Bengt Johansson (handball coach)

**Bengt Johansson**
	Bengt Johansson (2002)
Player information
Full name	Bengt Petter Johansson
Nickname	"Bengan"
birthday	25th June 1942 (age 78)
place of birth	Halmstad , Sweden
citizenship	Swedish
height	1.94 m
Playing position	Circular rotor
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
0000-1961	Halmstad HP
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1961-1966	Halmstad HP
1966-1970	SoIK Hellas
1970-1971	Halmstad HP
1971-1976	HK Drott
National team
Debut on	November 16, 1963
against	Finland in Sundsvall
	Games (goals)
Sweden	83 (45)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
0000-0000	Hele IK
0000-0000	IK Silwing
1974-1975	HK Drott (player-coach)
1976-1984	HK Drott
1985-1988	HK Drott
1988-2004	Sweden
Medal table
World championships
European championships
Olympic games
	As of April 27, 2020

Bengt Petter Johansson (born June 25, 1942 in Halmstad ) is a former handball player and coach from Sweden . He is considered the most successful coach of the Swedish national handball team . Under his leadership, the "Bengan Boys" won thirteen medals at sixteen international championships (Olympic, World Cup, European Championship) between 1988 and 2004.

After finishing school in his hometown, Bengt Johansson went to reserve officer training and then studied sociology and psychology . Between 1966 and 1968 he completed training as a sports teacher at the gymnastics and sports college in Stockholm .

At the same time, Johansson played handball, mostly on the position of the circle . His clubs were Handbollspojkarnas IF and SoIK Hellas in Stockholm and from 1971 to 1976 HK Drott in Halmstad. From 1964 to 1972 Johansson played 83 times in the Swedish national team and took part in the Olympic Games in Munich .

Bengt Johansson was several times coach of HK Drott, 1974-1975 as a player-coach, 1976-1984 and 1985-1988. After Johansson was appointed national coach in 1988, he led the team in 471 country comparisons. He was succeeded in 2004 by Ingemar Linnéll .

Success as a trainer

with HK Drott

Swedish champion 1975, 1978, 1979, 1984 and 1988

at world championships

World Championship 1990 : 1st place (World Champion)
World Championship 1993 : 3rd place
World Championship 1995 : 3rd place
World Championship 1997 : 2nd place
World Championship 1999 : 1st place (World Champion)
World Championship 2001 : 2nd place
World Championship 2003 : main round

at European Championships

European Championship 1994 : 1st place (European Champion)
European Championship 1996 : 4th place
European Championship 1998 : 1st place (European Champion)
European Championship 2000 : 1st place (European Champion)
European Championship 2002 : 1st place (European Champion)
European Championship 2004 : 7th place

at Olympic Games

Olympic Games 1992 : 2nd place
Olympic Games 1996 : 2nd place
Olympic Games 2000 : 2nd place

Web links

Bengt Johansson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ sparial statistics. In: handbollslandslaget.se. Svenska Handbollslandslaget, accessed April 27, 2020 (Swedish).

personal data
SURNAME	Johansson, Bengt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johansson, Bengt Petter (full name); Bengan (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish handball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH	June 25, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halmstad

[1] sparial statistics. In: handbollslandslaget.se. Svenska Handbollslandslaget, accessed April 27, 2020 (Swedish).