EuroHockey Championships 2023
Men's national coach André Henning announces final European Championship squad
25. July 2023
15 world champions are part of the German men's national team squad for the 2023 European Hockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. National coach André Henning has nominated a total of 16 field players and two goalkeepers for the first major hockey event in Germany in 12 years. The EuroHockey Championships 2023 will take place from 18 to 27 August 2023 at the Hockeypark Mönchengladbach.
The German men's European Championship squad is led by captain Mats Grambusch. 15 players were already part of the successful squad at the World Cup in India in January this year. The most experienced player is Martin Zwicker with 294 caps, the youngest is Jean Danneberg at 20. The team is made up of players from eight different clubs. With Timm Herzbruch and Johannes Große, two players are celebrating their comeback in a tournament squad, who were last in action at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, but were absent afterwards due to injury. Timm Herzbruch will be making his 100th international appearance in the opening match against Wales and has already scored an impressive 50 goals for Germany. Johannes Große is expected to pull the strings in midfield and demonstrate his strategic skills. Malte Hellwig, considered one of the best strikers in the Bundesliga, also moves into the squad. Hellwig played his last tournament at the 2019 European Championship and his form in recent weeks and months has been impressive.
European Championship Group with defending champions Netherlands
The German men's national team will play its first match on the second day of the European Championship. In the first match of the group phase, Germany will play Wales on 19 August. The duel against the defending European champions from the Netherlands follows on 21 August and in the last match of the group phase on 23 August, the HONAMAS will meet France. A possible semi-final would take place on 25 August. The final of the Men's European Championship will take place on 27 August. At the last European Championship in 2021, the German team finished second.
| Nr. | Name | Age |
| 1 | Stadler, Alexander (GK) | 23 |
| 2 | Müller, Mathias | 31 |
| 3 | Grambusch, Mats (C) | 30 |
| 4 | Windfeder, Lukas | 28 |
| 7 | Prinz, Thies | 24 |
| 9 | Wellen, Niklas | 28 |
| 10 | Große, Johannes | 26 |
| 12 | Herzbruch, Timm | 26 |
| 14 | Hinrichs, Teo | 23 |
| 15 | Grambusch, Tom | 27 |
| 16 | Peillat, Gonzalo | 30 |
| 19 | Weigand, Justus | 23 |
| 23 | Zwicker, Martin | 36 |
| 25 | Müller, Hannes | 23 |
| 27 | Oruz, Timur | 28 |
| 29 | Hellwig, Malte | 25 |
| 44 | Ludwig, Moritz | 21 |
| 74 | Danneberg, Jean-Paul (GK) | 20 |
The national coach on the squad nomination
We want to take our fans with us in our own stadium and get them involved. This team has a strong mix of offensive power and immense defensive qualities. At the European Championship, we want to use this to deploy our speed, especially on the counter-attack. It's going to be a very special event, because it's the first home tournament of the career for everyone in the team. Six months after winning the World Cup, we are now reaching for the next title, which is a huge challenge on many levels and also a special opportunity that motivates us all.
National Coach, André Henning
