After winning clearly against both Uzbekistan and Puerto Rico, Sweden played yesterday 31-31 against the Netherlands in the last group game.

Thus, the Swedes are on to the main round as group runners-up behind the Netherlands in particular, who have a better goal difference.

Today at 20.30 they enter the main round against Kazakhstan, which lost big against both Norway and Romania in Group C.

- Kazakhstan is a resistance that on paper is worse than we are but significantly better than Puerto Rico and Uzbekistan.

So we can not only exhibit the dojos, but it is a match that we should normally be clear favorites in, says Sweden's national team captain Tomas Axnér to SVT Sport.

Norway tops the group

Team captain Carin Strömberg:

- It will be a couple of levels down now that we have switched up to the Netherlands.

In the main round, the top three teams in Group D, the Netherlands, Sweden and Puerto Rico, make up two quarter-final places together with the top three teams in Group C, Norway, Romania and Kazakhstan.

Norway tops the group with four points, followed by the Netherlands and Sweden with three.

Roberts: "Must drive all the way out"

At the moment, the Netherlands have a two-goal better goal difference than Sweden and therefore hold the second place.

Thus, it becomes important to play well and score many goals even against the worse nations.

- Kazakhstan will take both us and the Netherlands.

For us, it will be important even in such a match to be careful because there may be a goal difference that decides between us and the Netherlands.

So it will be important to be careful even in matches we are going to win.

Even if we lead, we have to drive all the way out, says Jamina Roberts.

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Linn Blohm is depressed after the draw Photo: Bildbyrån