Switzerland men's national handball team

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

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AssociationSwiss Handball Association
CoachMichael Suter
Assistant coachJasmin Čamdžić
Miloš Čučković
Matthias Gysin
CaptainNikola Portner
Most capsMax Schär (279)[1]
Most goalsMarc Baumgartner (1093)[1]
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1936)
Best resultBronze 3rd (1936)
World Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1954)
Best result4th (1954, 1993)
European Championship
Appearances5 (First in 2002)
Best result12th (2004)
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Switzerland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team
World Outdoor Championship
Silver medal – second place 1938 Germany
Silver medal – second place 1955 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1948 France
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Switzerland

Competitive record

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Olympic Games

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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

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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 6 1 2 3 94 103
  1986 Second round 11 6 1 1 4 100 124
  1990 Main Round 13 3 1 0 2 46 57
  1993 Fourth place 4 7 4 0 3 161 160
  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 qualified
  2027 TBD
 /  2029
 / /  2031
Total 12/32 51 18 4 29 946 1059

World Outdoor Championship

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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.

European Championship

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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 To be determined
    2028 Qualified as co-host
Total 6/18 18 2 3 13 448 532

Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Michael Suter

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 CB Andy Schmid (1983-08-30) 30 August 1983 (age 41) 1.90 m 215 1075   HC Kriens-Luzern
3 P Lucas Meister (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28) 1.97 m 79 193   SC Magdeburg
4 LB Lenny Rubin (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28) 2.05 m 69 253   HSG Wetzlar
6 RW Cédrie Tynowski (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 28) 1.85 m 52 110   Pfadi Winterthur
8 LB Manuel Zehnder (1999-10-24) 24 October 1999 (age 25) 1.90 m 19 81   ThSV Eisenach
9 LW Marvin Lier (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 32) 1.86 m 102 250   Kadetten Schaffhausen
12 GK Leonard Grazioli (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 23) 1.93 m 29 1   HSG Wetzlar
13 RB Michael Kusio (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 26) 1.95 m 9 5   BSV Bern
15 RB Nicolas Raemy (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 32) 1.85 m 84 232   Wacker Thun
16 GK Nikola Portner (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 31) 1.94 m 126 27   SC Magdeburg
19 CB Zoran Markovic (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 29) 1.97 m 31 43   Kadetten Schaffhausen
20 LB Luka Maros (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 1.96 m 64 134   Kadetten Schaffhausen
21 RW Gino Steenaerts (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19) 1.84 m 0 0   HC Kriens-Luzern
23 P Lukas Laube (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24) 1.93 m 21 49   TVB Stuttgart
27 RW Maximilian Gerbl (1995-06-25) 25 June 1995 (age 29) 1.78 m 60 95   TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
29 LW Samuel Zehnder (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 24) 1.83 m 44 85   TBV Lemgo
30 P Joël Willecke (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 21) 2.02 m 15 3   HSC Suhr Aarau
31 GK Aurel Bringolf (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 37) 1.90 m 82 2   BSV Bern
41 CB Felix Aellen (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 21) 1.87 m 6 6   BSV Bern
44 CB Mehdi Ben Romdhane (2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 23) 1.88 m 24 24   Kadetten Schaffhausen

Player statistics

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Hall-of-fame". www.handball.ch (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Kreuzbandriss: EM ohne Jonas Schelker – 17-Mann Kader steht" (in German). handball.ch. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Switzerland". res.ehf.eu. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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