Argentina

Nickname(s)	Los Leones (The Lions)
Association	Confederación Argentina de Hockey (CAH)
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach	Lucas Rey
Assistant coach(es)	Lucas Cammareri Daniel García
Manager	Martín Elli
Captain	Matías Rey
Most caps	Matías Paredes (356)
Top scorer	Jorge Lombi (341)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	7 (19 December 2024)[1]
Highest	1 (April 2017 – October 2017)
Lowest	14 (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances	13 (first in 1948)
Best result	1st (2016)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1971)
Best result	3rd (2014)
Pan American Games
Appearances	15 (first in 1967)
Best result	1st (1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
Pan American Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2000)
Best result	1st (2004, 2013, 2017, 2022)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2014 The Hague Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Team 1971 Cali Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1979 San Juan Team 1991 Havana Team 1995 Mar del Plata Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima Team 2023 Santiago Team 1983 Caracas Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 1999 Winnipeg Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Pan American Cup 2004 London 2013 Brampton 2017 Lancaster 2022 Santiago 2000 Havana 2009 Santiago Champions Trophy 2008 Rotterdam Hockey World League 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team South American Games 2006 Buenos Aires Team 2014 Santiago Team 2018 Cochabamba Team 2022 Asunción Team South American Championship 2003 Santiago 2008 Montevideo 2010 Rio de Janeiro 2013 Santiago

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 Lucas Rey, who was appointed after Mariano Ronconi let go after the 2024 Summer Olympics. 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 eleven 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]

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.

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	8th	6	2	2	2	10	9	Squad
2028	Los Angeles, United States	to be determined
2032	Brisbane, Australia
Total		1st place	86	22	17	47	150	218

Men's FIH Hockey World Cup record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	Barcelona, Spain	10th	5	0	0	5	1	11	—
1973	Amstelveen, Netherlands	9th	7	2	3	2	5	9
1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	11th	7	3	1	3	15	17
1978	Buenos Aires, Argentina	8th	8	2	2	4	12	18
1982	Mumbai, India	12th	7	1	0	6	9	21
1986	London, England	6th	7	2	1	4	8	10
1990	Lahore, Pakistan	9th	7	3	1	3	15	15
1994	Sydney, Australia	7th	7	2	3	2	13	13
1998	Utrecht, Netherlands	did not qualify
2002	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6th	9	6	0	3	23	18	Squad
2006	Mönchengladbach, Germany	10th	7	2	1	4	9	16	Squad
2010	New Delhi, India	7th	6	3	0	3	13	13	Squad
2014	The Hague, Netherlands	3rd	7	5	0	2	18	10	Squad
2018	Bhubaneswar, India	7th	4	2	0	2	12	11	Squad
2023	Odisha, India	9th	6	3	3	0	28	13	Squad
2026	Wavre, Belgium Amstelveen, Netherlands	to be determined
Total		3rd place	94	36	15	43	181	195

Pan American Championships

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 2023 1st Best result: 1st place

Pan American Cup Pan American Cup record Year Host Position Pld W D L GF GA 2000 Havana, Cuba 3rd 7 5 1 1 68 5 2004 London, Canada 1st 7 7 0 0 68 3 2009 Santiago, Chile 3rd 5 4 0 1 40 4 2013 Brampton, Canada 1st 5 5 0 0 62 2 2017 Lancaster, United States 1st 5 5 0 0 37 3 2022 Santiago, Chile 1st 4 4 0 0 23 5 2025 Montevideo, Uruguay qualified Total 1st place 33 26 1 2 298 22

South American Games South American Games record Year Host Position Pld W D L GF GA 2006 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st 5 4 1 0 37 0 2014 Santiago, Chile 1st 6 6 0 0 66 8 2018 Cochabamba, Bolivia 1st 5 5 0 0 26 2 2022 Asunción, Paraguay 1st 5 5 0 0 49 1 2026 Santa Fe, Argentina qualified Total 1st place 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

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 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 Final 5 3 0 2 13 8 2016–17 2nd Semifinal 7 5 1 1 26 14 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.

The following 24 players were named on 2 December 2024 for the FIH Pro League matches against England and Ireland from 10 to 15 December 2024 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.^[5]

Caps are correct as of 4 August 2024, after the match against Germany.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
12	GK	Nehuen Hernando	(2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 (age 24)	13	Old Club
25	GK	Joaquin Ruiz	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 20)	0	Mitre
2		Agustín Machelett	(1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 29)	24	Ducilo
4	DF	Juan Catán	(1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 29)	84	TSV Mannheim
5	DF	Facundo Zárate	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24)	25	Jockey Club Córdoba
17	DF	Santiago Tarazona	(1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28)	125	TSV Mannheim
19	DF	Lautaro Domene	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 23)	0	Orée
22	MF	Matías Rey (Captain)	(1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 40)	292	San Fernando
27	MF	Tadeo Marcucci	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 23)	38	Lomas
28	MF	Ignacio Ibarra	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 24)	6	Ducilo
29	MF	Thomas Habif	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 28)	81	Mannheimer HC
30	MF	Agustín Bugallo	(1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 29)	135	Mitre
41	MF	Iñaki Minadeo	(2003-06-09) 9 June 2003 (age 21)	8	Banco Provincia
7	FW	Nicolás Keenan	(1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 27)	86	Klein Zwitserland
8	FW	Tobías Martins	(1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 26)	28	Ducilo
21	FW	Tomas Domene	(1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 27)	83	Waterloo Ducks
23	FW	Lucas Martínez	(1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 (age 31)	138	Dragons
31	FW	Bautista Capurro	(2003-10-22) 22 October 2003 (age 21)	28	Ciudad
33	FW	Lucio Mendez	(2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 24)	5	Orée
15		Tomás Ruiz	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 20)	3	Mitre
20		Matias Andreotti	(2005-03-09) 9 March 2005 (age 19)	0	Ba. Na. De.
32		Bruno Correa	(2004-05-18) 18 May 2004 (age 20)	0	Ducilo
38		Agustin Bonanno	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 (age 21)	0	San Fernando
55		Felipe Merlini	(1999-10-29) 29 October 1999 (age 25)	5	San Fernando

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 (age 32)	85	Herakles	2024 Summer Olympics
DF	Federico Monja	(1993-09-12) 12 September 1993 (age 31)	85	Atlètic Terrassa	2024 Summer Olympics
MF	Agustín Mazzilli	(1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 (age 35)	276	Lomas	2024 Summer Olympics
MF	Nicolás Della Torre	(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34)	114	Dragons	2024 Summer Olympics
FW	Maico Casella	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 27)	140	Gantoise	2024 Summer Olympics
FW	Lucas Toscani	(1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 25)	65	Klein Zwitserland	2024 Summer Olympics

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