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Mexico
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFederación Deportiva de Mexico de Hockey sobre Hielo
Head coachDiego de la Garma
AssistantsLuis Olivares
CaptainHéctor Majul
Most gamesFernando Ugarte (114)
Top scorerAdrian Cervantes (72)
Most pointsAdrian Cervantes (142)
Team colors     
IIHF codeMEX
Ranking
Current IIHF42 Decrease 5 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF32 (first in 2010)
Lowest IIHF43 (first in 2005)
First international
Belgium  5–0  Mexico
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 10 April 2000)
Biggest win
Mexico  48–0  Armenia
(Mexico City, Mexico; 11 March 2005)
Biggest defeat
Romania  19–0  Mexico
(Bucharest, Romania; 26 March 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances22 (first in 2000)
Best result35th (2008)
Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament
Appearances4 (first in 2014)
Best result 1st (2017)
International record (W–L–T)
54–70–2
Medal record
Pan American Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 2014 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 2015 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 2016 Mexico City

The Mexican national ice hockey team (Spanish: Selección Mexicana de hockey sobre hielo) is the national men's ice hockey team of Mexico. The team is governed by the Mexico Ice Hockey Federation (FDMHSH) (Spanish: Federación Deportiva de Mexico de Hockey sobre Hielo) and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Mexico is currently ranked 35th in the world rankings and compete in the IIHF World Championship Division II Group B.

History

Mexico joined the IIHF on 30 April 1985.[2] They played their first game during the 2000 World Championships, losing to Belgium (5–0).[3] Since then they have participated in every World Championship and are currently in Division II B. It is the only Latin American team that competes in IIHF tournaments. Mexico hosted the Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament from 2014 to 2017, losing to the Canada Selects once (7–0) and to Colombia twice (4–3 and 3–2 in shootout) in the Pan American Tournament final three times. In 2017, Mexico won its first Pan American Tournament, went undefeated 6–0, and defeating Colombia 1–0 in the final.

Tournament record

World Championships

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2000 Iceland Reykjavík 40th place
(7th in Group D)
4 2 2
2001 Romania Bucharest 40th place
(6th in Division II B)
5 0 5
2002 Mexico Mexico City 42nd place
(2nd in Division II Q)
2 0 1* 1
2003 South Korea Seoul 39th place
(6th in Division II A)
5 0 5
2004 Iceland Reykjavík 43rd place
(3rd in Division III)
4 2 1* 1
2005 Mexico Mexico City 41st place
(1st in Division III)
4 4 0
2006 New Zealand Auckland 38th place
(5th in Division II B)
5 1 4
2007 South Korea Seoul 38th place
(5th in Division II B)
4 0 0 0 4
2008 Australia Newcastle 35th place
(4th in Division II B)
5 2 0 0 3
2009 Bulgaria Sofia 37th place
(5th in Division II B)
5 1 0 0 4
2010 Mexico Naucalpan 37th place
(5th in Division II A)
5 1 0 0 4
2011 Australia Melbourne 37th place
(5th in Division II A)
5 1 0 0 4
2012 Bulgaria Sofia 38th place
(4th in Division II B)
5 2 0 1 2
2013 Turkey İzmit 37th place
(3rd in Division II B)
5 3 1 0 1
2014 Spain Jaca 36th place
(2nd in Division II B)
5 4 0 0 1
2015 South Africa Cape Town 37th place
(3rd in Division II B)
5 3 0 1 2
2016 Mexico Mexico City 36th place
(2nd in Division II B)
5 4 0 1 0
2017 New Zealand Auckland 39th place
(5th in Division II B)
5 1 0 0 4
2018 Spain Madrid 39th place
(5th in Division II B)
5 1 0 0 4
2019 Mexico Mexico City 39th place
(5th in Division II B)
5 1 0 1 3
2020 Iceland Reykjavík Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2021 Iceland Reykjavík Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]
2022 Iceland Reykjavík 36th place
(5th in Division II B)
4 0 0 0 4
2023 Turkey Istanbul 40th
(6th in Division II B)
5 0 0 0 5
Total 22/22 102 33 1 6 62

Pan American Tournament

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2014 Mexico Mexico City 2nd place 5 3 0 0 2
2015 Mexico Mexico City 2nd place 5 4 0 1 0
2016 Mexico Mexico City 2nd place 6 5 0 1 0
2017 Mexico Mexico City 1st place 6 6 0 0 0
Total 4/4 22 18 0 2 2

Head-to-head record

Last match update: 15 April 2023

Team Pld W T L GF GA +/–
 Argentina 7 7 0 0 66 4 +62
 Armenia 2 2 0 0 65 0 +65
 Australia 7 0 0 7 12 60 -48
 Belgium 7 0 0 7 8 55 -47
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 31 1 +30
 Bulgaria 10 5 0 5 55 57 -2
 Chile 1 1 0 0 17 0 +17
 China 7 2 0 5 22 27 -5
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1 1 7 -6
 Colombia 6 4 0 2 27 14 +13
 Croatia 1 0 0 1 2 9 -7
 Estonia 1 0 0 1 3 13 -10
 Georgia 2 0 0 2 2 8 -6
 Iceland 5 1 1 3 12 24 -12
 Ireland 2 2 0 0 14 4 +10
 Israel 11 5 0 6 47 41 +6
 Luxembourg 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 1 17 -16
 New Zealand 11 4 1 6 29 40 -11
 North Korea 7 3 0 4 26 21 +5
 Romania 1 0 0 1 0 19 -19
 Serbia 4 1 0 3 5 42 -37
 South Africa 7 5 0 2 22 24 -2
 South Korea 4 0 0 4 6 48 -42
 Spain 8 1 0 7 17 62 -45
 Turkey 7 5 0 2 36 15 +21
Total 126 54 2 70 538 614 -76

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Mexico". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Mexico All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.