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 16 June 1963 in
Krefeld. 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.
Presidents
1963/64 Ludwig Zametzer (Füssen)/ Dr.
Günther Sabetzki (Düsseldorf) were co-Presidents