Luleå became Swedish champions last season, which ended prematurely due to the corona pandemic.
This year, too, the team is top-tipped, but today they were never close to challenging last year's league four Norrköping.
Even before the first period was halfway, the home team led by a full 19-2, and when the period was over, Norrköping led by 33-13.
"Playing catastrophically!"
Luleå then played up, but at the break Norrköping's lead was still 19 points, 54-35.
- We play catastrophically!
We do not stop in the defense, we do not take returns and do not play our game.
It is not strange then that we are below 20, said Luleå's Ellen Nyström to SVT Sport during the break.
In the second half, Luleå did not miss as much as they did in the first period, but were never close to threatening Norrköping, who won 90-72.
- Norrköping has carried out the match entirely on its own terms, said SVT Sports expert Elisabeth Egnell at the end of the match.
- It is the team effort Luleå that does not deliver at all today, she said later.