The Germany men's national field hockey team is one of the most successful sides in the world, winning gold at the Summer Olympics four times (including once as West Germany), the Hockey World Cup 3 times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship eight times (including twice as West Germany) and the Hockey Champions Trophy ten times (including three times as West Germany).
The team caused an upset in the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup when they defeated Australia 2–1 with striker Olivier Domke scoring the winner after Germany came back from being 1–0 down. After this period the Germans went through a transition period, finishing lowly in the 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy with several inexperienced players in their squad. Coach Bernhard Peters was looking to nurture the players for the World Cup such as Christopher Zeller, Moritz Fürste and Timo Wess, and was successful as the Germans won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Bernhard Peters left the team in order to pursue a career in football and is now a staff member at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. [2]
On 6 November 2006, Markus Wiese was appointed as the new head coach. Success at the 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics followed this. Germany headed into the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup with a largely young and inexperienced squad but reached the final of the World Cup after strong performances throughout the tournament. In the final, they were defeated 2–1 by Australia.
Germany has played in the annual 2011 Hockey Champions Trophy held in Auckland, New Zealand. The team competed in pool B with Korea, Netherlands and host nation New Zealand. The team finished fifth in the tournament.
Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1908 | 5th place game | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Squad |
1920 | did not participate | ||||||||
1928 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | Squad |
1932 | did not participate | ||||||||
1936 | Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
1948 | did not participate | ||||||||
1952 | 5th place game | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | Squad |
1956 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Squad |
1960 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | Squad |
1964 | 5th place game | 5th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | Squad |
1968 | 3rd place game | 4th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | Squad |
1972 | Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | Squad |
1976 | 5th place game | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | Squad |
1980 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1984 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | Squad |
1988 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
1992 | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Squad |
1996 | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
2000 | 5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | Squad |
2004 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | Squad |
2008 | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | Squad |
2012 | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Squad |
2016 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Squad |
2020 | 3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 19 | Squad |
2024 | Final | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | Squad |
Total | 4 titles | 20/25 | 138 | 85 | 25 | 28 | 349 | 178 |
World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1971 | 5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | Squad |
1973 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Squad |
1975 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Squad |
1978 | 3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | Squad |
1982 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Squad |
1986 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
1990 | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
1994 | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
1998 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | Squad |
2002 | Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Squad |
2006 | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | Squad |
2010 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Squad |
2014 | 5th place game | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | Squad |
2018 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad |
2023 | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | Squad |
Total | 3 titles | 15/15 | 104 | 60 | 23 | 21 | 264 | 154 |
EuroHockey Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
1970 | Final | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
1974 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
1978 | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
1983 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 |
1987 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
1991 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
1995 | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5 |
1999 | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
2003 | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
2005 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 |
2007 | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
2009 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 |
2011 | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
2013 | Final | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
2015 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 |
2017 | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 |
2019 | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 |
2021 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 |
2023 | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
Total | 8 titles | 19/19 | 112 | 83 | 15 | 14 | 400 | 147 |
FIH Pro League record | |||||||||
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Season | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
2019 | 6th | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 38 | Squad | |
2020–21 | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 23 | Squad | |
2021–22 | 4th | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 36 | Squad | |
2022–23 | 6th | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 35 | Squad | |
2023–24 | 6th | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 29 | Squad | |
Total | Best: 3rd | 72 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 160 | 141 |
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record | |
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Year | Position |
1987 | 1st |
1995 | 2nd |
1998 | 2nd |
1999 | 3rd |
2000 | 5th |
2001 | 1st |
2003 | 2nd |
2004 | 4th |
Best result: 1st place |
Champions Trophy
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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Germany announced their squad on 14 June 2024. [3]
Head coach: André Henning
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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2 | DF | Mathias Müller | 3 April 1992 (aged 32) | 175 | Hamburger Polo Club |
3 | MF | Mats Grambusch (Captain) | 4 November 1992 (aged 31) | 205 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
4 | DF | Lukas Windfeder | 11 May 1995 (aged 29) | 157 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
9 | FW | Niklas Wellen | 14 December 1994 (aged 29) | 205 | Crefelder HTC |
10 | DF | Johannes Große | 7 January 1997 (aged 27) | 114 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
11 | FW | Thies Prinz | 7 July 1998 (aged 26) | 74 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
13 | MF | Paul-Philipp Kaufmann | 21 June 1996 (aged 28) | 50 | Den Bosch |
14 | DF | Teo Hinrichs | 17 September 1999 (aged 24) | 65 | Mannheimer HC |
15 | DF | Tom Grambusch | 4 August 1995 (aged 28) | 118 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
16 | DF | Gonzalo Peillat | 12 August 1992 (aged 31) | 52 | Mannheimer HC |
17 | FW | Christopher Rühr | 19 December 1993 (aged 30) | 189 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
19 | FW | Justus Weigand | 20 April 2000 (aged 24) | 54 | Mannheimer HC |
22 | FW | Marco Miltkau | 18 August 1990 (aged 33) | 148 | Klein Zwitserland |
23 | MF | Martin Zwicker | 27 February 1987 (aged 37) | 318 | Berliner HC |
25 | MF | Hannes Müller | 18 May 2000 (aged 24) | 56 | UHC Hamburg |
29 | FW | Malte Hellwig | 23 October 1997 (aged 26) | 54 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
44 | DF | Moritz Ludwig | 14 September 2001 (aged 22) | 50 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
74 | GK | Jean Danneberg | 8 November 2002 (aged 21) | 28 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | Latest call-up | |
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GK | Joshua Onyekwue | 1 November 2002 | 2 | Crefelder HTC | v. Spain, 5 July 2023 | |
GK | Florian Simon | 23 March 2004 | 0 | Mannheimer HC | v. Spain, 5 July 2023 | |
DF | Antheus Barry | 6 October 2002 | 8 | Rot-Weiss Köln | v. Spain, 5 July 2023 | |
DF | Luca Wolff | 23 November 2001 | 6 | Pinoké | v. New Zealand, 26 June 2023 | |
DF | Linus Müller | 2 December 1999 | 41 | Mannheimer HC | v. Australia, 14 March 2023 | |
MF | Timur Oruz | 27 October 1994 | 115 | Rot-Weiss Köln | 2023 EuroHockey Championship | |
MF | Aron Flatten | 19 August 2002 | 2 | Rot-Weiss Köln | v. Spain, 5 July 2023 | |
MF | Erik Kleinlein | 3 December 2001 | 6 | Mannheimer HC | v. Australia, 14 March 2023 | |
FW | Christopher Rühr | 19 December 1993 | 183 | Rot-Weiss Köln | 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers | |
FW | Marco Miltkau | 18 August 1990 | 138 | Klein Zwitserland | 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers | |
FW | Jannik Enaux | 22 March 2004 | 2 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | v. Spain, 5 July 2023 |
Years | Coach |
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1969–1973 | Horst Wein |
1974–1990 | Klaus Lissek |
1990–2000 | Paul Lissek |
2000–2006 | Bernhard Peters |
2006–2015 | Markus Weise |
2015–2016 | Valentin Altenburg |
2016–2019 | Stefan Kermas |
2019 | Markus Weise (caretaker) |
2019–2021 [4] | Kais al Saadi |
2021–present | André Henning [5] |
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