Germany women's national field hockey team

Germany
Nickname(s)	Die Danas
Association	Deutscher Hockey-Bund; (German Hockey Federation)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Xavier Reckinger
Assistant coach(es)	Teun de Nooijer; Florian Keller
Captain	Nike Lorenz
FIH ranking
Current	5 (23 December 2021)
Olympic Games
Appearances	8 (first in 1992)
Best result	1st (2004)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1974)
Best result	1st (1976, 1981)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	15 (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
2022	Terrassa, Spain & Amstelveen, Netherlands	Qualified

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	2nd

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
2020–21	N/A	4th

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	6th

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[]

2020 Olympic squad[]

The squad was announced on 27 May 2021.^[9]

Head coach: Xavier Reckinger^[10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2	DF	Kira Horn	(1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 26)	36	2	Club an der Alster
3	MF	Amelie Wortmann	(1996-10-21)21 October 1996 (aged 24)	63	4	UHC Hamburg
4	MF	Nike Lorenz (Captain)	(1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (aged 24)	120	33	Rot-Weiss Köln
5	DF	Selin Oruz	(1997-02-05)5 February 1997 (aged 24)	104	2	Düsseldorfer HC
8	FW	Anne Schröder	(1994-09-11)11 September 1994 (aged 26)	146	14	Club an der Alster
11	MF	Lena Micheel	(1998-04-29)29 April 1998 (aged 23)	58	14	UHC Hamburg
12	FW	Charlotte Stapenhorst	(1995-06-15)15 June 1995 (aged 26)	111	33	UHC Hamburg
16	DF	Sonja Zimmermann	(1999-06-15)15 June 1999 (aged 22)	38	8	Mannheimer HC
17	MF	Pauline Heinz	(2001-05-01)1 May 2001 (aged 20)	13	2	Rüsselsheimer RK
18	FW	Lisa Altenburg	(1989-09-23)23 September 1989 (aged 31)	132	33	Club an der Alster
19	DF	Maike Schaunig	(1996-03-13)13 March 1996 (aged 25)	49	0	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
20	GK	Julia Ciupka	(1991-11-01)1 November 1991 (aged 29)	61	0	Rot-Weiss Köln
21	MF	Franzisca Hauke	(1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 31)	189	16	Harvestehuder THC
22	FW	Cécile Pieper	(1994-08-31)31 August 1994 (aged 26)	123	14	Rot-Weiss Köln
24	FW	Pia Maertens	(1999-01-06)6 January 1999 (aged 22)	42	22	Rot-Weiss Köln
25	DF	Viktoria Huse	(1995-10-24)24 October 1995 (aged 25)	64	9	Club an der Alster
28	MF	Jette Fleschütz	(2002-10-23)23 October 2002 (aged 18)	11	3	Grosflottbek
30	DF	Hanna Granitzki	(1997-07-31)31 July 1997 (aged 23)	62	3	Club an der Alster

Notable players[]

Britta Becker
Nadine Ernsting-Krienke
Franziska Hentschel
Natascha Keller
Fanny Rinne

Results[]

2021 Fixtures & Results[]

2021 Statistics
Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	3	1	1	3	10	11	−1	12

FIH Pro League[]

6 March 2021 Away 1	Netherlands	2–1	Germany	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:00	Matla 25' Van den Assem 45'	Report	Altenburg 12'	Stadium:

7 March 2021 Away 2	Netherlands	3–0	Germany	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:00	Dicke 2' Welten 34', 36'	Report		Stadium:

3 April 2021 Away 5	Argentina	0–0 (2–3 p)	Germany	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00		Report		Stadium: CeNARD

4 April 2021 Away 6	Argentina	1–3	Germany	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00	Gorzelany 51'	Report	Stapenhorst 3' Heinz 24' Maertens 31'	Stadium: CeNARD

22 May 2022 Away 1	Great Britain	2–3	Germany	London, United Kingdom
14:30	Robertson 11' Townsend 32'	Report	Fleschütz 14' Micheel 41' Stapenhorst 57'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

23 May 2021 Away 2	Great Britain	2–0	Germany	London, United Kingdom
14:30	Toman 23' Townsend 30'	Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

EuroHockey Nations Championship[]

6 June 2021 Pool B	Germany	1–1	Belgium	Amsterdam, Netherlands
12:45	Pieper 53'	Report	Ballenghien 55'	Stadium: Wagener Stadium

7 June 2021 Pool B	England	0–2	Germany	Amsterdam, Netherlands
17:00		Report	Zimmermann 8' Fleschütz 32'	Stadium: Wagener Stadium

9 June 2021 Pool B	Germany	v	Italy	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:45		Report		Stadium: Wagener Stadium

XXXII Olympic Games[]

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

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

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

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

1 August 2020 Pool A	Germany	v	Netherlands	Tokyo, Japan
18:30				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. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "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.
^ "Damenkader für Tokio und EM". hockey.de (in German). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Team Roster Germany" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

External links[]

[FIH_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[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] "Damenkader für Tokio und EM". hockey.de (in German). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[10] "Team Roster Germany" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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