The German hockey women also lost their European Championship final against the Netherlands one day after the men.
In Amsterdam, the team of national coach Xavier Reckinger defeated the world number one with 0: 2 (0: 1) despite a strong performance and missed their third title.
The goals for Oranje were scored by Marloes Keetels (18./Strafecke) and Frederique Matla (56.).
In a new edition of the final of 2019, the hosts put a lot of pressure in front of 3500 spectators in the Wagenerstadion in Amstelveen at the beginning, the selection of the German Hockey Association (DHB) initially focused on defense.
After a penalty corner, the Netherlands lost the lead, then Germany switched to attack and created some good chances.
Lisa Altenburg had the best chance to equalize in the 44th minute, but narrowly missed.
Orange goalkeeper Josine Koning could not be overcome afterwards either.
In the 56th minute, the opponents took advantage of a mistake by the Germans ice cold and increased to 2-0.
"I know that we can beat them at some point, but for that we have to find the complete key ...", Reckinger had said before the game.
Overall, the two long-term rivals faced each other for the seventh time in a European Championship final, with Germany only winning in 2007.
The day before, the men had lost the final against the Dutch 2: 3 after a shootout.
The last two medals for the DHB were at the 2015 European Championships. In London, the men won silver, the women won bronze.