STOCKHOLM (Sweden) - Basketball fans in Sweden can celebrate after their country reached FIBA EuroBasket 2025 to end a long 12-year absence from the major tournament.
Since 1995, the Swedes had only qualified on one previous occasion, which was in 2013, as they had hosted the event in 2003.
The country has been encouraging its young players to receive top training and development abroad, and many of those players have become leaders of the current generation.
Schedule
August 27: vs Finland (19:30 CET) August 29: vs Germany (12:30 CET) August 30: vs Great Britain (15:30 CET) September 1: vs Montenegro (12:30 CET) September 3: vs Lithuania (15:30 CET)
Star Player
Pelle Larsson will look to take the next step as he competes for the Swedish national team in his first EuroBasket, supported by Barra Njie, Melwin Pantzar, Viktor Gaddefors, Denzel Andersson, and Adam Ramstedt.
But Larsson will be the key figure in this Swedish team that heads into EuroBasket with nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Larsson competed at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers and will look to make a name for himself in Tampere.
History
Sweden is back on the continental stage, qualifying for the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 for their first appearance since 2013. It will be the Nordic country's 11th showing in Europe's flagship competition.
Sweden debuted in the EuroBasket in 1953 and competed in five of the following nine editions until 1969. The next participations came in 1983, 1993, and 1995 before hosting the event in 2003. Sweden returned 10 years later and has now ended a 12-year wait.
Best finish: 11th - 1995
EuroBasket Top Scorers
Rank | Player | Games | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bo Widen | 23 | 275 |
2 | Staffan Widen | 23 | 261 |
3 | Jorgen Hansson | 16 | 223 |
4 | Erik Sahlstrom | 9 | 144 |
5 | Anders Gronlund | 16 | 131 |
6 | Ulf Lindelof | 16 | 118 |
7 | Sten Feldreich | 7 | 114 |
8 | Par Jonas Larsson | 9 | 113 |
9 | Hans Albertsson | 16 | 111 |
10 | Jeffery Taylor | 5 | 106 |
How they qualified
Gameday 1: SWE 84-70 BUL Gameday 2: MNE 95-70 SWE Gameday 3: SWE 73-72 GER Gameday 4: GER 80-61 SWE Gameday 5: BUL 81-77 SWE Gameday 6: SWE 86-83 MNE
Poll: Where will they finish?
Tickets
FIBA