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 4 times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship nine 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 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.
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.
Competitive record Summer Olympics 1908–1952 as → → → 1956–1964 as 1968–1988 as 1992–present as
Summer Olympics recordYearRoundPosition*Squad 19085th place game5th210114Squad 1920did not participate 19283rd place game3rd4301113Squad 1932did not participate 1936Final2nd4301149Squad 1948did not participate 19525th place game5th5401204Squad 19563rd place game3rd522186Squad 1960Quarter-finals7th5203114Squad 19645th place game5th9450175Squad 19683rd place game4th9513168Squad 1972Final1st9810215Squad 19765th place game5th63122213Squad 1980Withdrew 1984Final2nd7412146Squad 1988Final2nd7511167Squad 1992Final1st7610206Squad 19963rd place game4th7313139Squad 20005th place game5th7421178Squad 20043rd place game3rd74212112Squad 2008Final1st7430147Squad 2012Final1st75112014Squad 20163rd place game3rd85212318Squad 20203rd place game4th84042719Squad 2024Final2nd86112311SquadTotal4 titles20/25138852528349178
World Cup 1971–1990 as 1994–present as World Cup recordYearRoundPosition *Squad 19715th place game5th7403127Squad 19733rd place game3rd752072Squad 19753rd place game3rd74121814Squad 19783rd place game4th83232818Squad 1982Final2nd73221716Squad 19863rd place game3rd7331149Squad 19903rd place game4th7502167Squad 19943rd place game4th7241139Squad 19983rd place game3rd75111910Squad 2002Final1st98012411Squad 2006Final1st74301810Squad 2010Final2nd74212412Squad 20145th place game6th63031710Squad 2018Quarter-finals5th4301116Squad 2023Final1st74302613Squad 2026Final1st7511155SquadTotal4 titles16/16111652422279159
European Championships 1970–1987 as 1991–present as EuroHockey Championship recordYearRoundPosition * 1970Final1st6510142 1974Final2nd7601303 1978Final1st7610276 19833rd place game3rd75022713 19873rd place game3rd7601207 1991Final2nd7700253 1995Final1st7511295 1999Final1st7520308 2003Final1st7610277 20053rd place game3rd5401216 20073rd place game4th5221169 2009Final2nd53111513 2011Final1st5500204 2013Final1st5401189 2015Final2nd53111610 20173rd place game4th53111613 20193rd place game4th53021811 2021Final2nd53202112 20233rd place game4th5221106 2025Final1st5320195 2027QualifiedTotal9 titles21/21117861714419152
FIH Pro League FIH Pro League recordSeasonPosition *Squad20196th144553038Squad2020–213rd105232623Squad2021–224th168264036Squad2022–236th166283135Squad2023–246th165653329Squad2024–254th168354634Squad2025–266th165383946SquadTotalBest: 3rd104412340245241
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 1987 as 1995–present as
Sultan AzlanShah Cup recordYearPosition19871st19952nd19982nd19993rd20005th20011st20032nd20044thBest result: 1st place
Defunct competitions
Champions Trophy 1978–1989 as 1990–present as Champions Trophy recordYearPosition* 1978did not participate 19802nd64112520 19823rd51311411 19825th51221014 19833rd530299 1984did not participate 19853rd51311312 19861st5320105 19871st7520187 19881st5401115 19893rd5212108 19903rd53111412 19911st5320126 19921st6501178 19932nd65011510 19942nd6330107 19951st633082 19963rd64021711 19971st64111510 19986th6015920 1999did not participate 20002nd63031510 20011st6600178 20022nd64111312 20036th6006725 20045th62131116 20054th61231218 20062nd62311513 20071st86112214 20085th61141317 20092nd63032021 20104th62041315 20115th6411158 20126th63031819 20141st640299 20163rd62311912 2018did not participateTotal10 titles192973857456394
Hockey World League Hockey World League recordSeasonPositionRound *2012–137thSemifinal6510225Final621317142014–157thSemifinal7601297Final512211112016–174thSemifinal75112013Final62221010TotalBest: 4thFinal37217910960
*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.
Team Current squad Roster for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.
Head coach: André Henning
Linus Müller Justus Warweg Benedikt Schwarzhaupt Johannes Große Thies Prinz Paul-Philipp Kaufmann Teo Hinrichs Tom Grambusch (C) Christopher Rühr Justus Weigand Michel Struthoff Hugo von Montgelas Erik Kleinlein Hannes Müller Malte Hellwig Jakob Brilla Antheus Barry Joshua Onyekwue-Nnaji (GK) Moritz Ludwig Jean Danneberg (GK)
Coaches YearsCoach1969–1973 Horst Wein1974–1990 Klaus Kleiter1990–2000 Paul Lissek2000–2006 Bernhard Peters2006–2015 Markus Weise2015–2016 Valentin Altenburg2016–2019 Stefan Kermas2019 Markus Weise (caretaker)2019–2021 Kais al Saadi2021–present André Henning
Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2026
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
FIH profile