Started the World Cup tournament with two defeats, then achieved success after success - and now in the semi-finals. The team of new national coach Harold Kreis won the quarter-finals against Switzerland 3-1 (1-0, 2-1, 0-0) in Riga.
Germany will meet the USA again in Tampere on Saturday. In 1953, the DEB team had last won silver at the World Championships, but at that time only four nations had participated.