Football - Team Sweden

Nickname
Blagult [The Blue and Yellow]

General
Sweden qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games through their performance at the 2019 Women's World Cup in France. They came second in their group, behind eventual gold medallists the United States of America, and beat Canada and Germany in the knockout stages before coming unstuck against the Netherlands in the semifinal. Sweden then rebounded from defeat to beat England 2-1 in the third-place playoff.

The Swedish team have competed at all six editions of the Olympic Games, with their best result coming in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. They qualified for the knockout rounds as one of the best third-placed teams in the group stage, and defeated defending champions the United States of America 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the last eight. In the semifinals they knocked out hosts Brazil, again going through via a penalty shootout, to secure a place in the gold medal match against Germany. However, they had to settle for silver following a 2-1 defeat in the final.

Sweden have also participated at all eight editions of the Women's World Cup. They were runners-up in 2003, losing to an extra-time winner by German substitute Nia Kunzer, and they also finished third in 1991, 2011, and 2019.

The Swedish team won the inaugural European championships in 1984. Although they have been unable to repeat that success, they were runners-up in 1987 following defeat in the final to Norway, and then again in 1995 and 2001 with the Germans claiming the title on both occasions.