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, Sweden or the United States; they are ranked 9th in the world (2022) 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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  Finland and Germany in 1993 World Championships
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  The German national team at the 2005 World Championship

Year	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	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).
1921-1926	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
1933–1991	After 1932, the European Championship medals were awarded based on the results of the Ice Hockey World Championships, with Germany receiving  Gold in 1930 and 1934.

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

• 1984 – Finished in 6th place

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

Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[4][5]

Head coach: Harold Kreis

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Dustin Strahlmeier	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992	Grizzlys Wolfsburg
6	D	Kai Wissmann	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1996-10-22) 22 October 1996	Providence Bruins
7	F	Maximilian Kastner	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1993-01-03) 3 January 1993	EHC Red Bull München
9	D	Leon Gawanke	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1999-05-31) 31 May 1999	Manitoba Moose
27	D	Maksymilian Szuber	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(2002-08-25) 25 August 2002	EHC Red Bull München
28	F	Samuel Soramies	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998	Augsburger Panther
33	F	JJ Peterka	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2002-01-14) 14 January 2002	Buffalo Sabres
35	G	Mathias Niederberger	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1992-11-26) 26 November 1992	EHC Red Bull München
37	G	Maximilian Franzreb	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	(1996-08-18) 18 August 1996	Fischtown Pinguins
38	D	Fabio Wagner	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1995-09-17) 17 September 1995	ERC Ingolstadt
40	F	Alexander Ehl	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999	Düsseldorfer EG
41	D	Jonas Müller	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1995-11-19) 19 November 1995	Eisbären Berlin
53	D	Moritz Seider	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(2001-04-06) 6 April 2001	Detroit Red Wings
56	F	Manuel Wiederer	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1996-11-21) 21 November 1996	Eisbären Berlin
57	D	Leon Hüttl	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(2000-09-21) 21 September 2000	ERC Ingolstadt
60	F	Wojciech Stachowiak	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1999-07-03) 3 July 1999	ERC Ingolstadt
62	F	Parker Tuomie	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1995-10-31) 31 October 1995	Straubing Tigers
72	F	Dominik Kahun – A	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1995-07-02) 2 July 1995	SC Bern
74	F	Justin Schütz	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000	EHC Red Bull München
77	F	Daniel Fischbuch	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1993-08-19) 19 August 1993	Düsseldorfer EG
78	F	Nico Sturm	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1995-05-03) 3 May 1995	San Jose Sharks
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 – A	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1992-03-14) 14 March 1992	Eisbären Berlin
95	F	Frederik Tiffels	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	EHC Red Bull München
97	F	Filip Varejcka	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(2001-01-09) 9 January 2001	EHC Red Bull München

• 20 – Robert Dietrich

80 - Robert Müller

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