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Boden finished the regular season as 5th with 26 points, with 13 wins and 9 losses, while Hoors was just slightly ahead of them in 4th with 28 points, with 14 wins and 8 losses. They split 2 H2H meetings in the regular season, with each side winning at home as Boden won by 11 and Hoors won by 2 goals. Hoors opened this series winning game 1 by 3 goals at home in a back-and-forth game in which they scored the final 3 goals to secure the win and the series lead. However, Boden was excellent at home all season long, winning 8 of 11 games, while Hoors lost 7 of their 11 road games. The first game showed these two are relatively evenly matched, as the #4 and #5 seeds usually are, so home-floor advantage will be big in this series, and then got to fancy Boden to ride their crowd backing them and stay close or in front throughout the whole game.

Savehof was 1st in the regular season, finishing 21 points above Skuru, who finished 8th. Savehof won 10 of 11 home games, while Skuru lost 11 of their last 15 games. Savehof won both of their H2H meetings by 11 and by 3 goals. They also won their last 3 H2H league meetings at home, all by at least a 9-goal margin, so got to like Savehof to win this one as well.

Savehof is the #1 seed in these playoffs after finishing top of the league with 38 points, on 19 wins and just 3 losses, while Skuru barely got into the playoffs, finishing 8th with 17 points on an 8-1-13 record. Savehof won 10 of 11 home games, only losing by 1 goal to 2nd-placed Onnereds, while their 10 home wins came by an average of 7.6 goals difference. On the other side, Skuru had a rather poor end to the season, losing 11 of their last 15 games. Savehof won both of their head-to-head meetings this season, by 11 goals at home and by 3 goals on the road. They also won their last 3 home head-to-head meetings, all by at least a 9-goal margin, so got to expect the much stronger Savehof to dominate game 1 of the series and win convincingly at home.

Italy is 58 places higher than Bosnia and Herzegovina on the FIFA rankings and, as the better side, should have the upper hand. However, the pitch in Zenica saw a lot of snow and then rain in the last few days, so it won't be in the best shape and won't help Italy. That should make this game closer. Bosnia and Herzegovina also played the full 120 minutes and looked rather gassed in their first game of these qualifiers just 5 days ago, so Italy should have more depth and more freshness toward the end and should edge this one out in low scoring affair, making a minimal score of 0-1 a solid option to try with.

Czechia is 2-3-1 in their last 6 games, while Denmark is 4-2-1 in their last 7 games, so this should be a close game. Czechia are 22 places lower on the FIFA rankings, but they will be at home, which should cancel that and make this very tight. It could easily require extra time to decide who goes to the World Cup, and then a 1-1 draw makes sense to try with.

Sesc RJ Flamengo is the #1 seed in these playoffs while Mackenzie is the #8 seed, so the visitors should win this one. Mackenzie has been solid at home. They have 1 win in 5 sets and 2 losses in 4 sets against Sesc RJ Flamengo in their previous 3 H2H meetings here, so it should be close, but the visitors should eventually edge it out and escape with a win, possibly in the 5th set for a 2-3 score.