The Sweden women's national basketball team () represents

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in international

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competition and is controlled by the

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. The national team has entered five

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finals, the first in

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where they lost all of their matches and finished in 13th place. At the

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Sweden finished in 7th place, a feat repeated in

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. In

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Sweden reached the quarter-finals and was ranked 5th, a result that secured a spot in the 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament. Sweden will be the co-host of the FIBA Women's EuroBasket in

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alongside Belgium, Finland and Lithuania. Comparing with earlier decades, Sweden improved significantly during the 2010s. This was much thanks to the "Golden Generation" who won medals in junior championships on both European and

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levels.

Competitive record

EuroBasket Women

Team

Current roster

Roster for

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qualifiers.Sweden
FIBA

References

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