Swiss men's national handball team

Switzerland
Switzerland / Suisse

Association	Swiss Handball Federation (SHV)
confederacy	EHF
Outfitter	JAKO
Trainer	Michael Suter
Assistant coach	Matthias Gysin
Most goals	Marc Baumgartner : 1113
Most games	Max Schär : 279
home Away
Balance sheet
991 games 384 wins 87 draws 520 defeats
statistics
First international match Switzerland 7: 4 Finland February 4, 1949, Basel
Last game Slovakia 19:29 Switzerland January 6, 2017, Winterthur , Switzerland
Biggest win Switzerland 37-2 United Kingdom March 17, 1972, Sabadell , Spain
Biggest defeat Switzerland 9:29 German Democratic Republic December 17, 1980, Schwerin , GDR
List of international matches
Olympic games
Participation	2 (of 12) of 13 (First: 1936 )
best result	3rd place
Handball world championship
Participation	10 (of 23) of 26 (First: 1954 )
best result	4th place (1954, 1993)
European handball championship
Participation	2 (of 10) (First: 2004 )
best result	12th place (2004)
(As of January 31, 2016)

The Switzerland national handball team represents Switzerland in international tournaments in Men Handball . She achieved her greatest successes in field handball , where Switzerland was the only nation to take part in all seven world championships and win five medals.

In indoor handball, the team has taken part in handball world championships ten times , the best placement they achieved with 4th place at the world championships in 1954 and 1993 in Sweden. The team achieved the best placement at two European championships so far with 12th place in 2004 .

The team is qualified for the European Championship 2020 .

Successes at championships

Field handball world championships

• 2nd place: 1938, 1955
• 3rd place: 1948, 1953, 1963

Indoor handball world championships

• 4th place: 1954, 1993

European indoor handball championships

• best placement: 12th place in 2004

Olympic games

1936 in Berlin (field handball; bronze)
1996 in Atlanta (indoor handball; 7th place)

Trainer

Period	Trainer
1964-1967	Bruno Hartmann
June 1967–1969	Edgar Leutenegger
October 1969 – March 1972	Irislav Dolenec
September 1972 – January 1974	Hansrudolf Meier
July 1974 – December 1976	René Wetzel
October 1976 – January 1980	Pero Janjic
February 1980 – July 1980	Vinko Kandija
October 1980 – March 1986	Sead Hasanefendic
October 1986 – May 1993	Arno Ehret
October 1993-May 1994	Gunnar Blombäck
November 1994-May 1995	Urs Mühlethaler
September 1995-July 1996	Armin Emrich
January 1997-April 1997	Halid Demirovic
May 1997 – November 1998	Peter Bruppacher
May 1999-June 2000	Urs Mühlethaler
October 2000-June 2006	Arno Ehret
July 2006 – June 2008	Dragan Dukic
October 2008 – July 2013	Goran Perkovac
December 2013 – June 2016	Rolf Brack
June 2016–	Michael Suter

Current squad

No.	player	society	position	Games	Gates
31	Aurel Bringolf	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	TH	63	2
27	Maximilian Gerbl	Cadets Schaffhausen	RA	28	58
	Leonard Grazioli	HSC Suhr Aarau	TH	0	0
18th	Dimitrij Küttel	Cadets Schaffhausen	RR	54	120
9	Marvin Lier	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	LA	58	128
27	Luka Maros	Cadets Schaffhausen	RL	42	100
3	Lucas master	GWD Minden	KM	44	117
34	Alen Milosevic	SC DHfK Leipzig	KM	43	80
	Philip Nowak	Cadets Schaffhausen	KM	9	1
16	Nikola Portner	Montpellier handball	TH	85	8th
15th	Nicolas Raemy	Wacker Thun	RR / RA	59	177
17th	Samuel Röthlisberger	TVB 1898 Stuttgart	RL	40	11
4th	Lenny Rubin	HSG Wetzlar	RL	31	105
22nd	Jonas Schelker	Cadets Schaffhausen	RM	10	15th
2	Andy Schmid	Rhine-Neckar lion	RM	177	843
11	Roman Sidorowicz	MT Melsungen	RM	56	129
8th	Michal Svajlen	Pathfinder Winterthur	RM	81	104
25th	Nik Tominec	Cadets Schaffhausen	RA	8th	8th
14th	Lukas von Deschwanden	Chambery Savoie HB	RL	55	177

Well-known former national players

• Pascal Jenny
• Severin Bruengger
• Antoine Ebinger
• Ivan Ursic
• Thomas Gautschi
• Marc Baumgartner
• Rolf Dobler
• Martin Rubin
• Peter Hürlimann
• Nick Christians
• Stefan Schärer
• Daniel Spengler
• Peter Spälti
• René Barth
• Christian Meisterhans
• Peter Bachmann
• Heinz Karrer
• Max Schär
• Gottfried "Göpf" Egg
• Alex Ebi

See also

• List of international matches for the Swiss men's national field handball team

Web links

• Swiss handball association
• Profile of the team on www.national-handball-teams.com
• Profile on eurohandball.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Eternal ranking list ( memento of the original dated August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 5, 2014. 
2. ↑ SUI-FIN match report ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ SRF: "Swiss win at the Yellow Cup"
4. ↑ Match report SUI-GBR ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ SUI-DDR match report ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ International match statistics ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 31, 2016.