Germany men's national ice hockey team

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 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.

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 (2019) 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 (0.03% of its population).

Team Germany finished in 4th place at the 2010 IIHF World Championship, their best placement since 1953.

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  The German national team at the 2005 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 (3rd in "B" Pool)
• 1966 – Finished in 9th place (Won "B" Pool)
• 1967 – Finished in 8th place
• 1969 – Finished in 10th place (4th in "B" Pool)
• 1970 – Finished in 8th place (2nd in "B" Pool)
• 1971 – Finished in 5th place
• 1972 – Finished in 5th place
• 1973 – Finished in 6th place
• 1974 – Finished in 9th place (3rd in "B" Pool)
• 1975 – Finished in 8th place (2nd in "B" Pool)
• 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 (4th in "B" Pool)
• 2000 – Finished in 17th place (Won "B" Pool)
• 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 (Won 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 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[2]

Games	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1910 Les Avants	3	2	0	1	17	5	?	?	Round-robin
1911 Berlin	3	3	0	0	20	1	?	?	Round-robin
1912 Prague*	2	1	1	0	6	3	?	?	Round-robin
1913 Munich	3	1	0	2	21	16	?	?	Round-robin
1914 Berlin	2	1	0	1	4	3	?	?	Round-robin
1915–1920	No Championships (World War I).
1921 Stockholm	Did not participate.
1922 St. Moritz	Did not participate.
1923 Antwerp	Did not participate.
1924 Milan	Did not participate.
1925 Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec	Did not participate.
1926 Davos	Did not participate.
1927 Wien	5	3	0	2	10	7	?	?	Round-robin
1929 Budapest	2	0	0	2	1	3	?	?	First round	8th
1932 Berlin	6	1	4	1	5	5	?	?	Final round	4th

• 1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.

• 1996 – lost in quarterfinals
• 2004 – lost in quarterfinals

• 1984 – Finished in 6th place

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

Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[3][4]

Head coach: Toni Söderholm

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
2	D	Denis Reul	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	110 kg (240 lb)	(1989-06-29) 29 June 1989	Adler Mannheim
5	D	Korbinian Holzer	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1988-02-16) 16 February 1988	Nashville Predators
11	D	Marco Nowak	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990	Düsseldorfer EG
15	F	Stefan Loibl	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1996-06-24) 24 June 1996	Straubing Tigers
19	D	Benedikt Schopper	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1985-02-18) 18 February 1985	Straubing Tigers
21	D	Moritz Seider	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(2001-04-06) 6 April 2001	Grand Rapids Griffins
22	F	Matthias Plachta	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1991-05-16) 16 May 1991	Adler Mannheim
28	F	Frank Mauer	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988	EHC Red Bull München
29	F	Leon Draisaitl – A	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1995-10-27) 27 October 1995	Edmonton Oilers
30	G	Philipp Grubauer	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1991-11-25) 25 November 1991	Colorado Avalanche
31	G	Niklas Treutle	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
35	G	Mathias Niederberger	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1992-11-26) 26 November 1992	Düsseldorfer EG
36	D	Yannic Seidenberg	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1984-01-11) 11 January 1984	EHC Red Bull München
41	D	Jonas Müller	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1995-11-19) 19 November 1995	Eisbären Berlin
42	F	Yasin Ehliz	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1992-12-30) 30 December 1992	EHC Red Bull München
43	F	Gerrit Fauser	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989	Grizzlys Wolfsburg
50	F	Patrick Hager – A	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988	EHC Red Bull München
54	F	Lean Bergmann	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998	San Jose Sharks
58	F	Markus Eisenschmid	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1995-01-22) 22 January 1995	Adler Mannheim
65	F	Marc Michaelis	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1995-07-31) 31 July 1995	Minnesota State Univ.
72	F	Dominik Kahun	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1995-07-02) 2 July 1995	Edmonton Oilers
83	F	Leonhard Pföderl	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993	Eisbären Berlin
91	D	Moritz Müller – C	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1986-11-19) 19 November 1986	Kölner Haie
92	F	Marcel Noebels	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1992-03-14) 14 March 1992	Eisbären Berlin
95	F	Frederik Tiffels	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	Kölner Haie

• Rudi Ball
• Christian Ehrhoff
• Karl Friesen
• Marcel Goc
• Jochen Hecht
• Dieter Hegen
• Udo Kießling
• Olaf Kölzig
• Erich Kühnhackl
• Uwe Krupp (also former head coach)
• Robert Müller
• Helmut de Raaf
• Dennis Seidenberg
• Alois Schloder
• Marco Sturm
• Xaver Unsinn (also former head coach)

• Heinz Henschel, president of the German Ice Sport Federation
• Wolf-Dieter Montag, team physician
• Roman Neumayer, sport director for the German Ice Hockey Federation