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Germany men's national ice hockey team
Men's national ice hockey team representing Germany
Men's national ice hockey team representing Germany
Rob Leask Alexander Sulzer (Montreux, Switzerland; 10 January 1910) (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 10 February 2000) (Zug, Switzerland; 7 December 1990) 10–0 (Prague, Czech Republic; 3 May 2015) The German men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Germany and is controlled by the German Ice Hockey Federation. It first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East Germany national ice hockey team existed until 1990. By 1991, the West and East German teams and players were merged into the United German team. The team's head coach is Harold Kreis.
Germany has won several medals at the World Championships, including three silver medals in 1930, 1953 and 2023, as well as a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the team's biggest success in the 21st century.
History
West Germany
The West German team's greatest success came in 1976 at the Winter Olympics, when the team went 2–3–0 and won the bronze medal. The Swedish and Canadian teams, traditionally two hockey powerhouses, had boycotted the 1976 Games in protest of the amateur rules that allowed Eastern Bloc countries to send their best players while keeping Western nations from doing the same.
West Germany's wins in the 1976 Games came against the United States (4–1) and Poland (7–4).
In 1980, the team did not do as well and only won one game in the preliminary round, which kept them from advancing. They finished 10th out of 12.
In 1984, the team was invited to the Canada Cup. By 1991, the reunification of East and West Germany meant the inclusion of players from the former East Germany.
Post-unification
The team is not considered to be as elite as Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden or the United States; they are ranked 9th in the world (2022) by the IIHF. Since re-unification, their best recent results include finishing 6th place at the 2003 World Championships where they lost a close quarter-final match in overtime to Canada, and 4th at the 2010 World Championships where they lost to Sweden in the bronze medal game. Previously, they finished third in the European Group and qualified for the quarter-finals at the 1996 World Cup after a surprising 7–1 victory against the Czech Republic. In the 1992 Olympics, they lost to Canada 4–3 in an overtime shoot-out in the quarter-finals.
Germany has never won an international competition, and their most recent medal was silver in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, when they lost to the Olympic Athletes From Russia 4–3 in overtime. It was the first time that Germany had reached the Gold Medal Game at the Winter Olympics. This was their best result, tied with a silver medal at the 1930 World Championships.
There are 25,934 registered players in Germany (0.03% of its population).
Team Germany finished in 4th place at the 2010 IIHF World Championship, their best placement since 1953.
File:1993 IIHF World Championship FIN-GER.jpg|Finland and Germany in 1993 World Championships File:Deutsche-nationalmannschaft-wm-2005-20050509007.jpg|The German national team at the 2005 World Championship
Competition results
Olympic Games
| Games | Coach | Captain | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI 1928 St. Moritz | Erich Römer | Walter Sachs | 9th |
| USA 1932 Lake Placid | Erich Römer | Gustav Jaenecke | **** |
| GER 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | CAN Val Hoffinger | Rudi Ball | 5th |
| In 1949, Germany was split and was succeeded by West Germany West Germany and | |||
| SUI 1948 St. Moritz | did not compete | ||
| NOR 1952 Oslo | CAN Joe Aitken | Herbert Schibukat | 8th |
| ITA 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | As United Team of Germany | ||
| CAN Frank Trottier | Paul Ambros | 6th | |
| USA 1960 Squaw Valley | As United Team of Germany | ||
| Karl Wild | Heinz Henschel | 6th | |
| AUT 1964 Innsbruck | As United Team of Germany | ||
| Egen, Holderied, Unsinn | Ernst Trautwein | 7th | |
| FRA 1968 Grenoble | CAN Ed Reigle | Heinz Bader | 7th |
| JPN 1972 Sapporo | Gerhard Kießling | Alois Schloder | 7th |
| AUT 1976 Innsbruck | Xaver Unsinn | Alois Schloder | **** |
| USA 1980 Lake Placid | Hans Rampf | Rainer Philipp | 10th |
| YUG 1984 Sarajevo | Xaver Unsinn | Erich Kühnhackl | 5th |
| CAN 1988 Calgary | Xaver Unsinn | Udo Kießling | 5th |
| In 1990 West and East Germany united back to | |||
| FRA 1992 Albertville | TCH Luděk Bukač | Gerd Truntschka | 7th |
| NOR 1994 Lillehammer | CZE Luděk Bukač | Uli Hiemer | 6th |
| JPN 1998 Nagano | CAN George Kingston | Dieter Hegen | 9th |
| USA 2002 Salt Lake City | Hans Zach | Jürgen Rumrich | 8th |
| ITA 2006 Turin | Uwe Krupp | Marcel Goc | 10th |
| CAN 2010 Vancouver | Uwe Krupp | Marcel Goc | 11th |
| RUS 2014 Sochi | did not qualify | ||
| KOR 2018 Pyeongchang | Marco Sturm | Marcel Goc | **** |
| CHN 2022 Beijing | FIN Toni Söderholm | Moritz Müller | 10th |
| ITA 2026 Milan / Cortina | To be determined |
| Totals | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
World Championship
| Year | Location | Coach | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Chamonix, / Vienna, / Berlin, | ? | Silver |
| 1931 Did not participate | |||
| 1933 | Prague, | ? | 5th place |
| 1934 | Milan, | ? | Bronze |
| 1935 | Davos, | ? | 9th place |
| 1937 | London, | ? | 4th place |
| 1938 | Prague, | ? | 4th place |
| 1939 | Basel / Zürich, | ? | 5th place |
| 1947-1951 Did not participate | |||
| In 1949, Germany was split and was succeeded by West Germany West Germany and | |||
| 1953 | Basel / Zürich, | ? | Silver |
| 1954 | Stockholm, | ? | 5th place |
| 1955 | Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Krefeld / Cologne, | ? | 6th place |
| 1957-1958 Did not participate | |||
| 1959 | Prague / Brno / Ostrava, | ? | 7th place |
| 1961 | Geneva / Lausanne, | ? | 8th place |
| 1962 | Colorado Springs / Denver, | ? | 6th place |
| 1963 | Stockholm, | ? | 7th place |
| 1965 | Turku / Rauma / Pori, | ? | 11th place (3rd place in Group B) |
| 1966 | Zagreb, | ? | 9th place (1st place in Group B) |
| 1967 | Vienna, | ? | 8th place (Relegated) |
| 1969 | Ljubljana, | ? | 10th place (4th place in Group B) |
| 1970 | Bucharest, | ? | 8th place (2nd place in Group B) |
| 1971 | Bern / Geneva, | ? | 5th place |
| 1972 | Prague, | ? | 5th place |
| 1973 | Moscow, | ? | 6th place (Relegated) |
| 1974 | Ljubljana, | ? | 9th place (3rd place in Group B) |
| 1975 | Sapporo, | ? | 8th place (2nd place in Group B) |
| 1976 | Katowice, | ? | 6th place |
| 1977 | Vienna, | ? | 7th place |
| 1978 | Prague, | ? | 5th place |
| 1979 | Moscow, | ? | 6th place |
| 1981 | Stockholm, | ? | 7th place |
| 1982 | Helsinki / Tampere, | ? | 6th place |
| 1983 | Munich / Dortmund / Düsseldorf, | ? | 5th place |
| 1985 | Prague, | ? | 7th place |
| 1986 | Moscow, | ? | 7th place |
| 1987 | Vienna, | ? | 6th place |
| 1989 | Stockholm / Södertälje, | ? | 7th place |
| 1990 | Bern / Fribourg, | ? | 7th place |
| In 1990 West and East Germany united back to | |||
| 1991 | Turku / Helsinki / Tampere, | Erich Kühnhackl | 8th place |
| 1992 | Prague / Bratislava, | TCH Luděk Bukač | 6th place |
| 1993 | Dortmund / Munich, | CZE Luděk Bukač | 5th place |
| 1994 | Bolzano / Canazei / Milan, | CZE Luděk Bukač | 9th place |
| 1995 | Stockholm / Gävle, | CAN George Kingston | 9th place |
| 1996 | Vienna, | CAN George Kingston | 8th place |
| 1997 | Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, | CAN George Kingston | 11th place |
| 1998 | Zürich / Basel, | CAN George Kingston | 11th place (Relegated) |
| 1999 | Odense / Rødovre, | Hans Zach | 20th place (4th place in Pool B) |
| 2000 | Katowice / Kraków, | Hans Zach | 17th place (Won Pool B) |
| 2001 | Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, | Hans Zach | 8th place |
| 2002 | Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, | Hans Zach | 8th place |
| 2003 | Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, | Hans Zach | 7th place |
| 2004 | Prague / Ostrava, | Hans Zach | 9th place |
| 2005 | Innsbruck / Vienna, | USA Greg Poss | 15th place (Relegated) |
| 2006 | Amiens, | Uwe Krupp | 17th place (Won Division I, Group A) |
| 2007 | Moscow / Mytishchi, | Uwe Krupp | 7th place |
| 2008 | Quebec City / Halifax, | Uwe Krupp | 10th place |
| 2009 | Bern / Kloten, | Uwe Krupp | 15th place |
| 2010 | Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, | Uwe Krupp | 4th place |
| 2011 | Bratislava / Košice, | Uwe Krupp | 7th place |
| 2012 | Helsinki, / Stockholm, | SUI Jakob Kölliker | 12th place |
| 2013 | Stockholm, / Helsinki, | CAN Pat Cortina | 9th place |
| 2014 | Minsk, | CAN Pat Cortina | 14th place |
| 2015 | Prague / Ostrava, | CAN Pat Cortina | 10th place |
| 2016 | Moscow / Saint Petersburg, | Marco Sturm | 7th place |
| 2017 | Cologne, / Paris, | Marco Sturm | 8th place |
| 2018 | Copenhagen / Herning, | Marco Sturm | 11th place |
| 2019 | Bratislava / Košice, | FIN Toni Söderholm | 6th place |
| 2020 | Zürich / Lausanne, | Cancelled | |
| 2021 | Riga, | FIN Toni Söderholm | 4th place |
| 2022 | Tampere / Helsinki, | FIN Toni Söderholm | 7th place |
| 2023 | Tampere, / Riga, | Harold Kreis | Silver |
| 2024 | Prague / Ostrava, | Harold Kreis | 6th place |
| 2025 | Stockholm, / Herning, | Harold Kreis | 9th place |
| 2026 | Zurich / Fribourg, | ||
| 2027 | Düsseldorf / Mannheim, |
European Championship
| Year | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Finish | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI 1910 Les Avants | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | Round-robin | |
| German Empire 1911 Berlin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | Round-robin | |
| Austria-Hungary 1912 Prague* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Round-robin | |
| German Empire 1913 Munich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Round-robin | |
| German Empire 1914 Berlin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Round-robin | |
| 1915–1920 | No Championships (World War I). | |||||||
| 1921-1926 | Did not participate. | |||||||
| AUT 1927 Wien | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Round-robin | |
| HUN 1929 Budapest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | First round | 8th |
| GER 1932 Berlin | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Final round | 4th |
| 1933–1991 | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving **** in 1930 and 1934. |
- 1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.
World Cup of Hockey
Canada Cup
- 1984 – Finished in 6th place
Other tournaments
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Head coach: Harold Kreis
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | D | 1.84 m | 91 kg | GER Eisbären Berlin | ||
| 18 | F | 1.84 m | 87 kg | CAN Ottawa Senators | ||
| 19 | F | – A | 1.85 m | 85 kg | USA Syracuse Crunch | |
| 30 | G | 1.85 m | 84 kg | USA Seattle Kraken | ||
| 35 | G | 1.80 m | 80 kg | GER EHC Red Bull München | ||
| 38 | D | 1.82 m | 83 kg | GER EHC Red Bull München | ||
| 40 | F | 1.75 m | 76 kg | GER Adler Mannheim | ||
| 41 | D | – A | 1.83 m | 88 kg | GER Eisbären Berlin | |
| 44 | F | 1.90 m | 91 kg | USA Bakersfield Condors | ||
| 49 | D | 1.88 m | 93 kg | GER Adler Mannheim | ||
| 53 | D | – C | 1.92 m | 90 kg | USA Detroit Red Wings | |
| 65 | F | 1.77 m | 79 kg | GER Adler Mannheim | ||
| 72 | F | 1.80 m | 79 kg | SUI Lausanne HC | ||
| 73 | F | 1.83 m | 78 kg | CAN Abbotsford Canucks | ||
| 74 | F | 1.81 m | 82 kg | GER Adler Mannheim | ||
| 92 | F | 1.92 m | 92 kg | GER Eisbären Berlin | ||
| 95 | F | 1.83 m | 87 kg | GER Eisbären Berlin | ||
| – | F | 1.88 m | 95 kg | CAN Edmonton Oilers | ||
| – | G | 1.84 m | 90 kg | GER Adler Mannheim | ||
| – | D | 1.86 m | 90 kg | GER Adler Mannheim | ||
| – | D | 1.87 m | 92 kg | GER Kölner Haie | ||
| – | F | 1.80 m | 87 kg | USA Utah Mammoth | ||
| – | F | 1.80 m | 86 kg | GER EHC Red Bull München | ||
| – | F | 1.91 m | 95 kg | USA Minnesota Wild | ||
| – | F | 1.78 m | 84 kg | GER Kölner Haie | ||
| – | D | 1.94 m | 94 kg | GER Eisbären Berlin |
Retired numbers
- 20 – Robert Dietrich
- 80 - Robert Müller
Notable players
- Leon Draisaitl
- Rudi Ball
- Christian Ehrhoff
- Karl Friesen
- Marcel Goc
- Thomas Greiss
- Philipp Grubauer
- Jochen Hecht
- Dieter Hegen
- Gustav Jaenecke
- Udo Kießling
- Ralph Krueger
- Patrick Reimer
- Olaf Kölzig
- Erich Kühnhackl
- Uwe Krupp (also former head coach)
- Robert Müller
- Helmut de Raaf
- Hans Rampf
- Dennis Seidenberg
- Alois Schloder
- Marco Sturm (also former head coach)
- Xaver Unsinn (also former head coach)
Notable executives
- Heinz Henschel, president of the German Ice Sport Federation
- Wolf-Dieter Montag, team physician
- Roman Neumayer, sport director for the German Ice Hockey Federation
Uniform evolution
File:West Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1988 (WOG).png|(West Germany) 1988 Olympic jerseys File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1992.png|1992 Olympic jerseys File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1994 (WOG).png|1994 Olympic jersey File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1998 Olympics.png|1998 Olympic jerseys File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1999-2000.png|1999-2000 IIHF jerseys File:Germany national hockey team jerseys.png|former IIHF jerseys File:Germany national hockey team jerseys 2014.png|2014–2017 IIHF jerseys File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 (WOG).png|2018 Olympic jerseys File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 IHWC.png|2018–2021 IIHF jerseys File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 (WOG).png|2022 Olympic jerseys File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 IHWC.png|2022– IIHF jerseys
All-time record
References
- (15 August 2018). "Happy medal winners".
- "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". IIHF.
- "Germany roster for 2026 Winter Olympics includes Draisaitl, Seider".
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