Overview
- Kickoff is Tuesday at 17:15 in Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle, with live coverage on ZDF and roughly 10,000 spectators expected.
- Germany enters unbeaten at 6–0, leaning on a hardened defense led by Xenia Smits and Aimée von Pereira and reliable goalkeeping from Katharina Filter.
- DHB leaders frame the game as the biggest women’s home fixture since 1997, with a breakthrough to the medal round at stake.
- Brazil relies on playmaker Bruna de Paula and goalkeeper Gabriela Moreschi but has shown inconsistency, including a 14–33 loss to Norway; 44-year-old Alexandra do Nascimento features in the squad.
- DHB president Andreas Michelmann criticized ARD/ZDF for starting free-to-air coverage only now, calling it a shame; the winner will face Denmark, France, or the Netherlands in Rotterdam.