The ski jumpers Katharina Althaus and Selina Freitag flew onto the podium in the first Super Team competition in World Cup history.
The DSV duo collected 581.8 points in six jumps in Zao, Japan, and took third place.
The victory went to Austria with World Cup leader Eva Pinkelnig and Chiara Kreuzer (624.6) ahead of Norway (589.3).
In the new format, which will also be tested for men on February 11, two athletes from each nation form a team.
The Olympic runners-up Althaus and Freitag were already in third place after the first and second round and fended off Canada's attack (580.5) in the end.
Freitag, fourth in the individual on Friday, convinced with jumps on 92.0, 85.0 and 91.5 m as well as Althaus with her 82.5, 95.0 and 93.0 m. In comparison to Austria and the Norwegian Anna But that's not enough for Odine Ström and Thea Minyan Björseth.
Geiger skeptical
The new duo competition is primarily intended to accommodate smaller nations that cannot provide a classic four-person team.
After all, twelve countries were at the start, four more than in the last team competition in February 2022, including China (10th), Romania (11th) and the USA (12th).
However, not everyone is convinced of the new format.
"I think it's worth a try - but I'm still a bit skeptical, I'll be honest," said Karl Geiger, who came third in the Olympics, on the "Ski happens" podcast at the start of the season: "I'm not sure if the very best people are always at the start.” At least that was the case for the women on Saturday.