Colombia men's national ice hockey team

Colombia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Hockey Sobre Hielo
Head coachSam Uisprapassorn
AssistantsRich Garvey
Most gamesJulio Lemoine (53)
Top scorerKevin Medina (46)
Most pointsKevin Medina (88)
Team colors     
IIHF codeCOL
Ranking
Current IIHFNR (27 May 2024)[1]
First international
Colombia  11–1  Argentina
(Mexico City, Mexico; 2 March 2014)
Biggest win
Colombia  16–3  Portugal
(Füssen, Germany; 4 May 2022)
Biggest defeat
Jamaica  12–0  Colombia
(Coral Springs, United States; 14 October 2021)
Chile  13–1  Colombia
(Coral Springs, United States; 22 August 2024)
IIHF Development Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2022)
Best result 1st (2022)
Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament
Appearances4 (first in 2014)
Best result 1st (2015, 2016)
Amerigol LATAM Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best result 1st (2018, 2021)
Amerigol LATAM Cup Spring Classic
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultSemifinal loss (2022)
International record (W–L–T)
38–19–2
Medal record
Pan American Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2015 Mexico City, Mexico
Gold medal – first place 2016 Mexico City, Mexico
Silver medal – second place 2017 Mexico City, Mexico
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Mexico City, Mexico
Amerigol LATAM Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Coral Springs, USA Division I
Gold medal – first place 2021 Coral Springs, USA Division I
Silver medal – second place 2019 Coral Springs, USA Division I
IIHF Development Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Füssen, Germany
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bratislava, Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bratislava, Slovakia

The Colombia national ice hockey team (Spanish: Selección de hockey sobre hielo de Colombia) is the national men's ice hockey team of Colombia, is controlled by the Colombian Ice Hockey Federation, and on 26 September 2019, became an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Colombia is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and has not entered in any IIHF World Championship events. They are working on the women's national ice hockey team and have participated in the Amerigol LATAM Cup some years and other tournaments like the Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament.

History

Colombia made its debut on 2 March 2014, and played its first game against Argentina at the 2014 Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament being held in Mexico City.[2] Colombia was one of five teams to participate in the tournament, which included Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and a selection team from Canada.[2] After winning their opening game of the tournament against Argentina, The team had two straight losses to Canada and Mexico.[3] They completed the round robin off with a 14–0 win over Brazil.[4] They were drawn against Argentina for the bronze medal match, which they went on to a 9–1 win.[3][5]

On 13 September 2022, Colombia played a friendly match against Argentina at the NHL's Florida Panthers home ice arena, the FLA Live Arena, in Sunrise, Florida, before the 2022 Amerigol LATAM Cup began. They completed with a 7–3 win over Argentina.[6]

Tournament record

Pan American Tournament

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2014 Mexico Mexico City 3rd place 5 3 0 0 2
2015 1st place 5 4 1 0 0
2016 1st place 6 4 1 0 1
2017 2nd place 6 4 0 0 2
Total 4/4 22 15 2 0 5

Amerigol LATAM Cup

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2018 United States Coral Springs 1st place 6 6 0 0 0
2019 2nd place
(Division I)		 6 4 0 0 2
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 1st place
(Division I)		 5 3 0 0 2
2022 4th place
(Division I)		 6 3 0 0 3
2023 Did not participate in Division I
Total 4/5 23 16 0 0 7

Amerigol LATAM Cup Spring Classic

Year Host Result Pld W T L
2022 United States Dallas Semifinal Loss 5 2 0 3
Total 0/1 5 3 0 3

IIHF Development Cup

Year Host Result Pld W T L
2022 Germany Füssen 1st place 5 4 1 0
2023 Slovakia Bratislava 3rd place 4 2 0 2
2024 Slovakia Bratislava 3rd place 6 4 0 2
Total 3/3 15 10 1 4

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 27 April 2024[7]

Team Pld W T L GF GA +/–
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 11 1 +10
 Andorra 1 1 0 0 8 3 +5
 Argentina 14 12 0 2 76 38 +38
 Brazil 11 9 1 1 65 16 +49
 Chile 2 2 0 0 17 2 +15
 Egypt 1 0 0 1 2 8 -6
 Greece 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8
 Ireland 3 1 1 1 10 16 -6
 Jamaica 3 0 0 3 2 20 -18
 Lebanon 2 1 0 1 9 11 -2
 Liechtenstein 2 1 0 1 6 11 -5
 Mexico 6 2 0 4 14 27 -13
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 32 10 +22
 Puerto Rico 4 1 0 3 8 11 -3
 Venezuela 5 4 0 1 35 11 +24
Total 59 38 2 19 303 185 +118

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Tuniz, Davide (3 March 2014). "Mexico and Colombia won in Pan-American Tournament open". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Games from Pan-American Tournament". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Pan-American Tournament". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. ^ Tuniz, Davide (10 March 2014). "Canada wins Pan-American Tournament". European Ice Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  6. ^ Douglas, William (14 September 2022). "LATAM Cup exhibition game at Panthers home was 'fun dream' for players". NHL.com.
  7. ^ "Ice Hockey in Colombia". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 29 August 2023.