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, a separate East Germany national ice hockey team existed until 1990. By 1991, the East German teams and players were merged into the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund association.
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 10th in the world (2016) 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 bronze in the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. This was their best result as well as 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.
1928 – Finished in 9th place1932 – Won bronze medal1936 – Finished tied in 5th place1952 – Finished in 8th place1956 – 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 – Finished in 7th place1972 – Finished in 7th place1976 – Won bronze medal1980 – Finished in 10th place1984 – Finished in 5th place1988 – Finished in 5th place1992 – Finished in 6th place1994 – Finished in 7th place1998 – Finished in 9th place2002 – Finished in 8th place2006 – Finished in 10th place2010 – Finished in 11th place2018 – Qualified1930 – Won silver medal1933 – Finished in 5th place1934 – Won bronze medal1935 – Finished in 9th place1937 – Finished in 4th place1938 – Finished in 4th place1939 – Finished in 5th placel1953 – Won Silver medal1954 – Finished in 5th place1955 – Finished in 6th place1959 – Finished in 7th place1961 – Finished in 8th place1962 – Finished in 6th place1963 – Finished in 7th place1965 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in "B" Pool)1966 – Finished in 9th place (Won "B" Pool)1967 – Finished in 8th place1969 – Finished in 10th place (4th in "B" Pool)1970 – Finished in 8th place (2nd in "B" Pool)1971 – Finished in 5th place1972 – Finished in 5th place1973 – Finished in 6th place1974 – Finished in 9th place (3rd in "B" Pool)1975 – Finished in 8th place (2nd in "B" Pool)1976 – Finished in 6th place1977 – Finished in 7th place1978 – Finished in 5th place1979 – Finished in 6th place1981 – Finished in 7th place1982 – Finished in 6th place1983 – Finished in 5th place1985 – Finished in 7th place1986 – Finished in 7th place1987 – Finished in 6th place1989 – Finished in 7th place1990 – Finished in 7th place1991 – Finished in 8th place1992 – Finished in 6th place1993 – Finished in 5th place1994 – Finished in 9th place1995 – Finished in 9th place1996 – Finished in 8th place1997 – Finished in 11th place1998 – Finished in 11th place1999 – Finished in 20th place (4th in the "Pool B")2000 – Finished in 17th place (Won the "Pool B")2001 – Finished in 8th place2002 – Finished in 8th place2003 – Finished in 7th place2004 – Finished in 9th place2005 – Finished in 15th place2006 – Finished in 17th place (Won Division I, Group A)2007 – Finished in 9th place2008 – Finished in 10th place2009 – Finished in 15th place2010 – Finished in 4th place2011 – Finished in 7th place2012 – Finished in 12th place2013 – Finished in 9th place2014 – Finished in 14th place2015 – Finished in 10th place2016 – Finished in 7th place1912 Championship was later annulled because Austria was not a member of the IIHF at the time of the competition.1996 – lost in quarterfinals2004 – lost in quarterfinals1984 – Finished in 6th placeRoster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.
Head coach: Marco Sturm
Rudi BallChristian EhrhoffKarl FriesenMarcel GocDieter HegenUdo KießlingOlaf KölzigErich KühnhacklUwe Krupp (also former head coach)Dennis SeidenbergMarco SturmJochen Hecht
