Germany and Switzerland were victorious during the first day of the Women´s WFCQ EUR 3 in Celano, Italy.
Germany faced Austria in the first match of the day. As Germany is ranked 6th they were clearly the favourite in the match and it also showed on the scoreboard. Germany hold the ball for almost the full 20 minutes and were leading the match already 6-0 after first period. In the second period, Austria (ranked 27th) was able to gain ball possession from time to time and was even able to build up a few attacks. Despite their good effort, Germany´s Randi Kleerbaum was unstoppable and she scored her third goal of the match making the score 9-0 after 40 minutes. The third period of the match followed the same manuscript as the first two. Germany was controlling the ball and Austria was trying to stop them from scoring. In the end Germany won the match against Austria 13-0.
Best players:
GER: #18 Randi Kleerbaum
AUT: #16 Vera Gebert
Match summary can be found here.
Estonia was the clear underdog in their match against WFC 2015 bronze medallist Switzerland. Estonia (ranked 20th) is playing in the Latvian league in order to develop. It has been working, since Estonia was giving Switzerland some trouble during the first period of the match. The Swiss had most of the ball control, but Estonia had some dangerous counter attacks. The fast paced first period ended with 0-0 on the score board. After 26 minutes had been played, Switzerland´s Corin Ruttimann scored the opening goal of the match. Despite the scoring chances, that was the only goal of the second period. In the third period, the Swiss found a way to break the Estonian´s defence. Switzerland was efficient and with 10 minutes left on the clock the score was already 4-0. In the end Switzerland won the match against Estonia 7-0.
Best players:
SUI: #21 Corin Ruttimann
EST: #22 Kati Kutisaar
Match summary can be found here.
More photos on the IFF Flickr.
