The dream of reaching the semi-finals and playing for the medals is gone.
Instead, a match for fifth and sixth place in the European Championship awaits.
The team themselves were clear about how big the disappointment is.
- That Sweden is playing for fifth and sixth place is not bad.
But considering how Sweden and the players have failed in matches, it feels a little sad that Sweden is not playing in the semis, says SVT Sport expert Magnus Grahn.
He believes that Sweden's exit from the main round is mainly due to two things.
• "Too few good players who have delivered at the same time".
• "The elimination game (game with one man more or less) has been a pure disaster throughout the championship".
- The squad does not maintain good enough quality overall.
If you don't get it so that the best players deliver at the same time and that the expulsion game doesn't work, then you won't make it to the semi-finals.
What does it take to go further in upcoming championships?
- In order for Sweden to take the next step, we must get a clearly better shooting power from our nine-meter players.
Sweden's final match in this championship will be a placement match against Per Johansson's Dutch national team.
The match is played on Friday.
- The match for fifth, sixth place is very important.
Historically, teams that have come fifth in the EC have been ranked higher and have never missed an Olympic qualification.
So it becomes important.