Germany

Nickname(s)	Honamas
Association	Deutscher Hockey-Bund (German Hockey Federation)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	André Henning
Assistant coach(es)	Pasha Gademan Jimi Lewis Jamilon Mülders
Manager	Eric Langner
Captain	Mats Grambusch
Most caps	Matthias Witthaus Philipp Crone (327)
Top scorer	Björn Michel (229)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	5 (2 December 2023)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	20 (first in 1908)
Best result	1st (1972, 1992, 2008, 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1971)
Best result	1st (2002, 2006, 2023)
EuroHockey Championships
Appearances	18 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (1970, 1978, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2013)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 3 4 World Cup 3 2 4 EuroHockey Championship 8 4 3 Champions Trophy 10 7 7 Pro League 0 0 1 Total 25 16 19 Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team 1992 Barcelona Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team 1936 Berlin Team 1984 Los Angeles Team 1988 Seoul Team 1928 Amsterdam Team 1956 Melbourne Team 2004 Athens Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2002 Kuala Lumpur 2006 Mönchengladbach 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela 1982 Bombay 2010 New Delhi 1973 Amstelveen 1975 Kuala Lumpur 1986 London 1998 Utrecht EuroHockey Championship 1970 Brussels 1978 Hanover 1991 Paris 1995 Dublin 1999 Padua 2003 Barcelona 2011 Mönchengladbach 2013 Boom 1974 Madrid 2009 Amstelveen 2015 London 2021 Amstelveen 1983 Amsterdam 1987 Moscow 2005 Leipzig Champions Trophy 1986 Karachi 1987 Amstelveen 1988 Lahore 1991 Berlin 1992 Karachi 1995 Berlin 1997 Adelaide 2001 Rotterdam 2007 Kuala Lumpur 2014 Bhubaneswar 1980 Karachi 1993 Kuala Lumpur 1994 Lahore 2000 Amstelveen 2002 Cologne 2006 Terrassa 2009 Melbourne 1981 Karachi 1983 Karachi 1985 Perth 1989 West Berlin 1990 Melbourne 1996 Madras 2016 London

Semifinal match 2006 between Germany and Spain

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).

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	3rd place game	4th	8	4	0	4	27	19	Squad
Total	4 titles	19/24	130	79	24	27	326	167

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	Final	1st	7	4	3	0	26	13	Squad
Total	3 titles	15/15	104	60	23	21	264	154

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	Final	2nd	5	3	2	0	21	12
2023	3rd place game	4th	5	2	2	1	10	6
Total	8 titles	19/19	112	83	15	14	400	147

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 Final 6 2 1 3 17 14 2014–15 7th Semifinal 7 6 0 1 29 7 Final 5 1 2 2 11 11 2016–17 4th Semifinal 7 5 1 1 20 13 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 18 players were named on 25 July 2023 for the 2023 EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 19 to 27 August 2023.^[3]

Head coach: André Henning

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Alexander Stadler	(1999-10-16) 16 October 1999	44	Den Bosch
74	GK	Jean Danneberg	(2002-11-08) 8 November 2002	13	Rot-Weiss Köln
2	DF	Mathias Müller	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992	143	Hamburger Polo Club
4	DF	Lukas Windfeder	(1995-05-11) 11 May 1995	149	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
10	DF	Johannes Große	(1997-01-07) 7 January 1997	90	Rot-Weiss Köln
14	DF	Teo Hinrichs	(1999-09-17) 17 September 1999	50	Mannheimer HC
15	DF	Tom Grambusch	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995	96	Rot-Weiss Köln
16	DF	Gonzalo Peillat	(1992-08-12) 12 August 1992	29	Mannheimer HC
44	DF	Moritz Ludwig	(2001-09-14) 14 September 2001	29	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
3	MF	Mats Grambusch (Captain)	(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992	186	Rot-Weiss Köln
23	MF	Martin Zwicker	(1987-02-27) 27 February 1987	294	Berliner HC
25	MF	Hannes Müller	(2000-05-18) 18 May 2000	33	UHC Hamburg
27	MF	Timur Oruz	(1994-10-27) 27 October 1994	110	Rot-Weiss Köln
7	FW	Thies Prinz	(1998-07-07) 7 July 1998	51	Rot-Weiss Köln
9	FW	Niklas Wellen	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994	185	Crefelder HTC
12	FW	Timm Herzbruch	(1997-06-07) 7 June 1997	99	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
19	FW	Justus Weigand	(2000-04-20) 20 April 2000	36	Mannheimer HC
29	FW	Malte Hellwig	(1997-10-23) 23 October 1997	43	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	Joshua Onyekwue	(2002-11-01) 1 November 2002	2	Crefelder HTC	v.  Spain, 5 July 2023
GK	Florian Simon	(2004-03-23) 23 March 2004	0	Mannheimer HC	v.  Spain, 5 July 2023
DF	Antheus Barry	(2002-10-06) 6 October 2002	8	Rot-Weiss Köln	v.  Spain, 5 July 2023
DF	Niklas Bosserhoff	(1998-04-15) 15 April 1998	63	Hamburger Polo Club	v.  Netherlands, 27 June 2023
DF	Benedikt Schwarzhaupt	(2001-01-14) 14 January 2001	15	UHC Hamburg	v.  Netherlands, 27 June 2023
DF	Luca Wolff	(2001-11-23) 23 November 2001	6	Pinoké	v.  New Zealand, 26 June 2023
DF	Linus Müller	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999	41	Mannheimer HC	v.  Australia, 14 March 2023
MF	Aron Flatten	(2002-08-19) 19 August 2002	2	Rot-Weiss Köln	v.  Spain, 5 July 2023
MF	Michel Struthoff	(2003-04-19) 19 April 2003	10	UHC Hamburg	v.  Spain, 2 July 2023
MF	Paul-Philipp Kaufmann	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996	39	Den Bosch	v.  Netherlands, 27 June 2023
MF	Erik Kleinlein	(2001-12-03) 3 December 2001	6	Mannheimer HC	v.  Australia, 14 March 2023
MF	Moritz Trompertz	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995	60	Rot-Weiss Köln	2023 FIH Hockey World Cup
FW	Jannik Enaux	(2004-03-22) 22 March 2004	2	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	v.  Spain, 5 July 2023
FW	Marco Miltkau	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990	134	Klein Zwitserland	v.  Netherlands, 27 June 2023
FW	Constantin Staib	(1995-08-31) 31 August 1995	103	Hamburger Polo Club	v.  Netherlands, 27 June 2023
FW	Raphael Hartkopf	(1998-11-24) 24 November 1998	15	Mannheimer HC	v.  Great Britain, 20 June 2023
FW	Christopher Rühr	(1993-12-19) 19 December 1993	179	Rot-Weiss Köln	2023 FIH Hockey World Cup

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)
2019–2021[4]	Kais al Saadi
2021–present	André Henning[5]

See also

• East Germany men's national field hockey team
• Germany men's national under-21 field hockey team
• Germany women's national field hockey team

References

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile