Ice Hockey In Germany
Ice hockey is one of the more popular sports in Germany, however it still ranks far behind football in spectator favour and meaning. Ice hockey is organized today in Germany by the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest professional league, and by the Deutschen Eishockey-Bund ice hockey federation, which is the sport's federation in Germany and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Men's German national ice hockey team stands eighth in the world on the current IIHF rank list. Since they were eighth before the Ice Hockey World Cup 2005, they automatically qualified for the Olympic Ice Hockey tournament.
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