The German national team led by Mario Nüsslein and Lukas Funk only had to bow to Austria at the World Cup. The Germans qualified as the leaders of Group A with four wins against Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy and Sweden.
In the final, the Germans then had to deal with the Austrians, who, after winning Group C, had won 5-3 against Hungary in the quarter-finals and narrowly 4-4 and 3924-3903 wood against hosts Croatia.