The Argentina national field hockey team, (Spanish: Selección masculina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina) plays in sky blue and white jerseys, and is organised by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH, from the Spanish: Confederación Argentina de Hockey).
The team is nickamed Los Leones (The Lions), falling 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 three 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.
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.
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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.
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Honours
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, 2017
- Pan American Games : 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2015
- South American Championship: 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014
Tournament records
Players
Current squad
The following players were called to compete at the 2017 Pan American Cup that will be held between 4 and 12 August 2017 in Lancaster, United States.
Head Coach: Carlos Retegui
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
Past players
Captains
Coaches
Junior team
See also
- Argentina women's national field hockey team
References
External links
- Official website
- FIH profile
Source of article : Wikipedia
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