Sweden women's national basketball team

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Sweden
Sweden Basketball logo.png
FIBA ranking19 Decrease 1 (6 December 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA1952
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSvenska Basketbollförbundet (SBBF)
CoachMarco Crespi
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue and Yellow)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances8
MedalsNone

The Sweden women's national basketball team (Swedish: svenska dambasketlandslaget) 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.

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
Year Round Position GP W L
1952–1976 Did not enter/qualify
Poland 1978 Classification round 13th 7 0 7
1980 Did not qualify
Italy 1981 Match for 11th place 11th 7 1 6
Hungary 1983 Match for 9th place 10th 7 2 5
1985 Did not qualify
Spain 1987 Match for 7th place 7th 7 3 4
1989–2011 Did not qualify
France 2013 Match for 7th place 7th 9 4 5
HungaryRomania 2015 Preliminary round 14th 4 1 3
2017 Did not qualify
LatviaSerbia 2019 Quarterfinals 5th 6 3 3
FranceSpain 2021 Quarterfinals 8th 6 2 4
Best: 5th place 53 16 37

Team[]

Current roster[]

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

Sweden women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 4 27 – (1993-10-03)3 October 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Olympiacos Greece
F 5 32 – (1989-04-05)5 April 1989 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) France
SG 6 Frida Eldebrink 33 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Uni Girona CB Spain
PG 7 21 – (1999-08-28)28 August 1999 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Arka Gdynia Poland
F 8 27 – (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Luleå Basket Sweden
G 9 Elin Eldebrink 33 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Tango Bourges Basket France
F 10 29 – (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Uni Girona CB Spain
F 12 19 – (2002-04-19)19 April 2002 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Luleå Basket Sweden
SG 16 22 – (1999-03-04)4 March 1999 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks United States
C 22 17 – (2003-08-28)28 August 2003 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Sweden
C 24 27 – (1994-05-16)16 May 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Italy
F 58 27 – (1993-12-12)12 December 1993 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Luleå Basket Sweden
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sweden Viktor Bengtsson
  • Sweden Mats Levin

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Damlandslagets EM-trupp uttagen". basketlandslagen.se (in Swedish). 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Sweden". fiba.basketball. 16 June 2021.

External links[]

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