Overview
- Kickoff is at 20:30 local time on Saturday, 17 January, at Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark.
- ARD broadcasts the match live on free TV with a free stream in the ARD Mediathek, and Dyn offers full paid coverage starting at 19:45.
- Germany is in Group A with Austria and Spain, and all of its preliminary games in Herning are scheduled for 20:30.
- The European Championship runs from 15 January to 1 February across Denmark, Sweden and Norway with 24 teams, with the top two from each group advancing to a main round played in Herning and Malmö.
- Head coach Alfred Gislason named an 18-player squad led by captain Johannes Golla and goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, including four debutants: Miro Schluroff, Tom Kiesler, Mathis Häseler and Matthes Langhoff.