# Germany men's national ice hockey team

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.

## 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, 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.
* Finland and Germany in 1993 World Championships
* The German national team at the 2005 World Championship

## Competition results
### Olympic Games

| Games | Coach | Captain | Finish |
| 1928 St. Moritz | Erich Römer | Walter Sachs | 9th |
| 1932 Lake Placid | Erich Römer | Gustav Jaenecke | Bronze |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Val Hoffinger | Rudi Ball | 5th |
| In 1949, Germany was split and was succeeded by West Germany and East Germany ||||
| 1948 St. Moritz | did not compete | did not compete | did not compete |
| 1952 Oslo | Joe Aitken | Herbert Schibukat | 8th |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | As United Team of Germany | As United Team of Germany | As United Team of Germany |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Frank Trottier | Paul Ambros | 6th |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | As United Team of Germany | As United Team of Germany | As United Team of Germany |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Karl Wild | Heinz Henschel | 6th |
| 1964 Innsbruck | As United Team of Germany | As United Team of Germany | As United Team of Germany |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Egen, Holderied, Unsinn | Ernst Trautwein | 7th |
| 1968 Grenoble | Ed Reigle | Heinz Bader | 7th |
| 1972 Sapporo | Gerhard Kießling | Alois Schloder | 7th |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Xaver Unsinn | Alois Schloder | Bronze |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Hans Rampf | Rainer Philipp | 10th |
| 1984 Sarajevo | Xaver Unsinn | Erich Kühnhackl | 5th |
| 1988 Calgary | Xaver Unsinn | Udo Kießling | 5th |
| In 1990 West and East Germany united back to Germany ||||
| 1992 Albertville | Luděk Bukač | Gerd Truntschka | 7th |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Luděk Bukač | Uli Hiemer | 6th |
| 1998 Nagano | George Kingston | Dieter Hegen | 9th |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Hans Zach | Jürgen Rumrich | 8th |
| 2006 Turin | Uwe Krupp | Marcel Goc | 10th |
| 2010 Vancouver | Uwe Krupp | Marcel Goc | 11th |
| 2014 Sochi | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Marco Sturm | Marcel Goc | Silver |
| 2022 Beijing | Toni Söderholm | Moritz Müller | 10th |
| 2026 Milan / Cortina | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
Totals :
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |

### World Championship

| Year | Location | Coach | Result |
| 1930 | Chamonix, France / Vienna, Austria / Berlin, Germany | ? | Silver |
| 1931 Did not participate ||||
| 1933 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ? | 5th place |
| 1934 | Milan, Italy | ? | Bronze |
| 1935 | Davos, Switzerland | ? | 9th place |
| 1937 | London, Great Britain | ? | 4th place |
| 1938 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ? | 4th place |
| 1939 | Basel / Zürich, Switzerland | ? | 5th place |
| 1947-1951 Did not participate ||||
| In 1949, Germany was split and was succeeded by West Germany and East Germany ||||
| 1953 | Basel / Zürich, Switzerland | ? | Silver |
| 1954 | Stockholm, Sweden | ? | 5th place |
| 1955 | Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Krefeld / Cologne, West Germany | ? | 6th place |
| 1957-1958 Did not participate ||||
| 1959 | Prague / Brno / Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | ? | 7th place |
| 1961 | Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland | ? | 8th place |
| 1962 | Colorado Springs / Denver, United States | ? | 6th place |
| 1963 | Stockholm, Sweden | ? | 7th place |
| 1965 | Turku / Rauma / Pori, Finland | ? | 11th place (3rd place in Group B) |
| 1966 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | ? | 9th place (1st place in Group B) |
| 1967 | Vienna, Austria | ? | 8th place (Relegated) |
| 1969 | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | ? | 10th place (4th place in Group B) |
| 1970 | Bucharest, Romania | ? | 8th place (2nd place in Group B) |
| 1971 | Bern / Geneva, Switzerland | ? | 5th place |
| 1972 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ? | 5th place |
| 1973 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ? | 6th place (Relegated) |
| 1974 | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | ? | 9th place (3rd place in Group B) |
| 1975 | Sapporo, Japan | ? | 8th place (2nd place in Group B) |
| 1976 | Katowice, Poland | ? | 6th place |
| 1977 | Vienna, Austria | ? | 7th place |
| 1978 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ? | 5th place |
| 1979 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ? | 6th place |
| 1981 | Stockholm, Sweden | ? | 7th place |
| 1982 | Helsinki / Tampere, Finland | ? | 6th place |
| 1983 | Munich / Dortmund / Düsseldorf, West Germany | ? | 5th place |
| 1985 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ? | 7th place |
| 1986 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ? | 7th place |
| 1987 | Vienna, Austria | ? | 6th place |
| 1989 | Stockholm / Södertälje, Sweden | ? | 7th place |
| 1990 | Bern / Fribourg, Switzerland | ? | 7th place |
| In 1990 West and East Germany united back to Germany ||||
| 1991 | Turku / Helsinki / Tampere, Finland | Erich Kühnhackl | 8th place |
| 1992 | Prague / Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | Luděk Bukač | 6th place |
| 1993 | Dortmund / Munich, Germany | Luděk Bukač | 5th place |
| 1994 | Bolzano / Canazei / Milan, Italy | Luděk Bukač | 9th place |
| 1995 | Stockholm / Gävle, Sweden | George Kingston | 9th place |
| 1996 | Vienna, Austria | George Kingston | 8th place |
| 1997 | Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, Finland | George Kingston | 11th place |
| 1998 | Zürich / Basel, Switzerland | George Kingston | 11th place (Relegated) |
| 1999 | Odense / Rødovre, Denmark | Hans Zach | 20th place (4th place in Pool B) |
| 2000 | Katowice / Kraków, Poland | Hans Zach | 17th place (Won Pool B) |
| 2001 | Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany | Hans Zach | 8th place |
| 2002 | Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, Sweden | Hans Zach | 8th place |
| 2003 | Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland | Hans Zach | 7th place |
| 2004 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic | Hans Zach | 9th place |
| 2005 | Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria | Greg Poss | 15th place (Relegated) |
| 2006 | Amiens, France | Uwe Krupp | 17th place (Won Division I, Group A) |
| 2007 | Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia | Uwe Krupp | 7th place |
| 2008 | Quebec City / Halifax, Canada | Uwe Krupp | 10th place |
| 2009 | Bern / Kloten, Switzerland | Uwe Krupp | 15th place |
| 2010 | Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Uwe Krupp | 4th place |
| 2011 | Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia | Uwe Krupp | 7th place |
| 2012 | Helsinki, Finland / Stockholm, Sweden | Jakob Kölliker | 12th place |
| 2013 | Stockholm, Sweden / Helsinki, Finland | Pat Cortina | 9th place |
| 2014 | Minsk, Belarus | Pat Cortina | 14th place |
| 2015 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic | Pat Cortina | 10th place |
| 2016 | Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Russia | Marco Sturm | 7th place |
| 2017 | Cologne, Germany / Paris, France | Marco Sturm | 8th place |
| 2018 | Copenhagen / Herning, Denmark | Marco Sturm | 11th place |
| 2019 | Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia | Toni Söderholm | 6th place |
| 2020 | Zürich / Lausanne, Switzerland | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Riga, Latvia | Toni Söderholm | 4th place |
| 2022 | Tampere / Helsinki, Finland | Toni Söderholm | 7th place |
| 2023 | Tampere, Finland / Riga, Latvia | Harold Kreis | Silver |
| 2024 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic | Harold Kreis | 6th place |
| 2025 | Stockholm, Sweden / Herning, Denmark | | |

### European Championship

| Year | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Finish | Rank |
| 1910 Les Avants | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | Round-robin | |
| 1911 Berlin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | Round-robin | |
| 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). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). | No Championships (World War I). |
| 1921-1926 | Did not participate. | Did not participate. | Did not participate. | Did not participate. | Did not participate. | Did not participate. | Did not participate. | 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 |
| 1933–1991 | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving Gold in 1930 and 1934. | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving Gold in 1930 and 1934. | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving Gold in 1930 and 1934. | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving Gold in 1930 and 1934. | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving Gold in 1930 and 1934. | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving Gold in 1930 and 1934. | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving Gold in 1930 and 1934. | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving Gold in 1930 and 1934. |
* 1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.

### World Cup of Hockey

* 1996 – lost in quarterfinals
* 2004 – lost in quarterfinals
* 2016 – Won Silver (as part of Team Europe)

### Canada Cup

* 1984 – Finished in 6th place

### Other tournaments

* Deutschland Cup: Gold medal (1995, 1996, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023)
* Nissan Cup: Gold medal (1993)

## Team
### Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.
Head coach: Harold Kreis
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
| 5 | D | Tobias Fohrler | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | (1997-09-06) 6 September 1997 (age 27) | HC Ambrì-Piotta |
| 6 | D | Kai Wissmann | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28) | Eisbären Berlin |
| 7 | F | Maximilian Kastner | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | (1993-01-03) 3 January 1993 (age 32) | Red Bull München |
| 17 | F | Tobias Eder | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | (1998-03-04) 4 March 1998 (age 26) | Eisbären Berlin |
| 19 | F | Wojciech Stachowiak | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1999-07-03) 3 July 1999 (age 25) | ERC Ingolstadt |
| 27 | D | Maksymilian Szuber | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | (2002-08-25) 25 August 2002 (age 22) | Arizona Coyotes |
| 30 | G | Philipp Grubauer | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | (1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 (age 33) | Seattle Kraken |
| 33 | F | JJ Peterka | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 (age 23) | Buffalo Sabres |
| 35 | G | Mathias Niederberger | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | (1992-11-26) 26 November 1992 (age 32) | Red Bull München |
| 38 | D | Fabio Wagner | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1995-09-17) 17 September 1995 (age 29) | ERC Ingolstadt |
| 40 | F | Alexander Ehl | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 25) | Düsseldorfer EG |
| 41 | D | Jonas Müller | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | (1995-11-19) 19 November 1995 (age 29) | Eisbären Berlin |
| 42 | F | Yasin Ehliz – A | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 32) | Red Bull München |
| 45 | G | Tobias Ančička | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23) | Kölner Haie |
| 49 | D | Lukas Kälble | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 27) | Adler Mannheim |
| 62 | F | Parker Tuomie | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 29) | Kölner Haie |
| 65 | F | Marc Michaelis | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | (1995-07-31) 31 July 1995 (age 29) | Adler Mannheim |
| 72 | F | Dominik Kahun – A | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 (age 29) | SC Bern |
| 73 | F | Lukas Reichel | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | (2002-05-17) 17 May 2002 (age 22) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 77 | F | Daniel Fischbuch | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | (1993-08-19) 19 August 1993 (age 31) | Adler Mannheim |
| 78 | F | Nico Sturm | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 29) | San Jose Sharks |
| 79 | F | Colin Ugbelike | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) | Iserlohn Roosters |
| 83 | F | Leonhard Pföderl | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31) | Eisbären Berlin |
| 91 | D | Moritz Müller – C | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 38) | Kölner Haie |
| 95 | F | Frederik Tiffels | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) | Eisbären Berlin |

### Retired numbers

* 20 – Robert Dietrich
80 - Robert Müller

### Notable players

* Leon Draisaitl
* Rudi Ball
* Christian Ehrhoff
* Karl Friesen
* Marcel Goc
* Thomas Greiss
* Philipp Grubauer
* Jochen Hecht
* Dieter Hegen
* Gustav Jaenecke
* Udo Kießling
* Ralph Krueger
* Patrick Reimer
* Olaf Kölzig
* Erich Kühnhackl
* Uwe Krupp (also former head coach)
* Robert Müller
* Helmut de Raaf
* Hans Rampf
* Dennis Seidenberg
* Alois Schloder
* Marco Sturm (also former head coach)
* 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

## Uniform evolution

* National team jerseys
* (West Germany) 1988 Olympic jerseys
* 1992 Olympic jerseys
* 1994 Olympic jersey
* 1998 Olympic jerseys
* 1999-2000 IIHF jerseys
* former IIHF jerseys
* 2014–2017 IIHF jerseys
* 2018 Olympic jerseys
* 2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
* 2022 Olympic jerseys
* 2022– IIHF jerseys

## All-time record

    As of 6 February 2025.
| Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 |
| Austria | 54 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 177 | 84 | +93 |
| Belarus | 29 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 69 | 83 | -14 |
| Belgium | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 69 | 32 | +37 |
| Bohemia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 |
| Canada | 132 | 19 | 7 | 106 | 251 | 674 | -423 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| Czech Republic | 56 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 117 | 230 | −113 |
| Czechoslovakia | 65 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 120 | 364 | −244 |
| Denmark | 29 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 89 | 65 | +24 |
| East Germany | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 54 | +19 |
| England | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 23 | +17 |
| Estonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
| Finland | 122 | 26 | 14 | 82 | 309 | 537 | −228 |
| France | 47 | 27 | 4 | 16 | 138 | 97 | +41 |
| Great Britain | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 26 | +39 |
| Hungary | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 72 | 32 | +40 |
| Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 |
| Italy | 59 | 33 | 9 | 17 | 230 | 157 | +73 |
| Japan | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 57 | +81 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 |
| Latvia | 41 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 105 | 96 | +9 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 23 | +56 |
| Norway | 49 | 33 | 2 | 14 | 238 | 145 | +93 |
| Poland | 54 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 192 | 161 | +31 |
| Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| Romania | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 57 | +43 |
| Russia | 33 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 62 | 111 | −49 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 |
| Slovakia | 85 | 37 | 2 | 46 | 203 | 228 | -25 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 15 | +26 |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
| Soviet Union | 71 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 111 | 581 | -470 |
| Sweden | 112 | 12 | 5 | 95 | 200 | 523 | −323 |
| Switzerland | 160 | 72 | 16 | 72 | 527 | 451 | +76 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | +3 |
| United States | 113 | 31 | 9 | 73 | 311 | 446 | −135 |
| Yugoslavia | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 173 | 111 | +62 |
| Total | 1 522 | 580 | 119 | 823 | 4 428 | 5 523 | -1 095 |