Sweden national basketball team

Sweden Sverige

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FIBA ranking	64th
Joined FIBA	1952
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	SBBF
Coach	Brad Dean
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	10
Medals	None
Uniforms
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The Swedish national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Sweden in international competitions. It is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation SBBF. (Swedish: Svenska Basketboll Förbundet)

Sweden qualified for the EuroBasket finals nine times where their best result was 11th place at the 1995 event. The Scandinavian squad entered the Olympic Basketball Tournament in 1980, reaching 10th place. They have yet to qualify for the Basketball World Championship.

2013 fixtures

12 August 2013	Lithuania	97 – 69	Sweden	Panevėžys (LTU)
14 August 2013	Lithuania	97 – 69	Sweden	Panevėžys (LTU)
23 August 2013	Great Britain	68 – 85	Sweden	Lublin (POL)
24 August 2013	Sweden	74 – 86	Ukraine	Lublin (POL)
25 August 2013	Poland	73 – 57	Sweden	Lublin (POL)
30 August 2013	Germany	78 – 66	Sweden	Bamberg (GER)
4 September 2013	Sweden	51 – 79	Greece	Koper (SVN)
5 September 2013	Finland	81 – 60	Sweden	Koper (SVN)
7 September 2013	Russia	62 – 81	Sweden	Koper (SVN)
8 September 2013	Sweden	74 – 87	Turkey	Koper (SVN)
9 September 2013	Italy	82 – 79	Sweden	Koper (SVN)

Source: basket.se

History

Eurobasket 1953

Sweden's European championship debut came at Eurobasket 1953 in Moscow. The Swedes did not fare well in their first tournament, losing all 7 games to finish in last place of the 17 teams.

Eurobasket 1955

Sweden's first Eurobasket win came against Luxembourg in the preliminary round of Eurobasket 1955 in Budapest. They lost three in that round as well, however, and took 4th of the 5 teams and found themselves in the classification rounds. They again finished the pool with a 1–3 record, defeating Denmark. Two losses in the classification 13–16 semifinals and the 15/16 final (a rematch against Luxembourg) put Sweden at 16th place of the 18 teams.

Later years

Sweden qualified for the final round of the EuroBasket on more occasions and earned some more victories but the squad lacked the depth to become a serious medal contender. At some events, however, the country displayed potential. E.g. at the 2013 EuroBasket it beat the heavily favored former champion Russia by 19 points difference (81-62).

Roster

The following is the Swedish roster in the EuroBasket 2013.

Sweden men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G/F Gaddefors, Anton – (1989-11-04)4 November 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Sundsvall Dragons G/F Gaddefors, Viktor – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Okonoplast Bologna PG Grant, Kenny – (1982-03-16)16 March 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) SLUC Nancy Basket PG Håkansson, Ludvig – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) FC Barcelona PF Jerebko, Jonas – (1987-03-02)2 March 1987 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Boston Celtics C Kjellbom, Joakim – (1979-04-22)22 April 1979 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Norrköping Dolphins PF Massamba, Brice – (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Étoile du Sahel PG Massamba, Thomas – (1985-03-28)28 March 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Lukoil Academik SG Pita, Dino – (1988-09-20)20 September 1988 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Södertälje Kings G/F Rush, Erik – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Cimberio Varese PF Skjöldebrand, Jonathan – (1983-08-30)30 August 1983 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Maccabi Ashdod G/F Taylor, Jeffery – (1989-05-23)23 May 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Charlotte Hornets	Head coach Brad Dean Assistant coach(es) Torbjörn Gehrke Stefan Timbus Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench
C	Jonas Jerebko	Andreas Schreiber	Carl Engström
PF	Jeffery Taylor	Tom Liden	Jonathan Skjöldebrand
SF	Anton Gaddefors	Erik Rush	Alex Murphy
SG	Marcus Eriksson	Anton Gaddefors	Tobias Borg
PG	Thomas Massamba	Kenny Grant	Rudy Mbemba

Competitive record

At Eurobasket

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1935–1951	Did not enter main tournament
1953	17th	7	0	7
1955	16th	7	2	5
1957–1959	Did not enter main tournament
1961	18th	6	1	5
1963	Did not enter main tournament
1965	16th	9	0	9
1967	Did not enter main tournament
1969	12th	7	1	6
1971–1981	Did not enter main tournament
1983	12th	7	0	7
1985–1991	Did not enter main tournament
1993	15th	3	1	2
1995	11th	6	0	6
1997–2001	Did not enter main tournament
2003	16th	3	0	3
2005–2011	Did not enter main tournament
2013	13th	5	1	4
2015	Did not enter main tournament
2017	To be determined
Total		60	6	54

At Olympic Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1936–1976	Did not qualify
1980	10th	7	3	4
1984–2016	Did not qualify
2020	To be determined
Total	1/18	7	3	4

At Basketball World Cup

World Cup
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2019	To be determined
Total		0	0	0

Past rosters

1953 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 17 teams

Åke Larsson, Lars Olsson, Lars-Erik Keijser, Per-Åke Hallberg, Erik Sundell, Erik Gustavsson, Staffan Widen, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Rune Erkers, Kjell Eliasson, Sture Herrman (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 18 teams

Staffan Widen, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Jan Oldenmark, Anders Renner, Gustaf Ragge, Lars Helgostam, Sture Herrman, Per-Åke Hallberg, Nils af Trolle, Jan Holmberg, Alvin Tornblom, Palle Cardell, Bengt Gustafsson (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 19 teams

Staffan Widen, Udo Tohver, Bo Widen, Örjan Widen, Gunars Kraulis, Lars Andersson, Curt Wennström, Lennart Dahllöf, Alvin Törnblom, Bjorn Lundberg, Torbjörn Langemar, Svante af Klinteberg (Coach: Juris Reneslacis)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Björn Lundberg, Rune Leinas, Per-Olof Svensson, Ulf Lindelöf, Anders Grönlund, Lars Cullert, Per-Olof Lefwerth, Hans Albertsson, Jörgen Hansson, Egon Håkanson, Torbjörn Langemar, Kaj Håkansson (Coach: Rolf Nygren)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

Per-Olof Lefwerth, Anders Grönlund, Ulf Lindelöf, Arturs Veigurs, Kjell Rannelid, Hans Albertsson, Ebbe Edström, Janos Fugedi, Jörgen Hansson, Kjell Gunna, Bo Lundmark, Jan Hjorth (Coach: Arne Jansson)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 10th among 12 teams

Roland Rahm, Peter Andersson, Sten Feldreich, Thomas Nordgren, Peter Gunterberg, Jon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, Jan Enjebo, Torbjörn Taxen, Leif Yttergren, Åke Skyttevall, Göran Unger, Bernt Malion (Coach: Mike Perry)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

Göran Eriksson, Roland Rahm, Sten Feldreich, Bill Magarity, Kenny Grant, Jon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, Peter Nyström, Bernt Malion, Thomas Nordgren, Jerry Sehlberg, Åke Skyttevall, Bo Faleström (Coach: Sven Jensen)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

Mattias Sahlström, Anders Marcus, Per Stumer, Jens Tillman, Olle Håkanson, Magnus Tegel, Henrik Gaddefors, Peter Borg, Torbjörn Gehrke, Henrik Evers, Martin Jansson, Örjan Andersson (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 14 teams

Mattias Sahlström, Joakim Blom, Christian Larsson, Henrik Evers, Henrik Gaddefors, Jonas Larsson, Vincent Lundahl, Oscar Lefwerth, Torbjörn Gehrke, Anders Marcus, Olle Håkanson, Örjan Andersson (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Joakim Blom, Paul Burke, Håkan Larsson, John Pettersson, Daniel Dajic, Oluoma Nnamaka, Jens Johnsson, Mats Levin, Jonas Larsson, Lesli Myrthil, Christian Maråker, Fredrik Jönzen (Coach: Jan Enjebo)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams

Anton Gaddefors, Viktor Gaddefors, Kenny Grant, Ludvig Håkansson, Jonas Jerebko, Joakim Kjellborn, Brice Massamba, Thomas Massamba, Dino Pita, Erik Rush, Jonathan Skjöldebrand, Jeffery Taylor (Coach: Brad Dean)

External links

• Official Website (Swedish)
• FIBA profile
• EuroBasket.com – Sweden Men Current Squad
• Archived records of Sweden team participations