Overview
- Only part of the 18-player squad arrived at first due to weather-related travel issues, but all players were in by the evening session.
- The team opened with a meeting followed by a light workout, leaving just four training sessions before the first test match.
- Germany will face Croatia twice in warm-ups: Thursday in Zagreb and on January 11 in Hanover.
- Team manager Benjamin Chatton said the high-caliber tests are designed to lift performance quickly and cautioned that the Euros leave no room for slip-ups.
- Group-stage play for Germany is set in Herning against Austria on January 15, Serbia on January 17, and Spain on January 19.