The German ice hockey women are already under pressure after the second group game at the World Cup in Denmark, despite a strong race to catch up.
The team of national coach Thomas Schädler lost 3:4 (0:0, 0:2, 3:1, 0:0, 0:1) against Sweden after a penalty shootout.
After being 3-0 down, they equalized 43 seconds before the final siren. At the start there was a 2:4 against Hungary, now the selection of the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) in Group B of five collected their first point.
Next opponents Czech Republic and Denmark
However, only the top three teams make it to the quarterfinals, the round of the last eight is the declared goal of the DEB team. Other opponents are the Czech Republic on Monday (3.30 p.m.) and host Denmark on Tuesday (7.30 p.m.). In Group A, all five teams advance.
On Saturday the German women played in the Iscenter North in Fredrikshavn a stable first third, but fell behind in the second round outnumbered for the first time. After Paula Bergstrom’s 0:3 (47th minute) in the final third, the game seemed decided, but Germany came back: three powerplay goals from Nina Christof (53rd) and the sisters Nicola (57th) and Tanja Eisenschmid (60th). ) saved the team into overtime.
No further goals were scored there, and Sweden then had the better nerves in the penalty shoot-out.