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Germany men's national ice hockey team

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Germany
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Träger der Adler (Bearers of the Eagle)
AssociationDeutscher Eishockey-Bund
Head coachHarold Kreis
AssistantsSerge Aubin
Alexander Sulzer
CaptainMoritz Müller
Most gamesUdo Kießling (320)
Most pointsErich Kühnhackl (210)
Team colors     
IIHF codeGER
Ranking
Current IIHF8 Decrease 3 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF5 (2021, 2023)
Lowest IIHF13 (2014–15)
First international
England  1–0  Germany
(Montreux, Switzerland; 10 January 1910)
Biggest win
Germany  14–0  Yugoslavia
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 10 February 2000)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union  10–0  Germany
(Zug, Switzerland; 7 December 1990)
 Canada 10–0 Germany 
(Prague, Czech Republic; 3 May 2015)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances69 (first in 1930)
Best resultSilver (1930, 1953, 2023)
European Championships
Appearances8 (first in 1910)
Best resultSilver (1910, 1911, 1914)
Olympics
Appearances21 (first in 1928)
Medals Silver (2018)
Bronze (1932, 1976)
International record (W–L–T)
572–814–119
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Lake Placid Team
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Innsbruck Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1930 Austria/France/Germany
Silver medal – second place 1953 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 2023 Finland/Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Italy
Pool B / Division I
Gold medal – first place 1966 Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place 2000 Poland
Gold medal – first place 2006 France (Group A)
Silver medal – second place 1970 Romania
Silver medal – second place 1975 Japan
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1910 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 1911 Germany
Silver medal – second place 1912 Austria-Hungary
Silver medal – second place 1914 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1913 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1927 Austria

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.[2]

History

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West Germany

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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 didn't 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

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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.

Competition results

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Olympic Games

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Games Coach Captain Finish
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz Erich Römer Walter Sachs 9th
United States 1932 Lake Placid Erich Römer Gustav Jaenecke  Bronze
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Canada Val Hoffinger Rudi Ball 5th
In 1949, Germany was split and was succeeded by West Germany West Germany and  East Germany
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz did not compete
Norway 1952 Oslo Canada Joe Aitken Herbert Schibukat 8th
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo As United Team of Germany
Canada Frank Trottier Paul Ambros 6th
United States 1960 Squaw Valley As United Team of Germany
Karl Wild Heinz Henschel 6th
Austria 1964 Innsbruck As United Team of Germany
Egen, Holderied, Unsinn Ernst Trautwein 7th
France 1968 Grenoble Canada Ed Reigle Heinz Bader 7th
Japan 1972 Sapporo Gerhard Kießling Alois Schloder 7th
Austria 1976 Innsbruck Xaver Unsinn Alois Schloder  Bronze
United States 1980 Lake Placid Hans Rampf Rainer Philipp 10th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo Xaver Unsinn Erich Kühnhackl 5th
Canada 1988 Calgary Xaver Unsinn Udo Kießling 5th
In 1990 West and East Germany united back to  Germany
France 1992 Albertville Czechoslovakia Luděk Bukač Gerd Truntschka 7th
Norway 1994 Lillehammer Czech Republic Luděk Bukač Uli Hiemer 6th
Japan 1998 Nagano Canada George Kingston Dieter Hegen 9th
United States 2002 Salt Lake City Hans Zach Jürgen Rumrich 8th
Italy 2006 Turin Uwe Krupp Marcel Goc 10th
Canada 2010 Vancouver Uwe Krupp Marcel Goc 11th
Russia 2014 Sochi did not qualify
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Marco Sturm Marcel Goc  Silver
China 2022 Beijing Finland Toni Söderholm Moritz Müller 10th
Italy 2026 Milan / Cortina To be determined
Totals
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
16 0 1 2 3

World Championship

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Year Location Coach Result
1930 Chamonix,  France / Vienna,  Austria / Berlin,  Germany ? Silver
1931 Did not participate
1933 Prague,  Czechoslovakia ? 5th place
1934 Milan,  Italy ? Bronze
1935 Davos,   Switzerland ? 9th place
1937 London,  Great Britain ? 4th place
1938 Prague,  Czechoslovakia ? 4th place
1939 Basel / Zürich,   Switzerland ? 5th place
1947-1951 Did not participate
In 1949, Germany was split and was succeeded by West Germany West Germany and  East Germany
1953 Basel / Zürich,   Switzerland ? Silver
1954 Stockholm,  Sweden ? 5th place
1955 Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Krefeld / Cologne,  West Germany ? 6th place
1957-1958 Did not participate
1959 Prague / Brno / Ostrava,  Czechoslovakia ? 7th place
1961 Geneva / Lausanne,   Switzerland ? 8th place
1962 Colorado Springs / Denver,  United States ? 6th place
1963 Stockholm,  Sweden ? 7th place
1965 Turku / Rauma / Pori,  Finland ? 11th place (3rd place in Group B)
1966 Zagreb,  Yugoslavia ? 9th place (1st place in Group B)
1967 Vienna,  Austria ? 8th place (Relegated)
1969 Ljubljana,  Yugoslavia ? 10th place (4th place in Group B)
1970 Bucharest,  Romania ? 8th place (2nd place in Group B)
1971 Bern / Geneva,   Switzerland ? 5th place
1972 Prague,  Czechoslovakia ? 5th place
1973 Moscow,  Soviet Union ? 6th place (Relegated)
1974 Ljubljana,  Yugoslavia ? 9th place (3rd place in Group B)
1975 Sapporo,  Japan ? 8th place (2nd place in Group B)
1976 Katowice,  Poland ? 6th place
1977 Vienna,  Austria ? 7th place
1978 Prague,  Czechoslovakia ? 5th place
1979 Moscow,  Soviet Union ? 6th place
1981 Stockholm,  Sweden ? 7th place
1982 Helsinki / Tampere,  Finland ? 6th place
1983 Munich / Dortmund / Düsseldorf,  West Germany ? 5th place
1985 Prague,  Czechoslovakia ? 7th place
1986 Moscow,  Soviet Union ? 7th place
1987 Vienna,  Austria ? 6th place
1989 Stockholm / Södertälje,  Sweden ? 7th place
1990 Bern / Fribourg,   Switzerland ? 7th place
In 1990 West and East Germany united back to  Germany
1991 Turku / Helsinki / Tampere,  Finland Erich Kühnhackl 8th place
1992 Prague / Bratislava,  Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Luděk Bukač 6th place
1993 Dortmund / Munich,  Germany Czech Republic Luděk Bukač 5th place
1994 Bolzano / Canazei / Milan,  Italy Czech Republic Luděk Bukač 9th place
1995 Stockholm / Gävle,  Sweden Canada George Kingston 9th place
1996 Vienna,  Austria Canada George Kingston 8th place
1997 Helsinki / Turku / Tampere,  Finland Canada George Kingston 11th place
1998 Zürich / Basel,   Switzerland Canada George Kingston 11th place (Relegated)
1999 Odense / Rødovre,  Denmark Hans Zach 20th place (4th place in Pool B)
2000 Katowice / Kraków,  Poland Hans Zach 17th place (Won Pool B)
2001 Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg,  Germany Hans Zach 8th place
2002 Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping,  Sweden Hans Zach 8th place
2003 Helsinki / Tampere / Turku,  Finland Hans Zach 7th place
2004 Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic Hans Zach 9th place
2005 Innsbruck / Vienna,  Austria United States Greg Poss 15th place (Relegated)
2006 Amiens,  France Uwe Krupp 17th place (Won Division I, Group A)
2007 Moscow / Mytishchi,  Russia Uwe Krupp 7th place
2008 Quebec City / Halifax,  Canada Uwe Krupp 10th place
2009 Bern / Kloten,   Switzerland Uwe Krupp 15th place
2010 Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen,  Germany Uwe Krupp 4th place
2011 Bratislava / Košice,  Slovakia Uwe Krupp 7th place
2012 Helsinki,  Finland / Stockholm,  Sweden Switzerland Jakob Kölliker 12th place
2013 Stockholm,  Sweden / Helsinki,  Finland Canada Pat Cortina 9th place
2014 Minsk,  Belarus Canada Pat Cortina 14th place
2015 Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic Canada Pat Cortina 10th place
2016 Moscow / Saint Petersburg,  Russia Marco Sturm 7th place
2017 Cologne,  Germany / Paris,  France Marco Sturm 8th place
2018 Copenhagen / Herning,  Denmark Marco Sturm 11th place
2019 Bratislava / Košice,  Slovakia Finland Toni Söderholm 6th place
2020 Zürich / Lausanne,   Switzerland Cancelled[3]
2021 Riga,  Latvia Finland Toni Söderholm 4th place
2022 Tampere / Helsinki,  Finland Finland Toni Söderholm 7th place
2023 Tampere,  Finland / Riga,  Latvia Harold Kreis Silver
2024 Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic Harold Kreis 6th place
2025 Stockholm,  Sweden / Herning,  Denmark

European Championship

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Year GP W T L GF GA Finish Rank
Switzerland 1910 Les Avants 3 2 0 1 17 5 Round-robin 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
German Empire 1911 Berlin 3 3 0 0 20 1 Round-robin 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Austria-Hungary 1912 Prague* 2 1 1 0 6 3 Round-robin 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
German Empire 1913 Munich 3 1 0 2 21 16 Round-robin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
German Empire 1914 Berlin 2 1 0 1 4 3 Round-robin 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1915–1920 No Championships (World War I).
1921-1926 Did not participate.
Austria 1927 Wien 5 3 0 2 10 7 Round-robin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hungary 1929 Budapest 2 0 0 2 1 3 First round 8th
Germany 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  Gold 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

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Canada Cup

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  • 1984 – Finished in 6th place

Other tournaments

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Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.[4][5]

Head coach: Harold Kreis

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
5 D Tobias Fohrler 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb) (1997-09-06) 6 September 1997 (age 27) Switzerland HC Ambrì-Piotta
6 D Kai Wissmann 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28) Germany Eisbären Berlin
7 F Maximilian Kastner 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1993-01-03) 3 January 1993 (age 31) Germany Red Bull München
17 F Tobias Eder 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26) Germany Eisbären Berlin
19 F Wojciech Stachowiak 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1999-07-03) 3 July 1999 (age 25) Germany ERC Ingolstadt
27 D Maksymilian Szuber 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (2002-08-25) 25 August 2002 (age 22) United States Arizona Coyotes
30 G Philipp Grubauer 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 (age 32) United States Seattle Kraken
33 F JJ Peterka 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 (age 22) United States Buffalo Sabres
35 G Mathias Niederberger 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1992-11-26) 26 November 1992 (age 31) Germany Red Bull München
38 D Fabio Wagner 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1995-09-17) 17 September 1995 (age 29) Germany ERC Ingolstadt
40 F Alexander Ehl 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24) Germany Düsseldorfer EG
41 D Jonas Müller 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1995-11-19) 19 November 1995 (age 28) Germany Eisbären Berlin
42 F Yasin EhlizA 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31) Germany Red Bull München
45 G Tobias Ančička 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23) Germany Kölner Haie
49 D Lukas Kälble 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 27) Germany Adler Mannheim
62 F Parker Tuomie 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 28) Germany Kölner Haie
65 F Marc Michaelis 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1995-07-31) 31 July 1995 (age 29) Germany Adler Mannheim
72 F Dominik KahunA 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29) Switzerland SC Bern
73 F Lukas Reichel 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 22) United States Chicago Blackhawks
77 F Daniel Fischbuch 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1993-08-19) 19 August 1993 (age 31) Germany Adler Mannheim
78 F Nico Sturm 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 29) United States San Jose Sharks
79 F Colin Ugbelike 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) Germany Iserlohn Roosters
83 F Leonhard Pföderl 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31) Germany Eisbären Berlin
91 D Moritz MüllerC 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37) Germany Kölner Haie
95 F Frederik Tiffels 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) Germany Eisbären Berlin

Retired numbers

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80 - Robert Müller

Notable players

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Notable executives

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Uniform evolution

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All-time record

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As of 20 April 2024.
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia 1 1 0 0 15 1 +14
 Austria 51 34 4 13 166 80 +86
 Belarus 29 10 2 17 69 83 -14
 Belgium 14 9 1 4 69 32 +37
 Bohemia 4 0 1 3 5 12 -7
 Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 13 1 +12
 Canada 132 19 7 106 251 674 -423
 China 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1
 Czech Republic 56 8 2 46 117 230 −113
 Czechoslovakia 65 10 6 49 120 364 −244
 Denmark 28 19 0 9 84 59 +25
 East Germany 20 12 4 4 73 54 +19
 England 10 6 1 3 40 23 +17
 Estonia 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4
 Finland 122 26 14 82 309 537 −228
 France 44 25 4 15 125 86 +39
 Great Britain 15 11 1 3 65 26 +39
 Hungary 22 17 4 1 72 32 +40
 Israel 1 1 0 0 11 2 +9
 Italy 59 33 9 17 230 157 +73
 Japan 23 21 0 2 138 57 +81
 Kazakhstan 10 5 0 5 28 24 +4
 Latvia 40 21 4 15 97 95 +2
 Netherlands 11 10 1 0 79 23 +56
 Norway 49 33 2 14 238 145 +93
 Poland 53 30 7 16 188 159 +29
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4
 Romania 21 17 0 4 100 57 +43
 Russia 33 5 3 25 62 111 −49
 Serbia and Montenegro 1 1 0 0 14 0 +14
 Slovakia 81 36 2 43 194 211 -17
 Slovenia 11 8 2 1 41 15 +26
 South Korea 2 2 0 0 10 4 +6
 Soviet Union 71 0 1 70 111 581 -470
 Sweden 110 12 5 93 198 514 −316
  Switzerland 160 72 16 72 527 451 +76
 Ukraine 7 3 2 2 18 15 +3
 United States 112 31 9 72 310 440 −130
 Yugoslavia 33 21 5 7 173 111 +62
Total 1 505 572 119 814 4 367 5 465 -1 098

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Happy medal winners". International Ice Hockey Federation. 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Bundestrainer Harold Kreis nominiert Aufgebot für den Abschluss der WM-Vorbereitung" (in German). deb-online.de. 30 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Team roster: Germany" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.
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