Overview
- The victory ends Germany’s run of quarterfinal exits and delivers a first World Championship semifinal since 2007.
- Captain Antje Döll led with six goals, and goalkeeper Katharina Filter produced 14 saves to earn player of the match honors.
- Germany remains perfect at 7–0 in the tournament and will play the France–Denmark winner in Rotterdam on Friday.
- The quarterfinal was shown free-to-air on ZDF after earlier rounds were streaming-only on Sporteurope.tv, and ARD will broadcast the semifinal and medal games.
- Reports indicate the semifinal berth secures participation in the medal matches and triggers a €100,000 team bonus.