GERMANY: MEN’S NATIONAL COACH ANDRÉ HENNING
Fotocredits: Worldsportpics / Frank Uijlenbroek Portrait: Men’s national coach André Henning “In the end, the players decide 100 percent directly about the game.” 10. April 2024 André Henning – national coach of the German men’s national hockey team. He is the youngest head coach of a Bundesliga hockey team ever. The 39-year-old led his team to […]
GERMANY: INTERVIEW WITH INDOOR NATIONAL COACH DOMINIC GISKES
Interview with national indoor coach Dominic Giskes “Of course we want to win the last game of the tournament on Sunday!” 30. January 2024 Indoor national coach Dominic Giskes, together with Markus Weise, will look after the women’s national team at the EuroHockey Indoor Championship 2024 in Berlin. The clear goal is: European champions. But Giskes […]
GERMANY: MANNHEIMER HC IS A DOUBLE GERMAN CHAMPION
Last weekend the Final 4 of the German Indoor Hockey Championship took place in Frankfurt am Main. The four best women’s and men’s teams fought for the title of the best indoor hockey team in Germany. In the end, Mannheimer HC prevailed twice in the penalty shootout and can now call themselves “double German champions”. Congratulations! Damen […]
Germany: U21World Cup Off To A Winning Start
The U21 male national team successfully kicked off the World Cup in Malaysia. In an exciting game against South Africa, national coach Rein van Eijk’s team ended up winning 5-3. Florian Sperling was named player of the game. Tomorrow (December 6th, 2023) at 9:00 a.m. German time, the Eagles will face France in the second group game. 1st […]
Germany: Four German Hockey Players Nominated for the Most Valuable Individual Award in Hockey
Once a year, the world association FIH (International Hockey Federation) presents the “FIH Hockey Star Awards” to the best female hockey player, the best female goalkeeper and the best goalkeeper in the world. German national hockey players were nominated in all four categories. Julia Sonntag (national goalkeeper), Sonja Zimmermann (national team captain), Jean-Paul Danneberg (national goalkeeper) […]
Germany: Men’s National Coach André Henning
“Our aim is to show our top hockey in January, whether in Muscat or Valencia. We want to dominate the tournament and also send a signal that we are a force to be reckoned with in 2024.” 27. October 2023 Two months after the EuroHockey Championships 2023 in Mönchengladbach, our national coaches look back on the […]
Germany: Successful Autumn Conclusion for the Northern Newcomers
DHC Hannover had to wait eight games of the season for a sense of success. Apart from a single point in the draw against co-promoted Aachen, there was nothing for the newly promoted team to gain. The negative series ended in the last field game of the year. Against Blau-Weiß Köln, the Lower Saxony team turned around a […]
Germany: Lichterfelde Second Again After Six-point Weekend
The Berliners were the only one of the ten teams in the southern group that were able to get full points on the last field weekend of the year. The 5-1 win on Saturday over HG Nürnberg was followed by a 1-0 win over TuS Obermenzing on Sunday. Jenna Gabel scored the golden goal after 35 minutes. […]
GERMANY: DÜSSELDORFER HC PROBABLY HAS TO PUT ASIDE RETURN PLANS
The DHC lost 1:2 to league leaders Schwarz-Weiß Köln. After a goalless first half, U18 European champion Ferdinand Steinebach gave Cologne the lead (34′), and in the final phase Felix Elm made it 2-0 from a corner (53′), but that wasn’t a decision as the guests immediately reduced the gap Nicolas Melgarejo (54th). But the DHC couldn’t […]
GERMANY: BREMEN WOMEN ENTER WINTER BREAK WITH A SIX POINT LEAD
First division relegated Bremer HC won 2-1 at the Hamburg Polo Club at the end of the first half of the season. Maria Granatto (23rd) and Thora Schneider (26th) ensured the 2-0 half-time lead, which lasted for a long time. The Polo goal from former Bremen player Svea Böker (60th) came far too late to bring anything […]
