp uttagen". basket.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  3. "Sweden at the EuroBasket 2025" . Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  4. "Sweden at the EuroBasket 2025" . Retrieved 6 September 2025.

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