On February 25th 2002 the World Hockey Championship started for the German team with GAME ONE against South Africa. It was 6:05h in the afternoon when the ball started to roll in the Stadium Hoki Nasional Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur. Germany finished winning 3 goals to zero. Scorers where Domke (16th/65th) and Reinelt (21st). Fantastic start for Germany!!