After an intensive two-week preparation in Charlottetown, Moncton and Ottawa (Canada), U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter nominated his squad for the U20 World Championship in OttawaA total of 25 players make up the World Cup squad, including three goalkeepers, eight defenders and 14 strikers.
After yesterday's warm-up match against Sweden, the decision on the final World Cup squad was made. "It is of course always a very difficult decision for us as to who has to fly home at the end," explains U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter. "Timo Kose has gained important experience at the U20 level, and we would like to thank him for his efforts - the future belongs to him."
As in the World Cup preparation, the Coaching team Tobias Abstreiter is complemented by Jochen Molling (assistant coach), Patrick Strauch (assistant coach), Luca Endres (goalkeeper coach) and Christian Bachmann (athletics coach).
In the preliminary round group A of the Junior World Championship, the German U20 national team will face the USA (26:2024 p.m. German time), Finland (December 20th / 30:27.12 p.m.), Canada (December 21th / 30:30.12 a.m.) and Latvia (December 01th / 30:30.12 p.m.) from December 21th, 30.
U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter for the World Cup preparation in Canada: "We played four preparation games in Canada, which were very interesting and educational for us. We are convinced that the knowledge gained from the games will be important for the tournament. We have identified areas in which we are already seeing good progress - but also areas where we need to work. The preparation also confirmed that our consistency will be crucial in keeping us open for games against opponents at the top international level."
U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter for the upcoming World Cup: "We have a squad with which we can achieve our goal of staying in the league. With the top nations USA, Finland and Canada, we will be playing against title contenders in the first three World Cup games. We are looking forward to these duels and want to put in a good performance. It is important that we gather knowledge from each of these encounters and take it with us to the next game. We want to use these findings and adjustments to continue to develop during the tournament and be as well prepared as possible for the final group game against Latvia."
The game plan DEB-Selection at the U20 World Championship in Ottawa (Canada):
December 26.12.2024, 20 | 30:XNUMX p.m. (German time) | USA – Germany
27.12.2024 | 21:30 (German time) | Germany – Finland
30.12.2024 | 01:30 am (German time) | Canada – Germany
30.12.2024 | 21:30 (German time) | Germany – Latvia
All German games and the knockout phase of the U20 World Cup will be broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport.