| Sweden national baseball team | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Federation | Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation (SBSF) |
| Confederation | Confederation of European Baseball |
| Manager | Peter Johanessen |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 35 5 (11 November 2025)[1] |
| World Baseball Classic | |
| Appearances | 0 |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 0 |
| WBSC Premier12 | |
| Appearances | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in1994) |
| Best result | 15th |
| Intercontinental Cup | |
| Appearances | 0 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 28 (first in1962) |
| Best result |  3rd (2 times, most recent in1993) |
| Women's World Cup | |
| Appearances | 0 |
TheSweden national baseball team is the nationalbaseball team ofSweden. The team competes in the bi-annualEuropean Baseball Championship, where Sweden on two occasions has claimed thebronze medal.
Baseball has been played in Sweden since at least 1904, but it wasn't until 1952 that the first game was played by a national team. In that year Sweden played againstFinland and lost, 4–9.
Ten years later Sweden's national federation became members of theConfederation of European Baseball, and the national team took part in its firstEuropean Baseball Championship, where Sweden lost all four games by a combined score of 16–55. In the next tournament two years later Sweden managed to win its first ever game in the European Championship, 5–0 overFrance.
Sweden played its first official game on home soil in 1974, a 9–1 win overGreat Britain in the qualifications for the European Championship that were held the following year.
In 1981 Sweden took home bronze at the European Championships in theNetherlands (only four teams took part). This achievement was duplicated in 1993, when Sweden hosted the tournament for the first time.
Sweden played in theWorld Cup for the first time in 1994 and also participated in 2005 and 2009, but always finished near the bottom. In 2009 Sweden was one of eight host countries.[2]
| Summer Olympics record | Qualification | |||||||
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| Year | Host | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | |
| 1912 | Sweden | Exhibition only | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | ||
Sweden played host to the first ever international exhibition baseball match to be held at the Olympic Games. The players of theVästerås Baseball Club represented their home nation in the game against a team composed of members of the United States Olympic delegation. In addition, threepitchers and acatcher were recruited from the American delegation to help fill the Swedish roster.
Sweden has not succeeded in qualifying during any of the years the sport has been officially included in the Olympics, nor has it participated in any further baseball exhibitions at the Olympics since 1912.
Sweden participated in theWorld Cup on three occasions.
Sweden has participated in theEuropean Baseball Championship on 29 occasions, every time since 1962.
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