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Sweden Men's National Handball Team
The Sweden men's national handball team () is Sweden's national team in men's handball and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark (1948–1967) and Bengt Johansson (1988–2004). The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed ''Bengan Boys'' in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like Tomas Svensson, Staffan Olsson, Magnus Wislander and Stefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship (6 World Championships, 5 European Championships and 3 Olympic Games, earning 13 medals in total) and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002. Sweden is the most successful nation at the European Men's Handball Championship with 5 titles, and at the World Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 12 medals, including 4 gold medals. Conversely, Sweden has yet t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Handball Association
The Swedish Handball Federation (, SHF) is the national handball association in Sweden. The Swedish Handball Federation was founded out of the Swedish Game Association on 25 November 1930 and joined the Swedish Sports Confederation (, RF) in 1931. It is also a member of the Swedish Olympic Committee (, SOK), the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF). Its headquarters are in Stockholm. In 1948, the Swedish Handball Federation set up a basketball section, which existed until the October 1952 establishment of the Swedish Basketball Federation. Its chairperson, since August 2016, is Fredrik Rapp. SHF Presidents Competitions hosted International * 1954 World Men's Handball Championship * 1967 World Men's Handball Championship * 1977 Men's Junior World Handball Championship * 1979 Men's Junior World Handball Championship * 1993 World Men's Handball Championship * 2011 World Men's Handball Championship * 2023 World Men's Handball C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2022 European Handball Federation, EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden; the first time in 20 years they won the title. For the matches in Slovakia the spectator capacity was only 25% due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Hungary the capacity was 100%. Bidding process Bids On 4 May 2017 it was announced that the following nations had sent in an official expression of interest: * Belgium, Spain & France * Czech Republic, Hungary & Slovakia * Denmark, Germany & Switzerland * North Macedonia, Macedonia (potentially with ) * Russia & Belarus * Lithuania However, when the deadline for submitting the final bids was over, the following applications had been received: * Belgium, Spain & France * Denmark & Switzerland (withdrew shortly before the vote) * Hungary & Slovak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1993 World Men's Handball Championship was the 13th handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden 10–20 March. Russia men's national handball team, Russia won the championship. Qualification Teams *Note: Although the Czech Republic and Slovakia became Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, separate countries in 1993, the countries still competed together in the tournament as the Czechoslovak Handball Federation was not split yet. Preliminary round Top 3 from groups A & B plays in group 1 while top 3 from groups C & D plays in group 2 in the main round. The teams carry their results against the other teams to the main round. The last team from each group is eliminated from the championship. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Ranking round ---- ---- Main round The winners of each group face of against each other in the final. The second-place finishers play the game for 3rd p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1961 World Men's Handball Championship was the fourth team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany between 1–12 March 1961. A united team composed of players from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany competed. Romania men's national handball team, Romania won the championship. Results Preliminary round GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D Main Round GROUP 1 GROUP 2 Final matches Final standings Medallists References External links * * {{World Handball Championship World Men's Handball Championship International handball competitions hosted by West Germany, H 1961 in handball, H 1961 in West German sport, World Men's Handball Championship March 1961 sports events in Europe, World Men's Handball Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1938 World Men's Handball Championship was the first ever handball World Championship. It was played in Germany on 5 and 6 February 1938. Contested by just 4 national teams, the tournament was won by hosts Germany. History Only two years before at the fourth International Amateur Handball Federation, IAHF congress the first international rules for indoor handball were created. The only game between indoor handball national teams had been played between the Danish and Swedish teams in Copenhagen on 8 March 1935. Sweden had won 18 to 12. In Germany and Austria indoor handball was not regularly played and they had no international appearance yet. An unofficial German national team like team played at tournament in Copenhagen on 28 August 1934. Venues All games were played in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin. The court had the dimensions 50 × 25 meter (today 40 × 20 meter) and the games were 2 × 15 minutes (today (2× 30 minutes). Squads Referees One referee from Denmark and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021. Starting with this edition, the World Championship was expanded from 24 teams to 32. It was also the third World Championship hosted in Africa, the second in Egypt, and the first to be hosted outside of Europe since 2015. Denmark were the defending champions, having won their first World Championship title in 2019 on home soil. They defended the title by beating Sweden in the final, the second final between two Scandinavian countries in a row. On the way, Denmark defeated hosts Egypt in the quarter-finals, and the reigning European champions Spain in the semi-finals. The latter secured the bronze medal after defeating France in the third place game. The tournament was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bidding process Seven nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament: * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from 23 January to 4 February 2001. It was the 17th edition of the World Championship in team handball and France men's national handball team, the hosts won the championship. Venues 9 cities were hosts for the tournament. The final match took place in the capital Paris. Qualification First round The first four teams of each group qualify for the round of 16. Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket ;Championship bracket ;5th place bracket Round of 16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Places 9th to 16th For places 9–16 the criterion was the number of points gained against the teams ranked first to fourth in the preliminary round in their group. Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- 5–8th place semifinals ---- Semifinals ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1997 World Men's Handball Championship was the 15th team handball World Championship. It was held in Kumamoto, Japan and was the first World Championship not played in a European country. Russia men's national handball team, Russia won the championship. Qualification Venues The organizing committee used four venues to host the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship: * Group A: Park Dome Kumamoto * Group B: Kumamoto City Gym * Group C: Yamaga, Kumamoto, Yamaga City Gym * Group D: Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Yatsushiro City Gym Preliminary round The top 4 placed teams of each group continues to the knockout stage. The teams are ranked through the following rules. #Team with the most points (2 points for each won game, 1 point for each drawn game). #If two teams get the same points, the winner in the game between the two teams get ranked first. #If the game between the teams ended in a draw, the team with the best goal difference get ranked first. Group A ---- ---- ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1964 World Men's Handball Championship was the fifth team handball World Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia. Romania won the championship. Preliminary round Group A All games are played in Gottwaldov. Group B All games are played in Bratislava. Group C All games are played in Prague. Group D All games are played in Pardubice. Main round Results from Preliminary round carried over to Main round. All games are played in Prague. Group 1 Group 2 Final round All games are played in Prague. Final standings External links IHF – Official results {{Authority control World Men's Handball Championship World Men's Handball Championship H World The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that Existence, exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk ... World Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IHF World Men's Handball Championship
The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball Federation since 1938. In the twenty-nine tournaments held, twelve national teams have won the title. France is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Sweden, Denmark and Romania with four titles each. The current champion is Denmark, which won its fourth consecutive title at the 2025 tournament in Croatia, Denmark and Norway. History The first indoor championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams from Europe made up of 7 players who competed in a round robin stage to find a winner. It wouldn't be until sixteen years later where the second World Championship was held in the country of Sweden. Throughout their history, the World Championships have been dominated by European teams, with no medals being won by non-European countries until 2015, by Qatar. Over the years, the organization of the World Championships has changed. Initially, there were gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. There were 10,518 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) who participated in the 2012 Olympics. Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then-Mayor of London, London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 Summer Olympics, 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It marked the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and in the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, in 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956. Teams from 199 countries participated in the 2000 Games, which were the first to feature at least 300 events in its official sports program. The Games were estimated to have cost Australian dollar, A$6.6 billion. These were the final Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee, IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the arrival of his successor Jacques Rogge. The final medal tally at the 2000 Summer Olympics was led by the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics, United States, followed by Russia at the 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
