Overview
- Ehlers and Wickler fell 0–2 to Sweden's David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig in Adelaide, 10:21, 14:21.
- The defeat continued the lopsided rivalry, marking the Germans’ 14th loss in their last 15 meetings with the Swedes.
- Germany struggled to generate pressure from the service line as Ahman’s setting and Hellvig’s blocking controlled the match.
- The German pair had earlier eliminated world No. 1 Anders Mol/Christian Sörum and defending champions Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner.
- Ahman and Hellvig advance to a Swedish final against Elmer Andersson and Jacob Hölting Nilsson, while Ehlers/Wickler play for Germany’s first men’s Worlds medal since Wickler’s 2019 podium with Julius Thole.