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 To be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028 Qualified as co-host
Total 6/18 – 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 (age 28) 1.96 m 85 207 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
4 LB Lenny Rubin (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 29) 2.05 m 77 280 Germany TVB Stuttgart
6 RW Gian Attenhofer (2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 22) 1.85 m 6 2 Germany ThSV Eisenach
11 CB Felix Aellen (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 21) 1.84 m 11 16 Switzerland BSV Bern
13 RB Michael Kusio (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 26) 1.95 m 17 6 Switzerland BSV Bern
16 GK Nikola Portner (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 31) 1.94 m 132 30 Germany SC Magdeburg
17 P Samuel Röthlisberger (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 28) 1.99 m 83 22 Germany TVB Stuttgart
18 RB Dimitrij Küttel (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 31) 1.92 m 81 162 Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern
20 LB Luka Maros (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 1.96 m 72 154 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
21 RW Gino Steenaerts (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19) 1.84 m 4 6 Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern
23 P Lukas Laube (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24) 1.92 m 26 61 Germany TVB Stuttgart
28 CB Luca Sigrist (2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 19) 1.87 m 2 3 Switzerland HC Kriens-Luzern
29 LW Samuel Zehnder (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 25) 1.83 m 52 103 Germany TBV Lemgo
30 P Joël Willecke (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 21) 1.96 m 23 7 Switzerland HSC Suhr Aarau
35 LW Noam Leopold (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 22) 1.81 m 8 4 France HBC Nantes
38 GK Jannis Scheidiger (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22) 1.93 m 8 2 Switzerland HSC Suhr Aarau
40 GK Mathieu Seravalli (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 20) 1.90 m 3 0 Switzerland BSV Bern
44 LB Mehdi Ben Romdhane (2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 23) 1.89 m 31 32 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen

Player statistics

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.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland_men%27s_national_handball_team
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