Overview
- Goalkeeper Andreas Wolff delivered a 36% save rate and blocked a late seven‑meter after taking a shot to the face, sealing the result in Herning.
- Coach Alfreð Gíslason praised the strong defending but warned the attack must cut errors and improve finishing, including on empty-net looks.
- Austria’s seven-against-six tactic, criticized pre-match by Wolff, appeared only sparingly and Germany’s organized block contained long Austrian attacks.
- Germany can secure passage to the Hauptrunde with a win over Serbia on Saturday, after Serbia opened with a 29:27 loss to Spain.
- Separately, Hamburger SV cleared snow and ice from the Volksparkstadion roof after specialist work, and the home match against Mönchengladbach will go ahead.