Germany national under-18 rugby union team

Germany under-18

Union	Deutscher Rugby-Verband
Coach(es)	Jan Ceselka Christian Lill
Team kit

The Germany national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Germany national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.

Overview

The German team has, for the most part, played in the B-Division of the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, however, it earned promotion to the A-Division in 2009.

2009

The German team earned promotion to the A division of the European championship at the 2009 tournament in southern France. It had won promotion to the elite division of European under-18 rugby for the first time in many years.^[1] Germany beat Portugal 11-3 in the final of the B tournament to clinch promotion.^[2]

The German team took part in the tournament with the following squad:^[3]

• Julius Nostadt, Tim Menzel, Chris Hilsenbeck (US Colomiers), Tom Schiiling (RK 03 Berlin), Samy Füchsel (Berliner RC), Fabian Tacke, Kevin Nelson (SC Germania List), Jörn Schröder (TSV Victoria Linden), Elmar Heimpel, Nicolas Kurzer, Bastian Himmer, Robert Hittel, Luis Becker, Raffael Ruck (RG Heidelberg), Dustin Dobravsky (Canada), Timo Vollenkemper (Wiedenbrücker TV), Sam Rainger (RK Heusenstamm), Matthias Marin, Sebastian Kößler, Konstantin Hoffmann (TSV Handschuhsheim), Michail Tyumenev, Nicolas Müller, Dennis Denzin, Phil Szczesny (DSV 78 Hannover), Chris Kleebauer (Gloucester), Pascal Drügemöller (SC Neuenheim), Jerome Ruhnau (TuS 95 Düsseldorf).

2010

In the 2010 edition of the European under-18 rugby union championship, the team, freshly promoted to the A group, pulled off a surprise 44-0 victory over Romania. Germany lost its opening game to eventual runners-up Ireland 20-11, but managed to win its second game, against Romania, 44-0. In its third and final game in the tournament, against Italy for fifth place, Germany lost 18-13.^[4] Chris Thau, Publications Manager of the IRB,^[5] commented after the Romania game that it was the first time in the almost 40 years he had been watching German national teams, that a German team played world class rugby.^[6]

The German team, coached by Jan Ceselka (TSV Handschuhsheim) and Christian Lill (RK 03 Berlin), took part in the tournament with the following squad:^[7]

• Nicolas Kurzer, Robert Hittel, Hannes Huber, Matthias Kunzmann (Heidelberger TV), Sebastian Kößler (TSV Handschuhsheim), Elmar Heimpel, Luis Becker (RG Heidelberg), Pascal Drügemöller (SC Neuenheim), Phil Szczesny, Nicolas Müller, Adrian de Riz, Pascal Fischer (DSV 78 Hannover), Jörn Schröder (TSV Victoria Linden), Fabian Tacke, Kevin Nelson, Kevin Riege (SC Germania List), Samy Füchsel (Berliner RC), Lukas Deichmann, Jens Listmann, Adam Howes (SC 1880 Frankfurt), Kilian Kleine (Coventry R.F.C.), Julius Nostadt, Chris Hilsenbeck, Tim Menzel (US Colomiers), Eddie Mallaby (Harlequin F.C.), Robin Plümpe (Waiheke Island RFC).

2011

Germany won its opening game of the 2011, defeating Belgium 27-11 and thereby achieving the teams aim of not being relegated.^[8] The team then suffered a heavy 3-87 defeat against Scotland, a game that clearly showed the difference between the standards of rugby between the two nations.^[9] In the final game of the tournament, Germany lost 0-40 to Georgia and finished fourth in its division.

Germany called up the following players for the 2011 tournament:^[10]

• Adrian de Riz, Daniel Windolf, Nico Kretschmer, Felix Schippe (DSV 78 Hannover), Kevin Riege (SC Germania List), Robin Brömer, Hasan Tekkal (TSV Victoria Linden), Sebastian Fromm (Clongowes Wood College), Marc Hittel, Vincent Fischer, Carsten Lang (RG Heidelberg), Leonard Becker, Luca Hoffmann (SC Neuenheim), Frederick Lüthke (Stuttgarter RC), Ali Sürer (TB Rohrbach), Max Utikal (RK Heusenstamm), Lukas Deichmann, Jens Listmann (SC 1880 Frankfurt), Philipp Gerigk (ASV Köln Rugby), Julius König (Wald-Merscheider TV), Theodor Lorenz Schmidt-Bleek, Lukas Wende, Maxim Gazzo (Berliner RC), Kilian Kleine, Eddy Mallaby and Rory Sarjeant (all three playing in England).

2012

Germany called up the following players:

2013

Germany called up the following players:

2014

Germany called up the following players:

2015

Germany called up the following players:

2016

Germany called up the following players:

2017

Germany called up the following players:

2018

Germany called up the following players:

2019

Germany called up the following players:

Honours

• European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship - B Division
  • Champions: 2009
  • Runners-up: 2007

European championship

Results

Germany's recent results at the European Championship:

2009 European championship – Division A

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
4 April 2009	Draguignan	Netherlands	31-0	Quarter finals	Report
7 April 2009	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Poland	27-0	Semi final	Report
10 April 2009	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Portugal	11-3	Final	Report

2010 European championship – Elite Division

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
28 March 2010	San Donà di Piave	Ireland	11-20	Quarter finals	Report
31 March 2010	Casale sul Sile	Romania	44-0	Semi final (5-8)	Report
3 April 2010	Casale sul Sile	Italy	13-18	5th place game	Report

2011 European championship – Division A

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
16 April 2011	Fleurance	Belgium	27-11	Quarter finals	Report
19 April 2011	Lourdes	Scotland	3-87	Semi final	Report
23 April 2011	Louey	Georgia	0-40	3rd place game	Report

2012 European championship – Division A

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
31 March 2012	Madrid	Czech Republic	46-0	Quarter finals
3 April 2012	Madrid	Spain	15-6	Semi final
6 April 2012	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Belgium	12-32	Final

2013 European championship – Trophy

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
23 March 2013	Saint-Egrève	Czech Republic	34-5	Quarter finals
26 March 2013	Pont-De-Claix	Spain	0-50	Semi final
30 March 2013	Grenoble	Poland	6-30	3rd Place game

2014 European championship – Trophy

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
12 April 2014	Poznań	Romania	3-19	Quarter finals
16 April 2014	Poznań	Netherlands	12-10	Semi final (5-8)
19 April 2014	Poznań	Belgium	12-9	5th Place game

2015 European championship – Trophy

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
29 March 2015	Ramonville	Poland	30-6	Quarter finals
1 April 2015	Toulouse	Russia	0-23	Semi final
4 April 2015	Toulouse	Romania	11-10	3rd Place game

2016 European championship – Championship

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
23 March 2016	Lisbon	Portugal	5-64	Quarter finals
27 March 2016	Lisbon	Romania	23-11	Semi final (5-8)
31 March 2016	Lisbon	Spain	29-10	5th Place game

2017 European championship – Trophy

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Round	Report
8 April 2017	Brittany	Luxembourg	67-5	Quarter finals
11 April 2017	Brittany	Netherlands	15-29	Semi final
14 April 2017	Brittany	Romania	12-14	3rd Place game

• German wins in bold.

Positions

The team's final positions in the European championship:

Year	Division	Tier	Place
2004
2005	Division A	II	4th
2006	Division A	II	4th
2007	Division A	II	2nd
2008	Division A	II	3rd
2009	Division A	II	1st — Promoted
2010	Elite Division	I	6th
2011	Division A	II	4th
2012	Division A	II	2nd
2013	Division A	II	4th
2014	Division A	II	5th
2015	Division A	II	3rd
2016	Elite Division	I	6th
2017	Division A	II	4th
2018	Division A	II	1st - Promoted

References

External links

• German Rugby Federation Official DRV website
• Rugby-Journal website Official publication of the German Rugby Federation
• (in German) Totalrugby.de German rugby news and results