Germany women's national field hockey team

Germany
Nickname	Die Danas
Association	Deutscher Hockey-Bund; (German Hockey Federation)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Coach	Xavier Reckinger
Assistant coach(es)	Akim Bouchouchi; James Lewis; Dominik Ludwig; Florian Keller
Manager	Fabian Schuler
Captain	Janne Müller-Wieland
FIH ranking
Current	3 (21 December 2020)
Olympic Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1992)
Best result	1st (2004)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1974)
Best result	1st (1976, 1981)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1984)
Best result	1st (2007, 2013)

The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany since 1991.

The team won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by defeating the Netherlands in the final.

Tournament records

World Cup^[2]
Year	Host city	Position
1974	Mandelieu, France	3rd
1976	West Berlin, West Germany	1st
1978	Madrid, Spain	2nd
1981	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st
1983	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th
1986	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd
1990	Sydney, Australia	8th
1994	Dublin, Ireland	4th
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands	3rd
2002	Perth, Australia	7th
2006	Madrid, Spain	8th
2010	Rosario, Argentina	4th
2014	The Hague, Netherlands	8th
2018	London, England	5th

European Championships^[3]
Year	Host city	Position
1984	Lille, France	3rd
1987	London, England	4th
1991	Brussels, Belgium	2nd
1995	Amsterdam, Netherlands	3rd
1999	Cologne, Germany	2nd
2003	Barcelona, Spain	3rd
2005	Dublin, Ireland	2nd
2007	Manchester, England	1st
2009	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd
2011	Mönchengladbach, Germany	2nd
2013	Boom, Belgium	1st
2015	London, England	3rd
2017	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th
2019	Antwerp, Belgium	2nd
2021	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Qualified

FIH World League^[4]
Year	Round	Host city	Position
2012–13	Semifinal	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st
2012–13	Final	San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina	7th
2014–15	Semifinal	Valencia, Spain	3rd
2014–15	Final	Rosario, Argentina	3rd
2016–17	Semifinal	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd
2016–17	Final	Auckland, New Zealand	6th

FIH Pro League^[5]
Year	Host city	Position
2019	Amsterdam, Netherlands	3rd
2020	No Grand Final	Qualified

Olympic Games^[6]
Year	Host city	Position
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	N/A
1984	Los Angeles, United States	2nd
1988	Seoul, South Korea	5th
1992	Barcelona, Spain	2nd
1996	Atlanta, United States	6th
2000	Sydney, Australia	7th
2004	Athens, Greece	1st
2008	Beijing, China	4th
2012	London, United Kingdom	7th
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd
2020	Tokyo, Japan	Qualified

Champions Trophy^[7]
Year	Host city	Position
1987	Amstelveen, Netherlands	DNP
1989	Germany, West Germany	3rd
1991	Berlin, Germany	2nd
1993	Amstelveen, Netherlands	3rd
1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	4th
1997	Berlin, Germany	2nd
1999	Brisbane, Australia	3rd
2000	Amstelveen, Netherlands	2nd
2001	Amstelveen, Netherlands	DNP
2002	Macau, China
2003	Sydney, Australia
2004	Rosario, Argentina	2nd
2005	Canberra, Australia	5th
2006	Amstelveen, Netherlands	1st
2007	Quilmes, Argentina	3rd
2008	Mönchengladbach, Germany	2nd
2009	Sydney, Australia	4th
2010	Nottingham, England	4th
2011	Amstelveen, Netherlands	8th
2012	Roasario, Argentina	4th
2014	Mendoza, Argentina	7th
2016	London, England	DNP
2018	Changzhou, China	DNP

Champions Challenge I^[8]
Year	Host city	Position
2002	Johannesburg, South Africa	DNP
2003	Catania, Italy	1st
2005 – 2014 Did Not Participate

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players represented Germany in the 2020 test match against South Africa on 4 February in Stellenbosch.^[9]

Caps and goals current as of 4 February 2020 after the match against South Africa.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
15	GK	Nathalie Kubalski	3 September 1993	21	0	Düsseldorfer HC
32	GK	Rosa Krüger	19 March 1995	5	0	Harvestehuder

2	DF	Kira Horn	12 February 1995	29	1	Club an der Alster
14	DF	Janne Müller-Wieland (C)	28 October 1986	309	14	UHC Hamburg
16	DF	Sonja Zimmermann	15 June 1999	28	3	Mannheimer HC
19	DF	Maike Schaunig	13 March 1996	39	0	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
25	DF	Viktoria Huse	24 October 1995	56	6	Club an der Alster
30	DF	Hanna Granitzki	31 July 1997	53	3	Club an der Alster

3	MF	Amelie Wortmann	21 October 1996	51	2	UHC Hamburg
9	MF	Elisa Gräve	18 October 1996	72	3	Düsseldorfer HC
21	MF	Franzisca Hauke	10 September 1989	178	16	Harvestehuder
27	MF	Naomi Heyn	20 September 1998	24	5	Rot-Weiss Köln
28	MF	Rebecca Grote	6 August 1992	26	14	Rot-Weiss Köln

6	FW	Hannah Gablać	25 February 1995	88	13	Club an der Alster
8	FW	Anne Schröder	11 September 1994	138	11	Club an der Alster
18	FW	Lisa Altenburg	23 September 1989	123	30	Club an der Alster
24	FW	Pia Maertens	6 January 1999	31	15	Rot-Weiss Köln
66	FW	Pauline Heinz	1 May 2001	7	1	Rüsselsheimer

The remainder of the 2020 national squad is as follows:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Julia Sonntag	1 November 1991	53	0	Rot-Weiss Köln	v. Ireland; January 29, 2020

DF	Nike Lorenz	12 March 1997	110	28	Mannheimer HC	v. South Africa; January 30, 2020
DF	Selin Oruz	5 February 1997	94	2	Düsseldorfer HC	v. South Africa; January 30, 2020

FW	Lena Micheel	29 April 1998	45	10	UHC Hamburg	v. South Africa; February 2, 2020
FW	Charlotte Stapenhorst	15 June 1995	99	30	UHC Hamburg	v. Australia; June 16, 2019
FW	Cécile Pieper	31 August 1994	112	10	Mannheimer HC	v. Italy; November 3, 2019

Notable players

Results

2020–21 Fixtures & Results

2020–21 Statistics
Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	2	0	0	0	5	1	+4	6

FIH Pro League

22 September 2020 Home 1	Germany	2–0	Belgium	Düsseldorf, Germany
15:30	Heyn 36' Micheel 47'	Report		Stadium: Düsseldorf Hockey-Club

23 September 2020 Home 2	Germany	3–1	Belgium	Düsseldorf, Germany
15:30	Gablać 36' Pieper 33' Grote 46'	Report	Ballenghien 21'	Stadium: Düsseldorf Hockey-Club

14 November 2020 Away 1	Great Britain	Postponed	Germany	Bisham, Great Britain
14:30		Report		Stadium: Bisham Abbey

15 November 2020 Away 2	Great Britain	Postponed	Germany	Bisham, Great Britain
14:30		Report		Stadium: Bisham Abbey

6 March 2021 Away 3	Netherlands	v	Germany	Amsterdam, Netherlands
16:00		Report		Stadium: Wagener Hockey Stadium

7 March 2021 Away 4	Netherlands	v	Germany	Amsterdam, Netherlands
16:00		Report		Stadium: Wagener Hockey Stadium

3 April 2021 Away 5	Argentina	v	Germany	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00		Report		Stadium: CeNARD

4 April 2021 Away 6	Argentina	v	Germany	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00		Report		Stadium: CeNARD

10 April 2021 Away 7	United States	v	Germany	Chapel Hill, United States
		Report		Stadium: Karen Shelton Stadium

11 April 2021 Away 8	United States	v	Germany	Chapel Hill, United States
		Report		Stadium: Karen Shelton Stadium

24 April 2021 Home 3	Germany	v	China	Hamburg, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC

25 April 2021 Home 4	Germany	v	China	Hamburg, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC

22 May 2021 Home 5	Germany	v	New Zealand	Hamburg, Germany
18:30		Report		Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC

23 May 2021 Home 6	Germany	v	New Zealand	Hamburg, Germany
16:00		Report		Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC

29 May 2021 Home 7	Germany	v	Australia	Hamburg, Germany
15:30		Report		Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC

29 May 2021 Home 8	Germany	v	Australia	Hamburg, Germany
13:30		Report		Stadium: Uhlenhorster HC

XXXII Olympic Games

26 July 2020 Pool A	Great Britain	v	Germany	Tokyo, Japan
09:30				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

27 July 2020 Pool A	Germany	v	India	Tokyo, Japan
21:15				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

29 July 2020 Pool A	Germany	v	Ireland	Tokyo, Japan
12:15				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

31 July 2020 Pool A	South Africa	v	Germany	Tokyo, Japan
09:30				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

1 August 2020 Pool A	Germany	v	Netherlands	Tokyo, Japan
18:30				Stadium: Oi Hockey Stadium

Goalscorers

2020 Goalscoring Table
Pos.	Player	FG	PC	PS	Total
1	Pia Maertens	5	1	0	6
2	Rebecca Grote	0	4	1	5
3	Lena Micheel	2	1	0	3
3	Sonja Zimmermann	0	3	0	3
5	Naomi Heyn	2	0	0	2
6	Pauline Heinz	1	0	0	1
	Kira Horn	1	0	0
	Viktoria Huse	0	1	0
	Nike Lorenz	0	1	0
	Anne Schröder	1	0	0
Total		12	11	1	24

References

^ "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
^ "World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "European Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "Hockey World League". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "FIH Pro League". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "Olympic Games". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "Champions Trophy". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "Other". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "Olympia-Vorbereitung: Kantersieg im vorletzten Spiel". web.hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

External links

[FIH_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[2] "World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[3] "European Championships". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[4] "Hockey World League". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[5] "FIH Pro League". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[6] "Olympic Games". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[7] "Champions Trophy". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[8] "Other". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[9] "Olympia-Vorbereitung: Kantersieg im vorletzten Spiel". web.hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

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