Sweden men's national basketball team
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The Sweden men's national basketball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i basket) represents Sweden in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation.
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| FIBA ranking | 39  1 (1 September 2026)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1952 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | SBBF | ||
| Coach | Mikko Riipinen | ||
| Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blue and Yellow) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 11 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
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| 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 competed at the EuroBasket 11 times throughout their history. On the global level, the Scandinavian squad has qualified for the Olympic Games once, in 1980. 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.
In the 2025 EuroBasket, Sweden advanced to the playoffs in the first time at the country's history.
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games
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EuroBasket
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Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2025
| 27 August 2025 | Sweden |
90–93 |  Finland |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 20:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 27–23, 24–23, 18–21 | |||
| Pts: Håkanson 28 Rebs: Birgander 7 Asts: Gaddefors 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Markkanen 28 Rebs: Markkanen 6 Asts: Salin 7 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 11,865 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Boris Krejić (SVN), Martin Horozov (BUL) |
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| 29 August 2025 | Germany  |
105–83 | Sweden |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 13:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 32–25, 25–24, 21–17 | |||
| Pts: Schröder 23 Rebs: T. Da Silva 6 Asts: Schröder 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Pantzar 18 Rebs: Njie 6 Asts: Njie 7 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 5,025 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Michał Proc (POL), Ofer Manheim (ISR) |
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| 30 August 2025 | Great Britain  |
59–78 | Sweden |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 16:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 17–16, 17–26, 12–17 | |||
| Pts: Hesson 17 Rebs: Wheatle 13 Asts: Nelson 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Larsson 23 Rebs: Pantzar 8 Asts: Birgander 6 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 7,200 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Valentin Oliot (FRA) |
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| 1 September 2025 | Sweden |
81–87 |  Montenegro |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 13:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–22, 31–24, 16–23 | |||
| Pts: Larsson 28 Rebs: Birgander 10 Asts: Larsson, Njie 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vučević 23 Rebs: Vučević 15 Asts: Allman 7 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 3,255 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL) |
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| 3 September 2025 | Lithuania  |
74–71 | Sweden |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 16:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 19–18, 21–14, 20–18 | |||
| Pts: Valančiūnas 18 Rebs: Tubelis 12 Asts: Velička 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Larsson 18 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Njie 6 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 4,560 Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Valentin Oliot (FRA), Ofer Manheim (ISR) |
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| 6 September 2025 | Turkey  |
85–79 | Sweden |
Riga, Latvia |
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| 12:00 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 17–19, 26–13, 22–24 | |||
| Pts: Şengün 24 Rebs: Şengün 16 Asts: Şengün 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Håkanson 16 Rebs: Birgander 13 Asts: Pantzar 6 |
Arena: Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 2,193 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Boris Krejić (SVN) |
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| 28 November 2025 | Czech Republic  |
97–80 | Sweden |
Prague, Czech Republic |
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| 19:30 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 20–24, 27–17, 23–17 | |||
| Pts: Satoranský 16 Rebs: Sehnal 6 Asts: Satoranský, Sehnal 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Borg 18 Rebs: Falk, Håkanson 6 Asts: Håkanson 15 |
Arena: Královka Arena Attendance: 1,961 Referees: Ademir Zurapović, (BIH), Josip Jurčević (CRO), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU) |
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| 1 December 2025 | Sweden |
83–94 |  Slovenia |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
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| 19:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 16–31, 26–18, 22–24, 19–21 | |||
| Pts: Håkanson 34 Rebs: Falk 6 Asts: Håkanson 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Samar 16 Rebs: Omić 7 Asts: Samar 5 |
Arena: Scandinavium Attendance: 9,128 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Péter Praksch (HUN), Geert Jacobs (BEL) |
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2026
| 27 February 2026 | Sweden |
77–88 |  Estonia |
Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 19:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 14–24, 22–11, 19–31 | |||
| Pts: Håkanson 21 Rebs: Hampton 7 Asts: Håkanson 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Drell 23 Rebs: Konontšuk 6 Asts: Suurorg 5 |
Arena: Avicii Arena Attendance: 9,364 Referees: Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Siniša Prpa (SRB) |
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| 1 March 2026 | Estonia |
69–79 | Sweden |
Tallinn, Estonia |
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| 19:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–15, 17–13, 14–28 | |||
| Pts: Drell 16 Rebs: Jõesaar 6 Asts: Suurorg, Treier 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Håkanson 18 Rebs: Bangala 10 Asts: Pantzar 7 |
Arena: Unibet Arena Attendance: 6,637 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (EST), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU), Ioannis Tsibouris (GRE) |
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| 3 July 2026 | Sweden |
87–76 | Czech Republic |
Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 34–16, 27–19, 18–24, 8–17 | |||
| Pts: Larsson 19 Rebs: Klintman 12 Asts: Borg, Pantzar 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Sehnal 20 Rebs: Peterka 8 Asts: Sehnal 7 |
Arena: Hovet Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Geert Jacobs (BEL), Ilias Karapanos (GRE) |
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| 6 July 2026 | Slovenia |
79–88 | Sweden |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| 20:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 24–30, 21–20, 13–19, 21–19 | |||
| Pts: Joksimović 22 Rebs: Radović 8 Asts: Prepelič 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Larsson 31 Rebs: Birgander 13 Asts: Pantzar 8 |
Arena: Arena Stožice Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Łukasz Jankowski (POL) |
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| 27 August 2026 | Finland |
81–86 | Sweden |
Helsinki, Finland |
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| 18:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 21–21, 20–20, 20–22 | |||
| Pts: Nkamhoua 19 Rebs: Jantunen 7 Asts: three players 3 |
Boxscore | Pts: Larsson 31 Rebs: Birgander, Klintman 10 Asts: Håkanson 7 |
Arena: Veikkaus Arena Attendance: 12,401 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Ritvars Helmšteins (LAT) |
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| 30 August 2026 | Sweden |
69–84 |  France |
Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 17:30 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 14–18, 16–17, 15–29 | |||
| Pts: Larsson 23 Rebs: Gaddefors 10 Asts: Birgander 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Wembanyama 18 Rebs: Wembanyama 8 Asts: Strazel 6 |
Arena: Avicii Arena Attendance: 14,750 Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Siniša Prpa (SRB) |
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2027
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 27 and 30 August 2026 against Finland and France.[2][3]
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Depth chart
Head coach position
Lars-Åke Nilsson – (1953–1955)
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 – (2021–2023)
/ Mikko Riipinen – (2023–present)
Past rosters
1953 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 17 teams
3 Rune Erkers, 4 Kjell Eliasson, 5 Sture Herrman, 6 Staffan Widén, 7 Bo Widén, 8 Örjan Widén, 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 Widén, 4 Bo Widén, 5 Örjan Widén, 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 Widén, 6 Udo Tohver, 7 Bo Widén, 8 Torbjörn Langemar, 9 Alvin Törnblom, 10 Bjorn Lundberg, 11 Lars Andersson, 12 Curt Wennström, 13 Örjan Widén, 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 (C), 13 Erik Rush, 14 Jeffery Taylor, 15 Viktor Gaddefors (Coach: Brad Dean)
2025 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 24 teams[4]
1 Denzel Andersson, 2 Adam Ramstedt, 5 Wilhelm Falk, 6 Tobias Borg, 9 Pelle Larsson, 12 Ludvig Håkanson (C), 15 Mattias Markusson,
16 Nick Spires, 18 Viktor Gaddefors, 19 Melwin Pantzar, 31 Barra Njie, 35 Simon Birgander (Coach: Mikko Riipinen)
