The Germany men's national field hockey team is one of the most successful sides in the world, winning gold at the Summer Olympics four times (including once as West Germany), the Hockey World Cup 3 times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship eight times (including twice as West Germany) and the Hockey Champions Trophy nine times (including three times as West Germany).
The team caused an upset in the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup when they defeated Australia 2–1 with striker Olivier Domke scoring the winner after Germany came back from being 1–0 down. After this period the Germans went through a transition period, finishing lowly in the 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy with several inexperienced players in their squad. Coach Bernhard Peters was looking to nurture the players for the World Cup such as Christopher Zeller, Moritz Fürste and Timo Wess, and was successful as the Germans won the 2006 Men's Hockey World CupinMönchengladbach, defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Bernhard Peters left the team in order to pursue a career in football and is now a staff member at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[2]
On 6 November 2006, Markus Wiese was appointed as the new head coach. Success at the 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics followed this. Germany headed into the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup with a largely young and inexperienced squad but reached the final of the World Cup after strong performances throughout the tournament. In the final, they were defeated 2–1 by Australia.
Germany has played in the annual 2011 Hockey Champions Trophy held in Auckland, New Zealand. The team competed in pool B with Korea, Netherlands and host nation New Zealand. The team finished fifth in the tournament.
Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
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5th place game | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | Squad |
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Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
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5th place game | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Squad |
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Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | Squad |
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5th place game | 5th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 4th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | Squad |
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Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | Squad |
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5th place game | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | Squad |
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Withdrew | ||||||||
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | Squad |
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
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5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | Squad |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | Squad |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 19 | Squad |
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Qualified | ||||||||
Total | 4 titles | 20/25 | 130 | 79 | 24 | 27 | 326 | 167 |
World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad |
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5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | Squad |
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | Squad |
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Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Squad |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | Squad |
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Squad |
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5th place game | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | Squad |
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Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | Squad |
Total | 3 titles | 15/15 | 104 | 60 | 23 | 21 | 264 | 154 |
EuroHockey Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
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Final | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5 |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
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Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
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3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 |
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3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
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Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 |
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Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
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Final | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
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Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 |
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3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 |
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3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 |
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Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 |
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3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
Total | 8 titles | 19/19 | 112 | 83 | 15 | 14 | 400 | 147 |
FIH Pro League record | |||||||||
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Season | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
2019 | 6th | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 38 | Squad | |
2020–21 | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 23 | Squad | |
2021–22 | 4th | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 36 | Squad | |
2022–23 | 6th | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 35 | Squad | |
Total | Best: 3rd | 56 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 127 | 112 |
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record | |
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Year | Position |
1987 | 1st |
1995 | 2nd |
1998 | 2nd |
1999 | 3rd |
2000 | 5th |
2001 | 1st |
2003 | 2nd |
2004 | 4th |
Best result: 1st place |
Champions Trophy[edit]
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Hockey World League[edit]
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The following 24 players were named on 6 February 2024 for the FIH Pro League matches against Argentina and BelgiuminSantiago del Estero, Argentina from 15 to 19 February 2024.[3]
Head coach: André Henning
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | |
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1 | GK | Alexander Stadler | (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 24) | 48 | ![]() | |
74 | GK | Jean Danneberg | (2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 21) | 20 | ![]() | |
2 | DF | Mathias Müller | (1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 32) | 153 | ![]() | |
4 | DF | Lukas Windfeder | (1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 29) | 154 | ![]() | |
8 | DF | Benedikt Schwarzhaupt | (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 23) | 20 | ![]() | |
10 | DF | Johannes Große | (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27) | 100 | ![]() | |
14 | DF | Teo Hinrichs | (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 24) | 58 | ![]() | |
15 | DF | Tom Grambusch | (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 28) | 106 | ![]() | |
16 | DF | Gonzalo Peillat | (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 31) | 39 | ![]() | |
20 | DF | Niklas Bosserhoff | (1998-04-15) 15 April 1998 (age 26) | 63 | ![]() | |
44 | DF | Moritz Ludwig | (2001-09-14) 14 September 2001 (age 22) | 39 | ![]() | |
3 | MF | Mats Grambusch (Captain) | (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 31) | 196 | ![]() | |
13 | MF | Paul-Philipp Kaufmann | (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28) | 39 | ![]() | |
21 | MF | Michel Struthoff | (2003-04-19) 19 April 2003 (age 21) | 10 | ![]() | |
23 | MF | Martin Zwicker | (1987-02-27) 27 February 1987 (age 37) | 304 | ![]() | |
25 | MF | Hannes Müller | (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 24) | 43 | ![]() | |
6 | FW | Raphael Hartkopf | (1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 25) | 20 | ![]() | |
7 | FW | Thies Prinz | (1998-07-07) 7 July 1998 (age 25) | 61 | ![]() | |
9 | FW | Niklas Wellen | (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) | 195 | ![]() | |
11 | FW | Constantin Staib | (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 28) | 103 | ![]() | |
12 | FW | Timm Herzbruch | (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 27) | 104 | ![]() | |
19 | FW | Justus Weigand | (2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24) | 46 | ![]() | |
29 | FW | Malte Hellwig | (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 (age 26) | 47 | ![]() | |
62 | FW | Elian Mazkour | (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 23) | 6 | ![]() |
The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | Latest call-up | |
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GK | Joshua Onyekwue | (2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 (age 21) | 2 | ![]() |
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GK | Florian Simon | (2004-03-23) 23 March 2004 (age 20) | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Antheus Barry | (2002-10-06) 6 October 2002 (age 21) | 8 | ![]() |
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DF | Luca Wolff | (2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 (age 22) | 6 | ![]() |
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DF | Linus Müller | (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 24) | 41 | ![]() |
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MF | Timur Oruz | (1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 29) | 115 | ![]() |
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MF | Aron Flatten | (2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 21) | 2 | ![]() |
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MF | Erik Kleinlein | (2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 22) | 6 | ![]() |
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FW | Christopher Rühr | (1993-12-19) 19 December 1993 (age 30) | 183 | ![]() |
2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers | |
FW | Marco Miltkau | (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 33) | 138 | ![]() |
2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers | |
FW | Jannik Enaux | (2004-03-22) 22 March 2004 (age 20) | 2 | ![]() |
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