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, the hockey team was also split into the West German national ice hockey team and the East German national ice hockey team. By 1991, the teams were replaced by the current German team controlled by the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund.
== The Team ==
The team is not considered to be as elite as Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland, Russia, Sweden or the USA, but they are ranked 7th in the world by the IIHF. The team has not been able to break through in the 2000s and early 2010s (with one exception in 2010 when they finished in 4th place at 2010 World Championship). But since 2015, they are getting better and better and are getting closer to the "Big Six". Since re-unification, their best recent results include finishing 2nd place at the 2018 WOG where they lost a close final match to Olympic Athletes from Russia. 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 the silver in the 2018 Olympics. Their best result was a silver medal at the 1930 World Championship and at the 2018 Olympics.
There are 21,340 registered players in Germany (0.025 % of its population).
== Olympic Record ==
*1920-1924 - Did not participate
*1928 - Finished in 9th place
*1932 - 
*1936 - Finished in 5th place
*1948 - Did not participate
*1952 - Did not participate, see West German national ice hockey team
*1956 - Finished in 6th place (United Team of Germany)
*1960 - Finished in 6th place (United Team of Germany)
*1964 - Finished in 7th place (United Team of Germany)
*1968-1988 - Did not participate, see West German national ice hockey team and East German national ice hockey team
*1992 - Finished in 6th place
*1994 - Finished in 7th place
*1998 - Finished in 9th place
*2002 - Finished in 8th place
*2006 - Finished in 10th place
*2010 - Finished in 11th place
*2014 - Did not qualify
*2018 - 
== World Cup of Hockey Record==
*1996 - lost in quarter-finals
*2004 - lost in quarter-finals
*2016 - Did not participate (German players participated as a part of the Team Europe)
== European Championship Record ==
*1910 - Did not participate
*1911 - 
*1912 - 
*1913 - 
*1914 - 
*1921-1926 Did not participate
*1927 - 
*1929 - not ranked
*1930 - 
*1932 - Finished in 4th place
*1934 - 
*1936 - 
*1937 - 
*1938 - 
*1939 - 
== World Championship Record ==
*1920-1924 - Did not participate
*1928 - Finished in 9th place
*1930 - 
*1931 - Did not participate
*1932 - 
*1933 - Finished in 5th place.
*1934 - 
*1935 - Finished in 9th place
*1936 - Finished in 5th place
*1937 - Finished in 4th place
*1938 - Finished in 4th place
*1939 - Finished in 5th place
*1947 - 1990 (with exceptions in 1956, 1960 and 1964) - Did not participate (see West German national ice hockey team and East German national ice hockey team)
*1956 - Finished in 6th place (United team of Germany)
*1960 - Finished in 6th place (United team of Germany)
*1964 - Finished in 7th place (United team of Germany)
*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 the "Pool B")
*2000 - Finished in 17th place (1st in the "Pool B")
*2001 - Finished in 8th place
*2002 - Finished in 8th place
*2003 - Finished in 6th place
*2004 - Finished in 9th place
*2005 - Finished in 15th place
*2006 - Finished in 17th place (1st in 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 - canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
== Retired Numbers ==
* #4 Udo Kießling
* #14 Erich Kühnhackl
* #20 Robert Dietrich
* #23 Dieter Hegen
* #80 Robert Müller
== Actual Roster ==
Position	Number	Name 	Born 	Height 	Weight 	Shoots/Catches
G 	#32 	Andreas Jenike 	July 14, 1988 	5ft 11in (180cm)	176lb (80kg) 	L
G 	#1 	Mirko Pantkowski 	May 26, 1998 	6ft 0in (183cm) 	159lb (72kg) 	L
G 	#31 	Niklas Treutle 	April 29, 1991 	6ft 2in (187cm) 	192lb (87kg) 	L
D 	#85 	Marcel Brandt 	May 8, 1992 	5ft 9in (175cm) 	190lb (86kg) 	L
D 	#67 	Bernhard Ebner 	September 12, 1990	6ft 2in (187cm) 	198lb (90kg) 	L
D 	#5 	Korbinian Holzer 	February 16, 1988 	6ft 3in (190cm) 	218lb (99kg) 	R
D 	#68 	Oliver Mebus 	March 30, 1993 	6ft 9in (206cm) 	231lb (105kg)	L
D 	#91 	Moritz Müller 	November 19, 1986 	6ft 2in (187cm) 	203lb (92kg) 	L
D 	#11 	Marco Nowak 	July 23, 1990 	6ft 2in (188cm) 	214lb (97kg) 	R
D 	#82 	John Rogl 	May 3, 1996 	6ft 5in (195cm) 	223lb (101kg)	L
D 	#93 	Simon Sezemsky 	June 28, 1993 	6ft 0in (184cm) 	187lb (85kg) 	R
D 	#79 	Colin Ugbekile 	September 24, 1999	6ft 1in (186cm) 	198lb (90kg) 	L
F 	#12 	Laurin Braun 	February 18, 1991 	5ft 10in (179cm)	172lb (78kg) 	L
F 	#13 	Lucas Dumont 	June 8, 1997 	6ft 1in (186cm) 	176lb (80kg) 	R
F 	#96 	Andreas Eder 	March 20, 1996 	6ft 2in (189cm) 	205lb (93kg) 	R
F 	#9 	Tobias Eder 	March 4, 1998 	6ft 0in (182cm) 	183lb (83kg) 	R
F 	#40 	Alexander Ehl 	November 28, 1999 	5ft 9in (175cm) 	168lb (76kg) 	R
F 	#77 	Daniel Fischbuch 	August 19, 1993 	5ft 11in (180cm)	179lb (81kg) 	R
F 	#93 	Maximilian Kastner	January 3, 1993 	6ft 0in (183cm) 	176lb (80kg) 	L
F 	#94 	John Jason Peterka	January 14, 2002 	5ft 11in (180cm)	192lb (87kg) 	L
F 	#78 	Daniel Pfaffengut 	May 12, 1996 	5ft 11in (180cm)	154lb (70kg) 	R
F 	#25 	Daniel Schmölz 	January 25, 1992 	5ft 11in (180cm)	201lb (91kg) 	L
F 	#10 	Justin Schütz 	June 24, 2000 	5ft 11in (181cm)	181lb (82kg) 	L
F 	#95 	Frederik Tiffels 	May 20, 1995 	6ft 0in (183cm) 	192lb (87kg) 	L
F 	#27 	Sebastian Uvira 	January 26, 1993 	6ft 2in (189cm) 	214lb (97kg) 	L
== Team Staff ==
Role 	Name 	Born
Sports director 	Christian Künast 	March 7, 1971
Head coach 	Toni Söderholm 	April 14, 1978
Assistant coach 	Ville Peltonen 	March 24, 1973
Assistant coach 	Matt McIlvane 	November 2, 1985
Asistant coach 	Alexander Dück 	April 22, 1980
Goaltending coach	Ilpo Kauhanen 	October 21, 1973
Video coach 	Thomas Schädler 	October 24, 1967
Athletic coach 	Jannik Kirchenkamp 	
Team manager 	Horst Fuchs 	April 10, 1972
Team doctor 	Bastian Ipach 	
Physiotherapist 	Thomas Stubner 	
Physiotherapist 	Simon Seyr 	October 3, 1988
Media/PR 	Ruben Stark 	
Equipment manager	Christian Menningen	March 18, 1965
Equipment manager	Sascha Engel 	
Equipment manager	Sigi Hempel 	November 11, 1977
== Links ==
* German Ice Hockey-Federation
* DEB-MySpace-Page
==See also==
*East German national ice hockey team
*West German national ice hockey teamCategory:Ice hockey in Germany
Category:National teams