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Group F is played in Friedrichshafen with Germany as the hosts, but even if they weren't, Croatia has nothing to do here. Last year Germany were fourth at WEVZA, and considering that all of the teams from that competition are playing in these qualifications, we can say that the biggest quality is focused in them. They beat Switzerland who are an uncomfortable team with 3-1 (25-15, 25-16, 22-25, 25-19), and France 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-20), and lost only to the strongest of teams, and not without a fight. Against Belgium (silver) it was 1-3 (25-23, 19-25, 23-25, 16-25), and the champions Italy also 1-3 (21-25, 20-25, 25-23, 17-25), while in the fight for the third place they lost to Spain with 2-3. They did serious preparations before the qualifications. They hosted France, and despite the two losses (1-3, 2-3), the impression is more than great. On the other hand we have Croatia who are known by their weak work with younger teams from various reasons, and that reflects on the results. At MEVZA's championship by the end of last year they were sixth in a competition of seven teams. They only won in two games, and that was against the weak Slovakia (in the group), and the bottom-placed Austria, and Slovakia paid them back in the match for the fifth place. What's especially noticeable are the defeats by Israel 1-2 (23-25, 14-25, 28-26), The Czech Republic 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-17), and Slovakia 3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-21) who are second class teams in this generation. The fact is that they were without the important receiver Hanzic, but the mentioned defeats were too convincing for one player to change all of that. We also have Croatia's results from the year before the last one, and then they were last at MEVZA's championship with one win in five games against an even more desperate Austria. Slovenia and Slovakia crushed them with 3-0, The Czech Republic with 3-1 with 14 points of difference, and Hungary did it with 33 even though they lost a set (24-26). I think the Germans will solve this in three sets with no problems.