This Monday the Men's national team into the second phase of World Cup preparations. For the road trip to Slovakia, National coach Harold Kreis three players, thus changing the squad compared to the first week together. In defense, Tobias Fohrler and Lukas Kälble (both Adler Mannheim) is now part of the team, Tobias Rieder (Red Bull Munich) is joining the national team for the offensive.
National coach Harold Kreis on the second phase: "Based on the insights gained in the first week, we have decided to make some changes to the lineup for the second phase and to bring these three players with us on the trip to Slovakia. Before the third phase of our preparation, additional players from the semi-finalists will join us. Our focus now is on the team's further development in the two international matches against Slovakia, which will demand everything from us. This has been demonstrated by the experience of our past matches, which were always close and physically challenging for us. Of course, we would also like to take this opportunity to thank the national team players for their commitment, who are no longer with us after phase one."
On Monday afternoon the DEBselection in Piešťany (SVK) and will have his first session on the ice this evening. After another day of training, two consecutive international matches against Slovakia are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday (both games kick off at 18 p.m.).
World Cup preparation of the German men’s national team:
10.04.2025/19/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Czech Republic 0:7 (0:2, 0:2, 0:3)
12.04.2025/17/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Czech Republic 0:1 (0:0, 0:0, 0:1)
Aug 16.04.2025, 18 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Slovakia – Germany (Piestany)
Aug 17.04.2025, 18 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Slovakia – Germany (Piestany)
Aug 24.04.2025, 19 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Austria - Germany (Zell am See)
26.04.2025/17/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Austria (Rosenheim)
04.05.2025/17/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – USA (Düsseldorf)
All World Cup preparation matches will be broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport transfer.
