NEWS

12 September 2005

Sweden will keep their Division A status in 2007 thanks to their victory over the Netherlands in the relegation tournament on Monday night in Novi Sad.

The Swedes beat Poland on Sunday and kept up their good form to defeat the Netherlands 78-65 just one day later.

Read more


11 September 2005

Sweden took the first step towards keeping their Division A status until 2007 with victory over Poland at the relegation tournament in Novi Sad on Sunday night.

The tournament, which features Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands, will determine the two teams which will be relegated to Division B, as only the winner will get to stay in Division A.

Read more


22 August 2005

Kostas Flevarakis faces one of the toughest jobs of his career as he attempts to steer Sweden into next month's EuroBasket in Serbia & Montenegro.

Flevarakis, a 36-year-old Greek, took over from Jan Enjebo as Swedish national coach in May following an unsuccessful qualifying campaign for next month's tournament which saw the Scandinavian outfit lose all four games to opponents Russia and Croatia.

Read more
ROSTER
NoNamePos.Height
4Mattias GoranssonF1.96
5Serdar AkyuzG1.85
6Jim NystromC2.05
7Mats LevinPG1.89
8Oluoma NnamakaF2.01
9Jonas LarssonG1.92
10Lesli MyrthilF2.00
11Joakim KjellbomC2.10
12Fredrik JonzenF2.07
13Per Ringstrom F2.04
14Johan AkessonC2.08
15Michael PalmC2.09
RESULTS QUAL. ROUND
11.09.2004VS RUS64-97 (A)
15.09.2004VS CRO69-86 (H)
22.09.2004VS RUS81-92 (H)
25.09.2004VS CRO61-75 (A)
23.08.2005VS HUN68-75 (A)
26.08.2005VS POR71-77 (H)
01.09.2005VS HUN73-67 (H)
04.09.2005VS POR67-74 (A)
11.09.2005VS POL67-55
12.09.2005VS NED78-65