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Germany

The Coat of arms of Germany is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association	Deutscher Eishockey-Bund
GM	Franz Reindl
Head coach	Uwe Krupp
Assistants	Ernst Hofner
Captain	Andreas Renz
IIHF ranking	12
Highest IIHF ranking	8 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking	12 (first in 2006)
Team colours
Home colours Away colours
First international
Germany 9 - 1 Switzerland  (Montreaux, Switzerland; January 10, 1910)
Biggest win
Germany 14 - 0 Yugoslavia (Ljubljana, Slovenia; February 10, 2000)
Biggest defeat
Soviet Union 10 - 0 Germany  (Zug, Switzerland; December 7, 1990)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	26 (first in 1930)
Best result	(1930)
IIHF European Championships and World Cup
Appearances	9
Best result	(1910, 1911, 1914)
Olympics
Appearances	12 (first in 1928)
Medals	Bronze: 1 - 1932

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, Slovakia, Sweden or the USA, but they are ranked 11th in the world by the IIHF. The team has not been able to break through in the past few years. 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. 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 a silver in the 1953 World Championships. This was their best result as well as at the 1930 World Championships.

There are 25,934 registered players in Germany (0.03% of its population).

In December 2005 Uwe Krupp became head coach.

Team Officials

• General Manager
  • Franz Reindl

• Team Manager
  • Carlos Vogel

• Coaches
  • Uwe Krupp (Head Coach)
  • Ernst Höfner (Assistant Coach)
  • Klaus Merk (Goaltender Coach)

2010 Olympics roster

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009–10 team
G	Endras, DennisDennis Endras	182	72	01985-07-14 14 July 1985	Immenstadt	Augsburger Panther
G	Greiss, ThomasThomas Greiss	185	86	01986-01-26 26 January 1986	Fussen Füssen	San Jose Sharks
G	Patzold, DimitriDimitri Pätzold	193	99	01983-02-03 3 February 1983	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR	ERC Ingolstadt
D	Bakos, MichaelMichael Bakos	190	90	01979-03-02 2 March 1979	Augsburg	ERC Ingolstadt
D	Ehrhoff, ChristianChristian Ehrhoff	188	90	01982-07-06 6 July 1982	Moers	Vancouver Canucks
D	Ficenec, JakubJakub Ficenec	179	89	01977-02-11 11 February 1977	Hradec Kralove Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia	ERC Ingolstadt
D	Holland, JasonJason Holland	192	98	01976-04-30 30 April 1976	Morinville, Alberta, Canada	DEG Metro Stars
D	Holzer, KorbinianKorbinian Holzer	190	93	01988-02-16 16 February 1988	Munich	DEG Metro Stars
D	Schmidt, ChrisChris Schmidt	189	91	01976-03-01 1 March 1976	Beaver Lodge, Alberta, Canada	Adler Mannheim
D	Seidenberg, DennisDennis Seidenberg	193	95	01981-07-18 18 July 1981	Villingen-Schwenningen	Florida Panthers
D	Sulzer, AlexanderAlexander Sulzer	185	94	01984-05-30 30 May 1984	Kaufbeuren	Nashville Predators
F	Barta, AlexanderAlexander Barta	179	76	01983-02-02 2 February 1983	Berlin	Hamburg Freezers
F	Felski, SvenSven Felski	180	76	01974-11-18 18 November 1974	Berlin	Eisbären Berlin
F	Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc	185	92	01983-08-24 24 August 1983	Calw	Nashville Predators
F	Gogulla, PhilipPhilip Gogulla	185	92	01987-07-31 31 July 1987	Dusseldorf Düsseldorf	Portland Pirates
F	Greilinger, ThomasThomas Greilinger	180	110	01981-08-06 6 August 1981	Deggendorf	ERC Ingolstadt
F	Klinge, ManuelManuel Klinge	180	80	01984-09-05 5 September 1984	Kassel	Kassel Huskies
F	Muller, MarcelMarcel Müller	193	104	01988-07-10 10 July 1988	Berlin	Kölner Haie
F	Mulock, Travis JamesTravis James Mulock	183	88	01985-02-26 26 February 1985	Langley, British Columbia, Canada	Eisbären Berlin
F	Rankel, AndreAndré Rankel	186	89	01985-08-27 27 August 1985	Berlin	Eisbären Berlin
F	Sturm, MarcoMarco Sturm	181	88	01978-09-08 8 September 1978	Dingolfing	Boston Bruins
F	Tripp, JohnJohn Tripp	191	104	01977-05-04 4 May 1977	Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Hamburg Freezers
F	Wolf, MichaelMichael Wolf	178	75	01981-01-24 24 January 1981	Ehenbichl, Austria	Iserlohn Roosters

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Olympic record

• 1928 - Finished in 9th place
• 1932 - Won bronze medal
• 1936 - Finished tied in 5th place
• 1948 - Finished in 6th place
• 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

World Cup of Hockey record

• 1996 - lost in quarter-finals
• 2004 - lost in quarter-finals

European Championship record

• 1910 - Did not participate
• 1911 - Won silver medal
• 1912 - Won silver medal
• 1913 - Won bronze medal
• 1914 - Won silver medal
• 1921-1926 did not participate
• 1927 - Won bronze medal
• 1929 - not ranked
• 1930 - Won gold medal
• 1932 - Finished in 4th place
• 1934 - Won gold medal
• 1936 - Won bronze medal
• 1937 - Won bronze medal
• 1938 - Won bronze medal
• 1939 - Won bronze medal
• 1953 - Won silver medal

World Championship record

• 1930 - Won silver medal
• 1931 - Did not participate
• 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
• 1947 - 1990 did not participate (see West German national ice hockey team and East German national ice hockey team)
• 1953 - Won silver medal (as West 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 (Won the "Pool B")
• 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

References

External links

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

See also

• East German national ice hockey team
• West German national ice hockey team