| Switzerland | |
| Badge: | SHV Logo.svg |
| Badge Size: | 250px |
| Association: | Swiss Handball Association |
| Coach: | Michael Suter |
| Assistant Coach: | Jasmin Čamdžić Miloš Čučković Matthias Gysin |
| Captain: | Nikola Portner |
| Most Caps: | Max Schär (279) |
| Most Goals: | Marc Baumgartner (1093) |
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| Summer Olympics Apps: | 4 |
| Summer Olympics First: | 1936 |
| Summer Olympics Best: | 3rd (1936) |
| World Cup Apps: | 11 |
| World Cup First: | 1954 |
| World Cup Best: | 4th (1954, 1993) |
| Regional Name: | European Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 5 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2002 |
| Regional Cup Best: | 12th (2004) |
The Switzerland national handball team is the national handball team of Switzerland.
| Olympic record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Round | Position | |||||||
| 1936 Berlin | Third place | 3rd of 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 52 | |
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | |||||||||
| 1972 Munich | did not qualify | ||||||||
 1976 Montreal | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
 1992 Barcelona | |||||||||
| 1996 Atlanta | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 142 | 138 | |
 2000 Sydney | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2004 Athens | |||||||||
 2008 Beijing | |||||||||
 2012 London | |||||||||
 2016 Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
 2020 Tokyo | |||||||||
 2024 Paris | |||||||||
| Total | 4/14 | – | 23 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 408 | 430 | |
| World Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| 1938 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1954 | Fourth place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 55 | |
| 1958 | 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 | ||||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||
| 1982 | Second round | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 94 | 103 | |
| 1986 | Second round | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 100 | 124 | |
| 1990 | Main Round | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 57 | |
| 1993 | Fourth place | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 160 | |
| 1995 | Quarter-finals | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 224 | 203 | |
| 1997 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1999 | |||||||||
| 2001 | |||||||||
| 2003 | |||||||||
| 2005 | |||||||||
| 2007 | |||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||
| 2013 | |||||||||
| 2015 | |||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||
| / 2019 | |||||||||
| 2021 | Main Round | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 156 | |
| / 2023 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| // 2025 | qualified | ||||||||
| 2027 | TBD | ||||||||
| / 2029 | |||||||||
| // 2031 | |||||||||
| Total | 12/32 | – | 51 | 18 | 4 | 29 | 946 | 1059 | |
| World Outdoor Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
| 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 | |
| European Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 1994 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
 1998 | |||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
 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 | ||||||||
 2010 | |||||||||
 2012 | |||||||||
 2014 | |||||||||
 2016 | |||||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||
| 2020 | Preliminary round | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 87 | |
  2022 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2024 | Preliminary round | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 82 | |
| 2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
| 2028 | Qualified as co-host | ||||||||
| Total | 6/18 | – | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 448 | 532 | |
Roster for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[1] [2]
Head coach: Michael Suter
| Player | Games | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Schär | 279 | 724 | OB | |
| 2 | 241 | 0 | GK | ||
| 3 | 239 | 878 | OB | ||
| 4 | style=text-align:left; | 218 | 1094 | CB | |
| 5 | 214 | 891 | LW | ||
| 6 | 211 | 413 | ? | ||
| 7 | 206 | 251 | ? | ||
| 8 | 204 | 533 | ? | ||
| 9 | 195 | 571 | P | ||
| 10 | 190 | 572 | ? |
| Player | Goals | Average | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style=text-align:left; | 1094 | 4,92 | CB | ||
| 2 | style=text-align:left; | 1093 | 6,47 | LB | ||
| 3 | style=text-align:left; | 891 | 4,24 | LW | ||
| 4 | style=text-align:left; | 878 | 3,67 | OB | ||
| 5 | style=text-align:left; | 771 | 4,26 | ? | ||
| 6 | style=text-align:left; | 748 | 4,25 | ? | ||
| 7 | style=text-align:left; | 724 | 2,59 | OB | ||
| 8 | style=text-align:left; | 572 | 3,01 | ? | ||
| 9 | style=text-align:left; | 571 | 2,93 | P | ||
| 10 | style=text-align:left; | 533 | 2,61 | ? |