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The Dutch opened the World League well with a win over Slovakia and Portugal but then lost to Turkey in the last game in straight sets and did badly. The absence of Kooy, Maan and Abdelaziz clearly affected the team even though the Dutch are already in a good competitive rhythm. But they are still not invincible and still have a lot to do to get into the Final Four. The Czechs started World League without any test matches and lost to Egypit 2-3 at the start. They then beat China to everyone's surprise and have deserved much more in the last match against Canada where they didn't get a single point. They started playing official matches and seems to be getting better each next match. Coach Falasca is clearly doing a good job and he knew why he took over here. They played home last week but they will not play in Slovakia, which means they didn't lose much time on the trip. The Dutch are coming from Turkey with a bad result from the last match and from what I saw so far, this is not the team which beat the Czech Republic in straight sets. The Czechs didn't have much success in previous head-to-head matches but this one is much different so the previous ones aren't important to me. I think the Dutch are too big of a favorite here and that their opponents will put up a good fight.