The ladies' basketball is underway and SVT expert Elisabeth Egnell believes that Alvik will win gold and that Högsbo will be the main challenger.

Högsbo has regained large parts of the team and will have a head start from the start.

Even a well-coached Luleå, who knows how to win, and a star-studded A3 Umeå can challenge.

Which team is getting tough this year?

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Helsingborg.

Getting in as a newcomer is always difficult.

As a team, you have become accustomed to winning matches, which can be difficult to handle, and it usually takes a few rounds before you have had time to adapt to a higher tempo and more physical play.

Which team surprises?

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Södertälje and Norrköping are two teams that have the capacity to disrupt the top teams.

Uppsala, which has been at the bottom of the table for a few years, could also challenge for a play-off place.

Which players are you looking forward to seeing?

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As usual, there are some high-class imports in the league, but the most exciting are the returning players that we have not seen in a few years.

For example, the Luleå duo Josefin Vesterberg and Ellen Nyström, Amanda Kantzy in Södertälje, Linnea Rosendahl, Umeå and Evelyn Ovner who will have a big role in Wetterbygden, says Elisabeth Egnell.