The Argentina national field hockey team represents Argentina in international field hockey competitions.[1]
The team won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup, being ranked 11th in the FIH World Rankings. They have also won bronze 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.
Players
Current squad
The following players were called to compete at the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League Final that took place from 28 November to 6 December 2015 in Raipur, India.
Head Coach: Carlos Retegui
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
Past players
Coaches
Honours
- Champions Challenge I (3): 2005, 2007, 2012
- Sultan Azlan Shah Cup (1): 2008
- Pan American Cup (2): 2004, 2013
- Pan American Games (8): 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2015
- South American Championship (6): 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014
Tournament history
Senior team
| World Cup[2] |
| 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[4] |
| 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[6] |
| 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 |
Qualified |
| 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[10] |
| 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 |
India |
TBD |
|
| Pan American Junior Championship[11] |
| 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 |
|
See also
References
External links
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