U18 Women's World Cup: Narrow defeat against Hungary

For both teams, the situation before the game was clear: With a win, Germany would have a chance of promotion on the final matchday on Saturday. Hungary, on the other hand, would have already been promoted with a win on Friday. Accordingly, the match was eagerly awaited. The World Cup hosts got off to a better start in the match. After a quick passing combination, it was Nice Szabo (6.), who put her team ahead with a shot from the slot. The DEBselection came into the game, there were few clear chances to score against the Hungarians, who had been playing compactly up until then. The German team also defended with concentration, so that the opposite side looked similar and Hungary went into the first break with a narrow lead.

The second half continued with many duels between both teams, but neither side initially had any major scoring opportunities. 32th minute of the game could the DEB-Selection after a win bully and the disc landed at Alexandra Boico, who followed up directly in front of Hungary's goal and equalized. After that, the game opened up again, with the Hungarians in particular increasingly attacking. One of these attacks caused 17 seconds before the second break for the renewed tour of Petra Polonyi.

In the final section, the course was clear: The DEBThe German team wanted to equalize the narrow deficit. As in the first two periods, the last 20 minutes were characterized by many duels. Even a power play during the only penalty of the game against Hungary did not produce anything to count. In the final minutes, the German team risked everything and brought on a sixth field player. But here too, the longed-for equalizer failed to materialize despite several good opportunities. So in the end, the narrow 1:2 defeat, which means promotion for Hungary.

The final World Cup match for the U11 women is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, January 2025, 18. The tournament will end with a match against Italy. The match will start at 16 p.m.

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U18 women's national coach Sebastian Jones: "Today was the game we expected against a very well-structured opponent. We were in the game from the start, accepted the fight and stuck to our own structure. In the second period we gained even more possession and had a few chances to score. After the deserved equaliser, we unfortunately missed the chance to take the lead and then conceded a goal at an unfortunate time. The team left everything on the ice, and we as the coaching team are proud of our team's commitment. In the end, we were just a little unlucky, and that was on Hungary's side today."

Statistics for the game on the IIHF website: https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/ww18ia/gamecenter/playbyplay/64367/12-hun-vs-ger

IIHF tournament website: https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/ww18ia