Switzerland men's national handball team

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

Switzerland
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Information
AssociationSwiss Handball Association
CoachMichael Suter
Assistant coachMatthias Gysin
Marcel Tobler
CaptainLuka Maros
Most capsMax Schär (279)[1]
Most goalsMarc Baumgartner (1093)[1]
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
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Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1936)
Best resultBronze 3rd (1936)
World Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1954)
Best result4th (1954, 1993)
European Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2002)
Best result12th (2004)
Last updated on Unknown.
Switzerland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1936 BerlinTeam
World Outdoor Championship
Silver medal – second place1938 Germany
Silver medal – second place1955 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place1948 France
Bronze medal – third place1952 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place1963 Switzerland

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Germany 1936 Berlin[lower-alpha 1]Third place3rd of 652043352
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich did not qualify
Canada 1976 Montreal
Soviet Union 1980 MoscowMatch for 7th place8th of 126204132121
United States 1984 Los AngelesMatch for 7th place7th of 126303100119
South Korea 1988 Seoul did not qualify
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 AtlantaMatch for 7th place8th of 126204142138
Australia 2000 Sydney did not qualify
Greece 2004 Athens
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 Tokyo
Total4/144423915407430
  1. The Handball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was a Field handball tournament.

World Championship

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938did not qualify
Sweden 1954Fourth place430123155
East Germany 1958did not qualify
West Germany 1961Preliminary round1020022532
Czechoslovakia 1964Preliminary round1231023856
Sweden 1967Preliminary round1430034565
France 1970Preliminary round1530032948
East Germany 1974did not qualify
Denmark 1978
West Germany 1982Second round12612394103
Switzerland 1986Second round116114100124
Czechoslovakia 1990Main Round1331024657
Sweden 1993Fourth place47403161160
Iceland 1995Quarter-finals79702224203
Japan 1997did not qualify
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005
Germany 2007
Croatia 2009
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015
France 2017
Denmark/Germany 2019
Egypt 2021Main Round166303153156
Poland/Sweden 2023did not qualify
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025TBD
Germany 2027
Total11/3051184299461059

World Outdoor Championship

World Outdoor Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938Runners-up2nd of 1032011427
France 1948Third place3rd of 432013722
Switzerland 1952Third place3rd of 1554015841
West Germany 1955Runners-up2nd of 865017559
Austria 1959Match for 5th place5 of 742025043
Switzerland 1963Third place3rd of 843016244
Austria 1966Main round5 of 651046876
Total7/73019011364312

Switzerland is the only country which played at every Field Handball World Championship.

European Championship

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002Preliminary round1330127891
Slovenia 2004Preliminary round126105140175
Switzerland 2006Preliminary round1430128697
Norway 2008did not qualify
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020Preliminary round1631027787
HungarySlovakia 2022Qualified
Germany 2024To be determined
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026did not qualify
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028Qualified as co-host
Total6/18152211381450

Current squad

This is the list of 18 players named for the friendly games against Georgia men's national handball team and Lithuania men's national handball team in April, 2023.

Nr. Name Position Club
12 Leonard Grazioli Goalkeeper Germany HSG Wetzlar
16 Nikola Portner Goalkeeper Germany SC Magdeburg
9 Marvin Lier Left wing Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
29 Samuel Zehnder Left wing Germany TBV Lemgo
6 Cédrie Tynowski Right wing Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur
27 Maximilian Gerbl Right wing Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
4 Lenny Rubin Left back Germany HSG Wetzlar
19 Zoran Marković Left back Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
20 Luka Maros Left back Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
3 Andy Schmid Playmaker Switzerland HC Kriens Lucerne
8 Manuel Zehnder Playmaker Germany HC Erlangen
41 Felix Aellen Playmaker Switzerland BSV Bern
44 Mehdi Ben Romdhane Playmaker Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
15 Nicolas Raemy Right back Switzerland Wacker Thun
18 Dimitrij Küttel Right back Switzerland HC Kriens Lucerne
3 Lucas Meister Pivot Germany SC Magdeburg
17 Samuel Röthlisberger Pivot Germany TV Bittenfeld
32 Lukas Laube Pivot Switzerland GC Amicitia Zürich

Player statistics

References

  1. "Hall-of-fame". www.handball.ch (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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