Switzerland men's national handball team

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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)
Last updated on Unknown.
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[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

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[edit]

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 6 1 2 3 94 103
Switzerland 1986 Second round 11 6 1 1 4 100 124
Czechoslovakia 1990 Main Round 13 3 1 0 2 46 57
Sweden 1993 Fourth place 4 7 4 0 3 161 160
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 TBD
Germany 2027
France/Germany 2029
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031
Total 11/32 – 51 18 4 29 946 1059

World Outdoor Championship[edit]

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.

European Championship[edit]

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 Preliminary round 12 6 1 0 5 140 175
Switzerland 2006 Preliminary round 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 To be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028 Qualified as co-host
Total 6/18 – 18 2 3 13 448 532

Current squad[edit]

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 40) 1.90 m 215 1075 Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern
3 P Lucas Meister (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 27) 1.97 m 79 193 Germany SC Magdeburg
4 LB Lenny Rubin (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28) 2.05 m 69 253 Germany HSG Wetzlar
6 RW Cédrie Tynowski (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 27) 1.85 m 52 110 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur
8 LB Manuel Zehnder (1999-10-24) 24 October 1999 (age 24) 1.90 m 19 81 Germany ThSV Eisenach
9 LW Marvin Lier (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 31) 1.86 m 102 250 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
12 GK Leonard Grazioli (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 23) 1.93 m 29 1 Germany HSG Wetzlar
13 RB Michael Kusio (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 25) 1.95 m 9 5 Switzerland BSV Bern
15 RB Nicolas Raemy (1992-02-25) 25 February 1992 (age 32) 1.85 m 84 232 Switzerland Wacker Thun
16 GK Nikola Portner (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 30) 1.94 m 126 27 Germany SC Magdeburg
19 CB Zoran Markovic (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 28) 1.97 m 31 43 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
20 LB Luka Maros (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 1.96 m 64 134 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
21 RW Gino Steenaerts (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 18) 1.84 m 0 0 Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern
23 P Lukas Laube (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 23) 1.93 m 21 49 Germany TVB Stuttgart
27 RW Maximilian Gerbl (1995-06-25) 25 June 1995 (age 28) 1.78 m 60 95 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
29 LW Samuel Zehnder (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 24) 1.83 m 44 85 Germany TBV Lemgo
30 P Joël Willecke (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 20) 2.02 m 15 3 Switzerland HSC Suhr Aarau
31 GK Aurel Bringolf (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 36) 1.90 m 82 2 Switzerland BSV Bern
41 CB Felix Aellen (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 20) 1.87 m 6 6 Switzerland BSV Bern
44 CB Mehdi Ben Romdhane (2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 22) 1.88 m 24 24 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen

Player statistics[edit]

References[edit]

  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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