Argentina men's national field hockey team

Argentina
Argentina
Nickname Los Leones (The Lions)
Association Confederación Argentina de Hockey (CAH)
Confederation PAHF (Americas)
Coach Carlos Retegui
Assistant coach Javier Braña
Mariano Ronconi
Manager Alejandro Doherty
Captain Pedro Ibarra
Most caps Jorge Lombi (268)
Top scorer Jorge Lombi (341)
FIH ranking 6 Decrease
First kit
Second kit

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 GK Juan Manuel Vivaldi (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979 175 Argentina Banco Provincia
13 GK Julián Sabaz 8 Argentina Banfield
2 DF Gonzalo Peillat (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 72 Netherlands HGC
4 DF Juan Ignacio Gilardi (1981-11-14) 14 November 1981 92 Argentina San Fernando
5 DF Pedro Ibarra (c) (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985 183 Argentina San Fernando
22 DF Matías Rey (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 112 Spain R. C. Polo
27 DF Lucas Rossi (1985-06-02) 2 June 1985 146 Argentina Banco Provincia
8 MF Lucas Rey (1982-10-11) 11 October 1982 196 Argentina San Fernando
10 MF Matías Paredes (1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 256 Argentina Ducilo
15 MF Diego Paz (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 11 Argentina Ciudad de Buenos Aires
16 MF Ignacio Ortiz (1987-07-26) 26 July 1987 58 Argentina Banco Provincia
17 MF Juan Martín López (1985-05-27) 27 May 1985 185 Argentina Banco Provincia
21 MF Felipe Oleastro 6 Argentina Santa Bárbara
24 MF Manuel Brunet (1985-11-16) 16 November 1985 119 Belgium Royal Daring
11 FW Joaquín Menini (1991-08-18) 18 August 1991 33 Spain Club de Campo
12 FW Lucas Vila (1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 148 Spain Club de Campo
14 FW Luca Masso (1994-07-17) 17 July 1994 0 Belgium Waterloo Ducks HC
26 FW Agustín Mazzilli (1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 132 Belgium Royal Leopold

Recent call-ups

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
30 GK Joaquín Berthold (1980-03-16) 16 March 1980 Argentina SAG
31 GK Agustín Abratte (1985-12-16) 16 December 1985 7 Argentina Ducilo
6 DF Nicolás Cicileo (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 0 Argentina Ciudad de Buenos Aires
14 MF Pablo Trevisán (1986-07-05) 5 July 1986 8 Argentina San Fernando
20 MF Isidoro Ibarra (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 Argentina San Fernando
7 FW Facundo Callioni (1985-10-09) 9 October 1985 104 Belgium Royal Orée THB
13 FW Lucas Martínez (1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 18 Argentina Mitre
19 FW Nicolás Della Torre (1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 Argentina Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Past players

Coaches

Period Name
???–1983 Juan Carlos Duré
1983–1991 Luis Ciancia
1991–1996 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–present Carlos Retegui

Honours

Tournament history

Senior team

World Cup[2]
Year Host city Position
1971 Spain Barcelona, Spain 10th
1973 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 9th
1975 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11th
1978 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 8th
1982 India Bombay, India 12th
1986 England London, England 6th
1990 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan 9th
1994 Australia Sydney, Australia 7th
1998 Netherlands Utrecht, Netherlands DNQ
2002 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6th
2006 Germany Mönchengladbach, Germany 10th
2010 India New Delhi, India 7th
2014 Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands 3rd
2018 India India TBD
Pan American Cup[3]
Year Host city Position
2000 Cuba Havana, Cuba 3rd
2004 Canada London, Canada 1st
2009 Chile Santiago, Chile 3rd
2013 Canada Brampton, Canada 1st
2017 United States Lancaster, United States Qualified
Pan American Games[4]
Year Host city Position
1967 Canada Winnipeg, Canada 1st
1971 Colombia Cali, Colombia 1st
1975 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 1st
1979 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st
1983 Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela 2nd
1987 United States Indianapolis, United States 2nd
1991 Cuba Havana, Cuba 1st
1995 Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina 1st
1999 Canada Winnipeg, Canada 2nd
2003 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st
2007 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd
2011 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico 1st
2015 Canada Toronto, Canada 1st
2019 Peru Lima, Peru TBD
South American Championship / South American Games[5]
Year Host city Position
2003 Chile Santiago, Chile 1st
2006 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st
2008 Uruguay Montevideo, Uruguay 1st
2010 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st
2013 Chile Santiago, Chile 1st
2014 Chile Santiago, Chile 1st
Olympic Games[6]
Year Host city Position
1968 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 14th
1972 West Germany Munich, West Germany 14th
1976 Canada Montreal, Canada 11th
1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union N/A
1984 United States Los Angeles, United States DNQ
1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea 8th
1992 Spain Barcelona, Spain 11th
1996 United States Atlanta, United States 9th
2000 Australia Sydney, Australia 8th
2004 Greece Athens, Greece 11th
2008 China Beijing, China DNQ
2012 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 10th
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Qualified
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan TBD
World League[7]
Year Round Host city Position
2012–13 Round 2 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st
Semifinals Malaysia Johor Bahru, Malaysia 2nd
Final India New Delhi, India 8th
2014–15 Semifinals Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd
Final India Raipur, India 5th
2016–17 Semifinals Argentina Argentina Qualified
Champions Trophy[8]
Year Host city Position
1987 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 5th
2003 Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands 5th
2006 Spain Terrassa, Spain 6th
2008 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands 3rd
2014 India Bhubaneswar, India 6th
2018 Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands TBD
Champions Challenge I[9]
Year Host city Position
2001 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd
2003 South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa DNQ
2005 Egypt Alexandria, Egypt 1st
2007 Belgium Boom, Belgium 1st
2009 Argentina Salta, Argentina 4th
2011 South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa 4th
2012 Argentina Quilmes, Argentina 1st
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
Year Host city Position
2008 Malaysia Ipoh, Malaysia 1st
2012 Malaysia Ipoh, Malaysia 2nd

Junior team

Junior World Cup
Year Host city Position
1979 France Versailles, France 6th
1982 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia DNQ
1985 Canada Vancouver, Canada 7th
1989 Malaysia Ipoh, Malaysia 5th[10]
1993 Spain Terrassa, Spain 6th
1997 England Milton Keynes, England 6th
2001 Australia Hobart, Australia 2nd
2005 Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands 1st
2009 Malaysia Johor Bahru, Malaysia & Singapore Singapore 6th
2013 India New Delhi, India 11th
2016 India India TBD
Pan American Junior Championship[11]
Year Host city Position
1978 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 1st
1981 Chile Santiago, Chile 1st
1985 United States Orlando, United States 1st
1988 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st
1992 Cuba Havana, Cuba 1st
1996 Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados 1st
2000 Chile Santiago, Chile 1st
2005 Cuba Havana, Cuba 1st
2008 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st
2012 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico 1st
Pan American Youth Championship
Year Host city Position
2010 Mexico Hermosillo, Mexico 1st[12]
2014 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st

See also

References

External links

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