The final line-up of the German U20 national team for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden has been announced. A total of 23 players (three goalkeepers, seven defensemen, 13 strikers) made it into the final selection of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. V (DEB) and were nominated for the Young Talent World Championship by U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter. Phillip Sinn (Red Bull Salzburg) was elected captain of the German team by the team. Julian Lutz (Green Bay Gamblers) and Veit Oswald (Red Bull Munich) will be his assistants.
Yesterday Friday evening, the German U20 team played their last of four test matches against Slovakia. This is where it showed up DEB-Selection was strong for long stretches of the match and was able to take the lead thanks to goals from Vadim Schreiner (13th and 19th), Veit Oswald (39th and 40th) and Linus Brandl (43rd). In the end, however, Slovakia secured victory with a 6:5 nV thanks to Dalibor Dvorsky's power play goal in the 63rd minute.
| 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 | 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 | 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)
In the preliminary round 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: “We improved in many areas of yesterday's game compared to the game against Norway. Nevertheless, we were disappointed to end up with a defeat after a 5-2 lead. We will still take the positive things with us into the World Cup tournament and try to bring more consistency into our game. Unfortunately, two players had to leave us again. This was an incredibly difficult decision, but that's part of it. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the players again for their commitment and wish them all the best for their sporting careers.”
All German games and all games in the knockout round of the 2024 IIHF U20 World Championship can be seen live and exclusively on MagentaSport and MagentaTV. The German games are available to everyone free of charge – without a subscription and without registration.
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 4:5 aet (goals: K. Bicker, E. Hördler, M. Elia, V. Oswald)
22.12.2023/19/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Test match | Germany – Slovakia 5:6 aet (goals: V. Schreiner (2x), V. Oswald (2x), L. Brandl)
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