Germany men's national ice hockey team

The German men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Germany and is controlled by the German Ice Hockey Federation. It 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 West and East German teams and players were merged into the United German team. The team's head coach is Harold Kreis.

Germany has won several medals at the World Championships, including three silver medals in 1930, 1953 and 2023, as well as a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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 (4–1) and Poland (7–4).

In 1980, the team did not 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 considered to be slightly behind the Big Six (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States); they are ranked 7th in the world (2026) by the IIHF. Since re-unification, their best result is 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. Other top results include finishing in 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, their best placement since 1953. 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.

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File:1993 IIHF World Championship FIN-GER.jpg|Finland and Germany in the 1993 World Championships

File:Deutsche-nationalmannschaft-wm-2005-20050509007.jpg|The German national team at the 2005 World Championship

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Competition results

Olympic Games

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Games !! Coach !! Captain !! Finish

|-

| 1928 St. Moritz || Erich Römer || Walter Sachs || 9th

|-

| style="background:#c96;"| 1932 Lake Placid || Erich Römer || Gustav Jaenecke ||

|-

| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen || Val Hoffinger || Rudi Ball || 5th

|-

| colspan=12 align="center"|In 1949, Germany was split and was succeeded by West Germany and

|-

| 1948 St. Moritz || colspan="9" align="center" | did not compete

|-

| 1952 Oslo || Joe Aitken || Herbert Schibukat || 8th

|-

| rowspan="2" | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo || colspan="9" align="center" | As United Team of Germany

|-

| Frank Trottier || Paul Ambros || 6th

|-

| rowspan="2" | 1960 Squaw Valley || colspan="9" align="center" | As United Team of Germany

|-

| Karl Wild || Heinz Henschel || 6th

|-

| rowspan="2" | 1964 Innsbruck || colspan="9" align="center" | As United Team of Germany

|-

| Egen, Holderied, Unsinn || Ernst Trautwein || 7th

|-

| 1968 Grenoble || Ed Reigle || Heinz Bader || 7th

|-

| 1972 Sapporo || Gerhard Kießling || Alois Schloder || 7th

|-

| style="background:#c96;"| 1976 Innsbruck || Xaver Unsinn || Alois Schloder ||

|-

| 1980 Lake Placid || Hans Rampf || Rainer Philipp || 10th

|-

| 1984 Sarajevo || Xaver Unsinn || Erich Kühnhackl || 5th

|-

| 1988 Calgary || Xaver Unsinn || Udo Kießling || 5th

|-

| colspan=12 align="center"|In 1990, West and East Germany united back to Germany

|-

| 1992 Albertville || Luděk Bukač || Gerd Truntschka || 7th

|-

| 1994 Lillehammer || Luděk Bukač || Uli Hiemer || 6th

|-

| 1998 Nagano || George Kingston || Dieter Hegen || 9th

|-

| 2002 Salt Lake City || Hans Zach || Jürgen Rumrich || 8th

|-

| 2006 Turin || Uwe Krupp || Marcel Goc || 10th

|-

| 2010 Vancouver || Uwe Krupp || Marcel Goc || 11th

|-

| 2014 Sochi || colspan="9" align="center" | did not qualify

|-

| bgcolor=silver| 2018 Pyeongchang || Marco Sturm || Marcel Goc ||

|-

| 2022 Beijing || Toni Söderholm || Moritz Müller || 10th

|-

| 2026 Milan / Cortina d'Ampezzo || Harold Kreis || Leon Draisaitl || 6th

|}

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan=5|Totals

|-

! Games !! style="background:gold"|Gold !! style="background:silver"|Silver !! style="background:#c96"|Bronze !! Total

|-

| 16 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3

|}

World Championship

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Location !! Coach !! Result

|-

| 1930 || Chamonix, / Vienna, / Berlin, || ? ||style="background:silver;"|Silver

|-

| colspan=4|Did not participate in 1931

|-

| 1933 || Prague, || ? ||5th place

|-

| 1934 || Milan, || ? ||style="background:#c96;"|Bronze

|-

| 1935 || Davos, || ? ||9th place

|-

| 1937 || London, || ? ||4th place

|-

| 1938 || Prague, || ? ||4th place

|-

| 1939 || Basel / Zurich, || ? ||5th place

|-

| colspan=4 align="center"|Did not participate between 1947 and 1951

|-

| colspan=4 align="center"|In 1949, Germany was split and was succeeded by West Germany and

|-

| 1953 || Basel / Zurich, || ? ||style="background:silver;"|Silver

|-

| 1954 || Stockholm, || ? ||5th place

|-

| 1955 || Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Krefeld / Cologne, || ? ||6th place

|-

| colspan=4 align="center"|Did not participate between 1957 and 1958

|-

| 1959 || Prague / Brno / Ostrava, || ? ||7th place

|-

| 1961 || Geneva / Lausanne, || ? ||8th place

|-

| 1962 || Colorado Springs / Denver, || ? ||6th place

|-

| 1963 || Stockholm, || ? ||7th place

|-

| 1965 || Turku / Rauma / Pori, || ? ||11th place (3rd place in Group B)

|-

| 1966 || Zagreb, || ? ||style="background:#ccffcc;"|9th place (1st place in Group B)

|-

| 1967 || Vienna, || ? ||style="background:#ffcfcf;"|8th place (Relegated)

|-

| 1969 || Ljubljana, || ? || 10th place (4th place in Group B)

|-

| 1970 || Bucharest, || ? ||style="background:#ccffcc;"|8th place (2nd place in Group B)

|-

| 1971 || Bern / Geneva, || ? || 5th place

|-

| 1972 || Prague, || ? || 5th place

|-

| 1973 || Moscow, || ? ||style="background:#ffcfcf;"|6th place (Relegated)

|-

| 1974 || Ljubljana, || ? || 9th place (3rd place in Group B)

|-

| 1975 || Sapporo, || ? ||style="background:#ccffcc;"|8th place (2nd place in Group B)

|-

| 1976 || Katowice, || ? || 6th place

|-

| 1977 || Vienna, || ? || 7th place

|-

| 1978 || Prague, || ? || 5th place

|-

| 1979 || Moscow, || ? || 6th place

|-

| 1981 || Stockholm, || ? || 7th place

|-

| 1982 || Helsinki / Tampere, || ? || 6th place

|-

| 1983 || Munich / Dortmund / Düsseldorf, || ? || 5th place

|-

| 1985 || Prague, || ? || 7th place

|-

| 1986 || Moscow, || ? || 7th place

|-

| 1987 || Vienna, || ? || 6th place

|-

| 1989 || Stockholm / Södertälje, || ? || 7th place

|-

| 1990 || Bern / Fribourg, || ? || 7th place

|-

| colspan=4 align="center"|In 1990, West and East Germany united back to Germany

|-

| 1991 || Turku / Helsinki / Tampere, || Erich Kühnhackl || 8th place

|-

| 1992 || Prague / Bratislava, || Luděk Bukač || 6th place

|-

| 1993 || Dortmund / Munich, || Luděk Bukač || 5th place

|-

| 1994 || Bolzano / Canazei / Milan, || Luděk Bukač || 9th place

|-

| 1995 || Stockholm / Gävle, || George Kingston || 9th place

|-

| 1996 || Vienna, || George Kingston || 8th place

|-

| 1997 || Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, || George Kingston || 11th place

|-

| 1998 || Zurich / Basel, || George Kingston ||style="background:#ffcfcf;"|11th place (Relegated)

|-

| 1999 || Odense / Rødovre, || Hans Zach || 20th place (4th place in Pool B)

|-

| 2000 || Katowice / Kraków, || Hans Zach || style="background:#ccffcc;"|17th place (Won Pool B)

|-

| 2001 || Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, || Hans Zach || 8th place

|-

| 2002 || Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, || Hans Zach || 8th place

|-

| 2003 || Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, || Hans Zach || 7th place

|-

| 2004 || Prague / Ostrava, || Hans Zach || 9th place

|-

| 2005 || Innsbruck / Vienna, || Greg Poss ||style="background:#ffcfcf;"|15th place (Relegated)

|-

| 2006 || Amiens, || Uwe Krupp || style="background:#ccffcc;"|17th place (Won Division I, Group A)

|-

| 2007 || Moscow / Mytishchi, || Uwe Krupp || 7th place

|-

| 2008 || Quebec City / Halifax, || Uwe Krupp || 10th place

|-

| 2009 || Bern / Kloten, || Uwe Krupp || 15th place

|-

| 2010 || Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, || Uwe Krupp || style="background:#9acdff;"|4th place

|-

| 2011 || Bratislava / Košice, || Uwe Krupp || 7th place

|-

| 2012 || Helsinki, / Stockholm, || Jakob Kölliker || 12th place

|-

| 2013 || Stockholm, / Helsinki, || Pat Cortina || 9th place

|-

| 2014 || Minsk, || Pat Cortina || 14th place

|-

| 2015 || Prague / Ostrava, || Pat Cortina || 10th place

|-

| 2016 || Moscow / Saint Petersburg, || Marco Sturm || 7th place

|-

| 2017 || Cologne, / Paris, || Marco Sturm || 8th place

|-

| 2018 || Copenhagen / Herning, || Marco Sturm || 11th place

|-

| 2019 || Bratislava / Košice, || Toni Söderholm || 6th place

|-

| 2020 || Zurich / Lausanne, || colspan=2 align=center|Cancelled

|-

| 2021 || Riga, || Toni Söderholm || style="background:#9acdff;"|4th place

|-

| 2022 ||Tampere / Helsinki, || Toni Söderholm || 7th place

|-

| 2023 || Tampere, / Riga, || Harold Kreis ||style="background:silver;"|Silver

|-

| 2024 || Prague / Ostrava, || Harold Kreis || 6th place

|-

| 2025 || Stockholm, / Herning, || Harold Kreis || 9th place

|-

| 2026 || Zurich / Fribourg, || Harold Kreis || 10th place

|-

| 2027 || Düsseldorf / Mannheim, || ||

|}

European Championship

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

! Year

! GP

! W

! T

! L

! GF

! GA

! Finish

! Rank

|-

|bgcolor=silver| 1910 Les Avants

| 3

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 17

| 5

| Round-robin

|

|-

|style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=silver| 1911 Berlin

| 3

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 20

| 1

| Round-robin

|

|-

|bgcolor=silver| 1912 Prague*

| 2

| 1

| 1

| 0

| 6

| 3

| Round-robin

|

|-

|style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor= cc9966| 1913 Munich

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 21

| 16

| Round-robin

|

|-

|style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=silver| 1914 Berlin

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

| 3

| Round-robin

|

|-

| 1915–1920 || colspan=8 align="center"|No championships (World War I)

|-

| 1921–1926 || colspan=8 align="center"|Did not participate

|-

| bgcolor= cc9966| 1927 Vienna

| 5

| 3

| 0

| 2

| 10

| 7

| Round-robin

|

|-

| 1929 Budapest

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 3

| First round

| 8th

|-

|style="border: 3px solid red" | 1932 Berlin

| 6

| 1

| 4

| 1

| 5

| 5

| Final round

| 4th

|-

|1933–1991 || colspan=10 | After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving in 1930 and 1934

|}

• 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
• 2016 – Won (as part of Team Europe)

Canada Cup

• 1984 – Finished in 6th place

Other tournaments

• Deutschland Cup: Gold medal (1995, 1996, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025)
• Nissan Cup: Gold medal (1993)

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Harold Kreis

{| width="80%" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"

!No.

!Pos.

!Name

!Height

!Weight

!Birthdate

!Team

|-

| 1 || G || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;"| ERC Ingolstadt

|-

| 6 || D || align="left"| – A || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Eisbären Berlin

|-

| 7 || F || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | EHC Red Bull München

|-

| 9 || D || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Adler Mannheim

|-

| 12 || D || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Eisbären Berlin

|-

| 15 || F || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Straubing Tigers

|-

| 21 || F || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Fischtown Pinguins

|-

| 25 || D || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | ERC Ingolstadt

|-

| 30 || G || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Seattle Kraken

|-

| 37 || G || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Adler Mannheim

|-

| 38 || D || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | EHC Red Bull München

|-

| 40 || F || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Adler Mannheim

|-

| 43 || F || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| EHC Red Bull München

|-

| 44 || F || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Edmonton Oilers

|-

| 47 || F || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Schwenninger Wild Wings

|-

| 48 || D || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| EHC Red Bull München

|-

| 53 || D || align="left" | – C || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Detroit Red Wings

|-

| 56 || F || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Eisbären Berlin

|-

| 62 || F || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Fischtown Pinguins

|-

| 64 || D || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Nürnberg Ice Tigers

|-

| 65 || F || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Adler Mannheim

|-

| 71 || F || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Kölner Haie

|-

| 72 || F || align="left" | || || || || style="text-align:left;" | Lausanne HC

|-

| 73 || F || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Boston Bruins

|-

| 75 || F || align="left"| || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Nürnberg Ice Tigers

|-

| 95 || F || align="left"| – A || || || || style="text-align: left;"| Eisbären Berlin

|}

2026 Olympics roster

Retired numbers

• 20 – Robert Dietrich
• 80 - Robert Müller

Notable players

• Leon Draisaitl
• Rudi Ball
• Christian Ehrhoff
• Karl Friesen
• Marcel Goc
• Thomas Greiss
• Philipp Grubauer
• Jochen Hecht
• Dieter Hegen
• Gustav Jaenecke
• Udo Kießling
• Ralph Krueger
• Patrick Reimer
• Olaf Kölzig
• Erich Kühnhackl
• Uwe Krupp (also former head coach)
• Robert Müller
• Helmut de Raaf
• Hans Rampf
• Dennis Seidenberg
• Alois Schloder
• Marco Sturm (also former head coach)
• Xaver Unsinn (also former head coach)

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

Uniform evolution

<gallery class="center" widths="180" caption="National team jerseys">

File:West Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1988 (WOG).png|(West Germany) 1988 Olympic jerseys

File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1992.png|1992 Olympic jerseys

File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1994 (WOG).png|1994 Olympic jersey

File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1998 Olympics.png|1998 Olympic jerseys

File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 1999-2000.png|1999-2000 IIHF jerseys

File:Germany national hockey team jerseys.png|former IIHF jerseys

File:Germany national hockey team jerseys 2014.png|2014–2017 IIHF jerseys

File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 (WOG).png|2018 Olympic jerseys

File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 IHWC.png|2018–2021 IIHF jerseys

File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 (WOG).png|2022 Olympic jerseys

File:Germany national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 IHWC.png|2022– IIHF jerseys

</gallery>

All-time record

.

{| class="sortable wikitable"

|-

! Opponent

! Played

! Won

! Drawn

! Lost

! GF

! GA

! GD

|- bgcolor="#d0ffd0" align="center"

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 1 || +14

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 57 || 38 || 4 || 15 || 187 || 91 || +96

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 29 || 10 || 2 || 17 || 69 || 83 || -14

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 14 || 9 || 1 || 4 || 69 || 32 || +37

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|' || 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 12 || -7

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 13 || 1 || +12

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 132 || 19 || 7 || 106 || 251 || 674 || -423

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || +1

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 59 || 8 || 2 || 49 || 117 || 243 || −126

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|' || 65 || 10 || 6 || 49 || 120 || 364 || −244

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 30 || 19 || 0 || 11 || 90 || 67 || +23

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|' || 20 || 12 || 4 || 4 || 73 || 54 || +19

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|' || 10 || 6 || 1 || 3 || 40 || 23 || +17

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 3 || +4

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 122 || 26 || 14 || 82 || 309 || 537 || −228

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 47 || 27 || 4 || 16 || 138 || 97 || +41

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 15 || 11 || 1 || 3 || 65 || 26 || +39

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 23 || 18 || 4 || 1 || 78 || 33 || +45

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 2 || +9

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 59 || 33 || 9 || 17 || 230 || 157 || +73

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 23 || 21 || 0 || 2 || 138 || 57 || +81

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 12 || 7 || 0 || 5 || 40 || 27 || +13

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 42 || 23 || 4 || 15 || 109 || 97 || +12

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 11 || 10 || 1 || 0 || 79 || 23 || +56

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 50 || 34 || 2 || 14 || 243 || 147 || +96

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 54 || 31 || 7 || 16 || 192 || 161 || +31

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5 || −4

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 21 || 17 || 0 || 4 || 100 || 57 || +43

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 33 || 5 || 3 || 25 || 62 || 111 || −49

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|' || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 14 || 0 || +14

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 87 || 38 || 2 || 47 || 206 || 234 || -28

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 11 || 8 || 2 || 1 || 41 || 15 || +26

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 4 || +6

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 71 || 0 || 1 || 70 || 111 || 581 || -470

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 112 || 12 || 5 || 95 || 200 || 523 || −323

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 161 || 72 || 16 || 73 || 528 || 456 || +72

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| || 7 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 18 || 15 || +3

|- bgcolor=#FFCCCC

| || 115 || 31 || 9 || 75 || 316 || 457 || −141

|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|' || 33 || 21 || 5 || 7 || 173 || 111 || +62

|-

!Total !! 1 537 || 587 || 119 || 832 || 4 467 || 5 572 || -1 099

|}

See also

• Germany men's national ice sledge hockey team
• East Germany national ice hockey team

References

External links

• IIHF profile
• National Teams of Ice Hockey