The German hockey women missed group victory at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
In the preliminary round against world champions and top favorites Netherlands, coach Xavier Reckinger's team lost 1: 3 (1: 2) and was shown limits for the first time in the tournament.
The Germans had won all previous games.
They finish Group A in second place and meet Argentina in the quarter-finals on Monday.
The German men will also play against the South Americans in the round of the last eight on Sunday.
The German women had only lost the European Championship final (0-2) to the Netherlands seven weeks ago, and they did well on Saturday.
“You have to admit that we started too weakly,” said Reckinger: “The Netherlands started at a very high speed and it just took too long to get into the game ourselves.
That can't happen to us in the quarter-finals against Argentina.
We have to take what we learned from the second half into the quarter-finals. "
Frederique Matla gave “Oranje” an early lead after a penalty corner (8th), Lidewij Welten (12th) added up in the first quarter.
But the "Danas", who had already qualified for the quarter-finals before the game, reconnected with their first penalty corner by Sonja Zimmermann (23rd).
As a result, Germany defended well and even built up pressure in the last quarter, the equalization seemed possible.
Again Matla (56th) completed a counterattack but made a decision.
National coach Reckinger did without the ailing Lena Micheel and Amelie Wortmann for the last group game and instead relied on the accredited replacement Maike Schaunig and Pauline Heinz.