WFCQU19 2026: Germany – Hungary 6-1 (1-0, 2-1, 3-0)

After Austria’s victory against France, the situation for the last match of the tournament was rather clear. Germany was the clear favorite against the Hungarian Under 19 National Team and already qualified for the Lignano Sabbiadoro tournament. Even Hungarian optimists likely did not believe to tie or beat the host team. But any loss with seven goals or less would give them the second ticket to Italy.

Fun fact: in case there was a 10-2 victory for the German National Team, there would have been a penalty shoot-out between Hungary and Austria (as in this case, there were fully equivalent in points, direct match, goal difference, and scored goals). However, the Austrian team was already on their way home at that time. The God of Floorball, however, decided that this kind of epic story was not written on 8th February 2026. Here is my match report.

This posting comes with a section of 912 major size pictures in a dedicated event section of the sports galleries.

 

Germany – Hungary – Match Report

Germany took control of the match from the very beginning. However, the Hungarian defense played very disciplined, blocked some dangerous attempts and also had a few rather promising attacks. The host team, however, felt superior in their skills, but could not convert that into score for quite a long time. Apart from the Hungarian strict game plan, their goalie Iza Mihaly became a more and more important factor in this battle. Out of 18 shots on goal in that period, the German National Team solely converted one. Mila Strungmann gave Germany the lead in the 16th minute from a half-right position.

 

A very disciplined Battle in Berlin

The match kept a strategic battle. Hungary even felt stronger in the second period. Germany just had nine attempts on goal in that period, compared to six by their opponents. Maybe neutral spectators would have hoped for more goals, but the constant play and discipline on both sides as well as two very good netminders kept being the fascinating part of this duel. This is especially important to mention as both teams were not significantly impacted by unfortunate situations. For example, when Lily Fiedler increased Germany’s lead after just 67 seconds in this period, Hungary stuck to their game plan of defending their goal and maybe having some “bonus goals” on their side as well in case they lack energy at one point.

Captain Svenja Klingner, who later became the best player of her team, scored the third goal after 27 minutes. The strength of Germany was patience – they distributed the ball well to create potential chances for a shot. Hungary became even more active thereafter and had a few chances. For a couple of minutes, it felt like Germany’s Pia Landherr was even more in focus than Mihaly on the other side. The Hungarians took the reward of their effort in the 37th minute, when Zoe Torok finally scored the first goal of this game for her team.

 

Will the match get close to eight goals difference?

Accordingly, the Germany’s goal advantage after two periods was just two goals, 3-1. Despite Csenge Gombas, who assisted Hungary’s goal before, was on the penalty bench at the beginning of the third period, Germany did not score in power play. Hungary could not gather sufficient energy for one of their fast attacks any more, but their faith was strong enough for a good defense. From an Austrian perspective, the match clock likely felt ticking down too quickly. Hungary also survived a slightly crucial situation in the middle of the period. Felina Weber scored the most beautiful goal of the match in the 50th minute. She profited from a lovely backhand pass by the impressing Michelle Siedenberg, who precisely put the ball into an ideal scoring position. Just 81 seconds later, Germany added their fifth goal. Hungary had a great chance to score the second time just second before – and Germany launched a straight fast break, successfully completed by Ronja Trieb.

This could have been a turning point in many matches, especially with the energy fading. However, Hungary did not struggle and managed to organize their defense again quickly. Especially this part of the game was fascinating on both sides, as also Germany played on in line with their strategy. After a tournament which did have matches with a lot of technical and strategic trouble, you just had to praise the teams and their coaches for that. Even in the very last minutes of the match, in which the risk for Hungary decreased second by second and Germany felt safe, the game did not loose energy. It was somehow a nice final story that Siedenberg scored the last goal of the tournament. It was the final score of 6-1, with 34 second left on the clock. She was later elected to her team’s MVP of the tournament. You have to add that she was likely the most impressing performer of all teams.

 

Germany – Hungary – My View of the Match

The WFC Qualification tournament had its best match at the very end. A huge congrats to both teams, who managed to play their system with a great discipline over the whole 60 minutes. Obviously, Germany was superior. It was lovely to see the flexibility, skill, but also the tenacity they showed against the Hungarian wall. They also did not get nervous facing a strong Izabel Mihaly (34 saves). Hungary was dangerous in certain situations but struggled with strong Pia Landherr.

Honestly, before the match I struggled finding a second team from, who really deserved going to Italy. Would any of them add value and create interesting stories in May? Hungary proofed me wrong. If they can use this match as a foundation to prepare for the final showdown, they can be a crucial player in the (somehow) B-division section of the Under 19 World Floorball Championships 2026.

 

Germany – Hungary – Lineups

Germany: 12 Pia Landherr, 55 Linnea Konnecke – 2 Merle Grimpen, 10 Nuria Soufia Guerbouj, 11 Romy Gottschalkson, 13 Franziska Kallweit, 15 Lea Kowar, 16 Mila Strungmann, 17 Hayley-Jane Tropschug, 24 Leonie Schubert, 26 Romy Siv Krankel, 33 Regina Safenreider, 34 Felina Weber, 37 Svenja Klingner, 61 Emily Renz, 76 Ronja Trieb, 87 Aurelia Rauxloh, 90 Lilly Fiedler, 91 Michelle Siedenberg, 96 Linda Schanz

Hungary: 1 Izabel Mihaly, 30 Hanna Szabo – 3 Noemi Gugg, 5 Boroka Babicz, 6 Greti Torok, 7 Timea Merena, 8 Emma Farkas, 9 Laura Penzes, 10 Orsolya Galfi, 11 Dora Bengo, 12 Zoe Torok, 14 Fanni Anna Kallai, 15 Mira Csepregi, 16 Emma Kovacs, 17 Anna Somodi, 18 Csenge Gombas, 19 Boroka Simon, 20 Lilla Csepregi, 22 Kata Hajas, 23 Panni Avar

 

Germany – Hungary – Gallery

In the sports gallery, there is a designated major size picture gallery as part of the 2026 WFCQU19 Berlin gallery group with 912 pictures of this match at

• 2026-02-08 Germany – Hungary

 

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