Laget fick en poäng.

Because laget is the definite form of lag, meaning the team rather than just a team/team.

• ett lag = a team
• laget = the team

In Swedish, the definite article is often added as an ending to the noun instead of being a separate word like the in English.

Because poäng is an en-word in Swedish.

So you say:

• en poäng = a point
• poängen = the point

When learning Swedish nouns, it is important to learn whether they take en or ett, because that affects articles, adjectives, and pronouns later.

Fick is the past tense of få, which usually means get, receive, or sometimes be allowed to, depending on context.

Here:

• få = to get
• fick = got

So Laget fick en poäng is in the past tense: The team got one point or The team received a point.

Yes. Få is an irregular verb, so its forms do not follow the most basic regular pattern.

Some important forms are:

• infinitive: få
• present: får
• past: fick
• supine: fått

Because it is common, it is worth memorizing early.

This is normal Swedish main clause word order:

subject + verb + object

• Laget = subject
• fick = verb
• en poäng = object

So it works very much like English here:

• The team
  • got
    • a point

Yes, possibly. Teamet also means the team and is a common word in Swedish.

The difference is mainly one of word choice:

• lag often refers to a sports team, side, or organized group
• team is also used, especially in modern speech, workplaces, projects, and sometimes sports

In a sports context, laget sounds very natural.

No. Poäng can be used in several ways, including:

• a point in a game or competition
• a score point
• a point or argument in discussion
• academic credits or grading points in some contexts

In Laget fick en poäng, it most naturally means a point in a game, match, or competition.

Because Swedish usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

So instead of saying a separate word like English the team, Swedish says:

• lag
  • -et = laget

This is very common in Swedish:

• en bok = a book
• boken = the book
• ett hus = a house
• huset = the house

Because lag is an ett-word:

• ett lag = a team

For ett-words, the definite singular is often made with -et or -t:

• ett lag → laget
• ett hus → huset

That is why it is useful to learn nouns together with their article:

• ett lag
• en poäng

Yes, en can mean both a/an and one, depending on context.

Here, en poäng most naturally means a point, but it can also be understood as one point if the context emphasizes the number.

Swedish often uses the same word where English distinguishes between a and one.

Poäng is pronounced approximately like po-ENG, with the stress on the second syllable.

A rough guide for English speakers:

• po sounds somewhat like poo but shorter
• äng has a vowel sound that does not exist exactly in English, something like a rounded e sound

The ng is like the ng in song.

Yes. Since fick is the past tense of få, it can have different meanings depending on context.

For example:

• Jag fick en bok. = I got a book.
• Jag fick gå hem. = I was allowed to go home.
• Hon fick en idé. = She got an idea.

In Laget fick en poäng, the meaning is clearly got/received.

Most often, yes. Laget fick en poäng sounds very natural in a sports or competition context, for example when talking about a team earning a point.

Depending on context, it could also be used more generally for any team being awarded a point, such as in a quiz, game show, or classroom activity.

Yes, but then the tense changes.

• Laget fick en poäng. = The team got a point.
• Laget får en poäng. = The team gets/is getting a point.

So fick is past tense, while får is present tense.

You could say Laget erhöll en poäng, but it sounds much more formal or stiff.

Fick is the normal, natural everyday word.
Erhöll is more like received in formal written English.

So in ordinary speech and most normal writing, fick is the better choice.