Sweden men's national ice hockey team

Sweden

Nickname(s)	Tre Kronor (Three Crowns)
Association	Swedish Ice Hockey Association
Most games	Jörgen Jönsson (285)
Most points	Sven Tumba (186)
IIHF code	SWE
IIHF ranking	3 2
Highest IIHF ranking	1 (first in 2006)
Lowest IIHF ranking	4 (2012)
Team colors
First international
Sweden 8–0 Belgium (Antwerp, Belgium; 23 April 1920)
Biggest win
Sweden 24–1 Belgium (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 16 February 1947) Sweden 23–0 Italy (St. Moritz, Switzerland; 7 February 1948)
Biggest defeat
Canada 22–0 Sweden (Chamonix, France; 29 January 1924)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	63 (first in 1920)
Best result	(1953, 1957, 1962, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2006, 2013)
European Championships
Appearances	12
Best result	(1921, 1923, 1932)
Olympics
Appearances	21 (first in 1920)
Medals	Gold (1994, 2006) Silver (1928, 1964, 2014) Bronze (1952, 1980, 1984, 1988)
International record (W–L–T)
1067–657–165

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The Sweden men's national ice hockey team, or Tre Kronor (Three Crowns in Swedish), as it is called in Sweden, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world. The team is controlled by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, and it is considered a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and the United States.

The name Tre Kronor means "Three Crowns" and refers to the three crowns on the team jersey. The three crowns represent the lesser national coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden and the national emblem. The first time the symbol was used on the national teams jersey was on 12 February 1938, during the World Championships in Prague.

The team has won numerous medals at both the World Championships and the Olympic Games. In 2006, they became the first, and so far only, team to win both tournaments in the same calendar year, by winning the 2006 Winter Olympics in a thrilling final against Finland by 3–2, and the 2006 World Championships by beating Czech Republic in the final, 4–0. In 2013 the team was the first team to win the World Championships at home since the Soviet Union in 1986.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year	Result
1920	4th place
1924	4th place
1928
1936	5th place
1952
1956	4th place
1960	5th place
1964
1968	4th place
1972	4th place
1980
1984
1988
1992	5th place
1994
1998	5th place
2002	5th place
2006
2010	5th place
2014
Totals
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
21	2	3	4	9

World Championship

• 1931 – 6th place
• 1935 – 5th place
• 1937 – 10th place
• 1938 – 5th place
• 1947 –
• 1949 – 4th place
• 1950 – 5th place
• 1951 –
• 1953 –
• 1954 –
• 1955 – 5th place
• 1957 –
• 1958 –
• 1959 – 5th place
• 1961 – 4th place
• 1962 –
• 1963 –
• 1965 –
• 1966 – 4th place
• 1967 –
• 1969 –
• 1970 –
• 1971 –
• 1972 –
• 1973 –
• 1974 –
• 1975 –
• 1976 –
• 1977 –
• 1978 – 4th place
• 1979 –
• 1981 –
• 1982 – 4th place
• 1983 – 4th place
• 1985 – 6th place
• 1986 –
• 1987 –
• 1989 – 4th place
• 1990 –
• 1991 –
• 1992 –
• 1993 –
• 1994 –
• 1995 –
• 1996 – 5th place
• 1997 –
• 1998 –
• 1999 –
• 2000 – 7th place
• 2001 –
• 2002 –
• 2003 –
• 2004 –
• 2005 – 4th place
• 2006 –
• 2007 – 4th place
• 2008 – 4th place
• 2009 –
• 2010 –
• 2011 –
• 2012 – 6th place
• 2013 –
• 2014 –
• 2015 – 5th place

Canada Cup

• 1976 – Finished in 4th place
• 1981 – Finished in 5th place
• 1984 –
• 1987 –
• 1991 – Finished in 4th place

World Cup

• 1996 – lost semi-finals
• 2004 – lost quarter-finals

European Championship

• 1921 –
• 1922 –
• 1923 –
• 1924 –
• 1932 –

All-time team record

The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record in official matches (WC, OG, EC), correct as of 21 May 2015.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Austria	18	13	2	3	82	12
Belarus	10	9	0	1	38	19
Belgium	3	3	0	0	41	2
Canada	82	26	11	45	216	320
Czech Republic	24	13	7	4	74	49
Denmark	9	9	0	0	49	13
Finland	76	44	15	17	281	181
France	17	15	0	2	78	22
Germany	16	14	1	1	72	26
Great Britain	9	5	0	4	42	19
Hungary	1	1	0	0	3	0
Italy	19	16	3	0	127	26
Japan	4	4	0	0	44	1
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	7	2
Latvia	14	12	2	0	66	22
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	16	0
Norway	18	16	2	0	99	26
Poland	28	23	2	3	192	46
Romania	4	4	0	0	35	4
Russia	21	7	3	11	55	69
Slovakia	12	5	3	4	31	29
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	15	2
Spain	1	1	0	0	Walk over
Switzerland	47	35	6	6	244	88
Ukraine	5	5	0	0	26	6
United States	67	43	8	16	301	195
Czechoslovakia	74	27	11	36	193	206
East Germany	16	15	0	1	110	29
Soviet Union	58	7	8	43	118	279
West Germany	33	30	2	1	190	57
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	19	1
Totals:	694	410	86	198	2864	1751

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile

Men's National teams

Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Belarus - Bosnia - Bulgaria

Canada - China - Chinese Taipei - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark

Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Georgia - Greece - Great Britain

Hong Kong - Hungary - Ireland - Iceland - Indonesia - Iran - Israel - Italy

Japan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg

Macau - Malaysia - Mexico - Mongolia - North Korea - Norway

New Zealand - The Netherlands - Philippines - Poland - Romania - Russia - Serbia

Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - South Africa - South Korea

Sweden - Switzerland - Thailand - Turkey - Turkmenistan - Ukraine - UAE

United States

Defunct teams: Bohemia - - Bohemia and Moravia - CIS - Czechoslovakia

East Germany - Serbia and Montenegro - U.S.S.R. - West Germany - Yugoslavia

Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions:

Algeria - Andorra - Argentina - Azerbaijan - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Egypt

India - Jamaica - Lebanon - Liechtenstein - Morocco - North Macedonia

Oman - Portugal - Puerto Rico - Tunisia - - Qatar - Uzbekistan

Non IIHF members: Bahrain - Costa Rica - Haiti - Falkland Islands - Saudi Arabia - Venezuela

Other teams: Basque Country - Catalonia - - England - Northern Ireland - - Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Scotland - Team Europe - Team North America