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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 ten times (including three times as West Germany).
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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.
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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 |
 2024 |
Final | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | Squad |
| Total | 4 titles | 20/25 | 138 | 85 | 25 | 28 | 349 | 178 | |
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 |
FIH Pro League
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 1987 as West Germany
- 1995–present as Germany
Defunct competitions
Champions Trophy
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- *Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.
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Current squad
The following 24 players were named for the Pro League matches against the Netherlands and Belgium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 30 November to 9 December 2024.[3]
Caps updated as of 30 November 2024, after the match against the Netherlands.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Alexander Stadler | 16 October 1999 | 57 | Den Bosch | |
| 39 | GK | Joshua Onyekwue | 1 November 2002 | 3 | Crefelder HTC | |
| 74 | GK | Jean Danneberg | 8 November 2002 | 37 | Rot-Weiss Köln | |
| 4 | DF | Lukas Windfeder | 11 May 1995 | 166 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | |
| 8 | DF | Benedikt Schwarzhaupt | 14 January 2001 | 31 | Real Club de Polo | |
| 10 | DF | Johannes Große | 7 January 1997 | 123 | Club an der Alster | |
| 14 | DF | Teo Hinrichs | 17 September 1999 | 74 | Real Club de Polo | |
| 16 | DF | Gonzalo Peillat | 12 August 1992 | 61 | Mannheimer HC | |
| 20 | DF | Niklas Bosserhoff | 15 April 1998 | 73 | Hamburger Polo Club | |
| 33 | DF | Luca Wolff | 23 November 2001 | 13 | Pinoké | |
| 44 | DF | Moritz Ludwig | 14 September 2001 | 59 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | |
| 13 | MF | Paul-Philipp Kaufmann | 21 June 1996 | 60 | Hamburger Polo Club | |
| 21 | MF | Michel Struthoff | 19 April 2003 | 19 | Rot-Weiss Köln | |
| 23 | MF | Martin Zwicker | 27 February 1987 | 328 | Berliner HC | |
| 24 | MF | Erik Kleinlein | 3 December 2001 | 12 | Mannheimer HC | |
| 25 | MF | Hannes Müller | 18 May 2000 | 65 | UHC Hamburg | |
| 35 | MF | Hugo von Montgelas | 17 April 2004 | 8 | Mannheimer HC | |
| 41 | MF | Matteo Poljaric | 11 February 2002 | 4 | Mannheimer HC | |
| 6 | FW | Raphael Hartkopf | 24 November 1998 | 31 | Mannheimer HC | |
| 7 | FW | Thies Prinz | 7 July 1998 | 84 | Rot-Weiss Köln | |
| 17 | FW | Christopher Rühr | 19 December 1993 | 196 | Rot-Weiss Köln | |
| 29 | FW | Malte Hellwig | 23 October 1997 | 63 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | |
| 30 | Henrik Mertgens | 31 May 1999 | 3 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | ||
| 62 | FW | Elian Mazkour | 9 March 2001 | 13 | Rot-Weiss Köln | |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Tom Grambusch | 4 August 1995 | 126 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
v. India, 24 October 2024 | |
| DF | Mathias Müller | 3 April 1992 | 172 | Hamburger Polo Club |
2024 Summer Olympics | |
| DF | Antheus Barry | 6 October 2002 | 20 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
v. Great Britain, 28 June 2024 | |
| MF | Adrian Lehmann-Richter | 21 June 1998 | 2 | Klein Zwitserland |
v. India, 24 October 2024 | |
| MF | Mario Schachner | 19 September 2001 | 11 | Mannheimer HC |
v. India, 23 October 2024 | |
| MF | Mats Grambusch (Captain) | 4 November 1992 | 196 | Gladbacher HTC |
2024 Summer Olympics | |
| FW | Florian Sperling | 24 August 2002 | 6 | UHC Hamburg |
v. India, 24 October 2024 | |
| FW | Ben Hasbach | 22 June 2005 | 2 | Mannheimer HC |
v. India, 24 October 2024 | |
| FW | Niklas Wellen | 14 December 1994 | 213 | Crefelder HTC |
2024 Summer Olympics | |
| FW | Marco Miltkau | 18 August 1990 | 155 | Klein Zwitserland |
2024 Summer Olympics | |
| FW | Justus Weigand | 20 April 2000 | 62 | Mannheimer HC |
2024 Summer Olympics | |
| FW | Constantin Staib | 31 August 1995 | 111 | Hamburger Polo Club |
v. Spain, 6 June 2024 | |
| FW | Timm Herzbruch | 7 June 1997 | 107 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
v. Spain, 6 June 2024 | |
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] |
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