Germany are vice-world champions at the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championships. National coach Harold Kreis’ national team played an exceptional tournament and won the silver medal at the world championships for the third times in history.

In an eye-level game, the national team lost the World Cup final after twice leading Canada 5-2, making the Canadians ice hockey world champions for the 28th time in their league. history. It was the first World Cup medal for the German national team since 1953.

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The road to silver at the world championships

A lot of pressure for the DEB team in the group stage

After three tight defeats in the opening of the group stage against favorites Sweden, Finland and the United States, Germany needed to win the last four remaining games to maintain their chance of reaching the quarter-finals. After a shaky 6-4 victory over Denmark, the national team won the next three games against Austria, Hungary and France and qualified fourth in the group to reach the last eight.

And again against Switzerland

In the quarter-finals of the World Cup, Switzerland awaited the DEB team, which played a solid preliminary round and had beaten Canada and the Czech Republic, among others. But like two years before, Switzerland lost to Germany in the quarter-finals. With a focused defensive performance throughout the match, the Germans pulled a dent in the Swiss and qualified for the World Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 win.

A historic World Cup semi-final against the United States

There they met the in-form Americans and it was to be a dramatic semi-final. After an early 2-0 lead for USA, Germany equalized in the first period through Fischbuch and Szuber. In the second period, USA went 3-2 and managed to maintain their narrow lead until shortly before the end. Mathias Niederberger came out of the gate, Germany played with the majority – and was rewarded in the last minute of the match. Marcel Noebels threw after Dominik Kahun worked hard in front of the American goal and the drive ended up with Noebels, who equalized.

In overtime, Freddie Tiffels came into its own: after a pass from Kahun, Tiffels went from the left, fooled two opponents with a short movement and finally put the puck in the long corner crossed at a sharp angle. A world-class goal from the native of Cologne, Germany made it to a World Cup final for the first time in 70 years.

Canada too strong in an equal final

The 2023 World Cup final in Tampere, Finland, pitted Germany against record world champions Canada. Those who thought the final would be a one-sided affair in favor of the Canadians were wrong: Germany took the lead twice through Peterka and Fischbuch and smelled the sensation. But the Canadians managed to equalize quickly after the first German goals. It was a balanced match until the last third, until Canada finally won with its individual class and a bit of luck and became ice hockey world champions for the 28th time.

German National Team Games

2023 Ice Hockey World Championship Schedule – All Results

2023 Ice Hockey World Championship Final

2023 Ice Hockey World Championship Semi-Finals

2023 Ice Hockey World Championship Quarterfinals

2023 Ice Hockey World Championship Preliminary Round

2023 Ice Hockey World Championship top scorer

John-Jason Peterka reached third place among the top scorers, the Buffalo Sabers forward scored twelve points in the World Cup tournament. For a solid 11th place was enough for Kai Wissmann with 9 points, Nico Sturm came in 13th with 8 points.

Squad of the German national team

Aim: Maximilian Franzreb (Fischtown Pinguins), Mathias Niederberger (EHC Red Bull Munich), Dustin Strahlmeier (Grizzlys Wolfsburg)

defense: Leon Gawanke (Manitoba Moose), Leon Hüttl (ERC Ingolstadt), Moritz Müller (Kölner Haie), Jonas Müller (Eisbären Berlin), Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings), Maksymilian Szuber (EHC Red Bull Munich), Fabio Wagner (ERC Ingolstadt), Kai Wissmann (Providence Bruins)

offensive: Alexander Ehl (Düsseldorfer EG), Daniel Fischbuch (Düsseldorfer EG), Dominik Kahun (SC Bern), Maximilian Kastner (EHC Red Bull Munich), Marcel Noebels (Eisbären Berlin), John-Jason Peterka (Buffalo Sabers), Justin Schütz ( EHC Red Bull Munich), Samuel Soramies (Augsburger Panther), Wojciech Stachowiak (ERC Ingolstadt), Nico Sturm (San Jose Sharks), Frederik Tiffels (EHC Red Bull Munich), Parker Tuomie (Straubing Tigers), Filip Varejcka (EHC Red Bull Munich), Manuel Wiederer (Eisbaren Berlin)

Ice Hockey World Championship Groups

2023 Ice Hockey World Championship Venues

The 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship was originally scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg. But due to the war of aggression against Ukraine, the IIHF World Federation withdrew the World Championship from Russia on April 26, 2022.

It was played in the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland (capacity: 13,500 spectators) and in the Arena Riga in the Latvian capital of Riga (Capacity: 10,300 spectators). The quarter-finals were held with two matches each in the two cities, with the semi-finals and finals then being played only in Tampere.