Sweden men's national basketball team

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EuroBasket 1953[]

EuroBasket 1955[]

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FIBA World Cup[]

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Sweden
FIBA ranking	51 6 (7 December 2021)
Joined FIBA	1952
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	SBBF
Coach	Ludwig Degernäs
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: svenska basketslandslaget) 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.

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.

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.

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.

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
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	Did not qualify				EuroBasket served as qualifiers
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	To be determined				To be determined
Total	0/17				12	5	7

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1952	Did not enter
1956	Did not qualify
1960	Did not enter				Did not enter
1964	Did not enter				Did not enter
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	To be determined				To be determined
Total	1/18	7	3	4	62	26	36

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1953	17th	7	0	7
1955	16th	7	2	5
1957	Did not enter
1959	Did not enter
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	Did not qualify				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
Total	10/34	60	6	54	211	99	112

Win Loss

27 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	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: 7	Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome Referees: Tanel Suslov (EST), Sergei Beliakov (RUS), Paulo Marques (POR)

29 November 2020 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	Sweden	72–87	Croatia	Istanbul, Turkey* ^{[note 1]}
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 15–26, 22–20, 19–19
	Pts: 22 Rebs: 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)

20 February 2021 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	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 EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers	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: 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 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	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: 20 Rebs: , 6 Asts: , 6	Arena: Referees: Erez Gurion (ISR), Martin Vulić (CRO), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

14 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	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: , 14 Rebs: five players 3 Asts: 5	Boxscore	Pts: Czerapowicz 24 Rebs: Birgander 8 Asts: Håkanson 9	Arena: Referees: Tanel Suslov {EST), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)

16 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	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: 12 Rebs: 8 Asts: 3	Boxscore	Pts: 18 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Håkanson 7	Arena: Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Tanel Suslov {EST), Martin Vulić (CRO)

18 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	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: 22 Rebs: Czerapowicz 10 Asts: 10	Boxscore	Pts: 18 Rebs: 9 Asts: 4	Arena: Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Erez Gurion (ISR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

25 November 2021 (2021-11-25) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	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: 3	Arena: Avicii Arena Attendance: 10,218 Referees: Oskars Lūcis (LAT), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Beniamino Attard (ITA)
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28 November 2021 (2021-11-28) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	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)
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25 February 2022 (2022-02-25) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Croatia	vs.	Sweden	Zagreb
18:30
		Boxscore		Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall
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28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Sweden	vs.	Croatia	Norrköping
19:00
		Boxscore		Arena: Stadium Arena
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Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 25 and 28 November 2021 against Finland and Slovenia.^[4]

Sweden men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	2		26 – (1995-07-24)24 July 1995	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Gliwice
G	6	Tobias Borg	28 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Tenerife
PG	7		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	1.87 m (6 ft 2 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	30 – (1991-02-12)12 February 1991	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Södertälje
C	15		25 – (1996-04-10)10 April 1996	2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)	Opava
F/C	16	Nicholas Spires	27 – (1994-02-25)25 February 1994	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Real Betis
SF	15	Viktor Gaddefors	29 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Dinamo București
SG	21		26 – (1995-07-08)8 July 1995	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Coruña
PG	25		28 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Södertälje
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 November 2021

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Simon Birgander	Nicholas Spires	Mattias Markusson
PF	Viktor Gaddefors	Adam Ramstedt
SF	Chris Czerapowicz	Alexander Lindqvist
SG	Tobias Borg	Johan Lofberg
PG	Ludvig Håkanson	Jonathan Person	Felix Terins

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–present)

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)

2018–2020: Spalding
2020–present: Adidas

2018–2020: Adlibris
2018–present: SJ

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Sweden during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in Nov. 2021". Retrieved 25 November 2021.

Official website (in Swedish)
Sweden at FIBA site
Sweden National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
Sweden Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

30 June 2022 (2022-06-30)
2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round

Sweden v Turkey – Full Game – FIBA EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers Youtube.com video

[November_2020_and_February_2021_behind_closed_doors-3] 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]

[August_2021_behind_closed_doors-5] 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]

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

[2] "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[4] "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[6] "Sweden during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in Nov. 2021". Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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