The backbone of the team that won the World Cup gold in Slovakia 2017 remains and six debutants have been added. A mix that the union captain Åsa Karlsson is pleased with.
- It's an incredible benefit. It is so much more than just the matches during a World Cup, so it is good that many players know how it works. But one should not detract from younger, unexperienced World Cup debutants. We have a good balance, a good tip and security in the group, according to the captain.
Sweden carries the main favorite together with Finland and with the Czech Republic and the host nation Switzerland as outsiders.
Sweden and Finland have met the last four World Cup finals, yes, there have been seven World Cup finals between the two major events over the years and Sweden has only missed the World Cup final on two occasions (1999 and 2005).
The first match for Swedish part will be against Slovakia on Saturday 7 December. The Swedish group also includes the Czech Republic and Latvia.
The matches can be seen in Channel 9.