The Men's national team arrived in Austria this afternoon. After two intensive ice sessions in Rosenheim, the team of national coach Harold Kreis has set off for Zell am See. There, on Thursday evening (kick-off at 19 p.m.), the fifth of a total of seven international matches in preparation for the 2025 World Cup will take place. Their opponents are Austria Selection of Austriah.
Directly after the first of two neighborhood duels, the DEBThe German national team returns to Rosenheim. The return match against Team Austria will take place at 17 p.m. on Saturday at the ROFA Arena. The international match in Rosenheim is sold out. Beforehand, the national team will host a public training session on Friday afternoon, April 25. The German team's training session is from 14 p.m. to 15:30 p.m.
Both international matches against Austria will be live and free on MagentaSport transfer.
National coach Harold Kreis On the two games against Austria: "Immediately after the team arrived in Rosenheim, we mentioned that we only have three games left until the World Cup. Therefore, we now view each game as a kind of World Cup game and want to fully internalize our style of play, even though there will of course be some changes to the roster next week. We already have several players on the roster who have World Cup experience, so the development in the first few days of training this week has been good. We have a certain rivalry with Austria; they are a team that shows off on the ice and uses aggressive forechecking, and they have developed internationally in recent years. Furthermore, they have almost assembled their World Cup roster, as the league season in Austria has already ended. So it will be a welcome challenge for us."
Striker Marc Michaelis: "It feels great to be back with the national team – I enjoy being here. There are already many players here with whom we've shared so much over the past few years, and I'm looking forward to the coming weeks. So far, the preparation has been mixed. So, I hope that we can take a step forward as a team these days and play two good games against Austria, regardless of the result."
Remaining tickets for match against the USA available
A few tickets are still available for the final World Cup preseason match against the USA on Sunday, May 4, at the PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf, starting today at 18 p.m. Demand for the match has been so high in recent weeks that all available tickets were initially sold out. Due to returns, there is now another opportunity to get tickets for the international match against the USA. Tickets are available at DEB-Ticket shop.
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 2:3 (2:0, 0:1 0:2)
Aug 17.04.2025, 18 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Slovakia – Germany 4:0 (1:0, 3:0, 0:0)
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)