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. Germany beat Portugal 11-3 in the final of the B tournament to clinch promotion. The German team took part in the tournament with the following squad:

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. Chris Thau, Publications Manager of the IRB, 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. The German team, coached by Jan Ceselka (TSV Handschuhsheim) and Christian Lill (RK 03 Berlin), took part in the tournament with the following squad:

2011

Germany won its opening game of the 2011, defeating Belgium 27-11 and thereby achieving the teams aim of not being relegated. 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. 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:

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 championship

Results

Germany's recent results at the European Championship:

Positions

The team's final positions in the European championship: