Despite a significant improvement in performance, the women's national team had to admit defeat to hosts Japan in the second game in Tokyo, the final score was 1:3 (0:1; 0:1, 0:2). Although they could DEB-Women took a 1-0 lead in the first period thanks to a powerplay goal from Nicola Eisenschmid, but the Japanese came back from the locker room in the second period with a similar level of running as they had two days before and equalized. After Japan's interim 2-1 lead in the third third, the German women threw their game forward, ran into a counterattack with their own numerical superiority and ultimately had to admit defeat 3-1 due to the resulting goal.
Benjamin Hinterstocker, women's national coach: “Despite another defeat, we saw a significant improvement in our team's performance today. In an intense game, both teams were able to create many chances. But we saw again that we have to use our scoring opportunities in equal numbers better and more consistently. I think under the circumstances with the journey, the time change and the composition of the team, some of which are still very young and inexperienced internationally at this level, we were able to deliver a decent performance.”
Julia Zorn, captain of the women's national team: “We were able to create significantly more chances today than we did two days ago. We would have had the opportunity to extend our lead in the first third alone. Of course it also has something to do with the jet lag, but in the end we were much more present in the game today and were more willing to run, so we were able to keep the game balanced for long stretches.”
In just three weeks the women will be heading to the next international competition in the 4-nation tournament in Austria.