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| FIBA ranking | 41 1 (2 December 2025)[1] | ||
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| JoinedFIBA | 1952 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | SBBF | ||
| Coach | Mikko Riipinen | ||
| Nickname(s) | Blågult (The Blue and Yellow) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 11 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| First international | |||
 Sweden 55–45Denmark  (Stockholm, Sweden; 6 December 1952) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Sweden 128–61Azerbaijan  (Norrköping, Sweden; 24 August 2011) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Soviet Union 103–31Sweden (Budapest, Hungary; 10 June 1955) | |||
TheSweden men's national basketball team (Swedish:Sveriges herrlandslag i basket) representsSweden in internationalbasketball competition. The national team is controlled by theSwedish Basketball Federation.
Sweden has competed at theEuroBasket 11 times throughout their history. On the global level, the Scandinavian squad has qualified for theOlympic Games once, in1980. However, Sweden still seeks qualification for their first appearance to theFIBA World Cup.
Sweden'sEuropean Basketball Championship debut came atEuroBasket 1953 inMoscow. Although the Swedes did not fare well in their first tournament appearance. As they lost all seven of their matches to finish in last place in the 17 team tournament.
Sweden's second appearance on the continental level came atEuroBasket 1955 inBudapest. The team got off to an demoralizing start by losing toSwitzerland in their first match. Although Sweden would achieve their first ever win at the EuroBasket againstLuxembourg in their second match of the preliminary phase. However, they followed it by losing their next two matches in the round as well toRomania, and theSoviet Union. They finished 4th out of the 5 teams in the group with an (1-3) record, and found themselves in the classification rounds. There, the team once again finished with an (1-3) record in their pool, with their only victory coming againstDenmark. Two losses in the classification 13th–16th place semifinals and the 15th/16th place final (a rematch against Luxembourg) put Sweden at 16th place of the 18 teams.
Sweden qualified for theEuroBasket eight more times with their three best finishes coming in1969,1983 and1995. They also made their loneSummer Olympics appearance in1980. But overall the national team has struggled to reach an elite level of consistency to become a serious medal contender at major international tournaments. At some events, however, the team displayed potential. E.g. at theEuroBasket 2013 they beat the heavily favored former championRussia 81-62.
In the2025 EuroBasket, Sweden advanced to the playoffs in the first time at the country's history.
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v Sweden| 20 February 2025 | Bulgaria | 81–77(OT) | Sweden | Botevgrad, Bulgaria | |
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| 19:30 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:25–22, 9–17,24–15, 12–16, Overtime:11–7 | ||||
| Pts:Vezenkov 40 Rebs:Vezenkov 18 Asts:Miller-McIntyre 9 | Boxscore | Pts:Pantzar 22 Rebs:Birgander 13 Asts:Birgander 5 | Arena:Arena Botevgrad Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ofer Manheim (ISR), Josip Jurčević (CRO) | ||
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Montenegro| 23 February 2025 | Sweden | 86–83(OT) | Montenegro | Stockholm, Sweden | |
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| 17:30 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:20–14, 12–19,21–18, 19–21, Overtime:14–11 | ||||
| Pts:Birgander 19 Rebs:Birgander 12 Asts:three players 4 | Boxscore | Pts:Ivanović 26 Rebs:Radebaugh 7 Asts:Ivanović 4 | Arena:Hovet Attendance: 7,985 Referees:Antonio Conde (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL) | ||
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Finland| 27 August 2025 | Sweden | 90–93 | Finland | Tampere, Finland | |
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| 20:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 21–26,27–23,24–23, 18–21 | ||||
| Pts:Håkanson 28 Rebs:Birgander 7 Asts:Gaddefors 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Markkanen 28 Rebs:Markkanen 6 Asts:Salin 7 | Arena:Nokia Arena Attendance: 11,865 Referees:Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Boris Krejić (SVN), Martin Horozov (BUL) | ||
v Sweden| 29 August 2025 | Germany | 105–83 | Sweden | Tampere, Finland | |
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| 13:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter:27–17,32–25,25–24,21–17 | ||||
| Pts:Schröder 23 Rebs:T. Da Silva 6 Asts:Schröder 7 | Boxscore | Pts:Pantzar 18 Rebs:Njie 6 Asts:Njie 7 | Arena:Nokia Arena Attendance: 5,025 Referees:Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Michał Proc (POL), Ofer Manheim (ISR) | ||
v Sweden| 30 August 2025 | Great Britain | 59–78 | Sweden | Tampere, Finland | |
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| 16:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 13–19,17–16, 17–26, 12–17 | ||||
| Pts:Hesson 17 Rebs:Wheatle 13 Asts:Nelson 4 | Boxscore | Pts:Larsson 23 Rebs:Pantzar 8 Asts:Birgander 6 | Arena:Nokia Arena Attendance: 7,200 Referees:Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Valentin Oliot (FRA) | ||
v Montenegro| 1 September 2025 | Sweden | 81–87 | Montenegro | Tampere, Finland | |
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| 13:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–22,31–24, 16–23 | ||||
| Pts:Larsson 28 Rebs:Birgander 10 Asts:Larsson,Njie 4 | Boxscore | Pts:Vučević 23 Rebs:Vučević 15 Asts:Allman 7 | Arena:Nokia Arena Attendance: 3,255 Referees:Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL) | ||
v Sweden| 3 September 2025 | Lithuania | 74–71 | Sweden | Tampere, Finland | |
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| 16:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 14–21,19–18,21–14,20–18 | ||||
| Pts:Valančiūnas 18 Rebs:Tubelis 12 Asts:Velička 7 | Boxscore | Pts:Larsson 18 Rebs:three players 5 Asts:Njie 6 | Arena:Nokia Arena Attendance: 4,560 Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Valentin Oliot (FRA), Ofer Manheim (ISR) | ||
v Sweden| 6 September 2025 | Turkey | 85–79 | Sweden | Riga, Latvia | |
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| 12:00 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 17–19,26–13, 22–24 | ||||
| Pts:Şengün 24 Rebs:Şengün 16 Asts:Şengün 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Håkanson 16 Rebs:Birgander 13 Asts:Pantzar 6 | Arena:Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 2,193 Referees:Yohan Rosso (FRA), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Boris Krejić (SVN) | ||
v Sweden| 28 November 2025 | Czech Republic | 97–80 | Sweden | Prague, Czech Republic | |
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| 19:30 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:27–22, 20–24,27–17,23–17 | ||||
| Pts:Satoranský 16 Rebs:Sehnal 6 Asts:Satoranský,Sehnal 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Borg 18 Rebs:Falk,Håkanson 6 Asts:Håkanson 15 | Arena:Královka Arena Attendance: 1,961 Referees:Ademir Zurapović, (BIH), Josip Jurčević (CRO), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU) | ||
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Slovenia| 1 December 2025 | Sweden | 83–94 | Slovenia | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
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| 19:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 16–31,26–18, 22–24, 19–21 | ||||
| Pts:Håkanson 34 Rebs:Falk 6 Asts:Håkanson 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Samar 16 Rebs:Omić 7 Asts:Samar 5 | Arena:Scandinavium Attendance: 9,128 Referees:Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Péter Praksch (HUN), Geert Jacobs (BEL) | ||
v Czech Republic| 3 July 2026 | Sweden | vs. | Czech Republic | Sweden | |
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Roster for the2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 28 November and 1 December 2025 againstCzech Republic andSlovenia.[2]
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Simon Birgander | Adam Ramstedt | Mattias Markusson | ||
| PF | Viktor Gaddefors | Denzel Andersson | Nicholas Spires | ||
| SF | Melwin Pantzar | Wilhelm Falk | |||
| SG | Pelle Larsson | Tobias Borg | |||
| PG | Ludvig Håkanson | Barra Njie |
Lars-Åke Nilsson – (1953–1955)
Rolf Nilsson – (1991–1997)Jan Enjebo – (1998–2004)
Kostas Flevarakis – (2005–2010)
Brad Dean – (2010–2013)
Vedran Bosnić – (2014–2018)
Hugo López – (2018–2021)Kenneth Grant – (2021, Interim) Ludwig Degernäs – (2021–2023)/Mikko Riipinen – (2023–present)1953 EuroBasket: finished17th among 17 teams
3 Rune Erkers, 4 Kjell Eliasson, 5 Sture Herrman, 6 Staffan Widén, 7 Bo Widén, 8 Örjan Widén, 9 Åke Larsson, 10 Lars Olsson, 11 Erik Sundell, 12 Bengt Gustafsson, 13 Lars-Erik Keijser, 14 Per-Åke Hallberg (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)
1955 EuroBasket: finished16th among 18 teams
3 Staffan Widén, 4 Bo Widén, 5 Örjan Widén, 6 Jan Holmberg, 7 Alvin Tornblom, 8 Lars Helgostam, 9 Sture Herrman, 10 Per-Åke Hallberg, 11 Palle Cardell, 12 Bengt Gustafsson, 13 Jan Oldenmark, 14 Anders Renner, 15 Gustaf Ragge, 16 Nils af Trolle (Coach: Lars-Åke Nilsson)
1961 EuroBasket: finished18th among 19 teams
4 Svante af Klinteberg, 5 Staffan Widén, 6 Udo Tohver, 7 Bo Widén, 8 Torbjörn Langemar, 9 Alvin Törnblom, 10 Bjorn Lundberg, 11 Lars Andersson, 12 Curt Wennström, 13 Örjan Widén, 14 Gunars Kraulis, 15 Lennart Dahllöf (Coach: Juris Reneslacis)
1965 EuroBasket: finished16th among 16 teams
4 Hans Albertsson, 5 Jörgen Hansson, 6 Anders Grönlund, 7 Rune Leinas, 8 Per-Olof Svensson, 9 Ulf Lindelöf, 10 Björn Lundberg, 11 Torbjörn Langemar, 12 Lars Cullert, 13 Per-Olof Lefwerth, 14 Kaj Håkansson, 15 Egon Håkanson (Coach: Rolf Nygren)
1969 EuroBasket: finished12th among 12 teams
4 Kjell Gunna, 5 Bo Lundmark, 6 Anders Grönlund, 7 Ulf Lindelöf, 8 Arturs Veigurs, 9 Ebbe Edström, 10 Janos Fugedi, 11 Jan Hjorth, 12 Per-Olof Lefwerth, 13 Kjell Rannelid, 14 Hans Albertsson, 15 Jörgen Hansson (Coach: Arne Jansson)
1980 Olympic Games: finished10th among 12 teams
4Peter Andersson, 5Thomas Nordgren, 6Peter Gunterberg, 7Göran Unger, 8Torbjörn Taxén, 9Joon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, 10Jan Enjebo, 11Bernt Malion, 12Roland Rahm, 13Sten Feldreich, 14Leif Yttergren, 15Åke Skyttevall (Coach: Mike Perry)
1983 EuroBasket: finished12th among 12 teams
4 Bill Magarity, 5Bernt Malion, 6 Peter Nyström, 7 Jerry Sehlberg, 8Thomas Nordgren, 9Joon-Olof "Jonte" Karlsson, 10 Kenny Grant, 11 Bo Faleström, 12Roland Rahm, 13Sten Feldreich, 14 Göran Eriksson, 15 Åke Skyttevall (Coach: Sven Jensen)
1993 EuroBasket: finished13th among 16 teams
4 Olle Håkanson, 5 Magnus Tegel, 6 Örjan Andersson, 7 Henrik Evers, 8 Henrik Gaddefors, 9 Peter Borg, 10 Martin Jansson, 11 Jens Tillman, 12 Torbjörn Gehrke, 13 Anders Marcus, 14 Per Stümer, 15 Mattias Sahlström (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)
1995 EuroBasket: finished14th among 14 teams
4 Olle Håkanson, 5 Örjan Andersson, 6 Christian Larsson, 7 Henrik Evers, 8 Henrik Gaddefors, 9 Jonas Larsson, 10 Oscar Lefwerth, 11 Joakim Blom, 12 Torbjörn Gehrke, 13 Anders Marcus, 14 Vincent Lundahl, 15 Mattias Sahlström (Coach: Rolf Nilsson)
2003 EuroBasket: finished16th among 16 teams
4 Paul Burke, 5 Hakan Larsson, 6 Jens Stalhandske, 7 Mats Levin, 8 Oluoma Nnamaka, 9 Jonas Larsson, 10 Lesli Myrthil, 11 Joakim Blom, 12 Fredrik Jonzen, 13Christian Maråker, 14 John Pettersson, 15 Daniel Dajic (Coach: Jan Enjebo)
2013 EuroBasket: finished13th among 24 teams
4Ludvig Håkanson, 5Jonathan Skjöldebrand, 6Joakim Kjellbom, 7Dino Pita, 8Anton Gaddefors, 9 Brice Massamba, 10 Kenny Grant,
11Jonas Jerebko, 12Thomas Massamba, 13 Erik Rush, 14Jeffery Taylor, 15Viktor Gaddefors (Coach: Brad Dean)
2025 EuroBasket: finished16th among 24 teams[3]
1 Denzel Andersson, 2 Adam Ramstedt, 5 Wilhelm Falk, 6Tobias Borg, 9Pelle Larsson, 12Ludvig Håkanson, 15 Mattias Markusson,
16Nick Spires, 18Viktor Gaddefors, 19Melwin Pantzar, 31Barra Njie, 35Simon Birgander (Coach:Mikko Riipinen)
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