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The Czech Republic and Sweden will play as part of the pre-season for the September qualifications for the EC. Both teams mentioned fatigue, and that all of the players will get a chance. Even though the match is led as official, this is not the first head-to-head between these two countries. They already played four times, but all of the matches were closed for public. The results, however, are known.

Wednesday

The Czech Republic - Sweden 3-1 (25-20, 26-24, 22-25, 31-29)
The Czech Republic - Sweden 3-2 (25-23, 23-25, 25-20, 25-22, 22-25)

Thursday

The Czech Republic - Sweden 3-2 (21-25, 25-23, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23)
The Czech Republic - Sweden 2-2 (23-5, 29-31, 25-23, 25-22) - the match ended due to lack of time

So, in four matches we've seen 202, 235 (188 in four sets), 235 (187 in four sets) and 203 points. There were a lot of rotations in both teams because both of them are still up for a lot of matches, and today's one should be no exception. The experienced Marcus Nilsson is now available for Sweden, their best player and leader, and that was noticeable in game. The Czech Republic is undergoing the process of making their team younger, and a lot of young players are fighting for the positions in the qualifications. On the other hand, the Swedish selector Isacsson pointed out that he wants to see the results of the work he's made in the past period. Both teams are quite young, and because of that prone to oscillating, and since it's the early phase of preparations, everything points out to an uncertain fifth head-to-head. They went over the offered margin in all matches, even in four sets, so this is ripe for the taking.