Germany men's national field hockey team

Germany
Nickname(s)	Honamas
Association	Deutscher Hockey-Bund ; (German Hockey Federation)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	André Henning
Assistant coach(es)	Pasha Gademan
Manager	Eric Langner
Captain	Mats Grambusch
Most caps	Matthias Witthaus ; Philipp Crone (327)
Top scorer	Björn Michel (229)
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	4 2 (19 December 2024)
Olympic Games
Appearances	20 (first in 1908 )
Best result	1st (1972, 1992, 2008, 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1971 )
Best result	1st (2002, 2006, 2023)
EuroHockey Championships
Appearances	18 (first in 1970 )
Best result	1st (1970, 1978, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2013)
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroHockey Championship
Champions Trophy

Last updated January 06, 2025

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).

History

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.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

1908–1952 as → → → Germany
1956–1964 as United Team of Germany
1968–1988 as West Germany
1992–present as Germany

Summer Olympics record
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

1971–1990 as West Germany
1994–present as Germany

World Cup record
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

European Championships

1970–1987 as West Germany
1991–present as Germany

EuroHockey Championship record
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

FIH Pro League record
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

1987 as West Germany
1995–present as Germany

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
1987	1st
1995	2nd
1998	2nd
1999	3rd
2000	5th
2001	1st
2003	2nd
2004	4th
Best result: 1st place

Defunct competitions

Champions Trophy

1978–1989 as West Germany
1990–present as Germany

Champions Trophy record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1978	did not participate
1980	2nd	6	4	1	1	25	20
1982	3rd	5	1	3	1	14	11
1982	5th	5	1	2	2	10	14
1983	3rd	5	3	0	2	9	9
1984	did not participate
1985	3rd	5	1	3	1	13	12
1986	1st	5	3	2	0	10	5
1987	1st	7	5	2	0	18	7
1988	1st	5	4	0	1	11	5
1989	3rd	5	2	1	2	10	8
1990	3rd	5	3	1	1	14	12
1991	1st	5	3	2	0	12	6
1992	1st	6	5	0	1	17	8
1993	2nd	6	5	0	1	15	10
1994	2nd	6	3	3	0	10	7
1995	1st	6	3	3	0	8	2
1996	3rd	6	4	0	2	17	11
1997	1st	6	4	1	1	15	10
1998	6th	6	0	1	5	9	20
1999	did not participate
2000	2nd	6	3	0	3	15	10
2001	1st	6	6	0	0	17	8
2002	2nd	6	4	1	1	13	12
2003	6th	6	0	0	6	7	25
2004	5th	6	2	1	3	11	16
2005	4th	6	1	2	3	12	18
2006	2nd	6	2	3	1	15	13
2007	1st	8	6	1	1	22	14
2008	5th	6	1	1	4	13	17
2009	2nd	6	3	0	3	20	21
2010	4th	6	2	0	4	13	15
2011	5th	6	4	1	1	15	8
2012	6th	6	3	0	3	18	19
2014	1st	6	4	0	2	9	9
2016	3rd	6	2	3	1	19	12
2018	did not participate
Total	10 titles	192	97	38	57	456	394

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	7th	Semifinal	6	5	1	0	22	5
2012–13	7th	Final	6	2	1	3	17	14
2014–15	7th	Semifinal	7	6	0	1	29	7
2014–15	7th	Final	5	1	2	2	11	11
2016–17	4th	Semifinal	7	5	1	1	20	13
2016–17	4th	Final	6	2	2	2	10	10
Total	Best: 4th	Final	37	21	7	9	109	60

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Team

Current squad

The following 24 players were named for the Pro League matches against the Netherlands and Belgium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 30 November to 9 December 2024.^[3]

Caps updated as of 30 November 2024, after the match against the Netherlands.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Alexander Stadler	(1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 25)	57	Den Bosch
39	GK	Joshua Onyekwue	(2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 (age 22)	3	Crefelder HTC
74	GK	Jean Danneberg	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 22)	37	Rot-Weiss Köln

4	DF	Lukas Windfeder	(1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 29)	166	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
8	DF	Benedikt Schwarzhaupt	(2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 23)	31	Real Club de Polo
10	DF	Johannes Große	(1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27)	123	Club an der Alster
14	DF	Teo Hinrichs	(1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25)	74	Real Club de Polo
16	DF	Gonzalo Peillat	(1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32)	61	Mannheimer HC
20	DF	Niklas Bosserhoff	(1998-04-15) 15 April 1998 (age 26)	73	Hamburger Polo Club
33	DF	Luca Wolff	(2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 (age 23)	13	Pinoké
44	DF	Moritz Ludwig	(2001-09-14) 14 September 2001 (age 23)	59	Uhlenhorst Mülheim

13	MF	Paul-Philipp Kaufmann	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28)	60	Hamburger Polo Club
21	MF	Michel Struthoff	(2003-04-19) 19 April 2003 (age 21)	19	Rot-Weiss Köln
23	MF	Martin Zwicker	(1987-02-27) 27 February 1987 (age 37)	328	Berliner HC
24	MF	Erik Kleinlein	(2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 23)	12	Mannheimer HC
25	MF	Hannes Müller	(2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 24)	65	UHC Hamburg
35	MF	Hugo von Montgelas	(2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 (age 20)	8	Mannheimer HC
41	MF	Matteo Poljaric	(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22)	4	Mannheimer HC

6	FW	Raphael Hartkopf	(1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 26)	31	Mannheimer HC
7	FW	Thies Prinz	(1998-07-07) 7 July 1998 (age 26)	84	Rot-Weiss Köln
17	FW	Christopher Rühr	(1993-12-19) 19 December 1993 (age 31)	196	Rot-Weiss Köln
29	FW	Malte Hellwig	(1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 (age 27)	63	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
30		Henrik Mertgens	(1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 25)	3	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
62	FW	Elian Mazkour	(2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 23)	13	Rot-Weiss Köln

Recent call-ups

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

DF	Tom Grambusch	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29)	126	Rot-Weiss Köln	v. India, 24 October 2024
DF	Mathias Müller	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 32)	172	Hamburger Polo Club	2024 Summer Olympics
DF	Antheus Barry	(2002-10-06) 6 October 2002 (age 22)	20	Rot-Weiss Köln	v. Great Britain, 28 June 2024

MF	Adrian Lehmann-Richter	(1998-06-21) 21 June 1998 (age 26)	2	Klein Zwitserland	v. India, 24 October 2024
MF	Mario Schachner	(2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 23)	11	Mannheimer HC	v. India, 23 October 2024
MF	Mats Grambusch (Captain)	(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 32)	196	Gladbacher HTC	2024 Summer Olympics

FW	Florian Sperling	(2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 22)	6	UHC Hamburg	v. India, 24 October 2024
FW	Ben Hasbach	(2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 19)	2	Mannheimer HC	v. India, 24 October 2024
FW	Niklas Wellen	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30)	213	Crefelder HTC	2024 Summer Olympics
FW	Marco Miltkau	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34)	155	Klein Zwitserland	2024 Summer Olympics
FW	Justus Weigand	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24)	62	Mannheimer HC	2024 Summer Olympics
FW	Constantin Staib	(1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 29)	111	Hamburger Polo Club	v. Spain, 6 June 2024
FW	Timm Herzbruch	(1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 27)	107	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	v. Spain, 6 June 2024

Coaches

Years	Coach
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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External links

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[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.

[2] "The German Times Online – Football Inc". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

[3] "FIH Pro League in Amsterdam". hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. 30 November 2024.

[4] "Al Saadi ist neuer Hockey-Bundestrainer". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[5] "André Henning übernimmt die Honamas". hockey.de (in German). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

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