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    <periodOfReport>2021-03-01</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000931148</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EAF</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001685160</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BCP GP Ltd</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>181 BAY ST, STE. 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M5J2T3</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001001085</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>BROOKFIELD PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>181 BAY STREET, SUITE 300 PO BOX 762</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M5J2T3</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001685158</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>181 BAY ST, STE. 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M5J2T3</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001738295</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BPE IV (Non-Cdn)</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>181 BAY ST, STE. 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M5J2T3</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001642338</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BCP IV GrafTech Holdings L.P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>181 BAY ST, STE. 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M5J2T3</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001654795</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brookfield Business Partners L.P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>73 FRONT STREET, 5TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HAMILTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>D0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>HM 12</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>BERMUDA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001685157</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brookfield Private Equity Group Holdings LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>BROOKFIELD PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>181 BAY STREET, SUITE 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M5J2T3</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001685113</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brookfield Private Equity Inc.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>BROOKFIELD PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>181 BAY STREET, SUITE 300</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORONTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A6</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>M5J2T3</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ONTARIO, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001703248</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brookfield Private Equity Holdings LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>BROOKFIELD PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 VESEY STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10281-1023</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001768973</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brookfield US Inc.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>BROOKFIELD PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 VESEY STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10281-1023</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-03-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>30000000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>11.67</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>97742570</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Explanation of Responses</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On March 1, 2021, BCP IV GrafTech Holdings LP agreed to sell a total of 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock in an underwritten public secondary offering (the &quot;Offering&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Following the Offering, consists of (i) 97,742,043 shares of Common Stock held directly by BCP IV GrafTech Holdings LP; and (ii) 527 shares of Common Stock held directly by BCP IV Bermuda Investor LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Brookfield Asset Management Inc., by virtue of its relationships with these entities, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of all of these shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">BPE IV (Non-Cdn) GP LP, Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd., BCP GP Limited, Brookfield Private Equity Group Holdings LP, Brookfield Private Equity Inc. and Brookfield Asset Management Inc., by virtue of their relationships with BCP IV GrafTech Holdings LP, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership in the shares held directly by BCP IV GrafTech Holdings LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd., BCP GP Limited, Brookfield Private Equity Group Holdings LP, Brookfield Private Equity Inc. and Brookfield Asset Management Inc., by virtue of their relationships with BCP IV Bermuda Investor LP, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership in the shares held directly by BCP IV Bermuda Investor LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is a beneficial owner of such securities for the purpose of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or for any other purpose.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This Form 4 is being filed in three parts due to the number of Reporting Persons. All three Filings relate to the Offering described above in Table I. Part 1 of 3.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ AJ Silber, as Director of BCP GP Limited</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jessica Diab, as Officer of BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ AJ Silber, as Officer of Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ AJ Silber, as Officer of Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd., general partner of BPE IV (Non-Cdn) GP LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ AJ Silber, as Officer of Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd., general partner of BPE IV (Non-Cdn) GP LP, general partner of BCP IV GrafTech Holdings LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ James Bodi, as Officer of Brookfield Business Partners Limited, general partner of Brookfield Business Partners L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ AJ Silber, as Director of Brookfield Private Equity Inc., the general partner of Brookfield Private Equity Group Holdings LP</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ AJ Silber, as Director of Brookfield Private Equity Inc.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kristen Haase, as Officer of Brookfield Private Equity Holdings LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Katayoon Sarpash, as Officer of Brookfield US Inc.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
