At the end of the 5-nation tournament in Vierumäki, Finland, the German women's national team lost 1:6 (0:4/1:1/0:1) against hosts Finland.
The German team had their first big chance after just under a minute. However, Marie Delarbre failed at the far corner past Meeri Raisanen in the Finnish goal. On the other hand, Franziska Albl made several brilliant saves against Finns who were ready to score. However, in the 4th minute of the game they were powerless when Venla Hovi pushed in a pass from Petra Nieminen to make it 0-1 for Finland. Finland continued to apply pressure afterwards and scored 0-2 in the sixth minute. Minnamari Tuominen scored in the follow-up after Albl's bat defense. Ten minutes had been played when Germany took their first penalty. It only took twenty-five seconds for the Finns to score their third goal. At first Albl held strong against Saana Valkama, but then nothing could be done against Ronja Savolainen's follow-up shot. On the other side, Emily Nix ran towards the goal eight minutes before the break, but no one was there for the follow-up shot, which Raisanen thankfully let bounce into the middle. The German team continued to put up a tough fight and had a good chance through Marie Delarbre in the 18th minute. She simply kept her stick in Kerstin Spielberger's shot, but Raisanen extended her leg and thus prevented the German goal. Forty-five seconds before the end of the period, Emily Nix had the first German goal on her stick when she ran alone towards Raisanen. But her shot on the side of the stick landed on the upper arm of the opposing goalkeeper. On the other hand, Finland used their last opportunity to shoot five seconds before the siren, Ronja Savolainen scored with a slap shot from the blue line to make it 0:4 at the end of the period.
The second third began as the first had ended. The Finns continued to move forward and the German team had good support in Franziska Albl. Two and a half minutes after the restart, the German team scored the 1:4 goal in the power play. Laura Kluge shot, Raisanen passed to the side where Marie Delarbre was standing and shot in at the near post. Just a few moments another penalty against the hosts for having too many players on the ice. But the German team didn't manage to get into the formation; the Finnish outnumbered game was too powerful. The action took place most of the time in the German third, but many shots did not reach the goal due to good German defensive work and many block attempts. Almost five minutes before the second break, a penalty against the German team. Right at the start of the outnumbered situation, Celina Haider and Marie Delarbre ran a 2 on 1 counterattack. Haider's pass to Delarbre was received, but Raisanen failed despite a shot against the direction of the ball. The Finns then got into their line-up, but the German team blocked shots and put up a great fight. Just complete again, the German team had to concede a goal fifty-nine seconds before the half-time siren. Michelle Karvinen tried at the first attempt, but Albl was on the post. However, she then had to let Minnamari Tuominen's follow-up shot pass to make the score 1:5 at halftime.
Finland came out of the locker room again with a lot of pressure. The German team held up well. After almost five minutes of play in the final third, the hosts made it 1:6. Emmi Rakkolainen scored in a follow-up for Finland. A minute and a half later, Emily Nix on the other side was only prevented from taking a slap shot at the last second; she was completely free in front of Raisanen. Although Finland continued to dominate the game, the German defense worked well and blocked many shots. Just under two and a half minutes before the end, Laura Kluge and Kerstin Spielberger ran against a Finnish defender. Unfortunately, Spielberger was unable to utilize Kluge's cross pass. So it remained 1:6 for Finland.
Benjamin Hinterstocker, women's national coach: “Against a strong Finnish team, our national players performed well until the sixtieth minute. We would like to thank everyone who supported us this year. I wish the team nothing but the best for the future.”
Germany: Albl (Schröder) – Botthof, Rothemund; Amort, Delarbre, Spielberger (A) – T. Eisenschmid, Gleissner; Lanzl (A), Kluge, Nix – Fiegert, Strobel; N. Eisenschmid, Karpf, Bartsch – Düsterhöft, Sabus; Bear, Haider, Kamenik (C)
Gates: 0:1 Venla Hovi (3:01); 0:2 Minnamari Tuominen (05:19); 0:3 Ronja Savolainen (10:28/PP1); 0:4 Ronja Savolainen (19:55); 1:4 Marie Delarbre (22:39/PP1); 1:5 Minnamari Tuominen (39:01); 1:6 Emmi Rakkolainen (44:59)
Penalty minutes: Germany 4 – Finland 4