Germany women's national ice hockey team



The German women's national ice hockey team represents Germany at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. Germany had 2,549 female players in 2011.[1]



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[hide]  *1 History  ==History[edit] == The first international game for the German women's national team took place on 3 December 1988 in Geretsried against Switzerland. The final score was 6–5 for the Swiss, but the Germans avenged the loss in their second match. Against the Swiss, the Germans obtained their first victory. Germany is currently ranked 11th in the world, despite having nine times more female hockey players than 5th-ranked Russia. Germany's best finishes at the Worlds were in 2001, 2005 and 2013, where they earned a fifth place finish on each occasion. ==Notable former players[edit] == ==Current roster 2013[edit] == [2] ==Coaching staff[edit] == [3]
 * 2 Notable former players
 * 3 Current roster 2013
 * 4 Coaching staff
 * 4.1 Former coaches
 * 5 European Championship record
 * 6 World Championship record
 * 7 Olympic record
 * 8 See also
 * 9 References
 * 10 External links
 * Claudia Grundmann
 * Michaela Lanzl
 * Christina Oswald
 * Denise Soesilo
 * Raffaela Wolf

===Former coaches[edit] === ==European Championship record[edit] == Main article: IIHF European Women Championships*1989 –  Won bronze medal (as West Germany) ==World Championship record[edit] == Main article: IIHF World Women's Championships*1990 – Finished in 7th place (as West Germany) ==Olympic record<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == Main article: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games*1998 – Did not participate
 * General Manager: Peter Gemsjager
 * Head Coach: Peter Kathan
 * Assistant Coach: Benjamin Hinterstocker
 * Equipment Manager: Josef Kotz
 * Team Leader: Nina Ziegenhals
 * Team Doctor: Meinhard Balensiefen
 * Physiotherapist: Norbert Grundmann
 * 1995–2002: Rainer Nittel
 * Since 2002: Peter Kathan
 * 1991 – Finished in 6th place
 * 1993 – Finished in 4th place
 * 1995 – Finished in 5th place
 * 1996 – Finished in 6th place
 * 1992 – Did not participate
 * 1994 – Finished in 8th place
 * 1997 – Did not participate
 * 1999 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2000 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2001 – Finished in 5th place
 * 2004 – Finished in 6th place
 * 2005 – Finished in 5th place
 * 2007 – Finished in 8th place
 * 2008 – Finished in 9th place (demoted to "Division I")
 * 2009 – Finished in 11th place (2nd in Division I)
 * 2011 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Division I, promoted to Top Division)
 * 2012 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2013 – Finished in 5th place
 * 2002 – Finished in 6th place
 * 2006 – Finished in 5th place
 * 2010 – Did not qualify
 * 2014 – Qualified