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Hockey World Cup: Germany after beating New Zealand in the semifinals

As of: 07/12/2022 7:12 p.m

Germany’s hockey women have reached the semi-finals at the World Cup with a win against New Zealand and are playing for a medal.

The selection of the German Hockey Association (DHB) narrowly won the quarter-finals against New Zealand in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen on Tuesday (07/12/2022), but earned 1-0. This was the first time in twelve years that the German women’s hockey team had reached a World Cup semi-final.

Micheel with the winning goal for the “Danas”

Lena Micheel put the “Danas” on course with the opening goal in the 17th minute, taking advantage of a superior number after a time penalty against the New Zealanders. It was the first tournament goal for the Hamburg native.

After taking the lead, national coach Valentin Altenburg’s team dominated for long stretches, but, as in the previous games, missed many chances and kept the game unnecessarily exciting. Pauline Heinz failed at the post just before half-time, and the DHB team left ten penalty corners unused.

“We keep working on scoring more goals. It’s important that we have a zero at the back and we get one more up front.”, said DHB captain Nike Lorenz after the game. 10:2 penalty corners and 15:3 goal chances confirmed the dominance, but also the bad chances of the DHB women.

Ten minutes before the end, the “Danas” had to survive a tricky phase when two players, Pauline Heinz and Anne Schröder, conceded time penalties and New Zealand also took the goalkeeper off the field. Despite being outnumbered, the lead held until the end.

Semifinals in Terrassa against Argentina or England

Now the German team is traveling to Terrassa in Spain for the medal round. There they meet on Saturday night the winner of the quarter-final duel between Argentina and England, which takes place on Wednesday night.

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