The U18 national team of national coach Patrick Reimer will start the 24 IIHF U2025 World Championship on Thursday, April 18. The championship will take place from April 23 to May 3, 2025, in Frisco (USA). All World Championship games of the German U18 men's national team will be broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport transfer.
The World Cup starts on Wednesday – one day later, the German team will take part in the action. In the World Cup preliminary round (Group B), the DEB-Young Talent Selection will face the Czech Republic at the tournament kick-off (21:00 PM German time). The other opponents are the teams from Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA. A good week ago, the DEBThe German team traveled to North America to prepare for the World Cup. Near Dallas, the team played two international warm-up matches against Canada (final score 4:12) and Norway (3:6), both of which the German team lost.
U18 national coach Patrick Reimer"In the first game against Canada, we learned a bit of a lesson. Despite that, we played good hockey at times, created opportunities, and scored our goals that way. Against Norway, we didn't get off to a good start and invited our opponents to score. We fought back into the game and dominated for long stretches in the second period, but we were unable to capitalize on some of our great opportunities. In the final period, we were somewhat undisciplined, which led to penalties that Norway was able to capitalize on. We've now gathered our lessons learned during our World Cup preparations. We don't have to hide from anyone, but we also have to learn to work with concentration over the entire game and keep our game simple. We feel well prepared for the start of the tournament, but we will certainly tweak a few things in the training sessions over the next two days. We're excited that our first World Cup game against the Czech Republic is about to begin."
Results of the U18 Men's World Cup preparation matches
19.04.2025 | Germany – Canada 4:12
22.04.2025 I Norway – Germany 6:3
U18 World Cup Preliminary Round Matches Top Division (Group B)
24.04.2025 I 21:00 (German time) I Czech Republic – Germany
25.04.2025/23/00 I XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. (German time) I Germany - Sweden
27.04.2025/19/00 I XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. (German time) I Germany - Switzerland
29.04.2025/02/00 I XNUMX:XNUMX (German time) I USA – Germany
All World Cup matches of the German U18 men’s national team will be broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport transfer.