Sweden national basketball team

Infobox national basketball team
color1 = 0B5089
color2 = FFC100
country = Sweden
country_alt= Sverige
coach = flagicon|GRE Kostas Flevarakis
fiba_ranking = T-67^th
joined_fiba =
fiba_zone = FIBA Europe
zone_championship = EuroBasket
national_fed = SBF
zone_appearances = 9
zone_medals = None
wc_appearances = None
wc_medals = None
a_body =
h_body =
oly_appearances= 1
oly_medals = NoneThe Sweden national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Sweden in international competitions. Sweden already entered 9 EuroBasket finals, but their best result was only 11 th place at EuroBasket 1995. The scandinavian squad entered once the Olympic Basketball Tournament, in 1980, reaching 10 th place, but as yet to qualify for the Basketball World Championship.

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.

= Olympic Games record =

* 1980: 10th

Men's

Performance at Eurobasket

Rosters

1953 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 17 teams

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

1955 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 18 teams

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

1961 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 19 teams

Staffan Widen, Udo Tohver, Bo Widen, Orjan Widen, Gunars Kraulis, Lars Andersson, Curt Wennstrom, Lennart Dahllof, Alvin Tornblom, Bjorn Lundberg, Torbjorn Langemar, Svante af Klinteberg (Coach: Juris Reneslacis)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Bjorn Lundberg, Rune Leinas, Per-Olof Svensson, Ulf Lindelof, Anders Gronlund, Lars Cullert, Per-Olof Lefwerth, Hans Albertsson, Jorgen Hansson, Egon Hakanson, Torbjorn Langemar, Kaj Hakansson (Coach: Rolf Nygren)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

Per-Olof Lefwerth, Anders Gronlund, Ulf Lindelof, Arturs Veigurs, Kjell Rannelid, Hans Albertsson, Ebbe Edstrom, Janos Fugedi, Jorgen 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, Torbjorn Taxen, Leif Yttergren, Ake Skyttevall, Goran Unger, Bernt Malion (Coach: Mike Perry)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

Goran Eriksson, Roland Rahm, Sten Feldreich, Bill Magarity, Kenny Grant, Jon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, Peter Nystrom, Bernt Malion, Thomas Nordgren, Jerry Sehlberg, Ake Skyttevall, Bo Falestrom (Coach: Sven Jensen)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

Mattias Sahlstrom, Anders Marcus, Per Stumer, Jens Tillman, Olle Hakanson, Magnus Tegel, Henrik Gaddefors, Peter Borg, Torbjorn Gehrke, Henrik Evers, Martin Jansson, Orjan Andersson (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 14 teams

Mattias Sahlstrom, Joakim Blom, Christian Larsson, Henrik Evers, Henrik Gaddefors, Jonas Larsson, Vincent Lundahl, Oscar Lefwerth, Torbjorn Gehrke, Anders Marcus, Olle Hakanson, Orjan Andersson (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Joakim Blom, Paul Burke, Hakan Larsson, John Pettersson, Daniel Dajic, Oluoma Nnamaka, Jens Johnsson, Mats Levin, Jonas Larsson, Leslie Myrthil, Christian Maraker, Fredrik Jonzen (Coach: Jan Enjebo)

External Link

* [http://www.eurobasket.com/SWE/nt.asp Current Squad]