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
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), the
Hockey World Cup 3 times, the
EuroHockey Nations Championship eight times (including twice as West Germany) and the
Hockey Champions Trophy ten 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
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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.
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
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.
Germany has played in the annual
2011 Hockey Champions Trophy held in
Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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. The team competed in pool B with
Korea
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,
Netherlands
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and host nation
New Zealand
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. The team finished fifth in the tournament.
Competitive record
Summer Olympics
* 1908–1952 as → → →
* 1956–1964 as
* 1968–1988 as
* 1992–present as
World Cup
* 1971–1990 as
* 1994–present as
European Championships
*1970–1987 as
*1991–present as
FIH Pro League
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
*1987 as
*1995–present as
Defunct competitions
Champions Trophy
*1978–1989 as
*1990–present as
Hockey World League
:''*Draws include matches decided on a
penalty shoot-out.''
Team
Current squad
The following 24 players were named for the
Pro League matches against the
Netherlands
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and
Belgium
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in
Amstelveen, Netherlands from 30 November to 9 December 2024.
''Caps updated as of 30 November 2024, after the match against the
Netherlands
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.''
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
Coaches
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
*
Germany– FIH profile
{{National sports teams of Germany
Field hockey
National team
European men's national field hockey teams
Men's sport in Germany