Overview
- Goalkeeper Katharina Filter starred with 11 saves and three long‑range goals, earning player of the match in a performance built on Germany’s stifling defense.
- Germany opened on a 9:0 run and held Montenegro scoreless for 15 minutes before 9,049 fans in Dortmund.
- The win makes Germany 5–0 and locks first place in the main‑round group, leaving Saturday’s Spain game sportingly irrelevant, though the team insists it will not ease off.
- The knockout phase brings free‑to‑air coverage: ZDF will show the quarterfinal at 17:15 on Tuesday in Dortmund, with ARD slated for any semifinal and final, after earlier games streamed on Sporteurope.TV.
- Quarterfinal opponents are still to be determined, with possibilities including Norway, Brazil or Angola, as Germany’s defense‑first approach fuels realistic hopes of a first World Championship medal since 2007.