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 |
![]() | 5th place game | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Squad |
![]() | did not participate | ||||||||
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | Squad |
![]() | did not participate | ||||||||
![]() | Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
![]() | did not participate | ||||||||
![]() | 5th place game | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Squad |
![]() | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | Squad |
![]() | 5th place game | 5th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | Squad |
![]() | 5th place game | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | Squad |
![]() | Withdrew | ||||||||
![]() | Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
![]() | 5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 19 | Squad |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Squad |
![]() | 5th place game | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | Squad |
![]() | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | Squad |
![]() ![]() | Qualified | ||||||||
Total | 3 titles | 16/16 | 104 | 60 | 23 | 21 | 264 | 154 |
EuroHockey Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
![]() | Final | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
![]() | Final | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
![]() | Final | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5 |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
![]() | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
![]() | 3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
![]() | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 |
![]() | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
![]() | Final | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
![]() | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 |
![]() | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 |
![]() | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
![]() | Final | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
![]() | Qualified | |||||||
Total | 9 titles | 21/21 | 117 | 86 | 17 | 14 | 419 | 152 |
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 | |
2024–25 | 4th | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 34 | Squad | |
Total | Best: 3rd | 88 | 36 | 20 | 32 | 206 | 195 |
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 |
2025 | Q |
Best result: 1st place |
Champions Trophy
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On 14 July 2025, the following 18 players were called up for the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 8 to 16 August 2025. [3]
Caps updated as of 29 June 2025, after the match against Spain.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | |
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1 | GK | Alexander Stadler | 16 October 1999 | 62 | ![]() | |
74 | GK | Jean Danneberg | 8 November 2002 | 44 | ![]() | |
4 | DF | Lukas Windfeder | 11 May 1995 | 173 | ![]() | |
8 | DF | Benedikt Schwarzhaupt | 14 January 2001 | 43 | ![]() | |
10 | DF | Johannes Große | 7 January 1997 | 136 | ![]() | |
14 | DF | Teo Hinrichs | 17 September 1999 | 86 | ![]() | |
15 | DF | Tom Grambusch | 4 August 1995 | 150 | ![]() | |
16 | DF | Gonzalo Peillat | 12 August 1992 | 74 | ![]() | |
44 | DF | Moritz Ludwig | 14 September 2001 | 70 | ![]() | |
3 | MF | Mats Grambusch (Captain) | 4 November 1992 | 213 | ![]() | |
13 | MF | Paul-Philipp Kaufmann | 21 June 1996 | 72 | ![]() | |
21 | MF | Michel Struthoff | 19 April 2003 | 32 | ![]() | |
24 | MF | Erik Kleinlein | 3 December 2001 | 24 | ![]() | |
25 | MF | Hannes Müller | 18 May 2000 | 78 | ![]() | |
6 | FW | Raphael Hartkopf | 24 November 1998 | 42 | ![]() | |
7 | FW | Thies Prinz | 7 July 1998 | 98 | ![]() | |
19 | FW | Justus Weigand | 20 April 2000 | 68 | ![]() | |
29 | FW | Malte Hellwig | 23 October 1997 | 76 | ![]() |
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 | 7 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
DF | Linus Müller | 2 December 1999 | 47 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
DF | Antheus Barry | 6 October 2002 | 28 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
DF | Niklas Bosserhoff | 15 April 1998 | 81 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
DF | Jakob Brilla | 4 November 2003 | 2 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
DF | Luca Wolff | 23 November 2001 | 16 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
DF | Mathias Müller | 3 April 1992 | 172 | ![]() | 2024 Summer Olympics | |
MF | Martin Zwicker | 27 February 1987 | 337 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
MF | Hugo von Montgelas | 17 April 2004 | 15 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
MF | Matteo Poljaric | 11 February 2002 | 6 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
MF | Adrian Lehmann-Richter | 21 June 1998 | 2 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
MF | Mario Schachner | 19 September 2001 | 11 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
FW | Elian Mazkour | 9 March 2001 | 22 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
FW | Henrik Mertgens | 31 May 1999 | 14 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
FW | Constantin Staib | 31 August 1995 | 112 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
FW | Florian Sperling | 24 August 2002 | 10 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
FW | Ben Hasbach | 22 June 2005 | 2 | ![]() | v. ![]() | |
FW | Niklas Wellen | 14 December 1994 | 213 | ![]() | 2024 Summer Olympics | |
FW | Christopher Rühr | 19 December 1993 | 196 | ![]() | 2024 Summer Olympics | |
FW | Marco Miltkau | 18 August 1990 | 155 | ![]() | 2024 Summer Olympics |
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