Germany men's national field hockey team

Germany
Association	Deutscher Hockey-Bund; (German Hockey Federation)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Coach	Kais al Saadi
Captain	Tobias Hauke
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	6 (1 March 2020)[1]
Highest	1 (2003–2004, 2006–2009, 2012–2013)
Lowest	7 (June 2019)
Olympic Games
Appearances	19 (first in 1908)
Best result	1st (1972, 1992, 2008, 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1971)
Best result	1st (2002, 2006)
EuroHockey Championships
Appearances	18 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (1970, 1978, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2013)
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroHockey Championship
Champions Trophy

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 twice, the EuroHockey Nations Championship eight times (including twice as West Germany) and the Hockey Champions Trophy nine times (including three times as West Germany).

Semifinal match 2006 between Germany and Spain

History

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 Cup in Mönchengladbach, 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.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

1908–1952 as → → → Germany
1956–1964 as United Team of Germany
1968–1988 as West Germany
1992–present as Germany

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	5th place game	5th	2	1	0	1	1	4	Squad
1920	Did not participate
1928	3rd place game	3rd	4	3	0	1	11	3	Squad
1932	Did not participate
1936	Final	2nd	4	3	0	1	14	9	Squad
1948	Did not participate
1952	5th place game	5th	5	4	0	1	20	4	Squad
1956	3rd place game	3rd	5	2	2	1	8	6	Squad
1960	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	0	3	11	4	Squad
1964	5th place game	5th	9	4	5	0	17	5	Squad
1968	3rd place game	4th	9	5	1	3	16	8	Squad
1972	Final	1st	9	8	1	0	21	5	Squad
1976	5th place game	5th	6	3	1	2	22	13	Squad
1980	Withdrew
1984	Final	2nd	7	4	1	2	14	6	Squad
1988	Final	2nd	7	5	1	1	16	7	Squad
1992	Final	1st	7	6	1	0	20	6	Squad
1996	3rd place game	4th	7	3	1	3	13	9	Squad
2000	5th place game	5th	7	4	2	1	17	8	Squad
2004	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	2	1	21	12	Squad
2008	Final	1st	7	4	3	0	14	7	Squad
2012	Final	1st	7	5	1	1	20	14	Squad
2016	3rd place game	3rd	8	5	2	1	23	18	Squad
2020	Qualified
Total	4 titles	19/24	122	75	24	23	299	148

World Cup

1971–1990 as West Germany
1994–present as Germany

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	5th place game	5th	7	4	0	3	12	7	Squad
1973	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	2	0	7	2	Squad
1975	3rd place game	3rd	7	4	1	2	18	14	Squad
1978	3rd place game	4th	8	3	2	3	28	18	Squad
1982	Final	2nd	7	3	2	2	17	16	Squad
1986	3rd place game	3rd	7	3	3	1	14	9	Squad
1990	3rd place game	4th	7	5	0	2	16	7	Squad
1994	3rd place game	4th	7	2	4	1	13	9	Squad
1998	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	1	1	19	10	Squad
2002	Final	1st	9	8	0	1	24	11	Squad
2006	Final	1st	7	4	3	0	18	10	Squad
2010	Final	2nd	7	4	2	1	24	12	Squad
2014	5th place game	6th	6	3	0	3	17	10	Squad
2018	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	0	1	11	6	Squad
2023	To be determined
Total	2 titles	14/14	97	56	20	21	238	141

European Championships

1970–1987 as West Germany
1991–present as Germany

EuroHockey Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1970	Final	1st	6	5	1	0	14	2
1974	Final	2nd	7	6	0	1	30	3
1978	Final	1st	7	6	1	0	27	6
1983	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	0	2	27	13
1987	3rd place game	3rd	7	6	0	1	20	7
1991	Final	2nd	7	7	0	0	25	3
1995	Final	1st	7	5	1	1	29	5
1999	Final	1st	7	5	2	0	30	8
2003	Final	1st	7	6	1	0	27	7
2005	3rd place game	3rd	5	4	0	1	21	6
2007	3rd place game	4th	5	2	2	1	16	9
2009	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	15	13
2011	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	20	4
2013	Final	1st	5	4	0	1	18	9
2015	Final	2nd	5	3	1	1	16	10
2017	3rd place game	4th	5	3	1	1	16	13
2019	3rd place game	4th	5	3	0	2	18	11
2021	Qualified
Total	8 titles	18/18	102	78	11	13	369	129

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019	6th	14	4	5	5	30	38	Squad
2020	Qualified							Squad
Total	Best: 6th	14	4	5	5	30	38

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

1987 as West Germany
1995–present as Germany

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
1987	1st
1995	2nd
1998	2nd
1999	3rd
2000	5th
2001	1st
2003	2nd
2004	4th
Best result: 1st place

Defunct competitions

Champions Trophy

1978–1989 as West Germany
1990–present as Germany

Champions Trophy record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not participate
1980	2nd	6	4	1	1	25	20
1982	3rd	5	1	3	1	14	11
1982	5th	5	1	2	2	10	14
1983	3rd	5	3	0	2	9	9
1984	Did not participate
1985	3rd	5	1	3	1	13	12
1986	1st	5	3	2	0	10	5
1987	1st	7	5	2	0	18	7
1988	1st	5	4	0	1	11	5
1989	3rd	5	2	1	2	10	8
1990	3rd	5	3	1	1	14	12
1991	1st	5	3	2	0	12	6
1992	1st	6	5	0	1	17	8
1993	2nd	6	5	0	1	15	10
1994	2nd	6	3	3	0	10	7
1995	1st	6	3	3	0	8	2
1996	3rd	6	4	0	2	17	11
1997	1st	6	4	1	1	15	10
1998	6th	6	0	1	5	9	20
1999	Did not participate
2000	2nd	6	3	0	3	15	10
2001	1st	6	6	0	0	17	8
2002	2nd	6	4	1	1	13	12
2003	6th	6	0	0	6	7	25
2004	5th	6	2	1	3	11	16
2005	4th	6	1	2	3	12	18
2006	2nd	6	2	3	1	15	13
2007	1st	8	6	1	1	22	14
2008	5th	6	1	1	4	13	17
2009	2nd	6	3	0	3	20	21
2010	4th	6	2	0	4	13	15
2011	5th	6	4	1	1	15	8
2012	6th	6	3	0	3	18	19
2014	1st	6	4	0	2	9	9
2016	3rd	6	2	3	1	19	12
2018	Did not participate
Total	10 titles	192	97	38	57	456	394

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	7th	Semifinal	6	5	1	0	22	5
2012–13	7th	Final	6	2	1	3	17	14
2014–15	7th	Semifinal	7	6	0	1	29	7
2014–15	7th	Final	5	1	2	2	11	11
2016–17	4th	Semifinal	7	5	1	1	20	13
2016–17	4th	Final	6	2	2	2	10	10
Total	Best: 4th	Final	37	21	7	9	109	60

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Team

Current squad

The following 27 players were named for the test matches against South Africa from 22 to 29 February 2020.[3]

Caps updated as of 27 February 2020, after the match against South Africa.

Head coach: Kais al Saadi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Mark Appel	(1994-07-05) 5 July 1994	21	Club an der Alster
30	GK	Victor Aly	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994	24	Großflottbek
32	GK	Alexander Stadler	(1999-10-16) 16 October 1999	1	TSV Mannheim

2	DF	Mathias Müller	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992	118	Hamburger Polo Club
4	DF	Lukas Windfeder	(1995-05-11) 11 May 1995	112	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
5	DF	Linus Müller	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999	5	Mannheimer HC
6	DF	Martin Häner	(1988-08-27) 27 August 1988	251	Berliner HC
13	DF	Tobias Hauke (Captain)	(1987-09-11) 11 September 1987	310	Harvestehude
18	DF	Ferdinand Weinke	(1995-01-26) 26 January 1995	62	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
25	DF	Teo Hinrichs	(1999-09-17) 17 September 1999	20	Mannheimer HC
26	DF	Niklas Bosserhoff	(1998-04-15) 15 April 1998	21	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
29	DF	Johannes Große	(1997-01-07) 7 January 1997	54	Rot-Weiss Köln

3	MF	Mats Grambusch	(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992	146	Rot-Weiss Köln
11	MF	Constantin Staib	(1995-08-31) 31 August 1995	68	Hamburger Polo Club
12	MF	Timm Herzbruch	(1997-06-07) 7 June 1997	78	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
19	MF	Justus Weigand	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000	3	Mannheimer HC
20	MF	Martin Zwicker	(1987-02-27) 27 February 1987	234	Berliner HC
24	MF	Benedikt Fürk	(1988-10-20) 20 October 1988	169	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
27	MF	Timur Oruz	(1994-10-27) 27 October 1994	79	Rot-Weiss Köln

7	FW	Jonas Gomoll	(1993-01-28) 28 January 1993	45	Berliner HC
8	FW	Paul-Philipp Kaufmann	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996	2	TSV Mannheim
9	FW	Niklas Wellen	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994	136	Pinoké
14	FW	Jan Schiffer	(1998-05-03) 3 May 1998	2	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
17	FW	Christopher Rühr	(1993-12-19) 19 December 1993	141	Rot-Weiss Köln
22	FW	Marco Miltkau	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990	104	Klein Zwitserland
23	FW	Florian Fuchs	(1991-11-10) 10 November 1991	219	Bloemendaal
31	FW	Malte Hellwig	(1997-10-23) 23 October 1997	20	Uhlenhorst Mülheim

Recent call-ups

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
GK	Tobias Walter	(1990-02-16) 16 February 1990	56	Dragons	v. Austria, 3 November 2019

DF	Tom Grambusch	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995	68	Rot-Weiss Köln	2019 EuroHockey Championship

MF	Dieter Linnekogel	(1992-07-15) 15 July 1992	72	Club an der Alster	2019 EuroHockey Championship
MF	Dan Nguyen	(1991-12-08) 8 December 1991	67	Mannheimer HC	2019 EuroHockey Championship

FW	Anton Boeckel	(1995-03-23) 23 March 1995	24	Club an der Alster	v. Netherlands, 28 July 2019
FW	Niklas Bruns	(1994-06-29) 29 June 1994	25	Club an der Alster	v. Netherlands, 28 July 2019

Coaches

Years	Coach
1969–1973	Horst Wein
1974–1990	Klaus Lissek
1990–2000	Paul Lissek
2000–2006	Bernhard Peters
2006–2015	Markus Weise
2015–2016	Valentin Altenburg
2016–2019	Stefan Kermas
2019	Markus Weise (caretaker)
2019–present[4]	Kais al Saadi

References

"FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
"The German Times Online – Football Inc". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
"Olympia-Vorbereitung: DHB-Herren mit Kantersieg". web.hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
"Al Saadi ist neuer Hockey-Bundestrainer". www.tagesspiegel.de (in German). Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

External links

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[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[2] "The German Times Online – Football Inc". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

[3] "Olympia-Vorbereitung: DHB-Herren mit Kantersieg". web.hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

[4] "Al Saadi ist neuer Hockey-Bundestrainer". www.tagesspiegel.de (in German). Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

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