The Blues recorded their second defeat of the competition, against the 9th nation in the world, when they had managed to come back twice to score.
A day after winning their first victory against Kazakhstan (2-1), Philippe Bozon's men cracked under the pressure created by the silver medalists at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The Blues, currently 6th in their group and who are looking to stay in the Elite, will have to seek a precious success against Italy on Wednesday (3:20 p.m.), to thus move away from eighth place, synonymous with relegation.
The French team started the match in the worst possible way, quickly finding themselves outnumbered and trailing in the second minute of play with a goal from Daniel Fischbuch.
But since the start of the World Cup, she has become accustomed to returning to her matches.
And as against Kazakhstan, it was Alexandre Texier who equalized with a throw in the top corner, before the Mannschaft players regained the advantage through Alexander Ehl (18th).
Put in difficulty very quickly in the second period, the Blues still found the resources to pick up the score thanks to Hugo Gallet (31st).
But Leonhard Pfoderl again took advantage of a highlight at the start of the last third to draw victory for Germany (45th), which won its second success in this World Cup.
Initially absent from the 2022 World Cup, France benefited in the same way as Austria from the exclusion of Russia and Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine.
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