| Association | Deutscher Eishockey-Bund |
|---|---|
| Head coach |  Toni Söderholm |
| Assistants | Ville Peltonen Matt McIlvane  Alexander Dück |
| Captain | Moritz Müller |
| Most games | Philip Gogulla (164) |
| Top scorer | Michael Wolf (52) |
| Most points | Philip Gogulla (113) |
| IIHF code | GER |
| IIHF ranking | 7 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 7 (2018 (O), 2019-present) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 13 (2014-2015) |
| Team colours | |
| First international | |
 England 1-0 Germany  (Montreux, Switzerland; January 10, 1910) | |
| Biggest win | |
 Germany 14-0 Yugoslavia  (Ljubljana, Slovenia; February 10, 2000) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Soviet Union 10-0 West Germany  (Zug, Switzerland; December 7, 1990)  Canada 10-0 Germany (Prague, Czech Republic; May 3, 2015) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 40 (first in 1928) |
| Best result |  Silver: 1 - 1930 |
| World Cup of Hockey | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1996) |
| Best result | Ended up in quarterfinals: 2 - 1996, 2004 |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 13 (first in 1928) |
| Medals |  Silver: 1 - 2018 Bronze: 1 - 1932 |
| International record (W-L-T) | |
| 540-790-114 | |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1932 Lake Placid | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 2018 Pyeongchang | Ice hockey |
| World Championships medal record | ||
| World Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1930 France, Austria, Germany | Germany |
| Bronze | 1934 Italy | Germany |
| Silver | 1953 Switzerland | Germany |
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 -
Bronze - 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 - Silver
Bronze
Silver
The German national team at the Deutschland Cup 2006 (Hanover)
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 - Silver
- 1912 - Silver
- 1913 - Bronze
- 1914 - Silver
- 1921-1926 Did not participate
- 1927 - Bronze
- 1929 - not ranked
- 1930 - Gold
- 1932 - Finished in 4th place
- 1934 - Gold
- 1936 - Bronze
- 1937 - Bronze
- 1938 - Bronze
- 1939 - Bronze
Gold
World Championship Record[]
- 1920-1924 - Did not participate
- 1928 - Finished in 9th place
- 1930 - Silver
- 1931 - Did not participate
- 1932 - Bronze
- 1933 - Finished in 5th place.
- 1934 - Bronze
- 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 |