2018 Deutschland Cup

The 2018 Deutschland Cup was the 29th edition of the tournament.

2018 Deutschland Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–11 November
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (4th title)
Runner-up	Switzerland
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	30 (5 per game)
Attendance	27,960 (4,660 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Christoph Bertschy (5 points)
Website	Website

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	0	10	6	+4	8
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	9	9	0	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Germany	3	0	0	2	1	6	10	−4	2

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 November 2018 15:30

Slovakia

2–3 (1–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Switzerland

König Palast, Krefeld Attendance: 3,500

Game reference
	Jaroslav Janus	Goalies	Gilles Senn	Referees: Marc Iwert André Schrader Linesmen: Denis Kyei-Nimako Joep Leermakers
	Bondra (Sukeľ, Malec) – 01:54 1–0 1–1 29:03 – Simion (Bertschy) 1–2 37:53 – Rod (Bertschy) Haščák (Puliš, Gernát) (PP) – 42:50 2–2 2–3 47:54 – Pestoni (Bertschy, Fuchs)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	23

8 November 2018 19:00

Germany

3–4 OT (0–1, 3–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Russia

König Palast, Krefeld Attendance: 4,180

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Igor Bobkov	Referees: Lasse Kopitz Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Andreas Kowert Robert Schelewski
	0–1 16:08 – Demidov (Chibisov) (SH) Pföderl (Plachta, Akdag) (PP) – 20:53 1–1 1–2 23:50 – Yudin (Prokhorkin) Pfördl (Wolf, Plachta) (PP) – 28:05 2–2 Mauer – 39:38 3–2 3–3 50:17 – Chibisov (Yudin, Prokhorkin) 3–4 60:22 – Zemchyonok (Svetlakov, Okulov)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	39

10 November 2018 13:30

Germany

3–4 GWS (1–2, 0–1, 2–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Switzerland

König Palast, Krefeld Attendance: 6,113

Game reference
	Danny aus den Birken Niklas Treutle	Goalies	Lukas Flüeler	Referees: Stephan Bauer Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Maksim Cepik Jakub Klima
	Pföderl (Pietta, Hungerecker) (PP) – 01:27 1–0 1–1 02:20 – Herren (Martschini, Kreis) 1–2 09:09 – Rod (Bertschy, Glauser) 1–3 28:03 – Rod (Fora) Bergmann (Mauer, Ebner) – 51:32 2–3 Noebels (Sezemsky, Ebner) (EA) – 59:19 3–3
	Pfohl Pietta Bergmann Mauer	Shootout	Richard Martschini Herren
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	49

10 November 2018 17:00

Russia

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

König Palast, Krefeld Attendance: 6,207

Game reference
	Vasily Demchenko	Goalies	Jaroslav Janus	Referees: Sirko Hunnius Daniel Kannengießer Linesmen: Wayne Gerth Patrick Laguzov
	0–1 08:10 – Kudrna (Mikúš) Mikhailov (Manukyan, Maltsev) – 13:50 1–1 Okulov (Demidov, Svetlakov) (PP) – 41:05 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	24

11 November 2018 11:00

Switzerland

2–4 (2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Russia

König Palast, Krefeld Attendance: 3,665

Game reference
	Gilles Senn	Goalies	Igor Bobkov	Referees: Stephan Bauer Daniel Kannengießer Linesmen: Jakub Klima Patrick Laguzov
	0–1 02:11 – Ilyin (Rafikov, Kayumov) (PP) Karrer (Riat) (PP) – 11:54 1–1 Bertschy (Kreis) – 17:05 2–1 2–2 31:16 – Zemchyonok (Tkachyov) 2–3 43:20 – Abrosimov (Tkachyov, Prokhorkin) (PP) 2–4 51:38 – Yudin (Prokhorkin, Rafikov)
	41 min	Penalties	45 min
	27	Shots	40

11 November 2018 14:30

Germany

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

König Palast, Krefeld Attendance: 4,295

Game reference
	Niklas Treutle	Goalies	Andrej Košarišťan	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Maksim Cepik Wayne Gerth
	0–1 54:37 – Haščák (Rapáč, Kytnár) 0–2 55:01 – Puliš (Bubela, Šoltés)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	38

External links

• Official website