The Argentina national field hockey team, (Spanish: Selección masculina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina), represents Argentina in international field hockey competitions.[1] The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH, from the Spanish: Confederación Argentina de Hockey).
The team is nickamed Los Leones (The Lions), the nickname also falls in line with an unwritten Argentine tradition of naming national teams after big cats). The current coach is Carlos Retegui.
The team have appeared in every Hockey World Cup since the first edition in 1973. They reached the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup in The Hague, their best position in the tournament. In 2014 Gonzalo Peillat was named FIH Young Player of the Year.
At a continental level, Argentina is the most winning team in the Americas, dominated and won every tournament they played, including two gold medals at the Pan American Cup and nine gold medals at the Pan American Games.
Argentina is also the only team of the Americas to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. They achieved the victory during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[2]
In November 2015 Argentina reached a historic 5th place in the FIH World Rankings, only to be surpassed less than a year later after their Olympic gold medal by reaching 2nd place.[3]
History
The team won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup, being ranked 11th in the FIH World Rankings. They also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Champions Trophy, during Carlos Retegui's first period as coach.
In 2013, during the World League Semifinals in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, the team along with coach Carlos Retegui decide to name themselves Los Leones (The Lions), matching the nickname chosen by the women's team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Argentina didn't have great performances at the Summer Olympics until they won the gold medal at the 2016 edition by defeating Belgium 4–2, when they became the first national hockey team to win that prize for their country.
Honours
Los Leones in 2015.
Argentina has won more than 20 official titles, which are detailed below:
- Summer Olympics : 2016
- Champions Challenge I: 2005, 2007, 2012
- Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: 2008
- Pan American Cup: 2004, 2013
- Pan American Games : 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2015
- South American Championship: 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014
Tournament records
Senior team
| World Cup[4] |
|---|
| Year |
Host city |
Position |
| 1971 |
 Barcelona, Spain |
10th |
| 1973 |
 Amstelveen, Netherlands |
9th |
| 1975 |
 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
11th |
| 1978 |
 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
8th |
| 1982 |
 Bombay, India |
12th |
| 1986 |
 London, England |
6th |
| 1990 |
 Lahore, Pakistan |
9th |
| 1994 |
 Sydney, Australia |
7th |
| 1998 |
Utrecht, Netherlands |
DNQ |
| 2002 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
6th |
| 2006 |
 Mönchengladbach, Germany |
10th |
| 2010 |
New Delhi, India |
7th |
| 2014 |
The Hague, Netherlands |
3rd |
| 2018 |
India |
TBD |
| Pan American Games[6] |
|---|
| Year |
Host city |
Position |
| 1967 |
 Winnipeg, Canada |
1st |
| 1971 |
 Cali, Colombia |
1st |
| 1975 |
 Mexico City, Mexico |
1st |
| 1979 |
 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
1st |
| 1983 |
 Caracas, Venezuela |
2nd |
| 1987 |
 Indianapolis, United States |
2nd |
| 1991 |
 Havana, Cuba |
1st |
| 1995 |
Mar del Plata, Argentina |
1st |
| 1999 |
Winnipeg, Canada |
2nd |
| 2003 |
 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
1st |
| 2007 |
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
2nd |
| 2011 |
Guadalajara, Mexico |
1st |
| 2015 |
Toronto, Canada |
1st |
| 2019 |
 Lima, Peru |
TBD |
|
| Olympic Games[8] |
|---|
| Year |
Host city |
Position |
| 1968 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
14th |
| 1972 |
Munich, West Germany |
14th |
| 1976 |
Montreal, Canada |
11th |
| 1980 |
 Moscow, Soviet Union |
N/A |
| 1984 |
Los Angeles, United States |
DNQ |
| 1988 |
 Seoul, South Korea |
8th |
| 1992 |
Barcelona, Spain |
11th |
| 1996 |
Atlanta, United States |
9th |
| 2000 |
Sydney, Australia |
8th |
| 2004 |
 Athens, Greece |
11th |
| 2008 |
 Beijing, China |
DNQ |
| 2012 |
 London, United Kingdom |
10th |
| 2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1st |
| 2020 |
 Tokyo, Japan |
TBD |
|
Junior team
| Junior World Cup |
|---|
| Year |
Host city |
Position |
| 1979 |
 Versailles, France |
6th |
| 1982 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
DNQ |
| 1985 |
Vancouver, Canada |
7th |
| 1989 |
Ipoh, Malaysia |
5th[12] |
| 1993 |
Terrassa, Spain |
6th |
| 1997 |
Milton Keynes, England |
6th |
| 2001 |
Hobart, Australia |
2nd |
| 2005 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
1st |
| 2009 |
Johor Bahru, Malaysia &  Singapore |
6th |
| 2013 |
New Delhi, India |
11th |
| 2016 |
Lucknow, India |
Qualified |
|
| Pan American Junior Championship[13] |
|---|
| Year |
Host city |
Position |
| 1978 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
1st |
| 1981 |
 Santiago, Chile |
1st |
| 1985 |
Orlando, United States |
1st |
| 1988 |
 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
1st |
| 1992 |
Havana, Cuba |
1st |
| 1996 |
 Bridgetown, Barbados |
1st |
| 2000 |
Santiago, Chile |
1st |
| 2005 |
Havana, Cuba |
1st |
| 2008 |
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
1st |
| 2012 |
Guadalajara, Mexico |
1st |
| 2016 |
Toronto, Canada |
1st |
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Players
Current squad
The following is the Argentina roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[15]
Head coach: Carlos Retegui
Reserves:
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
Past players
Coaches
See also
References
External links
| Argentina squads – International Tournaments |
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