GER V AUT ( Pool B ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Buenos Aires 2015

GER

5 - 0

AUT

Match Review GER - AUT 5-0

Germany secured their spot in Thursday’s quarter-final thanks to an impressive 5-0 win over Austria. Germany and Canada are both on six points in pool B, while Austria can gain a maximum of three points in their remaining match against Spain.

Niklas Wellen (11’) opened the scoring in this German-speaking encounter when he converted after good work from Mats Grambusch on the right.

Earlier, Austria had won a penalty corner in the first minute but German goalkeeper Nicolas Jacobi managed to save Michael Körper’s drag-flick. Afterwards Germany took control of the match maintaining possession in the Austrian half. Oscar Deecke (40’) doubled the lead in the third quarter when he capped off a flowing team move with a precise finish.

Christopher Zeller (50’) increased the score to 3-0 when netting from a penalty corner. The Olympic champions added two more goals thanks to the youngsters Christopher Rühr (55’) and Mats Grambusch (59’).

This match was a special one for Germany’s Tobias Hauke and Tobias Walter and the Austrians Körper, Benjamin Stanzl and Xaver Hasun as they all play club hockey for Harvestehuder THC in Hamburg. “Benni and I are in the same team for six years now. All of them are my friends, so I hope that Austria make the quarter-finals,” said Hauke.

Thoughts on the match

Christopher Rühr (GER)
“We didn’t really use our chances in the first half. We changed our game structure in the second half which allowed us to create more opportunities.”

Michael Körper (AUT)
“We played much better than in our first two matches. We showed more confidence but saved the goal scoring for our match against Spain. Losing 5-0 today was tough but I think we have improved and now we will give everything to qualify for the quarter-final.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
GER	11	29	WELLEN Niklas	FG	1 - 0
GER	40	9	DEECKE Oskar	FG	2 - 0
GER	50	19	ZELLER Christopher	PC	3 - 0
GER	55	17	RÜHR Christopher	FG	4 - 0
GER	59	8	GRAMBUSCH Mats	FG	5 - 0

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
AUT	28	3	ZEIDLER Fabian	Y

GER

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals
X	1	JACOBI Nicolas
6	2	MÜLLER Mathias
X	3	BUTT Linus
X	4	WINDFEDER Lukas
X	6	HÄNER Martin
X	8	GRAMBUSCH Mats	1
6	9	DEECKE Oskar	1
X	10	WESLEY Christopher
X	13	HAUKE Tobias
4	17	RÜHR Christopher	1
X	19	ZELLER Christopher	1
6	20	ZWICKER Martin
X	21	FURSTE Moritz
X	23	FUCHS Florian
X	24	FÜRK Benedikt
Bench	27	ORUZ Timur
7	29	WELLEN Niklas	1
Bench	30	WALTER Tobias
		Team Manager	HEIMPEL Jochen
		Head Coach	WEISE Markus
		Assistant Coach	McCANN Michael
		Stand-In Manager	MERZ Frederick
		Physiotherapist	PAPENFUß Andreas
		Physiotherapist	WATZKE Hannes
		Medical Doctor	WIDENMAYER Willi
		Psychologist	KUHN Michael
		Video Technician	WIEDERSICH Werner

AUT

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Yellow
X	3	ZEIDLER Fabian		1
X	5	EITENBERGER Sebastian
7	7	BELE Alexander
Bench	8	SCHMIDT Bernhard
X	9	KÖRPER Michael
7	12	SZMIDT Bartosz
X	13	STANZL Benjamin
X	15	STEYRER Florian
7	17	BELE Robert
X	18	MINAR Michael
X	21	SCHMIDT Patrick
X	24	UHER Dominic
X	25	STANZL Patrick
7	26	RUDOFSKY Pit
X	27	HASUN Xaver
X	30	MÄNTLER Michael
8	31	HEIMANNS Julius
Bench	32	SZYMCZYK Mateusz
		Team Manager	SZMIDT Tomasz
		Head Coach	LASKOWSKI Tomasz
		Stand-In Manager	FISCHER Patrick
		Assistant Coach	SEDY Florian
		Physiotherapist	AYDIN Ismail
		Video Technician	FRÖHLICH Daniel
		Medical Doctor	FRÖLICH Gabriele
		Team Leader	SCHEIBELREITER Reinhard

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	KIM Hong Lae
Umpire 2	NEL Deon
Reserve Umpire	LIM Hong Zhen
Video Umpire	TAYLOR Simon
Judge 1	BURT Josh
Judge 2	STEWART Tony
Technical Officer	HAWKE Gavin