title: East Germany men's national ice hockey team
text: The East German national men's ice hockey team was a national ice hockey  representing the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The first international game was played in East Berlin on 28 January 1951, losing 3–8 to Team Poland.
  
  The team competed in many international competitions, including several in which they competed with the top teams for medals, but won only the European Championship bronze medal in 1966 in Yugoslavia. The only time they competed in the Olympics was in Grenoble in 1968. They scored 13 goals in 7 games, but didn't win any games leaving them with no points in the standings. From that point on the team refused to participate in Olympic ice hockey, but participated in other tournaments where they continued to play poorly. The team ceased playing in 1990, just before the German reunification.
  
  What would become the team's final game was played on 8 April 1990 in Megève during the B Group of the World Championship, and was lost to Austria, 2-3. In October 1990, Germany was re-unified.
  
  Olympic record
  
  1968 Winter Olympic team
  Ulrich Noack
  Bernd Karrenbauer
  Hartmut Nickel
  Helmut Novy
  Wolfgang Plotka
  Wilfried Sock
  Dieter Purschel
  Klaus Hirche
  Dieter Kratzsch
  Dieter Voigt
  Manfred Buder
  Lothar Fuchs
  Peter Prusa
  Joachim Ziesche
  Bernd Poindl
  Dietmar Peters
  Bernd Hiller
  Rüdiger Noack
  
  World Championship record
  1920 - 1955 - Did not participate (see German national ice hockey team)
  1956 - Finished in 11th place (Won "B" Pool)
  1957 - Finished in 5th place
  1958 - Did not participate
  1959 - Finished in 9th place
  1961 - Finished in 5th place
  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)
  
  See also
  Germany men's national ice hockey team
  
  References
  
  External links
  The Hockey Almanac's International Hockey section
  
   
  Former national ice hockey teams
  Men's national team
  1951 establishments in East Germany