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Nickname(s) | Träger der Adler (Bearers of the Eagle) |
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Association | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund |
Head coach | Harold Kreis |
Assistants | Serge Aubin Alexander Sulzer |
Captain | Moritz Müller |
Most games | Udo Kießling (320) |
Most points | Erich Kühnhackl (210) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | GER |
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Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 8 ![]() |
Highest IIHF | 5 (2021, 2023) |
Lowest IIHF | 13 (2014–15) |
First international | |
England ![]() ![]() (Montreux, Switzerland; 10 January 1910) | |
Biggest win | |
Germany ![]() ![]() (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 10 February 2000) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Soviet Union ![]() ![]() (Zug, Switzerland; 7 December 1990) ![]() ![]() (Prague, Czech Republic; 3 May 2015) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 69 (first in 1930 ) |
Best result | ![]() |
European Championships | |
Appearances | 8 (first in 1910 ) |
Best result | ![]() |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 21 (first in 1928 ) |
Medals | ![]() ![]() |
International record (W–L–T) | |
572–814–119 |
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]
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.
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.
Totals | ||||
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Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Year | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Finish | Rank | ||
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | Round-robin | ![]() | ||
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | Round-robin | ![]() | ||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Round-robin | ![]() | ||
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Round-robin | ![]() | ||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Round-robin | ![]() | ||
1915–1920 | No Championships (World War I). | |||||||||
1921-1926 | Did not participate. | |||||||||
![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Round-robin | ![]() | ||
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | First round | 8th | ||
![]() | 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 ![]() |
Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship. [4] [5]
Head coach: Harold Kreis
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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5 | D | Tobias Fohrler | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 6 September 1997 | ![]() |
6 | D | Kai Wissmann | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 22 October 1996 | ![]() |
7 | F | Maximilian Kastner | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 3 January 1993 | ![]() |
17 | F | Tobias Eder | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 4 March 1998 | ![]() |
19 | F | Wojciech Stachowiak | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 3 July 1999 | ![]() |
27 | D | Maksymilian Szuber | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 25 August 2002 | ![]() |
30 | G | Philipp Grubauer | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 25 November 1991 | ![]() |
33 | F | JJ Peterka | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 14 January 2002 | ![]() |
35 | G | Mathias Niederberger | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 26 November 1992 | ![]() |
38 | D | Fabio Wagner | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 17 September 1995 | ![]() |
40 | F | Alexander Ehl | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 28 November 1999 | ![]() |
41 | D | Jonas Müller | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 19 November 1995 | ![]() |
42 | F | Yasin Ehliz – A | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 30 December 1992 | ![]() |
45 | G | Tobias Ančička | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 27 February 2001 | ![]() |
49 | D | Lukas Kälble | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 13 October 1997 | ![]() |
62 | F | Parker Tuomie | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 31 October 1995 | ![]() |
65 | F | Marc Michaelis | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 31 July 1995 | ![]() |
72 | F | Dominik Kahun – A | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 2 July 1995 | ![]() |
73 | F | Lukas Reichel | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 17 May 2002 | ![]() |
77 | F | Daniel Fischbuch | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 19 August 1993 | ![]() |
78 | F | Nico Sturm | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 3 May 1995 | ![]() |
79 | F | Colin Ugbelike | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 24 September 1999 | ![]() |
83 | F | Leonhard Pföderl | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 1 September 1993 | ![]() |
91 | D | Moritz Müller – C | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 19 November 1986 | ![]() |
95 | F | Frederik Tiffels | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 20 May 1995 | ![]() |
80 - Robert Müller
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 |
![]() | 51 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 166 | 80 | +86 |
![]() | 29 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 69 | 83 | -14 |
![]() | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 69 | 32 | +37 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 |
![]() | 132 | 19 | 7 | 106 | 251 | 674 | -423 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
![]() | 56 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 117 | 230 | −113 |
![]() | 65 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 120 | 364 | −244 |
![]() | 28 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 84 | 59 | +25 |
![]() | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 54 | +19 |
![]() | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 23 | +17 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
![]() | 122 | 26 | 14 | 82 | 309 | 537 | −228 |
![]() | 44 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 125 | 86 | +39 |
![]() | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 26 | +39 |
![]() | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 72 | 32 | +40 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 |
![]() | 59 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 230 | 157 | +73 |
![]() | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 57 | +81 |
![]() | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 24 | +4 |
![]() | 40 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 97 | 95 | +2 |
![]() | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 23 | +56 |
![]() | 49 | 33 | 2 | 14 | 238 | 145 | +93 |
![]() | 53 | 30 | 7 | 16 | 188 | 159 | +29 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
![]() | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 57 | +43 |
![]() | 33 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 62 | 111 | −49 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 |
![]() | 81 | 36 | 2 | 43 | 194 | 211 | -17 |
![]() | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 15 | +26 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
![]() | 71 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 111 | 581 | -470 |
![]() | 110 | 12 | 5 | 93 | 198 | 514 | −316 |
![]() | 160 | 72 | 16 | 72 | 527 | 451 | +76 |
![]() | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | +3 |
![]() | 112 | 31 | 9 | 72 | 310 | 440 | −130 |
![]() | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 173 | 111 | +62 |
Total | 1 505 | 572 | 119 | 814 | 4 367 | 5 465 | -1 098 |
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