Argentina men's national field hockey team

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 fifth in the FIH World Rankings.

Argentina
NicknameLos Leones (The Lions)
AssociationConfederación Argentina de Hockey (CAH)
ConfederationPAHF (Americas)
CoachMariano Ronconi
Assistant coach(es)Javier Braña
Lucas Rey
ManagerMartín Elli
CaptainPedro Ibarra
Most capsMatías Paredes (328)
Top scorerJorge Lombi (341)
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 5 (21 December 2020)[1]
Highest1 (April 2017 – October 2017)
Lowest14 (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances12 (first in 1948)
Best result1st (2016)
World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1971)
Best result3rd (2014)
Pan American Games
Appearances14 (first in 1967)
Best result1st (1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Pan American Cup
Appearances5 (first in 2000)
Best result1st (2004, 2013, 2017)

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 three 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 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.

Los Leones in 2015.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
1908
until
1936
Did not participate
1948 Group stage5th3111512Squad
1952
until
1964
Did not participate
1968 13th place game14th8116422Squad
1972 13th place game14th8035410Squad
1976 Cross-over11th6105615Squad
1980 Withdrew
1984 Did not participate
1988 7th place game8th72141522Squad
1992 11th place game11th72051420Squad
1996 9th place game9th73131619Squad
2000 7th place game8th71241622Squad
2004 11th place game11th71241319Squad
2008 Did not qualify
2012 9th place game10th61141117Squad
2016 Final1st85212517Squad
2020 Qualified
Total1 title12/2474181442129195

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
1971 9th place game10th5005111N/A
1973 9th place game9th723259
1975 11th place game11th73131517
1978 7th place game8th82241218
1982 11th place game12th7106921
1986 5th place game6th7214810
1990 9th place game9th73131515
1994 7th place game7th72321313
1998 Did not qualify
2002 5th place game6th96032318Squad
2006 9th place game10th7214916Squad
2010 7th place game7th63031313Squad
2014 3rd place game3rd75021810Squad
2018 Quarter-finals7th42021211Squad
2023 To be determined
Total3rd place13/1488331243153182

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
2019 5th146354136Squad
2020 QualifiedSquad
TotalBest: 5th146354136

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan
Shah Cup
record
Year Position
20067th
20075th
20081st
20122nd
20183rd
Best result: 1st place

Defunct competitions

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

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 19 February 2020 for the FIH Pro League matches against New Zealand and Australia from 28 February to 7 March 2020.[5]

Head coach: Germán Orozco

Caps updated as of 7 March 2020, after the match against Australia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
1 GK Juan Manuel Vivaldi (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979 282 Banco Provincia
3 GK Emiliano Bosso (1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 4 GEBA

4 DF Juan Catán (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 21 Hurling
5 DF Pedro Ibarra (Captain) (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985 303 San Fernando
13 DF Leandro Tolini (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 69 Gantoise
17 DF Juan Martín López (1985-05-27) 27 May 1985 309 Banco Provincia
18 DF Federico Monja (1993-09-12) 12 September 1993 13 Banco Provincia
24 DF Nicolás Cicileo (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 56 Daring

16 MF Ignacio Ortiz (1987-07-26) 26 July 1987 168 Banco Provincia
28 MF Federico Fernández (1992-02-28) 28 February 1992 47 Tilburg
30 MF Agustín Bugallo (1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 76 HGC

7 FW Nicolás Keenan (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 24 Klein Zwitserland
9 FW Maico Casella (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 70 HGC
12 FW Lucas Vila (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 249 Leuven
15 FW Tomás Domene (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 25 Orée
19 FW Tomás Bettaglio (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 30 Banco Provincia
23 FW Lucas Martínez (1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 71 Dragons
32 FW Martín Ferreiro (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 51 Pinoké

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
GK Tomás Santiago (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 24 Gantoise v.  Netherlands, 16 February 2020

DF Matías Rey (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 210 San Fernando v.  Netherlands, 16 February 2020

MF Agustín Mazzilli (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 225 Pinoké v.  Netherlands, 16 February 2020
MF Santiago Tarazona (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 57 GEBA v.  Spain, 8 February 2020
MF Lucas Rossi (1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 213 Beerschot v.  Belgium, 23 October 2019

FW Mauro Coria (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 1 Mendoza v.  Netherlands, 16 February 2020
FW Facundo Callioni (1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 153 Orée v.  Canada, 29 January 2020
FW Matías Paredes (1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 356 Ducilo 2019 Pan American Games

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–Present Pedro Ibarra

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
2018–2020 Germán Orozco
2020–Present Mariano Ronconi

See also

References

  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. "Los Leones Para Afrontar La FIH Pro League en Oceanía". www.cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Hockey. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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