On February 24th 2002 the World Hockey Championship in Kuala Lumpur kicked off. Venue for this ground breaking event was the Stadium Hoki Nasional Bukit Jalil - a magnificent stadium with a capacity of 18.000 spectators. Germany faced the lions from Argentina in their GAMEONE in pool A. Face off was at 6:05 pm, at +/- 34° C and a sensed humidity of around 172%. Puh... The German squad finished winning by five goals to two. With Bechmann (25th), Wess (32nd), Wein (34th), Michel (39th) and Witthaus (62nd) Germany put five different scorers on the billboard. Fantastic start for Germany!