The German women's national team occurs during Deutschland Cup (6 to 9 November 2024) in Landshut with 22 players. Women's national coach Jeff MacLeod announced the squad live in the MagentaSport broadcast of the DEL game between EHC Red Bull München and the Adler Mannheim known. The DEBThe team is led by an experienced core around captain Daria Gleißner.
allein 14 of the 22 players were part of the squad for this year’s World Championship in Utica (USA). DEBselection. Numerous young players will also get their chance to prove themselves in Landshut. Alexandra Boico, Anna Rose and Hanna Weichenhain will be taking part in their first tournament for the women's national team.
The DEB-Selection will travel to Landshut on Monday, November 4, 2024, to prepare for the upcoming tournament. At the second joint tournament edition of women and men at the Deutschland Cup Jeff MacLeod's team will meet at the start of the tournament on Wednesday, November 6th (19:45) in the Fanatec Arena on France. The DEBThe selection will then play against Slovakia (Friday, November 8th at 19:00) and Hungary (Saturday, November 9th at 14:30).
Women's national coach Jeff MacLeod: "Of the Deutschland Cup in Landshut was already a great stage for women's ice hockey last year. The tournament gives us the chance to prepare for the further tasks this year. We will be giving Deutschland Cup We have deliberately given some young players the chance to prove themselves in Landshut because the college players will not be taking part. We have closely observed the young players in the U18 women's national team and in their clubs and believe that they deserve this chance. We are very much looking forward to this year's tournament!"
DEB-Sports director Christian Künast: “After the successful premiere last year, we are convinced that the parallel tournament will again bring many important insights for our women’s national team, which we want to use for our further development. Of course, we are looking at the Deutschland Cup as a central preparation measure for the upcoming highlights with the Olympic qualification in February and the World Championship in April. For us, the days in Landshut will therefore be an important assessment of our position, which we are all looking forward to."
Interview with women’s national coach Jeff MacLeod
The schedule of the women’s national team at Deutschland Cup 2024:
06.11.2024/19/45 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - France
08.11.2024/19/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Slovakia
09.11.2024/14/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Hungary
All games of the Deutschland Cup will also be broadcast live and free of charge at MagentaSport transfer.