Sweden men's national handball team


The Sweden men's national handball team is Sweden's national team in men's handball and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark and Bengt Johansson. The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed Bengan Boys in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like Tomas Svensson, Magnus Wislander, Staffan Olsson and Stefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002.
Sweden is the most successful nation at the European Men's Handball Championship with 5 titles, and has together with France won the most medals at the World Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 12 medals, including 4 gold medals. Conversely, Sweden has yet to win an Olympic title despite participating in 4 finals. The team has also won the World Cup 3 times, the Supercup 2 times, and were Intercontinental Cup winners in 2000.
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Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Other tournaments

World Cup

The World Cup was an international tournament hosted by Sweden that was arranged from 1971 to 2010. It was contested by the 7 best nations at the preceding World Championship along with Sweden. It was mostly contested by European nations; however, Egypt was a participant at the tournament on several occasions.
  • 1971 : 6th place
  • 1974 : 8th place
  • 1979 : 8th place
  • 1984 : 4th place
  • 1988 : 3rd place
  • 1992 : Champions
  • 1996 : Champions
  • 1999 : 3rd place
  • 2002 : 5th place
  • 2004 : Champions
  • 2006 : 3rd place
  • 2010 : 2nd place

Supercup

The Supercup was an international tournament hosted by Germany from 1979 to 2015, which was open to reigning and former World and Olympic Champions. The Supercup and World
Cup was mostly played in alternating years so as not to clash with one another.
  • 1979 : 6th place
  • 1981 : 6th place
  • 1983 : 5th place
  • 1985 : 8th place
  • 1987 : 6th place
  • 1989 : 5th place
  • 1991 : 3rd place
  • 1993 : Champions
  • 1995 : 3rd place
  • 1998 : 5th place
  • 1999 : 3rd place
  • 2001 : 3rd place
  • 2003 : 3rd place
  • 2005 : Champions
  • 2007 : 2nd place
  • 2009 : 3rd place
  • 2011 : 2nd place
  • 2013 : 3rd place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Michael Apelgren

Notable players

World and European records

World records

  • Longest undefeated streak in international championships.
  • Longest medal round streak in major championships.
  • Longest medal round streak in the World Championships.
  • 8 consecutive finals in international championships.
  • Most World Championship finals.

European records

Other merits

Kit supplier

From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas, and 2016–2019 by Kempa. The current supplier is Craft.