Germany men's national ice hockey team
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).
 The Coat of arms of Germany is the badge used on the players jerseys | |
| Nickname(s) | Träger der Adler (Bearers of the Eagle) |
|---|---|
| Association | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund |
| Head coach | Toni Söderholm |
| Assistants | Tobias Abstreiter Patrick Dallaire Cory Murphy Steven Reinprecht |
| 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 | 7  (24 April 2020)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 7 (first in 2019) |
| Lowest IIHF | 13 (first in 2014) |
| First international | |
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| Biggest win | |
Germany  14–0 %253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 10 February 2000) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 64 (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) |
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History
West Germany
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-unification
The team is not considered to be as elite as Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, 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.
The German national team at the 2005 World Championship
Competition results
Olympic Games
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| Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
World Championship
- 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
- 1991 – Finished in 8th place
- 1992 – Finished in 6th place
- 1993 – Finished in 5th place
- 1994 – Finished in 9th place
- 1995 – Finished in 9th place
- 1996 – Finished in 8th place
- 1997 – Finished in 11th place
- 1998 – Finished in 11th place
- 1999 – Finished in 20th place (4th in "B" Pool)
- 2000 – Finished in 17th place (Won "B" Pool)
- 2001 – Finished in 8th place
- 2002 – Finished in 8th place
- 2003 – Finished in 7th place
- 2004 – Finished in 9th place
- 2005 – Finished in 15th place
- 2006 – Finished in 17th place (Won Division I, Group A)
- 2007 – Finished in 9th place
- 2008 – Finished in 10th place
- 2009 – Finished in 15th place
- 2010 – Finished in 4th place
- 2011 – Finished in 7th place
- 2012 – Finished in 12th place
- 2013 – Finished in 9th place
- 2014 – Finished in 14th place
- 2015 – Finished in 10th place
- 2016 – Finished in 7th place
- 2017 – Finished in 8th place
- 2018 – Finished in 11th place
- 2019 – Finished in 6th place
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[2]
European Championship
| Games | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Coach | Captain | Finish | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1910 Les Avants |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
| 1911 Berlin |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1912 Prague* |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
| 1913 Munich |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | ? | ? | Round-robin |  |
| 1914 Berlin |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
| 1915–1920 | No Championships (World War I). | |||||||||
 1921 Stockholm |
Did not participate. | |||||||||
| 1922 St. Moritz |
Did not participate. | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1923 Antwerp |
Did not participate. | |||||||||
 1924 Milan |
Did not participate. | |||||||||
 1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec |
Did not participate. | |||||||||
| 1926 Davos |
Did not participate. | |||||||||
 1927 Wien |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ? | ? | Round-robin | |
 1929 Budapest |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ? | ? | First round | 8th |
| 1932 Berlin |
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.
Canada Cup
- 1984 – Finished in 6th place
Other tournaments
- Deutschland Cup:
Gold medal (1995, 1996, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) - Nissan Cup: Gold medal (1993)
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[3][4]
Head coach: Toni Söderholm
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | D | Denis Reul | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 110 kg (240 lb) | 29 June 1989 | Adler Mannheim |
| 5 | D | Korbinian Holzer | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 16 February 1988 |  Nashville Predators |
| 11 | D | Marco Nowak | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 23 July 1990 | Düsseldorfer EG |
| 15 | F | Stefan Loibl | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 24 June 1996 | Straubing Tigers |
| 19 | D | Benedikt Schopper | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 18 February 1985 | Straubing Tigers |
| 21 | D | Moritz Seider | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 6 April 2001 | Grand Rapids Griffins |
| 22 | F | Matthias Plachta | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 16 May 1991 | Adler Mannheim |
| 28 | F | Frank Mauer | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 12 April 1988 | EHC Red Bull München |
| 29 | F | Leon Draisaitl – A | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 27 October 1995 | Edmonton Oilers |
| 30 | G | Philipp Grubauer | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 25 November 1991 | Colorado Avalanche |
| 31 | G | Niklas Treutle | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 29 April 1991 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers |
| 35 | G | Mathias Niederberger | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 26 November 1992 | Düsseldorfer EG |
| 36 | D | Yannic Seidenberg | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 11 January 1984 | EHC Red Bull München |
| 41 | D | Jonas Müller | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 19 November 1995 | Eisbären Berlin |
| 42 | F | Yasin Ehliz | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 30 December 1992 | EHC Red Bull München |
| 43 | F | Gerrit Fauser | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 13 July 1989 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg |
| 50 | F | Patrick Hager – A | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 8 September 1988 | EHC Red Bull München |
| 54 | F | Lean Bergmann | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 4 October 1998 | San Jose Sharks |
| 58 | F | Markus Eisenschmid | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 22 January 1995 | Adler Mannheim |
| 65 | F | Marc Michaelis | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 31 July 1995 | Minnesota State Univ. |
| 72 | F | Dominik Kahun | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 2 July 1995 | Edmonton Oilers |
| 83 | F | Leonhard Pföderl | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 1 September 1993 | Eisbären Berlin |
| 91 | D | Moritz Müller – C | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 19 November 1986 | Kölner Haie |
| 92 | F | Marcel Noebels | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 14 March 1992 | Eisbären Berlin |
| 95 | F | Frederik Tiffels | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 20 May 1995 | Kölner Haie |
Notable players
- Rudi Ball
- Christian Ehrhoff
- Karl Friesen
- Marcel Goc
- 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
- Xaver Unsinn (also former head coach)
Notable executives
- Heinz Henschel, president of the German Ice Sport Federation
- Wolf-Dieter Montag, team physician
- Roman Neumayer, sport director for the German Ice Hockey Federation
References
- "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- "Bundestrainer Toni Söderholm gibt Kader für die WM bekannt". deb-online.de. 8 May 2019.
- 2019 IIHF World Championship roster
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