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.

Sweden

FIBA ranking	49 2 (15 August 2024) [1]
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	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)

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 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 1950 No national representative 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 16 8 8 2027 To be determined To be determined Total 0/18 28 13 15 Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1936 to 1952 No national representative 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 4 2 2 2028 To be determined To be determined Total 1/18 7 3 4 66 28 38

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1935 to 1951 No national representative 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 In progress Total 10/34 60 6 54 211 99 112

Results and fixtures

  Win  Loss

2024

Sweden   v   Bulgaria

22 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Sweden	84–70	Bulgaria	Partille, Sweden
19:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter:29–22, 21–21, 12–12, 22–15
	Pts: Pantzar 16 Rebs: Gaddefors 9 Asts: Pantzar 5	Boxscore	Pts: Miller-McIntyre 21 Rebs: Minchev 13 Asts: Ivanov 4	Arena: Partille Arena Attendance: 4,567 Referees: Boris Krejić (SVN), Mihkel Männiste (EST), Ilias Kounelles (CYP)

Montenegro   v   Sweden

25 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Montenegro	95–70	Sweden	Podgorica, Montenegro
19:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter:27–24, 23–13, 25–20, 20–13
	Pts: Perry 18 Rebs: Simonović 8 Asts: Perry 5	Boxscore	Pts: Njie 15 Rebs: Gaddefors 8 Asts: Borg, Njie 4	Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Valentin Oliot (FRA)

Sweden   v   Germany

22 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Sweden	73–72	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)

Germany   v   Sweden

25 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Germany	80–61	Sweden	Heidelberg, Germany
19:30 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter:23–19, 14–10, 23–19, 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

Bulgaria   v   Sweden

20 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Bulgaria	vs.	Sweden	Bulgaria
		Boxscore

Sweden   v   Montenegro

23 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Sweden	vs.	Montenegro	Sweden
		Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 November 2024 against Germany. ^{[2] [3]}

Sweden men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 1 Denzel Andersson 28 – (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Dziki Warsaw C 2 Adam Ramstedt 29 – (1995-07-24)24 July 1995 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Nantes PG 12 Ludvig Håkanson 28 – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Murcia G/F 13 Chris Czerapowicz 33 – (1991-09-15)15 September 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) GTK Gliwice C 15 Mattias Markusson 28 – (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Dąbrowa Górnicza F/C 16 Nick Spires 30 – (1994-02-25)25 February 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Södertälje F 18 Viktor Gaddefors 32 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Twarde Pierniki G 19 Melwin Pantzar 24 – (2000-04-10)10 April 2000 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Bilbao PG 31 Barra Njie 23 – (2001-01-13)13 January 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Braunschweig C 35 Simon Birgander 27 – (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Murcia SF 44 David Höök 25 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Dąbrowa Górnicza G/F 99 Olle Lundqvist 24 – (1999-11-29)29 November 1999 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Coruña	Head coach / Mikko Riipinen Assistant coach(es) Joakim Källman Ludwig Degernas Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 22 November 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Simon Birgander	Mattias Markusson	Adam Ramstedt
PF	Denzel Andersson	Nicholas Spires
SF	Viktor Gaddefors	Chris Czezapowicz	Olle Lundqvist
SG	Melwin Pantzar	David Höök
PG	Ludvig Håkanson	Barra Njie

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 – (2021–2023)
• / Mikko Riipinen – (2023–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

Sponsors

• Previously: Adlibris
• 2018–present: SJ (back)
• 2023–present: Nocco (front)

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

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
2. "Herrlandslagets EM-kvaltrupp uttagen". basket.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 November 2024.
3. "Sweden during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in November 2024" . Retrieved 22 November 2024.

External links

• 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