Germany men's national field hockey team

Germany
Association	Deutscher Hockey Bund (German Hockey Federation)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Coach	Valentine Altenburg
Assistant coach	Michael McCann
Manager	Jochen Heimpel
Captain	Martin Häner
FIH ranking	3
First kit Second kit

Semifinal match 2006 between Germany and Spain

The Germany men's national field hockey team represents Germany in international field hockey competitions.

The 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 twice, the EuroHockey Nations Championship eight times (including twice as West Germany) and the Hockey Champions Trophy nine times (including three times as West Germany). The team is currently coached by former women's coach Markus Weise.

Tournament 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.^[1]

On November 6, 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 have 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.

Results

Summer Olympics

• 1908 – Fifth place
• 1928 –
• 1936 –
• 1956 –
• 1960 – Seventh place
• 1964 – Fifth place
• 1968 – Fourth place
• 1972 –
• 1976 – Fifth place
• 1984 –
• 1988 –
• 1992 –
• 1996 – Fourth place
• 2000 – Fifth place
• 2004 –
• 2008 –
• 2012 –
• 2016 – Qualified

World Cup

• 1971 – sixth place
• 1973 –
• 1975 –
• 1978 – Fourth place
• 1982 –
• 1986 –
• 1990 – Fourth place
• 1994 – Fourth place
• 1998 –
• 2002 –
• 2006 –
• 2010 –
• 2014 – Sixth place

World League

• 2012–13 – 7th place
• 2014–15 – 7th place

Champions Trophy

• 1980 –
• 1981 –
• 1982 – Fifth place
• 1983 –
• 1985 –
• 1986 –
• 1987 –
• 1988 –
• 1989 –
• 1990 –
• 1991 –
• 1992 –
• 1993 –
• 1994 –
• 1995 –
• 1996 –
• 1997 –
• 1998 – Sixth place
• 2000 –
• 2001 –
• 2002 –
• 2003 – Sixth place
• 2004 – Fifth place
• 2005 – Fourth place
• 2006 –
• 2007 –
• 2008 – Fifth place
• 2009 –
• 2010 – Fourth place
• 2011 – Fifth place
• 2012 – Sixth place
• 2014 –
• 2016 – Qualified

EuroHockey Nations Championship

• 1970 –
• 1974 –
• 1978 –
• 1983 –
• 1987 –
• 1991 –
• 1995 –
• 1999 –
• 2003 –
• 2005 –
• 2007 – 4th place
• 2009 –
• 2011 –
• 2013 –
• 2015 –

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[2]

Head coach: Markus Weise

No. Player Pos. Age 1 Nicolas Jacobi GK 28 2 Mathias Müller 22 3 Linus Butt 28 4 Lukas Windfeder 19 6 Martin Häner 26 8 Mats Grambusch 22 9 Oskar Deecke 29 10 Christopher Wesley 27 13 Tobias Hauke (c) 27

No. Player Pos. Age 17 Christopher Rühr 21 19 Christopher Zeller 30 20 Martin Zwicker 28 21 Moritz Fürste 30 23 Florian Fuchs 23 24 Benedikt Fürk 26 27 Timur Oruz 20 29 Niklas Wellen 20 30 Tobias Walter GK 24

See also

• Germany women's national field hockey team

References

1. "The German Times Online - Football Inc.". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
2. "hockey.de - Squad". Retrieved 21 November 2014.

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile