The women's national team has won the first match of the Olympic qualification tournament in Bremerhaven. The team of national coach Jeff MacLeod beat Austria 2-0 (0-0, 2-0, 0-0). A total of 1.360 spectators saw the victory of the DEBselection, in which Celina Haider and Emily Nix scored the goals. Sandra Abstreiter celebrated a shutout.
The German team had the first big chance of the game after five minutes when Lilli Welcke tested the opposing goalkeeper after a solo run. DEBselection survived a first power play unscathed, Laura Kluge had the best chance of the third in the 11th minute when she was unable to convert a pass from Emily Nix from behind the goal against Selma Luggin. Shortly afterwards, the DEBThe women even had to survive a double deficit when Franziska Feldmeier and Laura Kluge had to sit in the penalty box – but the German penalty killing held firm.
After only three minutes of play in the middle period, Celina Haider brought the DEBselection in the lead. The German women's national team pressed for the second goal, especially when they were in the majority – Emily Nix had a double chance, among others. This was expanded by Emily Nix in the 36th minute. In the final third, the DEBselection continued to play well, played confidently in front of 1.360 spectators and held on to the 2-0 lead. Celina Haider was named the best player of the game.
Tomorrow, Friday, the women's national team will be back on the ice for training at the Bremerhaven ice arena from 11 a.m. The second game of the tournament is on Saturday. The team of women's national coach Jeff MacLeod will face Slovakia from 14:30 p.m. All tournament games in the Olympic qualification will be broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport.
Tournament tickets are available from 24 euros, day tickets from 9 euros in DEB-Ticket shop: https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/deb/
Voices about the game:
Women's national coach Jeff MacLeod: "Of course, the victory in the opening game was very important. Our players did the simple things well from the start and quickly found their rhythm. We fought well and gained advantages in some situations. The special teams also worked well. It was an important victory, now we are concentrating on our upcoming opponents from Slovakia."
Striker Emily Nix: "We are happy that we were able to celebrate a successful start to the tournament. We actually dominated the entire game. Even after a goalless first third, we remained patient and were rewarded for it in the end. It was the start we wanted and we want to build on that in the next games."
Statistics for the game: https://cis.iihf.com/cis?819
The tournament schedule of the Olympic qualification
06.02.2025 | 16:00 | Hungary – Slovakia 3:1
06.02.2025/19/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Austria 2:0
Aug 08.02.2025, 14 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Slovakia – Germany
08.02.2025 | 18:00 | Hungary – Austria
09.02.2025 | 14:30 | Austria – Slovakia
09.02.2025/18/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Hungary