Women's World Championship 2025

Haak nails 39 in Sweden’s first ever World Championship win

The European team outlasts Egypt to leave Thailand on a high note

Published 01:28, 26 Aug 2025

Sweden (SWE) vs. Egypt (EGY) women - Pool A #56703082

Isabelle Haak flies high again

Star opposite Isabelle Haak hammered out an impressive 39 points towards Sweden’s historic first victory in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championships. The European team finished its rookie campaign in Thailand with a four-set win over Egypt in Bangkok on Tuesday to take third place in the final pool standings on a 1-2 win-loss record and 4 points before going home. Their African opponents, however, will have to go home empty-handed. The first place in the pool will be decided in the last match on the program as hosts Thailand take on the Netherlands in a direct duel of the undefeated, serving off shortly, at 20:30 local time (13:30 UTC).

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Isabelle Haak delivered 34 spiking points at a 56% success rate in attack, three kill blocks and two aces towards Sweden’s 3-1 (25-18, 26-28, 25-20, 25-16) win to top the scorers chart of the match.

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Sweden prevailed over Egypt on all scoring counts - 14-2 in kill blocks, 75-56 in spike kills and 3-1 in aces. They did, however, also commit abundant unforced errors – 23 against only nine from Egypt. Isabelle’s older sister, outside hitter and captain Anna Haak, put away 17 points, including two blocks and an ace. Her cross-court teammate Maya Tabron spiked another 15 points at a 58% success rate in attack.

“This win was really important. It was a tough tournament for us, but it’s been really fun. We got a lot of experience. It’s the first time in history, our first ever victory at the World Championships, so we wrote history in the end. Of course, we would have loved to play a better game two days ago, but I think we should be really proud of what we did,” Isabelle Haak told VBTV. “Now with volleyball growing in Sweden, we have a lot of young players and I think future generations will be better and better…”

As many as four Egyptian players reached the double digits in this game, led by outside hitter Nada Ahmed Houssameldein with a team-high 18 points. 20-year-old opposite Toqaallah Eassa, outside Mariam Metwally Mohamed Morsy (Meeto) and middle blocker Dalia Morshedy Ashraf added 14, 13 and 11 points, respectively.