The German water polo players missed the playoffs of the world league.
A week after the 6:17 defeat in Barcelona against Spain, the selection of the German Swimming Association (DSV) lost 11:16 (2:2, 2:5, 3:6, 4:3) against in Hamburg on Tuesday Leaders France, ending European Group B without a win.
Denis Strelezkij (3), Mateo Cuk, Marin Restovic, Lukas Küppers (2 each), Marko Stamm and Mark Gansen scored for the team of the new national coach Petar Porobic. With the premature exit, the DSV selection missed further important preparatory games on the way to the World Cup in Hungary (June 18 to July 3) and the European Championship in Split (August 27 to September 10).