Association name | German Ice Hockey Federation |
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IIHF Code | GER |
IIHF membership | September 19, 1909 |
Association history |
Germany 1909–1920 1926–1946 1951–1956 West Germany 1956–1990 Germany 1990–present |
President | Uwe Harnos |
http://www.deb-online.de |
The German Ice Hockey Federation (German: Deutscher Eishockey-Bund), commonly abbreviated as DEB, is the governing federation of German ice hockey associations. It was established on June 16, 1963. Until 1990 it served only the old Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. Until the establishment of the DEB, ice hockey was one of many different ice and winter sports overseen by the Deutschen Eissport-Verband.
The German Ice Hockey Federation took over the responsibility for the supra-regional leagues (especially the Bundesliga) and for the national team. It became the additional West German representative in the International Ice Hockey Federation.