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The

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

national men's

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

team was a national ice hockey representing the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The first international game was played in

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on 28 January 1951, losing 3–8 to Team Poland. The team competed in many international competitions, including several in which they competed with the top teams for medals, but won only the European Championship bronze medal in

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. The only time they competed in the Olympics was in Grenoble in 1968. They scored 13 goals in 7 games, but didn't win any games leaving them with no points in the standings. From that point on the team refused to participate in Olympic ice hockey, but participated in other tournaments where they continued to play poorly. The team ceased playing in 1990, just before the

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. What would become the team's final game was played on 8 April 1990 in

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during the B Group of the World Championship, and was lost to Team Austria, 2-3. In October 1990, Germany was re-unified.

Olympic record

1968 Winter Olympic team *

Ulrich Noack Ulrich Noack (born 2 November 1942) is a German former ice hockey player, who competed for SG Dynamo Weißwasser. He played for the East Germany national ice hockey team at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune ...

Bernd Karrenbauer Bernd Karrenbauer (born 5 March 1944) is a German ice hockey player who competed for SC Dynamo Berlin. He won the Pool B tournament with the East Germany national team at the 1969 World Championships. He also participated in the 1968 Winter Ol ...

* Hartmut Nickel *

Helmut Novy Helmut Novy (born 31 July 1944) is a German ice hockey player, who competed for SG Dynamo Weißwasser. He won the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships. He also competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, off ...

* Wolfgang Plotka * Wilfried Sock *

Dieter Purschel Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich (disambiguation), Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Given name *Dieter Althaus (born ...

Klaus Hirche Klaus Hirche (7 June 1939 – 3 May 2022) was a German ice hockey goaltender, who competed for SG Dynamo Weißwasser. He won the bronze medal competing for East Germany at the 1966 European Championships. Hirche also played for East Germany ...

Dieter Kratzsch Dieter Kratzsch (2 June 1939 – 25 February 2024) was a German ice hockey player who competed for ASK Vorwärts Crimmitschau. He played 109 games for the East Germany national ice hockey team, East Germany national team from 1959 to 1968, includ ...

* Dieter Voigt * Manfred Buder * Lothar Fuchs * Peter Prusa *

Joachim Ziesche Joachim Ziesche (born 3 July 1939 in Dresden, Nazi Germany) is a retired ice hockey defender. He participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999. He played for SC Dyn ...

* Bernd Poindl *

Dietmar Peters Dietmar Peters (born 8 August 1949) is a German former ice hockey player who competed for SC Empor Rostock (ice hockey), SC Empor Rostock and SC Dynamo Berlin. He played for the East Germany national ice hockey team at the Ice hockey at the 1968 ...

Bernd Hiller Bernd Hiller (born 26 February 1942) is a German former ice hockey player who competed for SC Dynamo Berlin. He played for the East Germany national ice hockey team at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune statu ...

* Rüdiger Noack

World Championship record

*1920 - 1955 - Did not participate (see '' German national ice hockey team'') *1956 - Finished in 11th place (Won "B" Pool) *1957 - Finished in 5th place *1958 - Did not participate *1959 - Finished in 9th place *1961 - Finished in 5th place *1962 - Did not participate *1963 - Finished in 6th place *1965 - Finished in 5th place *1966 - Finished in 5th place *1967 - Finished in 7th place *1969 - Finished in 7th place (Won "B" Pool) *1970 - Finished in 5th place *1971 - Finished in 9th place (3rd in "B" Pool) *1972 - Finished in 9th place (3rd in "B" Pool) *1973 - Finished in 7th place (Won "B" Pool) *1974 - Finished in 6th place *1975 - Finished in 7th place (Won "B" Pool) *1976 - Finished in 8th place *1977 - Finished in 9th place (Won "B" Pool) *1978 - Finished in 8th place *1979 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "B" Pool) *1981 - Finished in 12th place (4th in "B" Pool) *1982 - Finished in 9th place (Won "B" Pool) *1983 - Finished in 6th place *1985 - Finished in 8th place *1986 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in "B" Pool) *1987 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "B" Pool) *1989 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "B" Pool) *1990 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "B" Pool) *1991 and onward - Did not participate (see '' German national ice hockey team'')

References

External links

The Hockey Almanac's International Hockey section
{{DEFAULTSORT:East Germany National Ice Hockey Team Former national ice hockey teams Men's national team 1951 establishments in East Germany

Olympic record

World Championship record

See also

References

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