Sweden women's national basketball team
Sweden national women's basketball team represents Sweden in international basketball matches. The team has entered five EuroBasket Women finals, first in 1978 where they lost all games and finished at 13th place. In Spain 1987 Sweden finished at 7th place, the best result so far in the EuroBasket. In the qualification for EuroBasket Women 2013, Sweden won their qualification group and qualified for their first championship in 26 years.
European Championship record
| Year |
Position |
GP |
W |
L |
| 1938–1976 | Did not enter main tournament |
 1978 | 13th | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1980 | Did not enter main tournament |
 1981 | 11th | 7 | 1 | 6 |
 1983 | 10th | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 1985 | Did not enter main tournament |
 1987 | 7th | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 1989–2011 | Did not enter main tournament |
 2013 | 7th | 9 | 4 | 5 |
 2015 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Current roster
The following is the Swedish roster in the EuroBasket Women 2013.[1]
| Sweden women's national basketball team roster |
| Players | Coaches |
| Pos. | # | Name | Age – Date of birth | Ht. | Club | Ctr. |
|---|
| 2.0 !SG |
4 |
Aili, Frida |
7001250000000000000♠25 – (1988-04-22)22 April 1988 |
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Northland Basket |
SWE ! |
| 2.0 !SG |
5 |
Aasa, Malin |
7001260000000000000♠26 – (1987-06-14)14 June 1987 |
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Norrköping Dolphins |
SWE ! |
| 2.0 !SG |
6 |
Eldebrink, Frida |
7001250000000000000♠25 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 |
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
CJM Bourges Basket |
FRA ! |
| 2.5 !G/F |
7 |
Key, Ashley |
7001280000000000000♠28 – (1985-06-01)1 June 1985 |
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Mark Basket |
SWE ! |
| 4.0 !PF |
8 |
Andersson, Kadidja |
7001330000000000000♠33 – (1980-02-07)7 February 1980 |
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
MBK Ružomberok |
SVK ! |
| 1.0 !PG |
9 |
Eldebrink, Elin |
7001250000000000000♠25 – (1988-01-04)4 January 1988 |
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
CUS Cagliari |
ITA ! |
| 3.0 !SF |
10 |
Egnell, Elisabeth |
7001250000000000000♠25 – (1987-11-19)19 November 1987 |
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Norrköping Dolphins |
SWE ! |
| 3.5 !F |
11 |
Hamilton, Danielle |
7001230000000000000♠23 – (1990-01-23)23 January 1990 |
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
USA ! |
| 4.0 !PF |
12 |
Barthold, Anna |
7001330000000000000♠33 – (1980-03-31)31 March 1980 |
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Northland Basket |
SVK ! |
| 1.5 !G |
13 |
Yderström, Stefanie |
7001230000000000000♠23 – (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 |
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
University of Miami |
USA ! |
| 5.0 !C |
14 |
Halvarsson, Louice |
7001240000000000000♠24 – (1989-01-15)15 January 1989 |
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
CUS Cagliari |
ITA ! |
| 5.0 !C |
15 |
Andersson, Katarina |
7001300000000000000♠30 – (1983-05-19)19 May 1983 |
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Solna Vikings |
SWE ! |
|
- Head coach
- Lars Johansson
- Assistant coaches
-
 Jurgita Kausaite
- David Leman
- Legend
- Club – describes last
club before the tournament
- Age – describes age
on 15 June 2013
|
References
