The German Women's national team won their last World Cup warm-up match against Japan. The team of women's national coach Jeff MacLeod won at the Pouzar Hockey Center with 3:2 after penalty shootout (0:2, 1:0, 1:0, 0:0, 1:0). Both goals for the DEBSvenja Voigt scored the first goal for the team in regular time. In the penalty shootout, Sandra Abstreiter saved four of Japan's five attempts, while Lilli and Luisa Welcke scored for the German team. The latter was awarded the game-winning goal.

The DEBThe German team conceded an early goal from the Japanese. Subsequently, the German team failed to capitalize on two power plays and had several chances to equalize through Laura Kluge and Emily Nix. On the other side, however, the Japanese struck again: goalie Sandra Abstreiter was beaten for the second time on a counterattack two minutes before the end of the period. The German team had a majority of chances in the first period but was unable to capitalize.

This changed in the second period, when Svenja Voigt equalized in the 25th minute. In the middle period, the German team continued to exert pressure, again having the advantage in chances and taking advantage of this to get on the scoreboard. She beat the Japanese goalkeeper at the near post. DEBThe selection continued to put pressure on the Japanese team, but towards the end of the middle period, they allowed the Japanese to exert pressure, which they survived unscathed. In the final period, Svenja Voigt scored the equalizer 35 seconds before the final whistle and brought the DEBThe team went into overtime. The game remained goalless. Luisa Welcke scored the game-winning goal in the penalty shootout.

The German women's national team will move from the Pouzar Hockey Center to the Budvar Arena this evening, where the Women's World Championship will take place. Tomorrow, Monday, the DEBselection the obligatory photo day, on Wednesday (11 a.m.) the team of women's national coach Jeff MacLeod starts the tournament against Sweden.

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Women's national coach Jeff MacLeod: "We improved throughout the entire game today, but we need to get off to a better start. Of course, it was a special situation, as we spent the entire day traveling yesterday and had to adjust today with the smaller ice surface. In the end, it's important to see how we accepted the fight and bounced back. Sometimes there are also bad games where the win counts in the end. We'll continue working tomorrow and want to prepare for the next stage, which awaits us on Wednesday against Sweden."

The game plan DEB-Selection:

Preparation:

03.04.2025 | 15:00 | Germany–Switzerland 3:2 aet (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 1:0)
06.04.2025 | 15:00 | Germany – Japan 3:2 after extra time (0:2, 1:0, 1:0, 0:0, 1:0)

World Championship:

DEBWomen with comeback victory against Japan