Germany women's national ice hockey team

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Germany

Nickname(s)	Träger der Adler ('The Eagle Carriers')
Association	German Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Jeff MacLeod
Assistants	Maximilian Deichstetter Ronja Jenike
Captain	Daria Gleißner
Most games	Andrea Lanzl (331)
Top scorer	Maritta Becker (87)
Most points	Maritta Becker (184)
Team colors
IIHF code	GER
Ranking
Current IIHF	9 1 (28 August 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF	5 (first in 2005)
Lowest IIHF	11 (2010)
First international
Switzerland  6–5  West Germany (Geretsried, West Germany; 3 December 1988)
Biggest win
Germany  22–0  Turkey (Bad Tölz, Germany; 15 February 2016)
Biggest defeat
Finland  17–1  Germany (Lake Placid, United States; 11 April 1994) United States  16–0  Germany (Lake Placid, United States; 12 April 1994)
World Championships
Appearances	21 (first in 1994)
Best result	4th (2017)
European Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 1991)
Best result	4th (1995)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
International record (W–L–T)
242–323–24

The German women's national ice hockey team represents Germany at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship and other international ice hockey tournaments. The women's national team was ranked eighth in the IIHF World Ranking in 2020. It is organized under the direct administration of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (DEB).

Women's participation in ice hockey in Germany has slowly declined in the past decade – in 2011 the country had 2,549 female players registered with the IIHF but reported only 2,251 in 2020.^[2][3]