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Germany displayed power in this group, having beaten Chile 39-22 (17-12), Algeria 37-19 (17-4) and Japan 34-18 (22-9). They now play Georgia, who are clearly weaker than Japan and possibly Chile. They proved to have a good team against Algeria and had a 10-goal lead but ended up saving the game in the last 10 minutes. I won't justify that with the fact Algeria arrived to the championship that day and that the game is relevant.

However, Georgia's coach said they want to beat Chile to get into Round of 16 and that they are saving power for that game. That is why I can't miss out on this. Georgia are lead by Kbilashvili and Arshenavili (16 out of 26 goals against Algeria, 9 of 22 against Japan). Two of them played 11 and 13 minutes against Iceland and scored 0 goals in total. The power of that Georgia's B team was proven against Iceland (42-25, 24-8 HT). The impression those players made is even worse than the result. Iceland should be much weaker than Germany, their struggles with Chile and Japan prove it.
If Georgia gave up on the Iceland meeting 10 minutes in, I think they will give up on this one at the start. In any case, Germany will trash them by half time.
The only doubt here is first half handicap (which is supported by better numbers) or total handicap. I go with total because that's what logic demands here. Germany trashed Algeria and Japan in the second half and I think they will trash Georgia even more. Details

Andersson's Sweden are powerful, they've got the chemistry, and are two levels above Russia, and most importantly for this pick, they don't go easy until they create a nice advantage against the weaker teams, and they rarely go easy even then. When they are the favorites, they win easily - they beat Russia 17-10 on Wednesday in the away game, 24-11 Belarus, 15-9 Egypt, 19-12 Qatar, 16-11 Argentina, 17-5 Bahrein, 18-10 Chile, 15-8 Slovakia, 14-9 Montenegro.
The Russians are no better than any of those, and their home game showed it, it was solved in the first 10 minutes. The Swedes will have Nielsen and Nilsson today, who play in Kiel and PSG, and they're also playing at home, where they always showed authority with Lindgren. Besides, even when the Swedes were weaker, they beat Russia in Russia in a friendly game (17-11). I don't see how anything could happen differently today. Details

This game is extremely important for Szeged. They could get the first place, and if they win this, they will decide about it in the last two rounds against Vardar and Kielce. Second place is pretty important too because in the other group, the fifth place will be held by one of the three - Veszprem, Flensburg or Kiel, and sixth between Wisla or Bjerringbro. The first place in the group means the quarterfinal, the second better chances for the quarterfinal, the third much lower chance for the quarterfinal.
Szeged allowed over 27 goals only four times in 32 games this season, the championship against Kristianstad (28, hit 33), where they took control early on, then Lowen who are careless in this competition (28-28), against the defending European champion Kielce (27-29), and the road game against Vardar who are better and faster than Meshkov (27-30). So, only four times over, against better teams, and just a little bit over the margin. All of their road games were tough, and there's only one over, against Vardar. What's most important is that considering the most relevant games, against Celje and Zagreb, with Atman and Nikulenkau injured, they were always great defensively. The fast Celje were left with 25 and 22, Zagreb with 24, Meshkov 22 in Hungary, and 20 in Kanjiža (basically Szeged playing at home). They were never even close to allowing this much in the championship, and always left their rivals with low numbers - Veszprem at 23, Tatabanya at 18 and 23, Csurgori at 23.
Atman means a lot for Meshkov, Nikulenka brings more width than quality, and they can rotate two lineups 15 minutes each. I doubt Bebeshko will give a lot of time to Ostroushko and Kulak. Tioumentsov and Jamali are more likely to play the left and middle backs, and Bebeshko said that this lineup is slower, less mobile, not as good in one-on-one game, and that they're at 80% of their abilities because of many players being absent. They went over this margin in the CL against Celje and Kristianstad who are weaker than Szeged, and are much faster and softer defensively at the same time, and Lowen who used half their strength here. What seems relevant is 22 against Szeged, 27 against Zagreb, 24 against Kielce at home and 27 against the fast Vardar on the road. They never had to play without these two same players at the same time, though. Details