Saturday afternoon has both the ladies' and men's elite series premiere.
Long awaited by many because last year's season was interrupted by the pandemic and the pre-season was long.
Elitserievolleyboll.se has asked the 22 elite league coaches to tip Swedish champions - and Hylte / Halmstad both win the Swedish Championship gold, according to the tips.
On the women's side, this means a change of throne, as Engelholm has won the last five Swedish Championship gold medals.
- We really want to break their dominance and work hard to succeed.
But we are humble, says Pedro Mendes.
Marcus Nilsson joins later
Just Hylte / Halmstad and Engelholm meet already in the premiere.
- An exciting start and a good test.
But we expect to get better the longer the season gets, so the result in the premiere is not the most important thing right now.
On the men's side, eight out of eleven coaches believe that Hylte / Halmstad will become champions, perhaps due to the fact that the big star Marcus Nilsson, 27, will join the team later this autumn and chase his first Swedish Championship gold.
The gold tips according to the coaches
LADIES:
Hylte / Halmstad 6
Engelholm 4
Örebro 1
MEN:
Hylte / Halmstad 8
Sollentuna 2
Vingåker 1