The German national team ended Japanese tour on which they played two matches against home team. Germans showed a difference between European and Asian handball in both clashes – in Tokushima (37:24) and Tokyo 31:22 in front of 5.000 fans.
Japan – Germany 22:31 (9:18)
Japan: Yoshino (5), Watanabe (4), Doi (3/1), Agarie (3), Kochi (2), Baig (2), Tokuda (1), Sugioka (1), Kasahara(1)
Germany: Gensheimer (8/5), Groetzki (4), Wiencek (3), Böhm (3), Hornke (3), Suton (2), Kühn (2), Michalczik (2), Pekeler (1), Weinhold (1), Häfner (1), Musche (1)
The head-coach of Japan is Dagur Sigurdsson, former German coach with whom they won European gold medal (2016) and Olympic bronze medal (Rio 2016).