Germany sends Hungary to 4th consecutive loss at women's world hockey championship

The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 14, 2025 10:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Germany handed Hungary a 4th consecutive nonaccomplishment astatine the women's hockey satellite championship, winning 4-1 connected Monday to guarantee its hostile volition beryllium relegated backmost to the little division.

Nicola Hadraschek scored twice, Laura Kluge had a extremity and 2 assists and Katarina Jobst-Smith besides scored to springiness Germany a 2nd triumph successful Group B successful Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.

Emma Kreisz scored Hungary's archetypal extremity of the tournament.

Germany volition play its last radical signifier crippled against Japan connected Tuesday.

At 1 p.m. ET Monday, defending champion Canada hopes to retrieve from a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to the United States successful a Group A crippled against the hosts and Finland plays Switzerland.

Canada dropped a 2-1 determination connected Sunday to the Americans, who improved their grounds to 3-0 and secured apical spot successful Pool A.

The tournament's apical 5 seeds successful Pool A and the apical 3 successful Pool B beforehand to Thursday's quarterfinals.

The U.S. volition conscionable the 3rd effect successful Pool B. Should Canada prevail implicit the Czechs, it would look Pool B's 2nd seed.

The women's title volition revert to "snake seeding" of its pools successful 2026 to lucifer the men's under-20 and men's and women's under-18 championships.

Canada seeks its 14th satellite title.

WATCH | Americans decision Canada on Sunday successful Czech Republic: