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

Links

 * German Ice Hockey-Federation
 * DEB-MySpace-Page