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West Germany Men's National Field Hockey Team
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). 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutscher Hockey-Bund
The German Hockey Federation (german: Deutscher Hockey-Bund or DHB) is the national governing body for field (and indoor) hockey in Germany. It was founded in 1909 in Bonn. It is situated in Mönchengladbach and had 66,145 members on 1 January 2006. The body is built by the club which are organised in subdivisions on the level of the States of Germany, ''Bundesländer''. The association itself is member of the DOSB (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund), the European Hockey Federation, EHF and the International Hockey Federation, FIH. It is responsible for the German national hockey teams and is the administrator of the Feldhockey Bundesliga (Men's field hockey), Men's Bundesliga and Feldhockey Bundesliga (Women's field hockey), Women's Bundesliga History The German Hockey Federation was founded on 31 December 1909 in Bonn as part of an international hockey week in Bonn by a number of clubs founded from 1901 onwards. Kurt Doerry was elected the first President. See also * Germany men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |