The Czech Republic won 25–22, 25–23, 23–25, 17–25 and 15–13 in the deciding set.
We played a pretty good match, made a few mistakes in the first two sets, but felt all the time that we were almost better than them, says Andersson.
It's sad, we had it in our hands at the end but couldn't quite finish it.
The match was played in Modena, Italy.
The Swedish volleyball men also lost their first European Championship match, against hosts Italy, 0–3 in sets.
On Sunday, Slovenia awaits, which is currently ranked fourth in the world.
