After the first World Cup preparation phase in Füssen, U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter has now nominated 25 players for the final phase in Gothenburg, Sweden. The 26 IIHF World Junior Championship will take place here in Scandinavium and Frolundaborg from December 2023, 5 to January 2024, 2024.
After intensive training sessions during the preparation in Füssen and two friendly defeats against Switzerland, the DEBselection on Monday morning towards Scandinavia. On the evening of December 19th and December 22nd, 2023, the German team will face the teams from Norway and Slovakia in two more preparation games. The coaching team led by U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter will then announce its final squad for the tournament in Gothenburg. In preliminary group A of the Junior World Championship, the German U20 national team will face Finland (27:2023 p.m.), Sweden (December 14th / 30:28.12 p.m.), Latvia (December 19th / 30:30.12 p.m.) and Canada (December 19st / 30:31.12 p.m.) from December 19th, 30.
U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter: “In both test matches against Switzerland, we saw how we have to play in order to make an impact internationally, but also what we have to do better in order to consistently play successfully at this level. After the two test matches in Sweden against Norway and Slovakia we will nominate the final squad. At the same time, we would like to thank the players who are no longer there for their commitment.”
| Pos | No. | Name | First Name | Date of birth | Club 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Bittner | Matthias | 13.02.2004 | Krefeld Pinguine/Krefelder EV81/IceFighters Leipzig |
| GK | 29 | Dietl | Philipp | 02.07.2004 | Straubing Tigers/EV Landshut |
| GK | 30 | Wolf | Simon | 23.07.2004 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors/AUT |
| DF | 27 | Hübner | Niklas | 01.04.2004 | ERC Ingolstadt/Ravensburg Tower Stars |
| DF | 5 | Mayer | Paul | 25.09.2005 | Adler Mannheim/JA Mannheim/Bietigheim Steelers |
| DF | 3 | Niehus | Lua | 26.03.2005 | Löwen Frankfurt/Stuttgart Rebels |
| DF | 28 | Panocha | Norwin | 24.02.2005 | Chicoutimi Saguenéens/CAN |
| DF | 6 | Reich | Michael | 16.07.2004 | EV Landshut/Passau Black Hawks |
| DF | 7 | Schindler | Samuel | 28.12.2004 | ERC Ingolstadt/Bayreuth Tigers |
| DF | 4 | Sinn | Phillip | 13.01.2004 | Red Bull Salzburg/AUT |
| DF | 22 | Weber | Jakob | 22.01.2004 | EHC Red Bull München/ESV Kaufbeuren |
| FW | 10 | Anton | Maksim | 19.04.2004 | Moskitos Essen |
| FW | 17 | Assavolyuk | Daniel | 08.06.2004 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors/AUT |
| FW | 14 | Bicker | Kevin | 29.01.2005 | Löwen Frankfurt |
| FW | 23 | Brandl | Linus | 01.04.2005 | Straubing Tigers/EV Landshut |
| FW | 26 | Elias | Moritz | 10.03.2004 | Augsburger Panther |
| FW | 18 | Hauf | Luca | 11.01.2004 | Seattle Thunderbirds/USA |
| FW | 19 | Hördler | Eric | 10.08.2004 | Eisbären Berlin/Lausitzer Füchse |
| FW | 24 | Kechter | Roman | 16.02.2004 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers |
| FW | 8 | Lutz | Julian | 29.02.2004 | Green Bay Gamblers/USA |
| FW | 25 | Nieleck | Lennard | 10.03.2004 | Iserlohn Roosters/Hammer Eisbären |
| FW | 13 | Oswald | Veit | 31.08.2004 | EHC Red Bull München |
| FW | 16 | Rollinger | Ralf | 05.06.2004 | ERC Ingolstadt/Ravensburg Tower Stars |
| FW | 12 | Schreiner | Vadim | 25.08.2005 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors/AUT |
| FW | 21 | Sumpf | Julius | 11.01.2005 | Moncton Wild Cats/CAN |
STAFF: Tobias Abstreiter (head coach), Jochen Molling (assistant coach), Patrick Strauch (assistant coach), Luca Endres (goalkeeper coach), Christian Bachmann (athletic coach), Claudia Frenz (team doctor), Michael Haas (physiotherapist), Max Fruth (physiotherapist), Corbinian Cedzich (Equipment Manager), Ralf Stadler (Equipment Manager), Julius Werner (Team Manager), Marceline Amlow (Media Manager)
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The game plan of the German U20 national team
14.12.2023/19/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Test match | Germany – Switzerland 3:4 nP (goals: J. Marsh (2x), M. Anton)
15.12.2023/14/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Test match | Germany – Switzerland 1:6 (goal: M. Elias)
19.12.2023/19/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Test match | Germany – Norway
22.12.2023/19/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Test match | Germany – Slovakia
27.12.2023/14/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Finland – Germany
28.12.2023/19/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Sweden
30.12.2023/19/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Latvia
31.12.2023 | 19:30 | Canada – Germany