The German ice hockey team travels from Tampere to Riga on Wednesday. The World Cup quarter-finals against old rivals Switzerland will take place there on Thursday. The DEB team is confident.
For Germany’s ice hockey team there is a travel day after the quarter-finals at the World Cup on Wednesday.
In the morning, the selection of national coach Harold Kreis will travel from Tampere, Finland to Riga, where the quarter-finals will take place against archrival Switzerland (3:20 p.m. / Sport1 and MagentaSport). In 2021, Germany had also won in Riga in the quarter-finals of the World Cup against Switzerland after a penalty shoot-out (3: 2). “It’s going to get hot,” said attacker Marcel Noebels from Eisbären Berlin.
victories in the recent past
The 31-year-old artfully converted the decisive penalty two years ago. Noebels was also on the way to Olympic silver in Pyeongchang in 2018, when Germany won the quarter-finals decider against arch-rivals.
In 2010, the then German team also won the quarter-finals in Mannheim against Switzerland at the home World Cup. “In all the games we played against them, a lot of positive things came out for us,” said Noebels.
Eight NHL stars with the Swiss
However, this time Switzerland is the clear favorite in the game. With eight NHL stars, the Confederates easily finished first in Group B in Riga. The goal of the team is the world title. In addition to the possible semi-finals again, Germany on Thursday is also about direct Olympic qualification for 2026. In the event of a win, it would hardly be possible to take that away from the DEB team.
“I have a lot of confidence in the team,” said national coach Harold Kreis, who was assistant coach at the time in the 2010 quarter-final win against Switzerland. “We will be prepared. The Swiss will certainly not dictate the game. We will play against them on an equal footing,” promised the 64-year-old.
Source: Stern
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