Sweden men's national basketball team

Sweden
FIBA ranking	40 1 (3 March 2026)
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
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: Sveriges herrlandslag i basket) represents Sweden in international basketball competition. The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation.

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

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1950	No national representative
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					16	8	8
2027	To be determined				To be determined
Total	0/18				28	13	15

Olympic Games

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936 to 1952	No national representative
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					4	2	2
2028	To be determined				To be determined
Total	1/18	7	3	4	66	28	38

EuroBasket

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935 to 1951	No national representative
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	14th	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
2025	16th	6	1	5	6	3	3
2029	To be determined				To be determined
Total	11/35	66	7	59	217	102	115

Results and fixtures

Win Loss

2025

20 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Bulgaria	81–77(OT)	Sweden	Botevgrad, Bulgaria
19:30 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 9–17, 24–15, 12–16, Overtime: 11–7
	Pts: Vezenkov 40 Rebs: Vezenkov 18 Asts: Miller-McIntyre 9	Boxscore	Pts: Pantzar 22 Rebs: Birgander 13 Asts: Birgander 5	Arena: Arena Botevgrad Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ofer Manheim (ISR), Josip Jurčević (CRO)

23 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Sweden	86–83(OT)	Montenegro	Stockholm, Sweden
17:30 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 12–19, 21–18, 19–21, Overtime: 14–11
	Pts: Birgander 19 Rebs: Birgander 12 Asts: three players 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ivanović 26 Rebs: Radebaugh 7 Asts: Ivanović 4	Arena: Hovet Attendance: 7,985 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

27 August 2025 EuroBasket 2025 – Group stage	Sweden	90–93	Finland	Tampere, Finland
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)

29 August 2025 EuroBasket 2025 – Group stage	Germany	105–83	Sweden	Tampere, Finland
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)

30 August 2025 EuroBasket 2025 – Group stage	Great Britain	59–78	Sweden	Tampere, Finland
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)

1 September 2025 EuroBasket 2025 – Group stage	Sweden	81–87	Montenegro	Tampere, Finland
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)

3 September 2025 EuroBasket 2025 – Group stage	Lithuania	74–71	Sweden	Tampere, Finland
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)

6 September 2025 EuroBasket 2025 – Round of 16	Turkey	85–79	Sweden	Riga, Latvia
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)

28 November 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Czech Republic	97–80	Sweden	Prague, Czech Republic
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)

1 December 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Sweden	83–94	Slovenia	Gothenburg, Sweden
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)

2026

27 February 2026 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Sweden	77–88	Estonia	Stockholm, Sweden
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)

1 March 2026 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Estonia	69–79	Sweden	Tallinn, Estonia
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)

3 July 2026 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Sweden	vs.	Czech Republic	Sweden
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6 July 2026 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Slovenia	vs.	Sweden	Slovenia
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		Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 27 February and 1 March 2026 against Estonia.^[2]^[3]

Sweden men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	1	Denzel Andersson	29 – (1996-09-21)21 September 1996	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Obradoiro
C	2	Adam Ramstedt	30 – (1995-07-24)24 July 1995	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Göttingen
F	3	Oskar Palmquist	25 – (2000-05-05)5 May 2000	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Borås
SF	5	Wilhelm Falk	22 – (2003-06-25)25 June 2003	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Murcia
G	6	Tobias Borg	32 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Maristas
PG	8	Felix Terins	27 – (1998-04-24)24 April 1998	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Tizona
F/C	11	Kenny Pohto	23 – (2002-07-18)18 July 2002	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Nevėžis
PG	12	Ludvig Håkanson (C)	29 – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Joventut
C	16	Nick Spires	32 – (1994-02-25)25 February 1994	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Södertälje
G	19	Melwin Pantzar	25 – (2000-04-10)10 April 2000	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Unicaja
F	23	Pierre Hampton	34 – (1991-03-23)23 March 1991	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Norrköping
PF	27	Zaba Bangala	24 – (2001-11-13)13 November 2001	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Kangoeroes
PG	77	Gustav Hansson	31 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Luleå

Head coach

/ Mikko Riipinen

Assistant coach(es)

Joakim Källman
Ludwig Degernas
Adam Engström

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 27 February 2026

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Simon Birgander	Adam Ramstedt	Mattias Markusson
PF	Viktor Gaddefors	Denzel Andersson	Nicholas Spires
SF	Melwin Pantzar	Wilhelm Falk
SG	Pelle Larsson	Tobias Borg
PG	Ludvig Håkanson	Barra Njie

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)

Kit

Manufacturer

2018–2020: Spalding
2020–present: Adidas

References

^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
^ "Herrlandslagets VM-kvaltrupp uttagen". basket.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2026.
^ "Sweden during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in February 2026". Retrieved 27 February 2026.
^ "Sweden at the EuroBasket 2025". Retrieved 6 September 2025.

External links

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

Videos

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

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.

[2] "Herrlandslagets VM-kvaltrupp uttagen". basket.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2026.

[3] "Sweden during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in February 2026". Retrieved 27 February 2026.

[4] "Sweden at the EuroBasket 2025". Retrieved 6 September 2025.

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