Overview

• Katharina Filter delivered about 18 saves for roughly a 40–45% stop rate, including two second-half seven-meter saves.
• Germany responded to a 31:35 defeat in Eindhoven two days earlier with a more controlled performance in Krefeld.
• Coach Markus Gaugisch praised a clear learning step and highlighted the need for cleaner offense, fewer turnovers and stronger transition defense.
• The result prevented what would have been a fifth defeat in six tests this year after a deliberate run of high-caliber opponents.
• Next up are EM qualifiers on 16 October in Gummersbach vs North Macedonia and 19 October in Belgium, then Switzerland friendlies on 20/22 November before the World Cup opener vs Iceland on 26 November in Stuttgart.