Argentina men's national field hockey team

Argentina
Nickname(s)	Los Leones (The Lions)
Association	Confederación Argentina de Hockey (CAH)
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach	Mariano Ronconi
Assistant coach(es)	Ezequiel Paulón; Matías Vila
Manager	Martín Elli
Captain	Matías Rey
Most caps	Matías Paredes (356)
Top scorer	Jorge Lombi (341)
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	7 1 (13 August 2024)
Highest	1 (April 2017 – October 2017)
Lowest	14 (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances	12 (first in 1948)
Best result	1st (2016)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1971)
Best result	3rd (2014)
Pan American Games
Appearances	14 (first in 1967)
Best result	1st (1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Pan American Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2000)
Best result	1st (2004, 2013, 2017, 2022)
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Cup
Pan American Games
Pan American Cup
Champions Trophy
Hockey World League
South American Games
South American Championship

The Argentina national field hockey team, (Spanish: Selección masculina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina) represents Argentina in field hockey and is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Mariano Ronconi, who was appointed after Germán Orozco was let go in 2020. The team is currently sixth in the FIH World Rankings.

Los Leones (The Lions) are the only team of the Americas to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. They achieved this after defeating Belgium 4–2 in the final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2] Argentina's Olympic gold-winning coach is Carlos Retegui.

Argentina has appeared in every Hockey World Cup, since the first edition in 1973, except the 1998 edition. They won the bronze medal in 2014, their best position in the tournament. They also obtained a bronze medal at the 2008 Hockey Champions Trophy and a silver medal at the 2016–17 Hockey World League.

At a continental level, Argentina is the most winning team in the Americas, having dominated most tournaments they played, including four gold medals at the Pan American Cup and ten gold medals at the Pan American Games.

In November 2015 Argentina reached a historic 5th place in the FIH World Rankings, only to be surpassed after their Olympic gold medal by reaching 1st place in April 2017.^[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 a coach.

In 2013, during the Hockey 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.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908 to 1936		did not participate
1948	London, Great Britain	5th	3	1	1	1	5	12	Squad
1952 to 1964		did not participate
1968	Mexico City, Mexico	14th	8	1	1	6	4	22	Squad
1972	Munich, West Germany	14th	8	0	3	5	4	10	Squad
1976	Montreal, Canada	11th	6	1	0	5	6	15	Squad
1980	Moscow, Soviet Union	Withdrew
1984	Los Angeles, United States	did not participate
1988	Seoul, South Korea	8th	7	2	1	4	15	22	Squad
1992	Barcelona, Spain	11th	7	2	0	5	14	20	Squad
1996	Atlanta, United States	9th	7	3	1	3	16	19	Squad
2000	Sydney, Australia	8th	7	1	2	4	16	22	Squad
2004	Athens, Greece	11th	7	1	2	4	13	19	Squad
2008	Beijing, China	did not qualify
2012	London, Great Britain	10th	6	1	1	4	11	17	Squad
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	8	5	2	1	25	17	Squad
2020	Tokyo, Japan	7th	6	2	1	3	11	14	Squad
2024	Paris, France	to be determined
Total		12/24	80	20	15	45	140	209

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	9th place game	10th	5	0	0	5	1	11	N/A
1973	9th place game	9th	7	2	3	2	5	9
1975	11th place game	11th	7	3	1	3	15	17
1978	7th place game	8th	8	2	2	4	12	18
1982	11th place game	12th	7	1	0	6	9	21
1986	5th place game	6th	7	2	1	4	8	10
1990	9th place game	9th	7	3	1	3	15	15
1994	7th place game	7th	7	2	3	2	13	13
1998	did not qualify
2002	5th place game	6th	9	6	0	3	23	18	Squad
2006	9th place game	10th	7	2	1	4	9	16	Squad
2010	7th place game	7th	6	3	0	3	13	13	Squad
2014	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	0	2	18	10	Squad
2018	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	12	11	Squad
2023	Classification round	9th	6	3	3	0	28	13	Squad
Total	3rd place	14/15	94	36	15	43	181	195

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Position
1967	1st
1971	1st
1975	1st
1979	1st
1983	2nd
1987	2nd
1991	1st
1995	1st
1999	2nd
2003	1st
2007	2nd
2011	1st
2015	1st
2019	1st
Best result: 1st place

Pan American Cup

Pan American Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2000	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	1	1	68	5
2004	Final	1st	7	7	0	0	68	3
2009	3rd place game	3rd	5	4	0	1	40	4
2013	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	62	2
2017	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	37	3
2022	Final	1st	4	4	0	0	23	5
Total	4 titles	6/6	33	26	1	2	298	22

South American Games

South American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Final	1st	5	4	1	0	37	0
2014	Final	1st	6	6	0	0	66	8
2018	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	26	2
2022	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	49	1
Total	3 titles	4/4	21	20	1	0	178	11

South American Championship

South American Championship^[4]
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003	1st	5	5	0	0	71	4
2008	1st	6	6	0	0	41	1
2010	1st	6	6	0	0	54	1
2013	1st	6	6	0	0	69	5
2016	did not participate
Total	4 titles	23	23	0	0	235	11

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019	5th	14	6	3	5	41	36	Squad
2020–21	7th	12	2	4	6	26	35	Squad
2021–22	5th	16	6	4	6	31	35	Squad
2022–23	8th	16	3	6	7	28	36	Squad
Total	Best: 5th	58	17	17	24	126	142

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
2006	7th
2007	5th
2008	1st
2012	2nd
2018	3rd
Best result: 1st place

Defunct competitions

Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1978 until 1986	did not participate
1987	6th	7	2	2	3	6	15
1988 until 2002	did not participate
2003	5th	6	3	0	3	20	24
2004	did not participate
2005	did not participate
2006	6th	6	0	1	5	6	19
2007	did not participate
2008	3rd	6	3	2	1	12	9
2009 until 2012	did not participate
2014	6th	6	3	0	3	12	14
2016	did not participate
2018	4th	6	2	1	3	8	12
Total	3rd	37	13	6	18	64	93

Champions Challenge I

Champions Challenge I record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2001	3rd	6	4	0	2	14	10
2003	did not participate
2005	1st	6	4	2	0	25	13
2007	1st	6	4	1	1	16	12
2009	4th	5	2	0	3	15	12
2011	4th	6	3	2	1	18	12
2012	1st	6	6	0	0	22	7
2014	did not participate
Total	3 titles	35	23	5	7	110	66

Hockey World League

Hockey World League record
Season	Position	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2012–13	8th	Round 2	5	5	0	0	38	4
		Semifinal	6	4	1	1	18	7
		Final	6	2	2	2	12	14
2014–15	5th	Semifinal	7	6	0	1	16	9
2014–15	5th	Final	5	3	0	2	13	8
2016–17	2nd	Semifinal	7	5	1	1	26	14
2016–17	2nd	Final	6	2	1	3	11	12
Total	2nd	Final	42	27	5	10	134	68

*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.^[5]^[6]

Head coach: Mariano Ronconi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Tomás Santiago	(1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 32)	46	Gantoise
4	DF	Juan Catán	(1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 29)	45	Hurling Club
5	DF	Facundo Zárate	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24)	12	Jockey Club Córdoba
7	FW	Nicolás Keenan	(1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 27)	52	Klein Zwitserland
9	FW	Maico Casella	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 27)	101	HGC
10	FW	Martín Ferreiro	(1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 27)	75	Crefelder HTC
11	FW	Lucas Toscani	(1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 25)	28	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
12	FW	Lucas Vila	(1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 38)	270	Banco Provincia
14	MF	Nicolás Della Torre	(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34)	71	Dragons
16	DF	Nicolás Cicileo	(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31)	87	Herakles
17	DF	Santiago Tarazona	(1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28)	92	GEBA
18	DF	Federico Monja	(1993-09-12) 12 September 1993 (age 31)	44	Banco Provincia
21	FW	Tomas Domene	(1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 27)	46	Orée
22	DF	Matías Rey (Captain)	(1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 39)	253	San Fernando
26	MF	Agustín Mazzilli	(1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 (age 35)	241	Braxgata
29	MF	Thomas Habif	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 28)	42	Harvestehuder THC
30	MF	Agustín Bugallo	(1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 29)	106	Club de Campo
32	GK	Emiliano Bosso	(1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 (age 28)	11	TSV Mannheim

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Leandro Tolini	(1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 (age 34)	90	Tilburg	v. England, 20 February 2022
DF	Agustín Machelett	(1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 29)	5	Tenis	v. Belgium, 12 February 2022

MF	Diego Paz	(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 32)	49	Lille	v. India, 20 March 2022
MF	Joaquín Puglisi	(1995-10-23) 23 October 1995 (age 29)	2	Club de Campo	v. India, 20 March 2022

FW	Lucas Martínez	(1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 (age 30)	93	Dragons	v. India, 20 March 2022

Past players

Captains

Period	Captain
2000–2004	Pablo Moreira
2005–2006	Germán Orozco
2007–2008	Mario Almada
2008–2013	Matías Vila
2013–2014	Lucas Rey
2014–2015	Matías Paredes
2015–2021	Pedro Ibarra
2021–Present	Maico Casella Agustín Mazzilli Matías Rey

Coaches

Period	Name
???–1983	Juan Carlos Duré
1983–1990	Luis Ciancia
1991–1992	Jorge Ruiz
1993–1996	Miguel MacCormik
1996–1999	Marcelo Garraffo
1999–2000	Alejandro Verga
2000–2005	Jorge Ruíz
2005–2008	Sergio Vigil
2008–2009	Carlos Retegui
2009–2012	Pablo Lombi
2012–2013	Franco Nicola
2013–2018	Carlos Retegui (2nd cycle)
2018–2020	Germán Orozco
2020–2021	Mariano Ronconi
2021	Carlos Retegui (3rd cycle)
2021–Present	Mariano Ronconi (2nd cycle)

References

^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "Argentina beat Belgium to win first Olympic Games men's hockey gold medal". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
^ "FIH confirms final line-ups for men's Hockey World League Semi-Finals". 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
^ "South American Championships – Final Standings". panamhockey.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Los 18 leones para el mundial 2023". cahockey.org.ar. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
^ "Team Roster Argentina". tms.fih.ch. 13 January 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

External links

[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[2] "Argentina beat Belgium to win first Olympic Games men's hockey gold medal". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

[3] "FIH confirms final line-ups for men's Hockey World League Semi-Finals". 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[4] "South American Championships – Final Standings". panamhockey.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[5] "Los 18 leones para el mundial 2023". cahockey.org.ar. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[6] "Team Roster Argentina". tms.fih.ch. 13 January 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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