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.
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 and Poland.
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 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.
Team Germany finished in 4th place at the 2010 IIHF World Championship, their best placement since 1953.
Competition results
Olympic Games
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
- 1966 – Finished in 9th place
- 1967 – Finished in 8th place
- 1969 – Finished in 10th place
- 1970 – Finished in 8th place
- 1971 – Finished in 5th place
- 1972 – Finished in 5th place
- 1973 – Finished in 6th place
- 1974 – Finished in 9th place
- 1975 – Finished in 8th place
- 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
- 2000 – Finished in 17th place
- 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
- 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
European Championship
- 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
Canada Cup
- 1984 – Finished in 6th place
Other tournaments
- Deutschland Cup: Gold medal
- Nissan Cup: Gold medal
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.Head coach: Toni Söderholm
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
| 2 | D | Denis Reul |  Adler Mannheim | |||
| 5 | D | Korbinian Holzer |  Nashville Predators | |||
| 11 | D | Marco Nowak | Düsseldorfer EG | |||
| 15 | F | Stefan Loibl | Straubing Tigers | |||
| 19 | D | Benedikt Schopper | Straubing Tigers | |||
| 21 | D | Moritz Seider | Grand Rapids Griffins | |||
| 22 | F | Matthias Plachta | Adler Mannheim | |||
| 28 | F | Frank Mauer | EHC Red Bull München | |||
| 29 | F | Leon Draisaitl – A |  Edmonton Oilers | |||
| 30 | G | Philipp Grubauer | Colorado Avalanche | |||
| 31 | G | Niklas Treutle | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | |||
| 35 | G | Mathias Niederberger | Düsseldorfer EG | |||
| 36 | D | Yannic Seidenberg | EHC Red Bull München | |||
| 41 | D | Jonas Müller | Eisbären Berlin | |||
| 42 | F | Yasin Ehliz | EHC Red Bull München | |||
| 43 | F | Gerrit Fauser | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | |||
| 50 | F | Patrick Hager – A | EHC Red Bull München | |||
| 54 | F | Lean Bergmann | San Jose Sharks | |||
| 58 | F | Markus Eisenschmid | Adler Mannheim | |||
| 65 | F | Marc Michaelis | Minnesota State Univ. | |||
| 72 | F | Dominik Kahun | Buffalo Sabres | |||
| 83 | F | Leonhard Pföderl | Eisbären Berlin | |||
| 91 | D | Moritz Müller – C | Kölner Haie | |||
| 92 | F | Marcel Noebels | Eisbären Berlin | |||
| 95 | F | Frederik Tiffels | Kölner Haie |
Notable players
- Rudi Ball
- Christian Ehrhoff
- Karl Friesen
- Marcel Goc
- Jochen Hecht
- Dieter Hegen
- Udo Kießling
- Olaf Kölzig
- Erich Kühnhackl
- Uwe Krupp
- Robert Müller
- Helmut de Raaf
- Dennis Seidenberg
- Alois Schloder
- Marco Sturm
- Xaver Unsinn
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