Sweden women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Sweden men's national basketball team.

Sweden
FIBA ranking25 2 (9 February 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA1952 (1952)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSBBF
CoachKevin Taylor Lundgren[2]
Nickname(s)Blågult
(The Blue and Yellow)
EuroBasket
Appearances9

The Sweden women's national basketball team (Swedish: Sveriges damlandslag i basket) represents Sweden in international women's basketball competition and is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation. The national team has entered five EuroBasket Women finals, the first in 1978 where they lost all of their matches and finished in 13th place. At the EuroBasket Women 1987 Sweden finished in 7th place, a feat repeated in 2013. In 2019 Sweden reached the quarter-finals and was ranked 5th, a result that secured a spot in the 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament. Sweden will be the co-host of the FIBA Women's EuroBasket in 2027 alongside Belgium, Finland and Lithuania.

Comparing with earlier decades, Sweden improved significantly during the 2010s. This was much thanks to the "Golden Generation" who won medals in junior championships on both European and world levels.[3]

EuroBasket Women record

EuroBasket Women
Year Round Position GP W L
1952–1976 Did not enter/qualify
1978 Classification round 13th 7 0 7
1980 Did not qualify
1981 Match for 11th place 11th 7 1 6
1983 Match for 9th place 10th 7 2 5
1985 Did not qualify
1987 Match for 7th place 7th 7 3 4
1989–2011 Did not qualify
2013 Match for 7th place 7th 9 4 5
2015 Preliminary round 14th 4 1 3
2017 Did not qualify
2019 Quarterfinals 6th 6 3 3
2021 Quarterfinals 8th 6 2 4
2023 Did not qualify
2025 Preliminary round 10th 3 1 2
2027 Qualified as co-host
Best: 5th place 56 17 39

Current roster

Roster for EuroBasket Women 2025.[4][5]

Sweden women's national basketball roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 2 Elin Gustavsson 32 – (1993-01-18)18 January 1993 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Zagłębie Sosnowiec
PG 3 Lovisa Hjern 26 – (1999-03-01)1 March 1999 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ślęza Wrocław
PF 4 Nathalie Fontaine 31 – (1993-10-03)3 October 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Derthona Basket
SG 6 Frida Eldebrink 37 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Hozono Jairis
PG 7 Klara Lundquist 25 – (1999-08-28)28 August 1999 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Uni Girona CB
F 8 Ellen Nyström (C) 31 – (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Basket Saragossa 2002
G 12 Matilda Ekh 23 – (2002-04-19)19 April 2002 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Virginia Tech Hokies
C 14 Louice Halvarsson 36 – (1989-01-15)15 January 1989 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) CD Ibaeta
F 19 Tilda Trygger 19 – (2006-02-12)12 February 2006 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) NC State Wolfpack
C 22 Emma Johansson 21 – (2003-08-28)28 August 2003 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) California Baptist Lancers
C 38 Precious Johnson 25 – (2000-03-01)1 March 2000 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Megbízási Szerzödés
PF 51 Fanny Wadling 28 – (1997-05-23)23 May 1997 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Luleå Basket
Head coach
  • Kevin Taylor Lundgren
Assistant coach(es)
  • Robin Sandberg
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 18 June 2025

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  2. ^ Sweden, FIBA
  3. ^ "Basket: Basketlandslagets historiska OS-jakt visas i SVT". 24 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Damlandslagets EM-trupp uttagen" (in Swedish). basket.se. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Team roster: Sweden" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 14. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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