Switzerland men's national handball team

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AssociationSwiss Handball Association
CoachAndy Schmid
Assistant coachThomas Zimmermann
Most capsMax Schär (279)[1]
Most goalsMarc Baumgartner (1093)[1]
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1936)
Best resultBronze 3rd (1936)
World Championship
Appearances12 (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

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

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Germany 1936 Berlin[a] Third place 3rd of 6 5 2 0 3 33 52
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich did not qualify
Canada 1976 Montreal
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 2 0 4 132 121
United States 1984 Los Angeles Match for 7th place 7th of 12 6 3 0 3 101 119
South Korea 1988 Seoul did not qualify
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 2 0 4 142 138
Australia 2000 Sydney did not qualify
Greece 2004 Athens
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 Tokyo
France 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

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938 did not qualify
Sweden 1954 Fourth place 4 3 0 1 2 31 55
East Germany 1958 did not qualify
West Germany 1961 Preliminary round 10 2 0 0 2 25 32
Czechoslovakia 1964 Preliminary round 12 3 1 0 2 38 56
Sweden 1967 Preliminary round 14 3 0 0 3 45 65
France 1970 Preliminary round 15 3 0 0 3 29 48
East Germany 1974 did not qualify
Denmark 1978
West Germany 1982 Second round 12 7 1 2 4 111 128
Switzerland 1986 Second round 11 7 2 1 4 127 146
Czechoslovakia 1990 Main Round 13 6 4 0 2 122 113
Sweden 1993 Fourth place 4 7 4 0 3 162 160
Iceland 1995 Quarter-finals 7 9 7 0 2 224 203
Japan 1997 did 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 2021 Main Round 16 6 3 0 3 153 156
Poland/Sweden 2023 did not qualify
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 Main Round 11 6 3 1 2 174 166
Germany 2027 TBD
France/Germany 2029
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031
Total 12/32 – 62 25 5 32 1241 1328

World Outdoor Championship

World Outdoor Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938 Runners-up 2nd of 10 3 2 0 1 14 27
France 1948 Third place 3rd of 4 3 2 0 1 37 22
Switzerland 1952 Third place 3rd of 15 5 4 0 1 58 41
West Germany 1955 Runners-up 2nd of 8 6 5 0 1 75 59
Austria 1959 Match for 5th place 5 of 7 4 2 0 2 50 43
Switzerland 1963 Third place 3rd of 8 4 3 0 1 62 44
Austria 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.

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden
  • None Sweden
EURO Super Cup tournament Germany
  • 1993 Germany: 3rd place

European Championship

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002 Preliminary round 13 3 0 1 2 78 91
Slovenia 2004 12 6 1 0 5 140 175
Switzerland 2006 14 3 0 1 2 86 97
Norway 2008 did not qualify
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020 Preliminary round 16 3 1 0 2 77 87
HungarySlovakia 2022 did not qualify
Germany 2024 Preliminary round 21 3 0 1 2 67 82
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 Qualified
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028 Qualified as co-host
Total 7/18 – 18 2 3 13 448 532

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Andy Schmid

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 P Lucas Meister (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 1.96 m 85 207 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
4 LB Lenny Rubin (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 2.05 m 77 280 Germany TVB Stuttgart
6 RW Gian Attenhofer (2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 1.85 m 6 2 Germany ThSV Eisenach
11 CB Felix Aellen (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 1.84 m 11 16 Switzerland BSV Bern
13 RB Michael Kusio (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 1.95 m 17 6 Switzerland BSV Bern
16 GK Nikola Portner (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 1.94 m 132 30 Germany SC Magdeburg
17 P Samuel Röthlisberger (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 1.99 m 83 22 Germany TVB Stuttgart
18 RB Dimitrij Küttel (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 1.92 m 81 162 Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern
20 LB Luka Maros (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 1.96 m 72 154 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
21 RW Gino Steenaerts (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 1.84 m 4 6 Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern
23 P Lukas Laube (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 1.92 m 26 61 Germany TVB Stuttgart
28 CB Luca Sigrist (2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 1.87 m 2 3 Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern
29 LW Samuel Zehnder (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 1.83 m 52 103 Germany TBV Lemgo
30 P Joël Willecke (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 1.96 m 23 7 Switzerland HSC Suhr Aarau
35 LW Noam Leopold (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 1.81 m 8 4 France HBC Nantes
38 GK Jannis Scheidiger (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 1.93 m 8 2 Switzerland HSC Suhr Aarau
40 GK Mathieu Seravalli (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 1.90 m 3 0 Switzerland BSV Bern
44 LB Mehdi Ben Romdhane (2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 1.89 m 31 32 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hall-of-fame". www.handball.ch (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Andy Schmid benennt seinen finalen WM-Kader" (in German). handball.ch. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Switzerland" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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