# Switzerland men's national handball team

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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 | Third place | 3rd of 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 52 |
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 |||||||||
| 1972 Munich | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1976 Montreal | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1992 Barcelona | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1996 Atlanta | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 142 | 138 |
| 2000 Sydney | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2004 Athens | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 Beijing | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2012 London | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 Tokyo | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 Paris | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | 4/14 | – | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1954 | Fourth place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 55 |
| 1958 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1978 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1999 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2001 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2003 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2005 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2007 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2013 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| / 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2021 | Main Round | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 156 |
| / 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| // 2025 | Main Round | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 174 | 166 |
| 2027 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| / 2029 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| // 2031 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1996 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1998 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2002 | Preliminary round | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 91 |
| 2004 | Preliminary round | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 140 | 175 |
| 2006 | Preliminary round | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 97 |
| 2008 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2010 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2012 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2014 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2016 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2018 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 | Preliminary round | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 87 |
| 2022 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 | Preliminary round | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 82 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2028 | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | 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.
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
* Kadetten Schaffhausen
* 4
* LB
* Lenny Rubin
* (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 29)
* 2.05 m
* 77
* 280
* TVB Stuttgart
* 6
* RW
* Gian Attenhofer
* (2002-04-26) 26 April 2002 (age 22)
* 1.85 m
* 6
* 2
* ThSV Eisenach
* 11
* CB
* Felix Aellen
* (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 (age 21)
* 1.84 m
* 11
* 16
* BSV Bern
* 13
* RB
* Michael Kusio
* (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 26)
* 1.95 m
* 17
* 6
* BSV Bern
* 16
* GK
* Nikola Portner
* (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 31)
* 1.94 m
* 132
* 30
* SC Magdeburg
* 17
* P
* Samuel Röthlisberger
* (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 28)
* 1.99 m
* 83
* 22
* TVB Stuttgart
* 18
* RB
* Dimitrij Küttel
* (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 31)
* 1.92 m
* 81
* 162
* HC Kriens-Luzern
* 20
* LB
* Luka Maros
* (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30)
* 1.96 m
* 72
* 154
* Kadetten Schaffhausen
* 21
* RW
* Gino Steenaerts
* (2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19)
* 1.84 m
* 4
* 6
* HC Kriens-Luzern
* 23
* P
* Lukas Laube
* (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24)
* 1.92 m
* 26
* 61
* TVB Stuttgart
* 28
* CB
* Luca Sigrist
* (2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 19)
* 1.87 m
* 2
* 3
* HC Kriens-Luzern
* 29
* LW
* Samuel Zehnder
* (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 24)
* 1.83 m
* 52
* 103
* TBV Lemgo
* 30
* P
* Joël Willecke
* (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 (age 21)
* 1.96 m
* 23
* 7
* HSC Suhr Aarau
* 35
* LW
* Noam Leopold
* (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 22)
* 1.81 m
* 8
* 4
* HBC Nantes
* 38
* GK
* Jannis Scheidiger
* (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22)
* 1.93 m
* 8
* 2
* HSC Suhr Aarau
* 40
* GK
* Mathieu Seravalli
* (2004-09-15) 15 September 2004 (age 20)
* 1.90 m
* 3
* 0
* BSV Bern
* 44
* LB
* Mehdi Ben Romdhane
* (2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 23)
* 1.89 m
* 31
* 32
* Kadetten Schaffhausen

### Player statistics

Most capped players :
| # | 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 :
| # | 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 | ? |