What: The last match in the middle round of the Handball World Cup.
Where: Park Dome, Kumamoto, Japan.
When: Wednesday, return at 12.30 (Swedish time).

World Cup semi-final or not? In a Swedish victory against Montenegro at the same time as already the World Cup semi-final Russia a few hours before beating Spain, both Blågult and the Spaniards end up with seven points. Then the team is separated via the total goal difference in the middle round of the handball World Cup. Before Wednesday's final matches, Spain has six plus goals in favor of Sweden.

Position in group 2 (after the second round): 1) Russia, 8 points (+34)
2) Spain, 7 points (+18)
3) Sweden, 5 points (+12)
4) Montenegro, 4 points (–3)
5) Japan, 0 points (-24)
6) Romania, 0 points (-25).

Remaining matches, Wednesday: Spain – Russia (07), Romania – Japan (10), Sweden – Montenegro (12.30).

About Montenegro: The Balkan team is trained by former Swedish Confederate captain Per Johansson and the team is known to be on the border in their defense game. Montenegro's big goal is to reach the Olympic qualification and so does the team in victory against Sweden.

Previous meetings: Sweden lost 28-30 to Montenegro in the intermediate round of the European Championships last year. Before the championship, the team met in two straight training matches in Sweden and then there were two Swedish losses. Throughout the years, Blågult has two victories, one draw and seven losses against the Balkan team.

Sweden's squad:
Goalkeepers: 1 Martina Thörn, 12 Filippa Idéhn.
Left Sex: 4 Olivia Mellegård, 18 Marie Wall.
Mid Sex: 7 Linn Blohm, 11 Johanna Forsberg, 19 Anna Lagerquist.
Right sex: 10 Mathilda Lundström, 24 Nathalie Hagman.
Left nine: 8 Jamina Roberts, 25 Mikaela Brass.
Midnight: 6 Carin Strömberg, 9 Melissa Petrén, 20 Isabelle Gulldén.
Right nine: 22 Hanna Blomstrand, 23 Emma Lindqvist.
Federal Captain: Henrik Signell.

Montenegro's squad:
Goalkeepers: 1 Marina Rajcic, 16 Ljubica Nenezic, 43 Marta Batinovic.
Left Sex: 55 Dijana Mugosa, 77 Majda Mehmedovic.
Mittsex: 34 Tatjana Brnovic, 66 Ema Ramusovic.
Right sex: 4 Jovanka Radicevic, 23 Dijana Ujkic.
Left nine: 9 Durdina Jaukovic, 80 Jelena Despotovic.
Midnight: 90 Milena Raicevic, 96 Itana Grbic.
Right: 15 Andrea Klikovac, 27 Sanja Premovic, 32 Katarina Bulatovic.
Confederation: Per Johansson (Sweden).