The East German national men's ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team was a national ice hockey team created in 1951 to represent the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The team competed in many international competitions, including several in which they competed with the top teams for medals, but managed to win only the European Championship bronze medal in 1966. The only time they competed in the Olympics was in Grenoble in 1968. They scored 13 goals in 7 games, but didn't manage to win any games leaving them with no points in the standings. From that on the team refused to participate in Olympic hockey, but participated in other tournaments. The team folded in 1990 just before the German reunification

German reunification

German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...

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1. First Game:
   
   East Germany 3-8 January 28, 1951
2. Biggest Win: 20-0 March 12, 1980
3. Biggest Loss: 25-2
   
   East Germany October 17, 1951

Olympic record

• 1928
  Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics
  At the 1928 Winter Olympics, the ice hockey event was contested by 11 teams. The competition was held from Saturday, February 11, 1928 to Sunday, February 19, 1928....
  
   - 1948
  Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics
  In Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Team Canada returned to its dominance, winning their fourth Gold Medal out of the first five Olympic Games.-Rival United States teams:...
  
   - Did not participate, see German national ice hockey team
  German national ice hockey team
  The German men's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East German national ice hockey team existed until 1990...
  
  
• 1952
  Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics
  The Ice hockey medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Games were mainly played at the Jordal Amfi Arena, as well as the stadiums at Dælenenga, Kadettangen, Marienlyst and Lillestrøm...
  
   - Did not participate
• 1956
  Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics
  At the 1956 Winter Olympics held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. For World Championships Pool B matches were also played between GDR, Norway and Belgium in Berlin...
  
   - Finished in 6th place (United Team of Germany
  United Team of Germany
  The Unified Team of Germany , competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic...
  
  )
• 1960
  Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics
  At the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California, United States, one ice hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at Blyth Arena.Canada, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and...
  
   - Finished in 6th place (United Team of Germany)
• 1964
  Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics
  At the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck....
  
   - Finished in 7th place (United Team of Germany)
• 1968
  Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics
  At the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, France, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship...
  
   - Finished in 8th place
• 1972
  Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics
  At the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Sapporo, Japan, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. Games were held at the Makomanai Ice Arena and at the Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink.-Team USA:...
  
   - Did not participate
• 1976
  Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics
  At the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria, the USSR team won the Gold Medal in ice hockey. Star forward, Valeri Kharlamov scored the game-winning goal in the final game. Games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck.-Highlights:...
  
   - Did not participate
• 1980
  Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics
  Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics was held at the Olympic Arena and the Olympic Fieldhouse in Lake Placid, New York. Twelve teams competed in the tournament, which was held from February 12 to February 24...
  
   - Did not participate
• 1984
  Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics
  At the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. Most of the games were held at the Olympic Hall Zetra and some of the games in Skenderija II olympic hall.-Medalists:Source:* Gold -...
  
   - Did not participate
• 1988
  Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
  At the 1988 Winter Olympics one ice hockey event was held, men's ice hockey. Games were played at the Olympic Saddledome, the Stampede Corral, and Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Source:* Gold - * Silver -...
  
   - Did not participate
• 1992
  Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics
  Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, a ski resort about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 8 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team.-Final rankings:# # # # # # #...
  
   and onward - see German national ice hockey team
  German national ice hockey team
  The German men's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East German national ice hockey team existed until 1990...
  
  

1968 Winter Olympic team

• Ulrich Noack
• Bernd Karrenbauer
  Bernd Karrenbauer
  Bernd Karrenbauer is a German ice hockey player, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the Pool B tournament with the East German national team at the 1969 world championships.- References :...
  
  
• Hartmut Nickel
• Helmut Novy
  Helmut Novy
  Helmut Novy is a German ice hockey player, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the bronze medal at the European championships, 1966...
  
  
• Wolfgang Plotka
  Wolfgang Plotka
  Wolfgang Plotka is a German ice hockey player, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the bronze medal at the European championships, 1966.-References:...
  
  
• Wilfried Sock
• Dieter Purschel
• Klaus Hirche
  Klaus Hirche
  Klaus Hirche is a German handballer, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the bronze medal at the European championships, 1966 and 1971.- References :...
  
  
• Dieter Kratzsch
• Dieter Voigt
  Dieter Voigt
  Dieter Voigt is a German handballer, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the bronze medal at the European championships, 1966.- References :...
  
  
• Manfred Buder
  Manfred Buder
  Manfred Buder is a German ice hockey player, who competed for the SG Dynamo Weißwasser/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the bronze medal at the European championships, 1966.- References :...
  
  
• Lothar Fuchs
• Peter Prusa
• Joachim Ziesche
  Joachim Ziesche
  Joachim Ziesche is a retired ice hockey player. He participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999.-Early years:...
  
  
• Bernd Poindl
  Bernd Poindl
  Bernd Poindl is a German handballer, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the bronze medal at the European championships, 1966....
  
  
• Dietmar Peters
• Bernd Hiller
• Rüdiger Noack
  Rüdiger Noack
  Rüdiger Noack is a German Ice hockey player, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the bronze medal at the European championships, 1966.- References :...
  
  

World Championship record

• 1920 - 1955 - Did not participate (see German national ice hockey team
  German national ice hockey team
  The German men's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East German national ice hockey team existed until 1990...
  
  )

• 1956 - Finished in 11th place (Won "B" Pool)
• 1957 - Finished in 5th place
• 1958 - Did not participate
• 1959 - Finished in 9th place
• 1961 - Did not participate
• 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
  German national ice hockey team
  The German men's national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 European Hockey Championship. When Germany was split after World War II, a separate East German national ice hockey team existed until 1990...
  
  )

External links

• http://www.dgour.webcentre.ca/hockeyalmanac/49INTERNATIONAL.html