The Mission World Cup 2025 begins for the U20 national team next week. The team led by U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter will travel from Munich to Montréal (CAN) on Monday, December 9, 2024. The U20 men's first base will then be in Charlottetown. Tobias Abstreiter and his coaching staff have planned several on- and off-ice training sessions and four international matches in preparation for the World Cup. First, they will take to the ice on December 12 and 15 against Slovakia; the other preparation games will be against Kazakhstan and Sweden.
U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter will travel to Canada with three goalkeepers, eight defensemen and 15 forwards. After completing the four preparation games, the squad will be reduced by one position so that the German young talent selection will start the 25 IIHF U2025 World Championship in Ottawa (CAN) with 20 players. There, the USA will be the German team's opening opponent on Thursday, December 26th.
The Coaching team Tobias Abstreiter is completed by Jochen Molling (assistant coach), Patrick Strauch (assistant coach), Luca Endres (goalkeeper coach) and Christian Bachmann (athletics coach).
U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter: "The decisive factor for our nomination was the performance shown during our last measures, in addition we also took into account the current development of the players in the clubs. The focus of the first World Cup preparation games will be on the transition to the small ice surface. This is also one of the main reasons why we are flying to Canada relatively early. In addition, we want to use these four matches to put together the line-ups and find the individual roles of the players. The games against Slovakia, Kazakhstan and Sweden will do us good and prepare us as best as possible for the upcoming World Cup and our tournament opener against the USA."
The schedule of the World Cup preparation of the U20 national team
12.12.2024 | 00:00 (German time) | Germany – Slovakia
15.12.2024 | 19:00 (German time) | Germany – Slovakia
20.12.2024 | 01:00 (German time) | Germany – Kazakhstan
23.12.2024 | 21:00 (German time) | Germany - Sweden