Germany women's national ice hockey team

The German women's national ice hockey team represents Germany at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. Germany had 2,549 female players in 2011.

History
The first international game for the German women's national team took place on 3 December 1988 in Geretsried against Switzerland. The final score was 6–5 for the Swiss, but the Germans avenged the loss in their second match. Against the Swiss, the Germans obtained their first victory. Germany is currently ranked 11th in the world, despite having nine times more female hockey players than 5th-ranked Russia. Germany's best finishes at the Worlds were in 2001, 2005 and 2013, where they earned a fifth place finish on each occasion.

Notable former players

 * Claudia Grundmann
 * Michaela Lanzl
 * Christina Oswald
 * Denise Soesilo
 * Raffaela Wolf

Former coaches

 * 1995–2002: Rainer Nittel
 * Since 2002: Peter Kathan

Olympic record

 * 1998 – Did not participate
 * 2002 – Finished in 6th place
 * 2006 – Finished in 5th place
 * 2010 – Did not qualify
 * 2014 – Finished in 7th place

World Championship record

 * 1990 – Finished in 7th place (as West Germany)
 * 1992 – Did not participate
 * 1994 – Finished in 8th place
 * 1997 – Did not participate
 * 1999 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2000 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2001 – Finished in 5th place
 * 2004 – Finished in 6th place
 * 2005 – Finished in 5th place
 * 2007 – Finished in 8th place
 * 2008 – Finished in 9th place (demoted to "Division I")
 * 2009 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Division I)
 * 2011 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Division I, promoted to Top Division)
 * 2012 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2013 – Finished in 5th place

European Championship record

 * 1989 – Won bronze medal (as West Germany)
 * 1991 – Finished in 6th place
 * 1993 – Finished in 4th place
 * 1995 – Finished in 5th place
 * 1996 – Finished in 6th place