The 18 IIHF U2017 Ice Hockey World Championship Division I in Slovenia is coming up for the German U18 national team in April. To prepare together, the team led by U18 national coach Steffen Ziesche will meet from March 29th to April 03rd, 2017 at the Federal Training Center in Füssen. The DEB-Selection will play there in two games against Denmark (April 01.04st / 19:30 p.m.) and France (April 03.04rd / 18:00 p.m.). The final squad of 20 players and 3 goalkeepers will be announced after the two friendly matches.
Coach Steffen Ziesche: “We are full of excited anticipation for the World Cup and would like to prepare for it in Füssen. We hope that the boys will be fit and ambitious in their preparation and make it particularly difficult for us to nominate the squad. This means we can tackle our goal of resurgence with the best possible conditions.”
LIVE TICKER WORLD CUP PREPARATION | World Cup SCHEDULE
Squad:
| Pos | Name | First Name | Date of Birth | Club |
| GK | Arnsperger | Mark | 06.12.1999 | ESV 03 Chemnitz |
| GK | Ancicka | Tobias | 27.02.2001 | Eisbären Juniors Berlin |
| GK | Digit | Hendrik | 18.09.2000 | DEG ice hockey |
| GK | Beck | Benjamin | 19.05.1999 | Red Bull Salzburg/AUT |
| D | hanger | Nicolas | 01.02.1999 | KEC “The Sharks” |
| D | Seider | Moritz | 06.04.2001 | ELZ Jungadler Mannheim |
| D | Stauffert | Paul | 18.01.1999 | EC Bad Tölz |
| D | Dersh | Alexander | 30.03.2000 | EV Landshut |
| D | Koziol | Fabian | 11.10.1999 | ESV Kaufbeuren |
| D | Bölke | Brian | 15.01.1999 | Eisbären Juniors Berlin |
| D | Fichtl | Michael | 06.03.1999 | ESV Kaufbeuren |
| D | Bappert | Tom Eric | 16.01.1999 | KEC “The Sharks” |
| D | Behrens | Jonas | 30.04.1999 | Red Bull Salzburg/AUT |
| F | Bokk | Dominik | 03.02.2000 | KEC “The Sharks” |
| F | Brunnhuber | Tim | 19.01.1999 | EV Regensburg |
| F | Scatter | Sebastian | 22.11.1999 | Red Bull Salzburg/AUT |
| F | Baßler | Marco | 16.07.1999 | EV Landshut |
| F | Knobloch | Tom | 07.02.1999 | Eisbären Juniors Berlin |
| F | Ehl | Alexander | 28.11.1999 | EV Landshut |
| F | Well-being | Tim | 22.07.1999 | ESV Kaufbeuren |
| F | Fischer | Mike | 23.08.1999 | ELZ Jungadler Mannheim |
| F | Stachowiak | Wojtek | 03.07.1999 | ELZ Jungadler Mannheim |
| F | Stick | Robin | 26.03.1999 | KEC “The Sharks” |
| F | Pietschmann | Max | 17.03.1999 | KEC “The Sharks” |
| F | Black | Pierre | 13.04.1999 | ELZ Jungadler Mannheim |
| F | Demonstrate | Marius | 21.10.1999 | Eisbären Juniors Berlin |
| F | Chamois | Timo | 12.05.1999 | EC Bad Tölz |
| F | Reichel | Thomas | 21.04.1999 | SB Rosenheim |