Swedish national women's handball team

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Sweden
Sverige
Nickname (s) Three Crown Team (Tre Kronor)
Association Svenska Handbollförbundet
confederacy EHF
Outfitter adidas
Trainer Tomas Axnér
Most goals Mia Hermansson-Högdahl : 1091
Most games Åsa Eriksson : 251
Olympic games
Participation 3 of 11 (First: 2008 )
best result 7th place ( 2016 )
Handball world championship
Participation 10 of 24 (First: 1957 )
best result 4th place ( 2017 )
European handball championship
Participation 11 (first: 1994 )
best result 2nd place ( 2010 )
(As of December 13, 2019)

The Swedish national women's handball team represents Sweden in international tournaments in women's handball .

Sweden finished 8th in the first indoor world championships in 1957 . After that, the national team only took part in the B World Championships for many years. Only in 1990 did Sweden return to the field of participation in the A world championships.

The Swedish team's greatest success at European Championships is 2nd place at the 2010 European Championship. They qualified three times for the Olympic Games , most recently in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro .

Squad: World Cup 2019

Filippa Idéhn ( Silkeborg-Voel KFUM ), Martina Thörn ( Aarhus United ), Olivia Mellegård ( København Håndbold ), Marie Wall (København Håndbold), Linn Blohm (København Håndbold), Anna Lagerquist ( Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub ), Johanna Forsberg ( IK Sävehof ), Nathalie Hagman ( Odense Håndbold ), Mathilda Lundström ( Skuru IK ), Jamina Roberts ( Randers HK ), Mikaela Mässing ( Thuringian HC ), Isabelle Gulldén ( Brest Bretagne Handball ), Carin Strömberg ( Viborg HK ), Melissa Petrén ( Horsens HK ), Hanna Blomstrand (København Håndbold), Emma Lindqvist ( H 65 Höör )

Well-known former national players

Placements at championships

World Championships (field)

  • 1949 : not qualified
  • 1956 : not qualified
  • 1960 : not qualified

World Championships (hall)

  • 1957 : 08th place
  • 1962 : not qualified
  • 1965 : not qualified
  • 1971 : not qualified
  • 1973 : not qualified
  • 1975 : not qualified
  • 1978 : not qualified
  • 1982 : not qualified
  • 1986 : not qualified
  • 1990 : 13th place
  • 1993 : 06th place
  • 1995 : 11th place
  • 1997 : not qualified
  • 1999 : not qualified
  • 2001 : 08th place
  • 2003 : not qualified
  • 2005 : not qualified
  • 2007 : not qualified
  • 2009 : 13th place (President's Cup winner)
  • 2011 : 09th place
  • 2013 : not qualified
  • 2015 : 09th place
  • 2017 : 04th place
  • 2019 : 07th place

European championships

Olympic games

  • 1976 : not qualified
  • 1980 : not qualified
  • 1984 : not qualified
  • 1988 : not qualified
  • 1992 : not qualified
  • 1996 : not qualified
  • 2000 : not qualified
  • 2004 : not qualified
  • 2008 : 08th place
  • 2012 : 11th place
  • 2016 : 07th place

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ handbollslandslaget.se: Statistics , accessed on May 14, 2019
  2. ↑ handbollslandslaget.se: 16 spelare skrivs in i VM-troops , accessed on November 28, 2019
  3. ^ "Sweden takes the trophy - summary of President's Cup placement matches", www.ihf.info, December 15, 2009
  4. ↑ 2018 Women's EHF EURO - Final Tournament. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation, accessed December 16, 2018 .