Swedish national ice hockey team
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| Association | Swedish Ice Hockey Federation |
| IIHF member | since 1922 |
| World ranking | 4th place |
| Most games | Jörgen Jönsson (285) |
| Most of the points | Sven Tumba (186) |
| Homepage | www.swehockey.se |
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First international match Sweden 8-0 Belgium 23 April 1920 ( Antwerp , Belgium )  |
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Biggest win Sweden 24-1 Belgium February 16, 1947 ( Prague , Czechoslovakia ) |
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| Olympic games | |
| Participation | 21 (since 1920) |
| Best result: | Gold medal (1994, 2006) |
| World Championship | |
| Participation | 64 (since 1920) |
| best result | Gold medal (1953, 1957, 1962, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2017, 2018) |
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The Swedish national ice hockey team is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world. The IIHF leads them on their world rankings after the ice hockey world championship of men 2019 in 4th place. The team belongs to the Swedish ice hockey association (Svenska Ishockeyförbundet) . Due to the three crowns on the jerseys of the players, which were taken from the Swedish coat of arms , the team was named Tre Kronor in 1938 .
The team's most successful year was 2006. This year the team won the gold medal for the first time at both the Olympic Games and the World Cup.
At the beginning of the 2000s, the Swedes won five medals, two silver medals (2003, 2004) and one gold medal (2006) at six world championships. In addition, they won the Baltica Cup in 1998/99 , the Izvestia Cup in 1996/97 and the Euro Hockey Tour in 1998/99 .
history
Ice hockey established itself as a sport in Sweden in 1920 . At the Olympic Games in the same year, ice hockey was one of the demonstration sports. The ice hockey tournament was held in Antwerp in April and a group of bandy players had come together for Sweden , who were now fighting for medals in the new sport. In the first game they won 8-0 against Belgium . In the end, the Swedish team finished fourth. Sweden won the silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , and at the 1931 World Cup, a goalless draw made it the first team to win points against favorites Canada .
After 1950, Sweden won the World Cup three times. However, the tournament victories were each favored by the absence of various favorites:
- In 1953, a scandalous brawl in North America meant that the USA and Canada were not allowed to travel to Switzerland for the World Cup. In addition, the team from Czechoslovakia left the tournament prematurely after the death of Klement Gottwald .
- Also in 1957 no teams from North America were represented.
- In 1962 the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia were missing .
At the World Cup in 1962, which took place in the US state of Colorado , Sweden was able to defeat the Canadian team for the first time by a 5-3.
In 1963, at the World Cup in their own country, the Swedish team was able to defeat the Soviet Union 2-1 in a group game. However, the tournament winner was the Soviet team in the end due to the better goal difference.
From 1976 NHL professionals were also allowed to take part in championships of the international ice hockey association. As many Swedish players left the country for the NHL, the national team lost something of its position in the world elite. Regardless of this, she won several silver and bronze medals at international tournaments in the following years.
After Sweden surprisingly won the World Cup in Vienna in 1987, the team was back in the world's elite. The Swedish team won the 1991, 1992 and 1998 World Championships in Finland, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. At the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer , Canada was defeated in the final by a shootout.
With the 2006 Olympic gold medal in Turin and the 2006 World Cup in Latvia, the Swedish national team became the first ever team to win gold at both the Olympic Games and the A World Cup that same year.
Squad
Current squad
The squad for the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship , which took place from May 10 to 26, 2019 in Bratislava and Kosice , Slovakia :
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Rikard Groenborg | June 8, 1968 |
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Johan Garpenlöv | 21 Mar 1968 |
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Peter Popovic | Feb 10, 1968 |
National coach
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Olympic results
- 1920 - 4th place
- 1924 - 4th place
- 1928 - 2nd place (silver medal)
- 1932 - did not take part
- 1936 - 5th place (tied)
- 1948 - 4th place
- 1952 - 3rd place (bronze medal)
- 1956 - 4th place
- 1960 - 5th place
- 1964 - 2nd place (silver medal)
- 1968 - 4th place
- 1972 - 4th place
- 1976 - did not participate
- 1980 - 3rd place (bronze medal)
- 1984 - 3rd place (bronze medal)
- 1988 - 3rd place (bronze medal)
- 1992 - 5th place
- 1994 - 1st place (gold medal)
- 1998 - 5th place (tied)
- 2002 - 5th place (tied)
- 2006 - 1st place (gold medal)
- 2010 - 5th place
- 2014 - 2nd place (silver medal)
- 2018 - 5th place
Canada Cup
World Cup of Hockey
Placements at European Championships
- 1910 to 1914 - did not participate
- 1921 - gold medal
- 1922 - silver medal
- 1923 - gold medal
- 1924 - silver medal
- 1925 - did not participate
- 1926 - did not participate
- 1927 - did not participate
- 1929 - did not participate
- 1932 - gold medal
Placements at world championships
- 1930 - did not participate
- 1931 - 6th place
- 1933 - did not take part
- 1934 - did not take part
- 1935 - 5th place
- 1937 - 10th place (tied)
- 1938 - 5th place
- 1939 - did not take part
- 1947 - silver medal
- 1948 - 5th place
- 1949 - 4th place
- 1950 - 5th place
- 1951 - silver medal
- 1952 - bronze medal
- 1953 - gold medal
- 1954 - bronze medal
- 1955 - 5th place
- 1957 - gold medal
- 1958 - bronze medal
- 1959 - 5th place
- 1961 - 4th place
- 1962 - gold medal
- 1963 - silver medal
- 1965 - bronze medal
- 1966 - 4th place
- 1967 - silver medal
- 1969 - silver medal
- 1970 - silver medal
- 1971 - bronze medal
- 1972 - bronze medal
- 1973 - silver medal
- 1974 - bronze medal
- 1975 - bronze medal
- 1976 - bronze medal
- 1977 - silver medal
- 1978 - 4th place
- 1979 - bronze medal
- 1981 - silver medal
- 1982 - 4th place
- 1983 - 4th place
- 1985 - 6th place
- 1986 - silver medal
- 1987 - gold medal
- 1989 - 4th place
- 1990 - silver medal
- 1991 - gold medal
- 1992 - gold medal
- 1993 - silver medal
- 1994 - bronze medal
- 1995 - silver medal
- 1996 - 6th place
- 1997 - silver medal
- 1998 - gold medal
- 1999 - bronze medal
- 2000 - 7th place
- 2001 - bronze medal
- 2002 - bronze medal
- 2003 - silver medal
- 2004 - silver medal
- 2005 - 4th place
- 2006 - gold medal
- 2007 - 4th place
- 2008 - 4th place
- 2009 - bronze medal
- 2010 - bronze medal
- 2011 - silver medal
- 2012 - 6th place
- 2013 - gold medal
- 2014 - bronze medal
- 2015 - 5th place
- 2016 - 6th place
- 2017 - gold medal
- 2018 - gold medal
- 2019 - 5th place
Web links
- swehockey.se: Homepage of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation (Swedish)
1920: Canada | 1924: Canada | 1928: Canada | 1932: Canada | 1936: Great Britain | 1948: Canada | 1952: Canada | 1956: Soviet Union | 1960: United States | 1964: Soviet Union | 1968: Soviet Union | 1972: Soviet Union | 1976: Soviet Union | 1980: United States | 1984: Soviet Union | 1988: Soviet Union | 1992: United team | 1994: Sweden | 1998: Czech Republic | 2002: Canada | 2006: Sweden | 2010: Canada | 2014: Canada | 2018: Olympic athletes from Russia 
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