Switzerland men's national handball team

Olympic Games

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Olympic record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin[a]	Third place	3rd of 6	5	2	0	3	33	52
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	132	121
1984 Los Angeles	Match for 7th place	7th of 12	6	3	0	3	101	119
1988 Seoul	did not qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	142	138
2000 Sydney	did not qualify
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
2028 Los Angeles	To be determined
2032 Brisbane
Total	4/16	–	23	9	0	14	408	430

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World Championship

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World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	did not qualify
1954	Fourth place	4	3	0	1	2	31	55
1958	did not qualify
1961	Preliminary round	10	2	0	0	2	25	32
1964	Preliminary round	12	3	1	0	2	38	56
1967	Preliminary round	14	3	0	0	3	45	65
1970	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	29	48
1974	did not qualify
1978
1982	Second round	12	7	1	2	4	111	128
1986	Second round	11	7	2	1	4	127	146
1990	Main Round	13	6	4	0	2	122	113
1993	Fourth place	4	7	4	0	3	162	160
1995	Quarter-finals	7	9	7	0	2	224	203
1997	did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021	Main Round	16	6	3	0	3	153	156
/ 2023	did not qualify
// 2025	Main Round	11	6	3	1	2	174	166
2027	TBD
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	12/32	–	62	25	5	32	1241	1328

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World Outdoor Championship

More information World Outdoor Championship record, Year ...

World Outdoor Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Runners-up	2nd of 10	3	2	0	1	14	27
1948	Third place	3rd of 4	3	2	0	1	37	22
1952	Third place	3rd of 15	5	4	0	1	58	41
1955	Runners-up	2nd of 8	6	5	0	1	75	59
1959	Match for 5th place	5 of 7	4	2	0	2	50	43
1963	Third place	3rd of 8	4	3	0	1	62	44
1966	Main round	5 of 6	5	1	0	4	68	76
Total	7/7	–	30	19	0	11	364	312

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Switzerland is the only country which played at every Field Handball World Championship.

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European, all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden

• None

EURO Super Cup tournament Germany

• 1993 : 3rd place

European Championship

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European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	78	91
2004		12	6	1	0	5	140	175
2006		14	3	0	1	2	86	97
2008	did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020	Preliminary round	16	3	1	0	2	77	87
2022	did not qualify
2024	Preliminary round	21	3	0	1	2	67	82
2026	Main round	12	7	1	3	3	218	221
2028	Qualified as co-host
2030	To be determined
2032
Total	7/20	–	25	3	6	16	666	753

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Current squad

Roster for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Andy Schmid

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No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 P Lucas Meister (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 29) 1.96 m 100 230 Kadetten Schaffhausen 4 LB Lenny Rubin (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 30) 2.05 m 92 350 TVB Stuttgart 8 LB Manuel Zehnder (1999-10-24) 24 October 1999 (age 26) 1.90 m 30 140 SC Magdeburg 11 CB Felix Aellen (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 22) 1.87 m 29 68 ThSV Eisenach 13 RB Michael Kusio (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 27) 1.95 m 29 16 BSV Bern 16 GK Nikola Portner (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 32) 1.94 m 148 33 SC Magdeburg 17 P Samuel Röthlisberger (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 29) 1.99 m 98 24 TVB 1898 Stuttgart 18 RB Dimitrij Küttel (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 32) 1.91 m 98 187 Kadetten Schaffhausen 20 LB Luka Maros (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 32) 1.96 m 89 221 Kadetten Schaffhausen 21 RW Gino Steenaerts (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 21) 1.84 m 22 68 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 23 P Lukas Laube (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 26) 1.92 m 44 94 THW Kiel 25 RW Levin Wanner (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 25) 1.83 m 11 10 BSV Bern 28 CB Luca Sigrist (2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 20) 1.86 m 19 42 HC Kriens-Luzern 29 LW Samuel Zehnder (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 26) 1.83 m 69 148 TBV Lemgo 30 P Joël Willecke (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 22) 2.02 m 39 10 TBV Lemgo 35 LW Noam Leopold (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 23) 1.86 m 25 73 HBC Nantes 38 GK Jannis Scheidiger (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 23) 1.93 m 22 2 HC Kriens-Luzern 40 GK Mathieu Seravalli (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 21) 1.98 m 10 0 BSV Bern 44 LB Mehdi Ben Romdhane (2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 24) 1.89 m 44 60 Kadetten Schaffhausen

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