The team played their first official match in December 2012 against France in Gothenburg.

[2] One month later, Sweden played their first competitive games and took three impressive victories in the qualification round for the 2014 European Championship.

[3] In 2005, an unofficial Sweden national team played a mini-tournament in Tehran against Iran and Japan.

In 2010, SvFF started a two-year-long process to boot a national team.

Per Broberg was hired as coach, and on 11 December 2012, an official Sweden national team played their first game in front of their home crowd in the Lisebergshallen against France in Gothenburg which they lost 2–3.