Switzerland men's national handball team

Switzerland
Information
AssociationSwiss Handball Association
CoachAndy Schmid
Assistant coachThomas Zimmermann
Most capsMax Schär (279)[1]
Most goalsMarc Baumgartner (1093)[1]
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1936)
Best result 3rd (1936)
World Championship
Appearances12 (First in 1954)
Best result4th (1954, 1993)
European Championship
Appearances5 (First in 2002)
Best result12th (2004)
Last updated on Unknown.
Switzerland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1936 Berlin Team
World Outdoor Championship
1938 Germany
1955 West Germany
1948 France
1952 Switzerland
1963 Switzerland

The Switzerland national handball team is the national handball team of Switzerland.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1936 Berlin[a] Third place 3rd of 6 5 2 0 3 33 52
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 2 0 4 132 121
1984 Los Angeles Match for 7th place 7th of 12 6 3 0 3 101 119
1988 Seoul did not qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 2 0 4 142 138
2000 Sydney did not qualify
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
Total 4/14 – 23 9 0 14 408 430
  1. ^ The Handball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was a Field handball tournament.

World Championship

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 did not qualify
1954 Fourth place 4 3 0 1 2 31 55
1958 did not qualify
1961 Preliminary round 10 2 0 0 2 25 32
1964 Preliminary round 12 3 1 0 2 38 56
1967 Preliminary round 14 3 0 0 3 45 65
1970 Preliminary round 15 3 0 0 3 29 48
1974 did not qualify
1978
1982 Second round 12 7 1 2 4 111 128
1986 Second round 11 7 2 1 4 127 146
1990 Main Round 13 6 4 0 2 122 113
1993 Fourth place 4 7 4 0 3 162 160
1995 Quarter-finals 7 9 7 0 2 224 203
1997 did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021 Main Round 16 6 3 0 3 153 156
/ 2023 did not qualify
// 2025 Main Round 11 6 3 1 2 174 166
2027 TBD
/ 2029
// 2031
Total 12/32 – 62 25 5 32 1241 1328

World Outdoor Championship

World Outdoor Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 Runners-up 2nd of 10 3 2 0 1 14 27
1948 Third place 3rd of 4 3 2 0 1 37 22
1952 Third place 3rd of 15 5 4 0 1 58 41
1955 Runners-up 2nd of 8 6 5 0 1 75 59
1959 Match for 5th place 5 of 7 4 2 0 2 50 43
1963 Third place 3rd of 8 4 3 0 1 62 44
1966 Main round 5 of 6 5 1 0 4 68 76
Total 7/7 – 30 19 0 11 364 312

Switzerland is the only country which played at every Field Handball World Championship.

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden
  • None
EURO Super Cup tournament Germany
  • 1993 : 3rd place

European Championship

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994 did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002 Preliminary round 13 3 0 1 2 78 91
2004 12 6 1 0 5 140 175
2006 14 3 0 1 2 86 97
2008 did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020 Preliminary round 16 3 1 0 2 77 87
2022 did not qualify
2024 Preliminary round 21 3 0 1 2 67 82
2026 Qualified
2028 Qualified as co-host
Total 7/18 – 18 2 3 13 448 532

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Andy Schmid

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 P Lucas Meister (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 1.96 m 85 207 Kadetten Schaffhausen
4 LB Lenny Rubin (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 2.05 m 77 280 TVB Stuttgart
6 RW Gian Attenhofer (2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 1.85 m 6 2 ThSV Eisenach
11 CB Felix Aellen (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 1.84 m 11 16 BSV Bern
13 RB Michael Kusio (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 1.95 m 17 6 BSV Bern
16 GK Nikola Portner (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 1.94 m 132 30 SC Magdeburg
17 P Samuel Röthlisberger (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 1.99 m 83 22 TVB Stuttgart
18 RB Dimitrij Küttel (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 1.92 m 81 162 HC Kriens-Luzern
20 LB Luka Maros (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 1.96 m 72 154 Kadetten Schaffhausen
21 RW Gino Steenaerts (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 1.84 m 4 6 HC Kriens-Luzern
23 P Lukas Laube (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 1.92 m 26 61 TVB Stuttgart
28 CB Luca Sigrist (2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 1.87 m 2 3 HC Kriens-Luzern
29 LW Samuel Zehnder (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 1.83 m 52 103 TBV Lemgo
30 P Joël Willecke (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 1.96 m 23 7 HSC Suhr Aarau
35 LW Noam Leopold (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 1.81 m 8 4 HBC Nantes
38 GK Jannis Scheidiger (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 1.93 m 8 2 HSC Suhr Aarau
40 GK Mathieu Seravalli (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 1.90 m 3 0 BSV Bern
44 LB Mehdi Ben Romdhane (2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 1.89 m 31 32 Kadetten Schaffhausen

Player statistics

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hall-of-fame". www.handball.ch (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Andy Schmid benennt seinen finalen WM-Kader" (in German). handball.ch. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Switzerland" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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