Sweden
Undoubtedly, Sweden are the favourites in group A. The fifth-ranked team from the Women's EHF EURO 2022 cruised in the qualifiers with a perfect record and six wins from six matches plus a goal difference of +99, which speaks volumes about their quality on both sides of the court.
Head coach Tomas Axnér has the most experienced squad in group A at his disposal. Right wing Nathalie Hagman was Sweden’s top scorer during the qualifiers with 24 goals, and she will be joined on court by the likes of Vipers Kristiansand left back Jamina Roberts and Györi Audi ETO KC line player Linn Blohm in the core of the squad.
Sweden’s last EHF EURO medal was bronze in 2014, but they have been on an upwards trajectory in recent years and were fourth at the last two Olympic Games (Paris 2024 and Tokyo in 2021) and at the IHF Women’s World Championship 2023.
Reaching the main round at the EHF EURO 2024 will be the least of Sweden’s ambitions — this is a side which will certainly be targeting a medal in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
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Matches
DATE • TIME (CET)
Results
Round
Group
Mon Dec 02, 2024
20:30, Debrecen (HUN)
Türkiye
vs
Sweden
Final Tournament
A
Sat Nov 30, 2024
18:00, Debrecen (HUN)
Sweden
vs
Hungary
Final Tournament
A
Thu Nov 28, 2024
20:30, Debrecen (HUN)
Sweden
vs
North Macedonia
Final Tournament
A
Sun Apr 07, 2024
18:00, Umeå (SWE)
Sweden
47
vs
47
Luxembourg
18
Qualifiers Phase
7
18
Wed Apr 03, 2024
20:00, Torshavn (FAR)
Faroe Islands
27
vs
27
Sweden
31
Qualifiers Phase
7
31
Sat Mar 02, 2024
14:00, Karlskrona (SWE)
Sweden
37
vs
37
Iceland
23
Qualifiers Phase
7
23
Wed Feb 28, 2024
20:30, Hafnarfjordur (ISL)
Iceland
24
vs
24
Sweden
37
Qualifiers Phase
7
37
Sun Oct 15, 2023
16:00, Luxemburg (LUX)
Luxembourg
17
vs
17
Sweden
39
Qualifiers Phase
7
39
Thu Oct 12, 2023
18:30, Uppsala (SWE)
Sweden
37
vs
37
Faroe Islands
20
Qualifiers Phase
7
20
EHF competition history
Final Tournament
Fri Nov 18, 2022
Sweden
37
vs
Netherlands
32
Wed Nov 16, 2022
Croatia
27
vs
Sweden
31
Mon Nov 14, 2022
Hungary
25
vs
Sweden
30
Sat Nov 12, 2022
Norway
27
vs
Sweden
25
Tue Nov 08, 2022
Denmark
25
vs
Sweden
23
Sun Nov 06, 2022
Slovenia
22
vs
Sweden
33
Fri Nov 04, 2022
Sweden
27
vs
Serbia
21
Sweden
37
Netherlands
32
Croatia
27
Sweden
31
Hungary
25
Sweden
30
Norway
27
Sweden
25
Denmark
25
Sweden
23
Slovenia
22
Sweden
33
Sweden
27
Serbia
21
Qualification Europe Phase2
Wed Apr 21, 2021
Sweden
22
vs
Ukraine
26
Sat Apr 17, 2021
Ukraine
14
vs
Sweden
28
Sweden
22
Ukraine
26
Ukraine
14
Sweden
28
Women's EHF EURO 2020 Final Tournament
Tue Dec 15, 2020
France
31
vs
Sweden
25
Sun Dec 13, 2020
Montenegro
31
vs
Sweden
25
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Denmark
24
vs
Sweden
22
Mon Dec 07, 2020
Russia
30
vs
Sweden
26
Sat Dec 05, 2020
Spain
23
vs
Sweden
23
Thu Dec 03, 2020
Sweden
27
vs
Czech Republic
23
France
31
Sweden
25
Montenegro
31
Sweden
25
Denmark
24
Sweden
22
Russia
30
Sweden
26
Spain
23
Sweden
23
Sweden
27
Czech Republic
23
Women's EHF EURO 2020 Q Phase 2
Sat Sep 28, 2019
Portugal
19
vs
Sweden
38
Thu Sep 26, 2019
Sweden
35
vs
North Macedonia
26
Portugal
19
Sweden
38
Sweden
35
North Macedonia
26
Final Tournament
Fri Dec 14, 2018
Sweden
29
vs
Norway
38
Wed Dec 12, 2018
Sweden
39
vs
Russia
30
Sun Dec 09, 2018
Sweden
21
vs
France
21
Thu Dec 06, 2018
Sweden
28
vs
Montenegro
30
Tue Dec 04, 2018
Sweden
23
vs
Poland
22
Sun Dec 02, 2018
Sweden
22
vs
Serbia
21
Fri Nov 30, 2018
Denmark
30
vs
Sweden
29
Sweden
29
Norway
38
Sweden
39
Russia
30
Sweden
21
France
21
Sweden
28
Montenegro
30
Sweden
23
Poland
22
Sweden
22
Serbia
21
Denmark
30
Sweden
29
Qualification Europe - Phase2 Play Off
Tue Jun 13, 2017
Sweden
46
vs
Fyr Macedonia
27
Sat Jun 10, 2017
Fyr Macedonia
20
vs
Sweden
31
Sweden
46
Fyr Macedonia
27
Fyr Macedonia
20
Sweden
31
Qualification Europe - Phase2 Play Off
Sun Jun 14, 2015
Sweden
27
vs
Croatia
21
Sun Jun 07, 2015
Croatia
23
vs
Sweden
24
Sweden
27
Croatia
21
Croatia
23
Sweden
24
Final Tournament
Sun Dec 21, 2014
Sweden
25
vs
Montenegro
23
Fri Dec 19, 2014
Norway
29
vs
Sweden
25
Wed Dec 17, 2014
Sweden
29
vs
Montenegro
30
Tue Dec 16, 2014
Sweden
31
vs
Slovakia
22
Sun Dec 14, 2014
Sweden
29
vs
France
26
Fri Dec 12, 2014
Sweden
39
vs
Germany
32
Wed Dec 10, 2014
Netherlands
30
vs
Sweden
30
Mon Dec 08, 2014
Sweden
30
vs
Croatia
28
Sweden
25
Montenegro
23
Norway
29
Sweden
25
Sweden
29
Montenegro
30
Sweden
31
Slovakia
22
Sweden
29
France
26
Sweden
39
Germany
32
Netherlands
30
Sweden
30
Sweden
30
Croatia
28
Final Round
Sun Dec 19, 2010
Norway
25
vs
Sweden
20
Sat Dec 18, 2010
Romania
23
vs
Sweden
25
Wed Dec 15, 2010
Sweden
24
vs
Hungary
19
Tue Dec 14, 2010
Sweden
21
vs
France
22
Sun Dec 12, 2010
Sweden
24
vs
Norway
19
Fri Dec 10, 2010
Sweden
25
vs
Netherlands
18
Wed Dec 08, 2010
Sweden
33
vs
Ukraine
25
Tue Dec 07, 2010
Germany
25
vs
Sweden
27
Norway
25
Sweden
20
Romania
23
Sweden
25
Sweden
24
Hungary
19
Sweden
21
France
22
Sweden
24
Norway
19
Sweden
25
Netherlands
18
Sweden
33
Ukraine
25
Germany
25
Sweden
27
WCh Play Off Europe
Sat Jun 18, 2005
Croatia
33
vs
Sweden
26
Sun Jun 12, 2005
Sweden
30
vs
Croatia
26
Croatia
33
Sweden
26
Sweden
30
Croatia
26
Finals
Sat Dec 16, 1995
Sweden
26
vs
Slovakia
20
Fri Dec 15, 1995
Sweden
19
vs
Ukraine
24
Thu Dec 14, 1995
Czechia
18
vs
Sweden
20
Tue Dec 12, 1995
Sweden
20
vs
Denmark
25
Sun Dec 10, 1995
Côte Ivoire
15
vs
Sweden
26
Sat Dec 09, 1995
Sweden
15
vs
Norway
26
Thu Dec 07, 1995
Sweden
22
vs
Austria
24
Wed Dec 06, 1995
Japan
14
vs
Sweden
27
Sweden
26
Slovakia
20
Sweden
19
Ukraine
24
Czechia
18
Sweden
20
Sweden
20
Denmark
25
Côte Ivoire
15
Sweden
26
Sweden
15
Norway
26
Sweden
22
Austria
24
Japan
14
Sweden
27
Top Results
ECh Beach Handball
2024 - 3rd place
European Championship
2014 - 3rd place
European Championship
2010 - 2nd place
Key Players
Jamina
Roberts
Left Back
- team captain who became Sweden’s most capped player (48 matches) at the Women’s EHF EURO in 2022 as she passed Isabelle Gulldén
- second on the combined ranking of key attacking statistics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, having scored 30 goals and made 33 assists
- All-star Team left back at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Swedish Handballer of the Year in 2022 and 2023
- moved to then reigning EHF Champions League title holders Vipers Kristiansand in the summer of 2022
- started her career at Sävehof, then played for Team Tvis Holstebro, Érd and Randers, before returning to Sweden in 2020 for her third stint at Sävehof
Nathalie
Hagman
Right Wing
- top scorer of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with 41 goals, and Sweden’s perennial leading scorer at major tournaments; netted 43 at both the EHF EURO 2022 and 2023 World Championship
- joint-record holder for the most goals scored in a match at the EHF EURO — 17 — set against Russia in 2018
- scored a personal record of 19 goals in two separate matches at the 2021 World Championship, where she was the top scorer of the competition
- All-star right wing at the World Championship in 2017 and 2023 and the 2016 Olympic Games; Swedish Handballer of the Year in 2016
- youngest ever debutant for Sweden, aged 17 when she played her first game for the side in 2009
Head Coach
Tomas
Axnér
- named Sweden women’s national team coach in 2020 — his first job in women’s handball — after working as assistant at H43 Lund and head coach for Lugi HF
- led Sweden to the semi-finals at the last two Olympic Games, with Tokyo 2020 being an historic first ever participation in the Olympic medal round, as well as the 2023 World Championship
- started his first club coaching role in women’s handball this season, with Team Esbjerg
- a former right wing, Axnér is one of two players, alongside Stefan Lövgren, to have scored at least 1,000 goals in both the Swedish league and the German Bundesliga
- his daughter, Tyra, has been part of the Sweden team since the EHF EURO 2022
