The

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national men's

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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

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, 2-3. In October 1990, Germany was re-unified.

Olympic record

1968 Winter Olympic team * Ulrich Noack * Bernd Karrenbauer * Hartmut Nickel * Helmut Novy *

Wolfgang Plotka Wolfgang Plotka (born 16 May 1941) is a German ice hockey player, who competed for SC Dynamo Berlin. He won the bronze medal playing for the East Germany national ice hockey team at the 1966 European Championships. Plotka also competed for E ...

Wilfried Sock Wilfried Sock (born 2 July 1944) 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 Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is th ...

* Dieter Purschel * Klaus Hirche * Dieter Kratzsch * Dieter Voigt * Manfred Buder * Lothar Fuchs *

Peter Prusa Peter Prusa (born 19 February 1944) 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 Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Pr ...

* Joachim Ziesche * Bernd Poindl * Dietmar Peters * Bernd Hiller * 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 Men's national ice hockey teams

Olympic record

World Championship record

See also

References

External links