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The list included the names of uncapped duo Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich) and Dennis Aogo (Hamburg).
"We specifically picked younger players. They may be short on experience but they have a lot of qualities," Loew said at a news conference in Stuttgart.
In addition to Badstuber, six other players from Champions League finalists Bayern were selected, most notably 35-year-old keeper Hans-Jorg Butt, who replaces the injured Rene Adler.
There was no place for Christoph Metzelder, Thorsten Frings and Kevin Kuranyi, whereas the Brazilian-born Cacau has joined in.
Germany provisional squad:
Goalkeepers: Hans-Jorg Butt, Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese
Defenders: Per Mertesacker, Heiko Westermann, Philipp Lahm, Jerome Boateng, Andrea Beck, Arne Friedrich, Serdar Tasci, Marcell Jansen, Holger Badstuber, Dennis Aogo.
Midfielders: Michael Ballack, Sami Khedira, Piotr Trochowski, Marko Marin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Christian Trasch, Mesut Ozil, Toni Kroos.
Strikers: Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Stefan Kiessling, Cacau, Thomas Muller, Mario Gomez.