The first-ever Football Friends Germany at the Edelweiss club featured a video roundup of the 2007/08 Bundesliga season. The program was recorded from GolTV Canada, which has the rights to broadcast Bundesliga (games, highlights and previews) in Canada on a digital specialty channel (151 on Shaw, $2.95+tax/month).
Germany's Men's National Team has just played a friendly at home against Belgium and is looking forward to beginning qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in UEFA Group 4 along with Russia, Finland, Wales, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. Each team plays 10 games (one home and one away to each team) and the top team qualifies directly for the World Cup; the second-place team will qualify for a match against another second-place team if they have enough points.
The German Women's National Team finished third at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Germany remains World Cup Champions and will defend its title at home in 2011.