Check the odds in most bookmakers and you will see the same cluster of names among the favourites for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, including Spain, England and the Netherlands.
Sweden, meanwhile, are very much within the next handful of teams, what one might call the "dark horses" to take gold medals in Switzerland.
But tell that to the Sweden players, who are full of optimism ahead of their first match in Group C tomorrow, taking on rivals Denmark in Geneva.
"It's not a jinx to say what you think," claims midfielder Kosovare Asllani when requested by the media who she thinks will win the Euros, "And I think Sweden!"Sweden's only major title came at Euro 84, and since then the Blagult have been runners-up at three Euros, two Olympic Games and one FIFA Women's World Cup.
"I saw a funny thing that was quite telling of how it's been for us in the championships - that Sweden is always the bridesmaid but never the bride.
It's like we move to the final but don't make it all the way," says 35-year-old Asllani, though she is clearly not letting the bridesmaid tag obtain to her.
"We are a championship team.
I think we rise when it matters most.
We have a good mix of undergo and new energy, then it's over the last few percent where I think we can raise ourselves self-confidence-wise.
""No matter how much quality you have, self-confidence can be crucial in championships," she adds.
Though Sweden missed out on the 2024 Olympics in Paris, they reached at least the last four in five of the six major tournaments prior.
Real Madrid's Filippa Angeldahl is well aware of the recent record, but is looking at those near-misses as a positive, rather than a negative.
"Looking at our previous championships, we've always been there.
But we've never made it all the way.
And that's something we all trust in.
Believing in yourself is very important in a championship.
""I think everyone in Sweden hopes for a European Championship gold.
And of course we trust in ourselves.
"The self-belief from the underwent players has rubbed off on the younger members of the squad, such as 22-year-old right-support Hanna Lundkvist, whose only aim is to lift the trophy.
"That's what I'm set on – that we're going to move there and win.
Thinking anything else would be completely wrong.
And I really think we can do it," says Lundkvist.
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