Jim Gottfridsson has played 190 international matches, but the veteran has now been left out of the national handball team’s squad for its European Championship qualifiers against Greece and Luxembourg. “We believe there are players in that position who have performed better,” national team coach Michael Apelgren says.
SportsNow it will be decided whether Sweden will reach the semi-finals of the European Handball Championship. Blue and yellow finish the intermediate round against Switzerland, but they no longer have their fate in their own hands.
SportsSweden is playing the World Championship with "the aging national team" – where the average age is close to 30 years. It raises one or two questions about the future of Swedish men's handball. Then the question is: when will the young generation step in?, says Jim Gottfridsson.
SportsFelix Claar is missing from Sweden's World Championship team – but how big will the loss be? Much depends on what Jim Gottfridsson can deliver as a midfielder. It's a dream position for me to try to bounce back to "the top of the world" again, where I was once, says the 32-year-old Scanian.
SportsSweden is revenge-hungry after the Olympic Games miss last summer, but injuries interfere. The favorite position instead ends up as usual on Denmark. Here is the guide ahead of the men's handball World Championship.
SportsInjured midfielder Oscar Bergendahl is replaced in the Swedish World Championship team – by a left-hander. Olle Forsell Schefvert has received a call-up from the handball national team's head coach Michael Apelgren.
SportsHe has not played championships for two years. But at the Handball World Championship in January, Niclas Ekberg is back. Clearly, a player with a hell of a routine, a legend, will mean a lot, says national team coach Michael Apelgren.
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