🇩🇪 GERMANY (GER) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1991-)
played as WEST GERMANY (FRG), 1976-90

The German junior team has been a constant at the World Junior Championship since the inaugural tournament in 1977, only missing the tournament three times between 1977 and 1998. But following relegation in 1998, the Träger der Adler have been on an elevator ride to and from the Top Division in alternating years, only staying for consecutive seasons from 2013-15 and 2021-23, but are looking to become a permanent mainstay in the future.

IHLC GAMES
Total IHLC Games Played: 28
First IHLC Game: 2-1 loss vs. 🇷🇺 URS, 28 Dec 1976
Latest IHLC Game: 3-1 loss vs. 🇫🇮 FIN, 26 Dec 2021
Closest IHLC Game: 2-1 loss vs. 🇷🇺 URS, 28 Dec 1976
Largest IHLC Defeat: 16-2 loss vs. 🇨🇦 CAN, 26 Dec 2020

IHLC HOSTING
IHLC Games Hosted: 12
First Game Hosted: 🇫🇮 FIN 8-1 USA  🇺🇸, 21 Dec 1980 (Landsberg am Lech)
Latest Game Hosted: 🇷🇺 RUS 7-2 CAN 🇨🇦, 04 Jan 1992 (Füssen)
Major Tournaments Hosted: World Junior Championship (1980, 1991)

MAJOR TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Best IIHF World Junior Championship Result: 5th (1: 1981)

COMPETITIVE IHLC RECORDS
🇨🇦 CANADA: 0 wins, 9 losses
🇨🇿 CZECHIA / CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 0 wins, 3 losses
🇫🇮 FINLAND: 0 wins, 5 losses
🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA: 0 wins, 1 loss
🇷🇺 SOVIET UNION: 0 wins, 3 losses
🇸🇪 SWEDEN: 0 wins, 1 loss
🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND: 0 wins, 2 losses
🇺🇸 UNITED STATES: 0 wins, 4 losses

COMPLETE IHLC HISTORY
01. 🇷🇺 URS 2-1 FRG 🇩🇪 – 28 Dec 1976 – WJC – Banská Bystrica 🇨🇿
02. 🇸🇪 SWE 5-1 FRG 🇩🇪 – 27 Dec 1979 – WJC – Vantaa 🇫🇮
03. 🇫🇮 FIN 8-6 FRG 🇩🇪 – 28 Dec 1980 – WJC – Oberstdorf 🇩🇪
04. 🇷🇺 URS 12-3 FRG 🇩🇪 – 22 Dec 1981 – WJC – Duluth 🇺🇸
05. 🇷🇺 URS 12-2 FRG 🇩🇪 – 29 Dec 1982 – WJC – Leningrad 🇷🇺
06. 🇫🇮 FIN 9-0 FRG 🇩🇪 – 23 Dec 1984 – WJC – Turku 🇫🇮
07. 🇨🇿 TCH 9-3 FRG 🇩🇪 – 26 Dec 1985 – WJC – Newmarket 🇨🇦
08. 🇫🇮 FIN 6-0 FRG 🇩🇪 – 26 Dec 1987 – WJC – Moscow 🇷🇺
09. 🇨🇦 CAN 8-1 FRG 🇩🇪 – 03 Jan 1988 – WJC – Moscow 🇷🇺
10. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-4 GER 🇩🇪 – 26 Dec 1991 – WJC – Füssen 🇩🇪
11. 🇫🇮 FIN 11-0 GER 🇩🇪 – 29 Dec 1992 – WJC – Hofors 🇸🇪
12. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-2 GER 🇩🇪 – 01 Jan 1993 – WJC – Gävle 🇸🇪
13. 🇨🇦 CAN 9-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 27 Dec 1994 – WJC – Red Deer 🇨🇦
14. 🇨🇦 CAN 4-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 27 Dec 1996 – WJC – Geneva 🇨🇭
15. 🇨🇿 CZE 9-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 27 Dec 1997 – WJC – Helsinki 🇫🇮
16. 🇨🇦 CAN 2-0 GER 🇩🇪 – 30 Dec 1997 – WJC – Helsinki 🇫🇮
17. 🇨🇭 SUI 3-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 08 Nov 2001 – EX – Hamar 🇳🇴
18. 🇨🇭 SUI 5-2 GER 🇩🇪 – 11 Nov 2001 – EX – Hamar 🇳🇴
19. 🇺🇸 USA 6-3 GER 🇩🇪 – 22 Dec 2004 – EX – Thief River Falls 🇺🇸
20. 🇸🇰 SVK 7-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 03 Aug 2005 – FNC – Prievidza 🇸🇰
21. 🇨🇿 CZE 5-2 GER 🇩🇪 – 05 Aug 2005 – FNC – Prievidza 🇸🇰
22. 🇨🇦 CAN 3-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 29 Dec 2006 – WJC – Leksand 🇸🇪
23. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 29 Dec 2008 – WJC – Ottawa 🇨🇦
24. 🇺🇸 USA 5-2 GER 🇩🇪 – 21 Dec 2014 – EX – Kingston 🇨🇦
25. 🇺🇸 USA 6-0 GER 🇩🇪 – 28 Dec 2014 – WJC – Montréal 🇨🇦
26. 🇺🇸 USA 7-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 23 Dec 2019 – EX – Havířov 🇨🇿
27. 🇨🇦 CAN 16-2 GER 🇩🇪 – 26 Dec 2020 – WJC – Edmonton 🇨🇦
28. 🇫🇮 FIN 3-1 GER 🇩🇪 – 26 Dec 2021 – WJC – Edmonton 🇨🇦

Photo Credit: 2013 World Junior Championship – IIHF – HHOF – IOC