Switzerland men's national handball team

Switzerland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Outdoor Championship

Switzerland
Switzerland
Information
Association	Swiss Handball Association
Coach	Andy Schmid
Assistant coach	Fabian Böhm; Miloš Čučković; Thomas Zimmermann
Most caps	Max Schär (279)
Most goals	Marc Baumgartner (1093)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1936)
Best result	3rd (1936)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1954)
Best result	4th (1954, 1993)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2002)
Best result	12th (2004, 2026)
	Last updated on Unknown.

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
1936 Berlin^[a]	Third place	3rd of 6	5	2	0	3	33	52
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	did not qualify
1976 Montreal	did not qualify
1980 Moscow	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	132	121
1984 Los Angeles	Match for 7th place	7th of 12	6	3	0	3	101	119
1988 Seoul	did not qualify
1992 Barcelona	did not qualify
1996 Atlanta	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	142	138
2000 Sydney	did not qualify
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
2028 Los Angeles	To be determined
2032 Brisbane	To be determined
Total	4/16	–	23	9	0	14	408	430

↑ 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
1938	did not qualify
1954	Fourth place	4	3	0	1	2	31	55
1958	did not qualify
1961	Preliminary round	10	2	0	0	2	25	32
1964	Preliminary round	12	3	1	0	2	38	56
1967	Preliminary round	14	3	0	0	3	45	65
1970	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	29	48
1974	did not qualify
1978	did not qualify
1982	Second round	12	7	1	2	4	111	128
1986	Second round	11	7	2	1	4	127	146
1990	Main Round	13	6	4	0	2	122	113
1993	Fourth place	4	7	4	0	3	162	160
1995	Quarter-finals	7	9	7	0	2	224	203
1997	did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021	Main Round	16	6	3	0	3	153	156
/ 2023	did not qualify
// 2025	Main Round	11	6	3	1	2	174	166
2027	did not qualify
/ 2029	TBD
// 2031	TBD
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
1938	Runners-up	2nd of 10	3	2	0	1	14	27
1948	Third place	3rd of 4	3	2	0	1	37	22
1952	Third place	3rd of 15	5	4	0	1	58	41
1955	Runners-up	2nd of 8	6	5	0	1	75	59
1959	Match for 5th place	5 of 7	4	2	0	2	50	43
1963	Third place	3rd of 8	4	3	0	1	62	44
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

EURO Super Cup tournament Germany

1993 : 3rd place

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	78	91
2004		12	6	1	0	5	140	175
2006		14	3	0	1	2	86	97
2008	did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020	Preliminary round	16	3	1	0	2	77	87
2022	did not qualify
2024	Preliminary round	21	3	0	1	2	67	82
2026	Main round	12	7	1	3	3	218	221
2028	Qualified as co-host
2030	To be determined
2032	To be determined
Total	7/20	–	25	3	6	16	666	753

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2026 European 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 29)	1.96 m	100	230	Kadetten Schaffhausen
4	LB	Lenny Rubin	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 30)	2.05 m	92	350	TVB Stuttgart
8	LB	Manuel Zehnder	(1999-10-24) 24 October 1999 (age 26)	1.90 m	30	140	SC Magdeburg
11	CB	Felix Aellen	(2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 22)	1.87 m	29	68	ThSV Eisenach
13	RB	Michael Kusio	(1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 27)	1.95 m	29	16	BSV Bern
16	GK	Nikola Portner	(1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 32)	1.94 m	148	33	SC Magdeburg
17	P	Samuel Röthlisberger	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 29)	1.99 m	98	24	TVB 1898 Stuttgart
18	RB	Dimitrij Küttel	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 32)	1.91 m	98	187	Kadetten Schaffhausen
20	LB	Luka Maros	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 32)	1.96 m	89	221	Kadetten Schaffhausen
21	RW	Gino Steenaerts	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 21)	1.84 m	22	68	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
23	P	Lukas Laube	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 26)	1.92 m	44	94	THW Kiel
25	RW	Levin Wanner	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 25)	1.83 m	11	10	BSV Bern
28	CB	Luca Sigrist	(2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 20)	1.86 m	19	42	HC Kriens-Luzern
29	LW	Samuel Zehnder	(2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 26)	1.83 m	69	148	TBV Lemgo
30	P	Joël Willecke	(2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 22)	2.02 m	39	10	TBV Lemgo
35	LW	Noam Leopold	(2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 23)	1.86 m	25	73	HBC Nantes
38	GK	Jannis Scheidiger	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 23)	1.93 m	22	2	HC Kriens-Luzern
40	GK	Mathieu Seravalli	(2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 21)	1.98 m	10	0	BSV Bern
44	LB	Mehdi Ben Romdhane	(2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 24)	1.89 m	44	60	Kadetten Schaffhausen

Player statistics

Most capped players^[1]
#	Player	Games	Goals	Position
1	Max Schär	279	724	OB
2	Peter Hürlimann	241	0	GK
3	Martin Rubin	239	878	OB
4	Andy Schmid	218	1094	CB
5	Manuel Liniger	214	891	LW
6	Hans Huber	211	413	?
7	René Barth	206	251	?
8	Stefan Schärer	204	533	?
9	Iwan Ursic	195	571	P
10	Robert Jehle	190	572	?

Top scorers^[1]
#	Player	Goals	Average	Position
1	Andy Schmid	1094	4,92	CB
2	Marc Baumgartner	1093	6,47	LB
3	Manuel Liniger	891	4,24	LW
4	Martin Rubin	878	3,67	OB
5	Robert Kostadinovich	771	4,26	?
6	Ernst Züllig	748	4,25	?
7	Max Schär	724	2,59	OB
8	Robert Jehle	572	3,01	?
9	Iwan Ursic	571	2,93	P
10	Stefan Schärer	533	2,61	?

References

1 2 3 4 "Hall-of-fame". www.handball.ch (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ "Das Kraftpaket für die EHF EURO26 - Schmid nominiert seinen Kader". handball.ch. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
↑ "Team roster: Switzerland". ehf.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

External links

[2] The Handball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics was a Field handball tournament.

[hall-of-fame-1] 1 2 3 4 "Hall-of-fame". www.handball.ch (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[3] "Das Kraftpaket für die EHF EURO26 - Schmid nominiert seinen Kader". handball.ch. Retrieved 15 December 2025.

[4] "Team roster: Switzerland". ehf.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

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Medal record
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	Team
World Outdoor Championship
	1938 Germany
	1955 West Germany
	1948 France
	1952 Switzerland
	1963 Switzerland