Sweden men's national basketball team

The Sweden men's national basketball team (Swedish: svenska basketslandslaget) represents Sweden in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Sweden women's national basketball team.

Sweden
FIBA ranking50 1 (1 March 2022)[1]
Joined FIBA1952
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSBBF
CoachLudwig Degernäs
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue and Yellow)
Olympic Games
Appearances1
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances10
MedalsNone
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)

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

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2020
27 November 2020 Netherlands  78–76  Sweden Istanbul, Turkey* [note 1]
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 23–24, 18–12, 22–22
Pts: Franke 22
Rebs: Kherrazi, Williams 6
Asts: De Jong 5		 Boxscore Pts: Czerapowicz 21
Rebs: Spires 11
Asts: Pantzar 7		 Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome
Referees: Tanel Suslov (EST), Sergei Beliakov (RUS), Paulo Marques (POR)
29 November 2020 Sweden  72–87  Croatia Istanbul, Turkey* [note 1]
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 15–26, 22–20, 19–19
Pts: Andersson 22
Rebs: Andersson 8
Asts: Massamba 5		 Boxscore Pts: Marčinković 20
Rebs: Bilan 10
Asts: Ukić 5		 Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome
Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Paulo Marques (POR), Tanel Suslov (EST)

2021
20 February 2021 Turkey  88–80  Sweden Istanbul, Turkey* [note 1]
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 21–18, 23–22, 26–23
Pts: Şengün 24
Rebs: Şengün 12
Asts: Larkin 7		 Boxscore Pts: Jerebko 21
Rebs: Birgander 10
Asts: three players 5		 Arena: BJK Akatlar Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Alexey Davydov (RUS)
22 February 2021 Sweden  74–59  Netherlands Istanbul, Turkey* [note 1]
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 16–20, 18–16, 17–6
Pts: Czerapowicz 19
Rebs: Jerebko 11
Asts: Pantzar 5		 Boxscore Pts: Nzekwesi 11
Rebs: Van der Vuurst de Vries 6
Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 8		 Arena: BJK Akatlar Arena
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU)
12 August 2021 Sweden  77–79  Portugal Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 2]
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 18–22, 21–23, 24–18
Pts: Czerapowicz 16
Rebs: Birgander 11
Asts: Håkanson 11		 Boxscore Pts: Borovnjak 20
Rebs: Borovnjak, Queiroz 6
Asts: Barbosa, Silva 6		 Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Referees: Erez Gurion (ISR), Martin Vulić (CRO), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)
14 August 2021 Luxembourg  76–129  Sweden Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 2]
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 21–33, 21–30, 9–40, 25–26
Pts: Gutenkauf, Kovac 14
Rebs: five players 3
Asts: Grün 5		 Boxscore Pts: Czerapowicz 24
Rebs: Birgander 8
Asts: Håkanson 9		 Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Referees: Tanel Suslov {EST), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)
16 August 2021 Portugal  60–79  Sweden Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 2]
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 20–15, 12–23, 16–25
Pts: Brito 12
Rebs: Delgado 8
Asts: Barbosa 3		 Boxscore Pts: Andersson 18
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Håkanson 7		 Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Tanel Suslov {EST), Martin Vulić (CRO)
18 August 2021 Sweden  94–58  Luxembourg Matosinhos, Portugal* [note 2]
18:00 WEST (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 19–11, 28–14, 23–14
Pts: Barton 22
Rebs: Czerapowicz 10
Asts: Barton 10		 Boxscore Pts: Vujaković 18
Rebs: Vujaković 9
Asts: Vujaković 4		 Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Erez Gurion (ISR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)
25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) Sweden  72–62  Finland Stockholm
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 17–8, 16–14, 25–29
Pts: Håkanson 20
Rebs: Gaddefors 10
Asts: Håkanson 10		 Boxscore Pts: Salin 12
Rebs: Jantunen, Salin 8
Asts: Seppälä 3		 Arena: Avicii Arena
Attendance: 10,218
Referees: Oskars Lūcis (LAT), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Beniamino Attard (ITA)
Note:
28 November 2021 (2021-11-28) Slovenia  94–89  Sweden Koper
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 25–20, 25–19, 27–26
Pts: Prepelič 30
Rebs: Blažič 9
Asts: Prepelič 8		 Boxscore Pts: Håkanson 21
Rebs: Czerapowicz 11
Asts: Håkanson 14		 Arena: Arena Bonifika
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Thomas Bissuel (FRA), Tanel Suslov (EST)
Note:

2022
25 February 2022 (2022-02-25) Croatia  64–70  Sweden Zagreb
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 20–17, 10–17, 19–18
Pts: Zubčić 20
Rebs: Krušlin 6
Asts: Gnjidić, Krušlin 2		 Boxscore Pts: Gaddefors 16
Rebs: Birgander 12
Asts: Håkanson 6		 Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Martin Horozov (BUL)
Note:
28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) Sweden  98–1050(2OT)  Croatia Norrköping
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 20–12, 18–24, 20–29, Overtime: 9–9, 10–17
Pts: Håkanson 31
Rebs: Birgander 18
Asts: Håkanson 7		 Boxscore Pts: Filipović 29
Rebs: Matković 13
Asts: Krušlin 6		 Arena: Stadium Arena
Attendance: 2,683
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Thomas Bissuel (FRA)
Note:
30 June 2022 (2022-06-30) Finland  vs.  Sweden
Boxscore
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3 July 2022 (2022-07-03) Sweden  vs.  Slovenia
Boxscore
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Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 25 and 28 February 2022 against Croatia.[4]

Sweden men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F/C 1 Denzel Andersson 25 – (1996-09-21)21 September 1996 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Stal Ostrów
G 6 Tobias Borg 28 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tenerife
PG 7 Felix Terins 23 – (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Norrköping
PG 12 Ludvig Håkanson 25 – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Bilbao
G/F 13 Chris Czerapowicz 30 – (1991-09-15)15 September 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Murcia
F 14 Alexander Lindqvist 31 – (1991-02-12)12 February 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Södertälje
F/C 16 Nicholas Spires 28 – (1994-02-25)25 February 1994 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Spójnia
SF 15 Viktor Gaddefors 29 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Agronomia București
G 19 Melwin Pantzar 21 – (2000-04-10)10 April 2000 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Valladolid
SG 21 Johan Lofberg 26 – (1995-07-08)8 July 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Coruña
PF 33 Jonas Jerebko 34 – (1987-03-02)2 March 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
C 35 Simon Birgander 24 – (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Joventut
Head coach
  • Ludwig Degernäs
Assistant coach(es)
  • Joakim Källman
  • / Mikko Riipinen
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 25 February 2022

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Simon Birgander Nicholas Spires
PF Jonas Jerebko Denzel Andersson
SF Viktor Gaddefors Melwin Pantzar Alexander Lindqvist
SG Chris Czerapowicz Johan Lofberg
PG Ludvig Håkanson Tobias Borg Felix Terins

Head coach position

Past rosters

1953 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 17 teams

3 Rune Erkers, 4 Kjell Eliasson, 5 Sture Herrman, 6 Staffan Widen, 7 Bo Widen, 8 Örjan Widen, 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 Widen, 4 Bo Widen, 5 Örjan Widen, 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 Widen, 6 Udo Tohver, 7 Bo Widen, 8 Torbjörn Langemar, 9 Alvin Törnblom, 10 Bjorn Lundberg, 11 Lars Andersson, 12 Curt Wennström, 13 Örjan Widen, 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)

Kit

Manufacturer

See also

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows were played behind closed doors in select host cities.[2]
  2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the European Pre-Qualifiers second round window in August 2021 were played in a single location in select host cities.[3]

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. "Sweden during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in Feb. 2022". Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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