U18 honorary national coach André Rankel has announced his squad for the 14 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I, Group A in Frederikshavn, Denmark, which will take place from April 2024th to 2024th, 18. After a training course at the federal base in Füssen and two subsequent test matches against Hungary, the final World Cup squad has now been decided.
The squad largely consists of the team that has already competed in phases one and two of the World Cup preparation and six new players who have so far played in the playoff final of the German U20 Young Talent League.
The World Cup preparations are going according to plan so far. The coaching team led by honorary national coach André Rankel analyzed the players' individual development again and worked with the team on small things that should be improved before the upcoming World Cup. The two international matches at the Red Bull Academy in Salzburg also went well. The German U18 young talent selection was able to clearly win 8:0 and 7:3 against the team from Hungary. The Hungarian U18 team will also be one of the five opponents of the German team at the upcoming World Cup.
This will happen tomorrow, Thursday, April 11, 2024 DEBteam will travel to the World Cup venue Frederikshavn (DEN), where the first joint ice session is already planned for the evening. There will be another test match on site on Friday, April 12, 2024 against the Austrians, who will then be the opening World Cup opponents for the German U18 men two days later.
DEB-Sports director Christian Künast: "We look forward to the challenge ahead. It is important to us as an association to bring the team up to the top international level and to give each individual player the opportunity to develop further. Our U18 honorary national coach André Rankel and his team have done important development work since the beginning of the season and have prepared the team for the tournament in the best possible way.”
U18 honorary national coach André Rankel: “We used the two preparatory games against Hungary to test the players again and put together the final squad based on this and previous findings. We are very satisfied with the team with which we are now going to the World Championships and are looking forward to the tasks ahead. Our goal is to get a little better every day and play our best ice hockey at the World Cup. Our focus is on ourselves, we want to play our game and implement the things we have set out to do. If we can do that, we have a good chance of being successful as a team."
World Cup preparation in Salzburg, AUT and Frederikshavn, DEN
April 07.04.2024, 17 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Hungary 8:0
April 09.04.2024, 17 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Hungary 7:3
April 12.04.2024, 16 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Austria
2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I Group A Frederikshavn, DEN
April 14.04.2024, 13 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Austria - Germany
April 15.04.2024, 13 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Hungary
April 17.04.2024, 16 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Ukraine
April 18.04.2024, 16 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Japan – Germany
April 20.04.2024, 20 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Denmark
The results and statistics can be found here: deb-online.live