Switzerland national handball team

Switzerland
Information
Association	Swiss Handball Association
Coach	Michael Suter
Assistant coach	Michal Barda Matthias Gysin
Captain	Luka Maros
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1936 )
Best result	3rd (1936)
World Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1954 )
Best result	4th (1954, 1993)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2002 )
Best result	12th (2004)
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Switzerland national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	Team
World Outdoor Championship
	1938 Germany
	1955 West Germany
	1948 France
	1952 Switzerland
	1963 Switzerland

The Switzerland national handball team is the national handball team of Switzerland.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin [lower-alpha 1]	Third place	3rd of 6	5	2	0	4	33	52
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	132	121
1984 Los Angeles	Match for 7th place	7th of 12	6	3	0	3	100	119
1988 Seoul	Did not qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	142	138
2000 Sydney	Did not qualify
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
Total	4/14	–	44	23	9	15	407	430

1. The Handball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was a Field handball tournament.

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Did not qualify
1954	Fourth place	4	3	0	1	2	31	55
1958	Did not qualify
1961	Preliminary round	10	2	0	0	2	25	32
1964	Preliminary round	12	3	1	0	2	38	56
1967	Preliminary round	14	3	0	0	3	45	65
1970	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	29	48
1974	Did not qualify
1978
1982	Second round	12	6	1	2	3	94	103
1986	Second round	11	6	1	1	4	100	124
1990	Main Round	13	3	1	0	2	46	57
1993	Fourth place	4	7	4	0	3	161	160
1995	Quarter-finals	7	9	7	0	2	224	203
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023	TBD
/ / 2025
2027
Total	10/27	–	45	15	4	26	793	903

World Outdoor Championship

World Outdoor Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Runners-up	2nd of 10	3	2	0	1	14	27
1948	Third place	3rd of 4	3	2	0	1	37	22
1952	Third place	3rd of 15	5	4	0	1	58	41
1955	Runners-up	2nd of 8	6	5	0	1	75	59
1959	Match for 5th place	5 of 7	4	2	0	2	50	43
1963	Third place	3rd of 8	4	3	0	1	62	44
1966	Main round	5 of 6	5	1	0	4	68	76
Total	7/7	–	30	19	0	11	364	312

Switzerland is the only country which played at every Field Handball World Championship.

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	78	91
2004	Preliminary round	12	6	1	0	5	140	175
2006	Preliminary round	14	3	0	1	2	86	97
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020	Preliminary round	16	3	1	0	2	77	87
2022	To be determined
2024
Total	4/16	–	15	2	2	11	381	450

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. ^{[1] [2]}

Head coach: Michael Suter

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 CB Andy Schmid (1983-08-30) 30 August 1983 (age 36) 1.89 m 180 870 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 3 P Lucas Meister (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 23) 1.96 m 47 123 GWD Minden 4 LB Lenny Rubin (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 24) 2.05 m 34 113 HSG Wetzlar 8 P Michal Svajlen (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 (age 31) 1.96 m 84 104 Pfadi Winterthur 9 LW Marvin Lier (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 27) 1.85 m 61 138 Pfadi Winterthur 11 LB Roman Sidorowicz (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 28) 1.87 m 59 133 MT Melsungen 14 CB Lucas von Deschwanden (1989-06-05) 5 June 1989 (age 31) 1.92 m 58 177 Chambéry Savoie Mont-Blanc HB 15 RB Nicolas Raemy (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 28) 1.86 m 62 181 Wacker Thun 16 GK Nikola Portner (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 26) 1.94 m 88 10 Montpellier Handball 17 P Samuel Röthlisberger (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 23) 1.99 m 43 11 TVB 1898 Stuttgart 18 RB Dimitrij Küttel (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 26) 1.92 m 57 123 Kadetten Schaffhausen 20 LB Luka Maros (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 26) 1.96 m 45 105 Kadetten Schaffhausen 24 RW Nik Tominec (1991-03-26) 26 March 1991 (age 29) 1.87 m 11 9 Kadetten Schaffhausen 27 RW Maximilian Gerbl (1995-06-25) 25 June 1995 (age 24) 1.79 m 31 61 Kadetten Schaffhausen 31 GK Aurel Bringolf (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 32) 1.90 m 66 2 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 34 P Alen Milosevic (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 (age 30) 1.91 m 46 84 SC DHfK Leipzig

Player statistics

Most capped players # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Player Games Position Years Max Schär 279 OB Martin Rubin 239 OB Manuel Liniger 189 W Marc Baumgartner 169 OB Antoine Ebinger 156 GK Andy Schmid 153 CB Marco Kurth 150 W Thomas Gautschi 137 OB Iwan Ursic 136 P David Graubner 114 OB Marcel Hess 110 W Daniel Fellmann 95 ?

Top scorers # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Player Goals Average Position Years Marc Baumgartner 1093 6.47 OB Martin Rubin 878 3.67 OB Andy Schmid 843 CB Manuel Liniger 833 W Max Schär 723 2.59 OB Thomas Gautschi 423 OB Marco Kurth 413 W Iwan Ursic 385 P David Graubner 323 OB

References

1. "Die schweizer starten am freitag mit zuversicht in die EHF EURO". handball.ch. 8 January 2020.
2. 2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile