In just over two weeks, the highlight of the season is just around the corner for the U18 women. The final squad for this has already been nominated by U18 women's national coach Sebastian Jones and his coaching team. The Young Talent Team's World Cup preparation is divided into two phases. For the first part of the training course, the German selection will travel to Füssen on Friday, December 27, 2024. Several training sessions and meetings are planned here. In addition, a test match against NAIT Oooks, a Canadian women's college team, is on the program. This will take place on Sunday, December 29, 2024, at 17 p.m. at the federal base in Füssen. The training course ends the following day, after a morning ice session.
The second phase of World Cup preparation starts on Thursday, January 2, 2025, and will also take place in Füssen. On the day of arrival, there will be another ice session. An international match against Italy's young talent selection is planned for Friday, before the team continues by bus to Budapest (HUN). The 18 U2025 Women's World Championship (Division I - Group A) will take place from Sunday, January 5 to Saturday, January 11, 2025, in the Hungarian capital.
The World Cup coaching team led by Sebastian Jones is completed by Benedikt Brückner (assistant coach), Christoph Höhenleitner (assistant coach), Sebastian Modes (goalkeeper coach) and Thomas Dorsch (athletics coach).
U18 women's national coach Sebastian Jones: "We are starting our training courses for Budapest directly with the World Cup squad. We want to work calmly with the final formation, focus and use the time to prepare ourselves specifically. We have completed our evaluation over the course of the season and have now decided on the appropriate players. During the last measures and tournaments, we have identified a few areas where we still see potential for improvement. We will use the training sessions and test matches to optimize these areas so that we are as well prepared as possible for the World Cup in Hungary."
Schedule for the U18 Women’s World Cup preparation:
April 29.12.2024, 17 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – NAIT Ooks
April 03.01.2025, 11 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Italy
Statistics: https://deb-online.live/liga/damen/nationalteam-frauen-u18/
The games will be broadcast live on the streaming portal Red+ (www.red.sport) transmitted.