Swedish national ice hockey team

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Tre Kronor

Swedish national ice hockey team
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
statistics
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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Biggest defeat Canada 22-0 Sweden January 29, 1924, ( Chamonix , France )
Canada 1921CanadaSwedenSweden
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)
(As of May 21, 2018)

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 .

Swedish national team at the 2005 World Cup (game against Latvia)

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 :

No. Surname Item Date of birth team
#1 Jhonas Enroth G June 25, 1988 Örebro HK  ( SHL )
# 30 Henrik Lundqvist G 02nd Mar 1982 United StatesUnited States New York Rangers  ( NHL )
# 25 Jacob Markström G Jan. 31, 1990 CanadaCanada Vancouver Canucks  ( NHL )
# 14 Mattias Ekholm ( A ) D. May 24, 1990 United StatesUnited States Nashville Predators  ( NHL )
# 23 Oliver Ekman Larsson ( C ) D. 17th July 1991 United StatesUnited States Arizona Coyotes  ( NHL )
# 56 Erik Gustafsson D. 14 Mar 1992 United StatesUnited States Chicago Blackhawks  ( NHL )
# 52 Philip Holm D. 0Dec 8, 1991 RussiaRussia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod  ( KHL )
#8th Robert Hägg D. 0Feb 8, 1995 United StatesUnited States Philadelphia Flyers  ( NHL )
# 3 John Klingberg D. Aug 14, 1992 United StatesUnited States Dallas Stars  ( NHL )
# 6 Adam Larsson D. Nov 12, 1992 CanadaCanada Edmonton Oilers  ( NHL )
# 18 Marcus Pettersson D. 0May 8, 1996 United StatesUnited States Pittsburgh Penguins  ( NHL )
# 63 Jesper Bratt F. July 30, 1998 United StatesUnited States New Jersey Devils  ( NHL )
# 21 Loui Eriksson F. 17th July 1985 CanadaCanada Vancouver Canucks  ( NHL )
# 72 Patric Hörnqvist ( A ) F. 0Jan. 1, 1987 United StatesUnited States Pittsburgh Penguins  ( NHL )
# 9 Adrian Kempe F. 13 Sep 1996 United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Kings  ( NHL )
# 29 Mario Kempe F. 19 Sep 1988 United StatesUnited States Arizona Coyotes  ( NHL )
# 16 Marcus Kruger F. May 27, 1990 United StatesUnited States Chicago Blackhawks  ( NHL )
# 58 Anton Lander F. Apr 24, 1991 RussiaRussia Ak Bars Kazan  ( KHL )
# 92 Gabriel Landeskog F. Nov 23, 1992 United StatesUnited States Colorado Avalanche  ( NHL )
# 32 Oskar Lindblom F. Aug 15, 1996 United StatesUnited States Philadelphia Flyers  ( NHL )
# 28 Elias Lindholm F. 0Dec 2, 1994 CanadaCanada Calgary Flames  ( NHL )
# 88 William Nylander F. 0May 1, 1996 CanadaCanada Toronto Maple Leafs  ( NHL )
# 40 Elias Pettersson F. Nov 12, 1998 CanadaCanada Vancouver Canucks  ( NHL )
# 70 Dennis Rasmussen F. 03rd July 1990 RussiaRussia HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk  ( KHL )
# 10 Alexander Wennberg F. 22 Sep 1994 United StatesUnited States Columbus Blue Jackets  ( NHL )
Official
function Nat. Surname Date of birth
Head coach SwedenSweden Rikard Groenborg 0June 8, 1968
Assistant coach SwedenSweden Johan Garpenlöv 21 Mar 1968
Assistant coach SwedenSweden Peter Popovic Feb 10, 1968

National coach

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

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