Sweden women's national handball team

Sweden
Information
Association	Swedish Handball Federation
Coach	Henrik Signell
Most caps	Åsa Eriksson (251)
Most goals	Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (1091)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 2008)
Best result	8th (2008)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1957)
Best result	6th (1993)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (2010)
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Sweden women's national handball team

Medal record
European Championship
	2010 Denmark/Norway
	2014 Croatia/Hungary

The Sweden women's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges damlandslag i handboll) is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation (Swedish: Svenska Handbollförbundet) and takes part in international handball competitions.

Results

Olympic Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1976	Did not qualify
1980	Did not qualify
1984	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2008	8th	6	2	0	4	147	168	-21
2012	11th	5	0	0	5	108	131	-23
2016	7th	6	2	1	3	170	174	-4
Total[1]	3/11	17	4	1	12	425	473	-48

World Championship

Competitive record at the World championship Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/- 1957 8th 4 1 0 3 9 19 -10 1962 Did not qualify 1965 Did not qualify 1971 Did not qualify 1973 Did not qualify 1975 Did not qualify 1978 Did not qualify 1982 Did not qualify 1986 Did not qualify 1990 13th 6 3 1 2 137 119 +18 1993 6th 7 4 0 3 140 124 +16 1995 11th 8 4 0 4 175 166 +9 1997 Did not qualify 1999 Did not qualify 2001 8th 9 6 0 3 228 224 +4 2003 Did not qualify 2005 Did not qualify 2007 Did not qualify 2009 13th 8 6 0 2 247 191 +56 2011 9th 6 3 0 3 164 123 +41 2013 Did not qualify 2015 9th 6 4 1 1 211 160 +51 Total 8/22 55 31 2 21 1311 1126 +185

Record against other teams at the World championship National Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Angola 3 3 0 0 77 53 +24 Argentina 1 1 0 0 37 11 +26 Australia 1 1 0 0 66 21 +45 Austria 4 0 1 3 85 93 -8 Brazil 1 1 0 0 26 23 +3 Canada 1 1 0 0 21 16 +5 China 1 0 0 1 15 17 -2 Republic of the Congo 2 2 0 0 57 40 +17 Croatia 1 0 0 1 26 27 -1 Denmark 3 1 0 2 66 68 -2 Czech republic* 3 1 0 2 42 42 - France 4 1 0 3 92 88 +4 Germany 2 0 0 2 42 50 -8 Hungary 2 1 0 1 32 38 -6 Ivory Coast 2 2 0 0 54 40 +14 Japan 1 1 0 0 27 14 +13 The Netherlands 1 1 0 0 23 21 +2 Norway 1 0 0 1 15 26 -11 Poland 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 Romania 3 3 0 0 48 40 +8 Russia 1 0 0 1 19 25 -6 Spain 1 1 0 0 27 24 +3 Slovakia 1 1 0 0 26 20 +6 South Korea 1 0 0 1 25 34 -9 Thailand 1 1 0 0 49 18 +31 Ukraine 2 1 0 1 53 55 -2 Uruguay 1 1 0 0 31 14 +17 USA 1 1 0 0 30 11 +19 F.R. Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 18 32 -14 Total[2] 48 26 1 21 1130 955 +175 *Results against the Czech republic also include Czechoslovakia (-1993) and the combined team of the Czech republic and Slovakia (1993). Results updated 16th of June 2014.

European Championship

Competitive record at the European championship Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/- 1994 7th 6 3 0 3 134 145 -11 1996 8th 6 2 0 4 142 171 -29 1998 Did not qualify 2000 Did not qualify 2002 15th 3 0 0 3 79 94 -15 2004 14th 3 0 0 3 68 81 -13 2006 6th 7 3 0 4 156 170 -14 2008 9th 6 2 2 2 134 135 -1 2010 2nd 8 6 0 2 199 176 +23 2012 8th 6 3 1 2 153 142 +11 2014 3rd 8 5 1 2 238 220 +18 2016 Qualified Total 10/12 53 24 4 25 1303 1334 -31

Record against other teams at the European championship National Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Austria 4 1 0 3 93 100 -7 Belarus 1 0 1 0 21 21 0 Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 59 46 +13 Croatia 4 1 0 3 99 106 -7 Denmark 3 1 0 2 60 89 -29 France 3 1 0 2 67 72 -5 Germany 3 2 0 1 88 90 -2 Hungary 2 2 0 0 55 45 +10 Macedonia 2 2 0 0 50 38 +12 Montenegro 2 1 0 1 54 53 +1 The Netherlands 2 1 1 0 55 48 +7 Norway 5 1 0 4 117 126 -9 Poland 1 1 0 0 24 23 +1 Romania 2 1 0 1 50 53 -3 Russia 2 0 1 1 47 51 -4 Serbia 1 0 1 0 23 23 0 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 31 22 +9 Ukraine 2 2 0 0 57 48 +9 Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 28 31 -3 Total[3] 43 19 4 20 1078 1085 -7

Performance in other tournaments

Sweden during a friendly match against the Netherlands in 2016

• Carpathian Trophy 1994: Third place
• GF World Cup 2006: Fifth place
• Møbelringen Cup 2001: Third place
• Møbelringen Cup 2011: Third place
• Carpathian Trophy 2015: Winner

Team

Current squad

The squad chosen for 2016 European Women's Handball Championship^[4][5] Matches and goals are correct, as of 27 November 2016.

Head coach: Henrik Signell

Team

Current squad

The squad chosen for 2016 European Women's Handball Championship^[6][7] Matches and goals are correct, as of 4 December 2016.

Head coach: Henrik Signell

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Johanna Bundsen 3 June 1991 1.85 m 46 0 IK Sävehof 4 LW Olivia Mellegård 17 June 1996 1.78 m 5 15 IK Sävehof 5 RW Emma Ekenman-Fernis 24 July 1996 1.72 m 3 4 IK Sävehof 6 LB Carin Strömberg 10 July 1993 1.83 m 28 22 Viborg HK 7 P Linn Blohm 20 May 1992 1.80 m 66 164 FC Midtjylland 8 LB Jamina Roberts 28 May 1990 1.75 m 113 197 IK Sävehof 9 LW Louise Sand 27 December 1992 1.64 m 70 140 IK Sävehof 12 GK Filippa Idéhn 15 August 1990 1.83 m 69 2 Team Esbjerg 14 LB Johanna Westberg 6 April 1990 1.86 m 34 45 Nykøbing Falster 19 P Anna Lagerquist 16 October 1993 1.73 m 5 2 Lugi HF 20 CB Isabelle Gulldén 29 June 1989 1.79 m 165 632 CSM Bucharest 22 RB Hanna Blomstrand 25 August 1996 1.70 m 9 5 Lugi HF 24 RW Nathalie Hagman 19 July 1991 1.67 m 98 257 Nykøbing Falster 27 RB Sabina Jacobsen 24 March 1989 1.80 m 93 129 FC Midtjylland 28 RB Ida Odén 14 April 1987 1.72 m 46 123 IK Sävehof 29 LB Jenny Alm 10 April 1989 1.84 m 84 217 Team Esbjerg

Notable players

Several Swedish players have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments, either as Most Valuable Player, top scorer, best defense player or as a member of the All-Star Team.

MVP

• Linnea Torstenson, 2010 European Championship
• Isabelle Gulldén, 2014 European Championship

All-Star Team

• Annika Wiel Fredén, 2006 European Championship
• Nathalie Hagman, 2016 Summer Olympics

Top scorers

• Isabelle Gulldén, 2014 European Championship (58 goals)

Best defense player

• Johanna Wiberg, 2010 European Championship
• Sabina Jacobsen, 2014 European Championship

Incomplete

Famous players

• Åsa Eriksson
• Matilda Boson
• Annika Wiel Fredén
• Tina Flognman
• Madeleine Grundström
• Mia Hermansson-Högdahl

Individual all-time records

  Still active players are highlighted

Most matches played Total number of matches played in official competitions only.[8] # Player Matches Goals 1 Åsa Eriksson 251 1087 2 Tina Flognman 223 386 3 Mia Hermansson-Högdahl 216 1091 4 Matilda Boson 208 514 5 Kristina Jönsson 182 0 6 Gunilla Olsson 178 298 7 Linnea Torstenson 175 654 8 Isabelle Gulldén 165 632 9 Anna Ljungdahl 158 303 10 Madelene Olsson 157 161 Last updated: 4 December 2016 Source: svenskhandboll.se

Most goals scored Total number of goals scored in official matches only.[8] # Player Goals Matches Average 1 Mia Hermansson-Högdahl 1091 216 5.05 2 Åsa Eriksson 1087 251 4.33 3 Linnea Torstenson 654 175 3.74 4 Isabelle Gulldén 632 165 3.83 5 Lina Olsson Rosenberg 531 145 3.66 6 Matilda Boson 514 208 2.47 7 Katarina Arfwidsson 493 132 3.73 8 Johanna Ahlm 460 141 3.26 9 Tina Flognman 386 223 1.73 10 Annika Wiel Fredén 316 119 2.65 Last updated: 4 December 2016 Source: svenskhandboll.se

References

1. http://www.olympic.org/handball
2. http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx
3. http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx
4. "Tre mästerskapsdebutanter i EM-truppen". Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
5. 2016 European Championship squad
6. "Tre mästerskapsdebutanter i EM-truppen". Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
7. 2016 European Championship squad
8. "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2016-07-23.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile