Sweden women's national basketball team

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Sweden
Sweden Basketball logo.png
FIBA ranking 27 Decrease2.svg 9 (21 August 2023) [1]
Joined FIBA 1952
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation SBBF
Coach Marco Crespi
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue and Yellow)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
World Cup
Appearances None
EuroBasket
Appearances8
MedalsNone

The Sweden women's national basketball team (Swedish : Sveriges damlandslag i basket) represents Sweden in international women's basketball competition and is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation. The national team has entered five EuroBasket Women finals, the first in 1978 where they lost all of their matches and finished in 13th place. At the EuroBasket Women 1987 Sweden finished in 7th place, a feat repeated in 2013. In 2019 Sweden reached the quarter-finals and was ranked 5th, a result that secured a spot in the 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament.

Contents

Comparing with earlier decades, Sweden improved significantly during the 2010s. This was much thanks to the "Golden Generation" who won medals in junior championships on both European and world levels. [2]

Competitive record

EuroBasket Women

EuroBasket Women
YearRoundPositionGPWL
1952–1976Did not enter/qualify
Flag of Poland.svg 1978 Classification round13th707
1980Did not qualify
Flag of Italy.svg 1981 Match for 11th place11th716
Flag of Hungary.svg 1983 Match for 9th place10th725
1985Did not qualify
Flag of Spain.svg 1987 Match for 7th place7th734
1989–2011Did not qualify
Flag of France.svg 2013 Match for 7th place7th945
Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Romania.svg 2015 Preliminary round14th413
2017Did not qualify
Flag of Latvia.svg Flag of Serbia.svg 2019 Quarterfinals5th633
Flag of France.svg Flag of Spain.svg 2021 Quarterfinals8th624
Flag of Israel.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg 2023 Did not qualify
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Greece.svg 2025 To be determined
Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Lithuania.svg 2027
Best: 5th place531637

Team

Current roster

Roster for FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021. [3] [4]

Sweden women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PF 4 Nathalie Fontaine 27 – (1993-10-03)3 October 19931.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Olympiacos Flag of Greece.svg
F 5 Kalis Loyd 32 – (1989-04-05)5 April 19891.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Toulouse Flag of France.svg
SG 6 Frida Eldebrink 33 – (1988-01-04)4 January 19881.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Uni Girona CB Flag of Spain.svg
PG 7 Klara Lundquist 21 – (1999-08-28)28 August 19991.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Arka Gdynia Flag of Poland.svg
F 8 Ellen Nyström 27 – (1993-09-15)15 September 19931.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Luleå Basket Flag of Sweden.svg
G 9 Elin Eldebrink 33 – (1988-01-04)4 January 19881.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Tango Bourges Basket Flag of France.svg
F 10 Binta Drammeh 29 – (1992-05-21)21 May 19921.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Uni Girona CB Flag of Spain.svg
F 12 Matilda Ekh 19 – (2002-04-19)19 April 20021.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Luleå Basket Flag of Sweden.svg
SG 16 Stephanie Visscher 22 – (1999-03-04)4 March 19991.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks Flag of the United States.svg
C 22 Emma Johansson 17 – (2003-08-28)28 August 20031.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Wetterbygden Sparks Flag of Sweden.svg
C 24 Paulina Hersler 27 – (1994-05-16)16 May 19941.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Pallacanestro Battipaglia Flag of Italy.svg
F 58 Allis Nyström 27 – (1993-12-12)12 December 19931.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Luleå Basket Flag of Sweden.svg
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Viktor Bengtsson
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Levin

Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 June 2021

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References

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  3. "Damlandslagets EM-trupp uttagen". basketlandslagen.se (in Swedish). 12 June 2021.
  4. "Team Roster Sweden". fiba.basketball. 16 June 2021.