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The German men's national ice hockey team 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 East German teams and players were merged into the German Ice Hockey Federation (Deutscher Eishockey-Bund).
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| Nickname(s) | Träger der Adler (Bearers of the Eagle) |
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| Association | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund |
| Head coach | Toni Söderholm |
| Assistants | Matt McIlvane Ville Peltonen |
| 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 | 5  2 (6 June 2021)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 5 (first in 2021) |
| Lowest IIHF | 13 (first in 2014) |
| First international | |
England  1–0  Germany (Montreux, Switzerland; 10 January 1910) | |
| Biggest win | |
Germany  14–0 .svg){kind=small} 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 | |
| Appearances | 66 (first in 1930) |
| Best result |  (1930, 1953) |
| European Championships | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1910) |
| Best result |  (1910, 1911, 1914) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 20 (first in 1928) |
| Medals |  Silver (2018) Bronze (1932, 1976) |
HistoryEdit
West GermanyEdit
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-unificationEdit
The team is not considered to be as elite as Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden or the United States, but they are ranked 7th in the world (2019) 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.
Finland and Germany in 1993 World Championships
The German national team at the 2005 World Championship
Competition resultsEdit
Olympic GamesEdit
| Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
World ChampionshipEdit
- 1930 – Won silver medal
- 1933 – Finished in 5th place
- 1934 – Won bronze medal
- 1935 – Finished in 9th place
- 1937 – Finished in 4th place
- 1938 – Finished in 4th place
- 1939 – Finished in 5th place
- 1953 – Won silver medal
- 1954 – Finished in 5th place
- 1955 – Finished in 6th place
- 1959 – Finished in 7th place
- 1961 – Finished in 8th place
- 1962 – Finished in 6th place
- 1963 – Finished in 7th place
- 1965 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in "B" Pool)
- 1966 – Finished in 9th place (Won "B" Pool)
- 1967 – Finished in 8th place
- 1969 – Finished in 10th place (4th in "B" Pool)
- 1970 – Finished in 8th place (2nd in "B" Pool)
- 1971 – Finished in 5th place
- 1972 – Finished in 5th place
- 1973 – Finished in 6th place
- 1974 – Finished in 9th place (3rd in "B" Pool)
- 1975 – Finished in 8th place (2nd in "B" Pool)
- 1976 – Finished in 6th place
- 1977 – Finished in 7th place
- 1978 – Finished in 5th place
- 1979 – Finished in 6th place
- 1981 – Finished in 7th place
- 1982 – Finished in 6th place
- 1983 – Finished in 5th place
- 1985 – Finished in 7th place
- 1986 – Finished in 7th place
- 1987 – Finished in 6th place
- 1989 – Finished in 7th place
- 1990 – Finished in 7th place
European ChampionshipEdit
| Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1910 Les Avants
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | ? | ? | Round-robin | 
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| 1911 Berlin
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ? | ? | Round-robin |
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 1912 Prague*
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ? | ? | Round-robin |
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| 1913 Munich
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | ? | ? | Round-robin | 
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| 1914 Berlin
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ? | ? | Round-robin |
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| 1915–1920 | No Championships (World War I). | |||||||||
 1921 Stockholm
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Did not participate. | |||||||||
| 1922 St. Moritz
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Did not participate. | |||||||||
 1923 Antwerp
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Did not participate. | |||||||||
 1924 Milan
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Did not participate. | |||||||||
 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec
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Did not participate. | |||||||||
| 1926 Davos
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Did not participate. | |||||||||
 1927 Wien
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ? | ? | Round-robin |
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 1929 Budapest
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ? | ? | First round | 8th |
| 1932 Berlin
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ? | ? | Final round | 4th |
- 1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.
World Cup of HockeyEdit
Canada CupEdit
- 1984 – Finished in 6th place
Other tournamentsEdit
TeamEdit
Current rosterEdit
Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[3]
Head coach: Toni Söderholm[4]
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | D | Dominik Bittner | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 10 June 1992 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg
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| 5 | D | Korbinian Holzer – A | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 16 February 1988 |  Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
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| 7 | F | Maximilian Kastner | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 3 January 1993 | EHC Red Bull München
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| 8 | F | Tobias Rieder | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 10 January 1993 |  Buffalo Sabres
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| 9 | D | Leon Gawanke | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 31 May 1999 | Manitoba Moose
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| 11 | D | Marco Nowak | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 23 July 1990 | Düsseldorfer EG
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| 15 | F | Stefan Loibl | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 24 June 1996 | Adler Mannheim
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| 21 | F | Nico Krämmer | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 23 October 1992 | Adler Mannheim
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| 22 | F | Matthias Plachta | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 16 May 1991 | Adler Mannheim
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| 31 | G | Niklas Treutle | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 29 April 1991 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers
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| 34 | F | Tom Kühnhackl | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 21 January 1992 | Bridgeport Islanders
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| 35 | G | Mathias Niederberger | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 26 November 1992 | Eisbären Berlin
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| 38 | D | Fabio Wagner | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 17 September 1995 | ERC Ingolstadt
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| 41 | D | Jonas Müller | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 19 November 1995 | Eisbären Berlin
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| 53 | D | Moritz Seider | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 6 April 2001 | Rögle BK
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| 54 | F | Lean Bergmann | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 4 October 1998 | San Jose Sharks
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| 58 | F | Markus Eisenschmid | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 22 January 1995 | Adler Mannheim
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| 70 | F | John-Jason Peterka | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 14 January 2002 | EHC Red Bull München
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| 72 | F | Dominik Kahun | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 2 July 1995 | Edmonton Oilers
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| 73 | F | Lukas Reichel | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 17 May 2002 | Eisbären Berlin
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| 77 | F | Daniel Fischbuch | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 19 August 1993 | Düsseldorfer EG
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| 83 | F | Leonhard Pföderl | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 1 September 1993 | Eisbären Berlin
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| 85 | D | Marcel Brandt | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 8 May 1992 | Straubing Tigers
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| 90 | G | Felix Brückmann | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 16 December 1990 | Adler Mannheim
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| 91 | D | Moritz Müller – C | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 19 November 1986 | Kölner Haie
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| 92 | F | Marcel Noebels – A | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 14 March 1992 | Eisbären Berlin
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| 95 | F | Frederik Tiffels | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 20 May 1995 | Kölner Haie
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| 96 | F | Andreas Eder | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 20 March 1996 | Straubing Tigers
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Retired numbersEdit
- 20 – Robert Dietrich
Notable playersEdit
- Leon Draisaitl
- Rudi Ball
- Christian Ehrhoff
- Karl Friesen
- Marcel Goc
- Thomas Greiss
- Philipp Grubauer
- Jochen Hecht
- Dieter Hegen
- Udo Kießling
- Olaf Kölzig
- Erich Kühnhackl
- Uwe Krupp (also former head coach)
- Robert Müller
- Helmut de Raaf
- Dennis Seidenberg
- Alois Schloder
- Marco Sturm (also former head coach)
- Xaver Unsinn (also former head coach)
Notable executivesEdit
- Heinz Henschel, president of the German Ice Sport Federation
- Wolf-Dieter Montag, team physician
- Roman Neumayer, sport director for the German Ice Hockey Federation
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Aufgebot der deutschen Nationalmannschaft für IIHF-WM 2021 steht fest" (in German). deb-online.de. 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Team Roster Germany" (PDF). iihf.com. 21 May 2021.
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