Argentina Men's National Field Hockey Team

The current coach is Mariano Ronconi, who was appointed after Germán Orozco was let go in 2020. The team is currently sixth in the FIH World Rankings.

Argentina

Nickname(s)	Los Leones (The Lions)
Association	Confederación Argentina de Hockey (CAH)
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach	Mariano Ronconi
Assistant coach(es)	Ezequiel Paulón Matías Vila
Manager	Martín Elli
Captain	Matías Rey
Most caps	Matías Paredes (356)
Top scorer	Jorge Lombi (341)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	7 (12 March 2024)
Highest	1 (April 2017 – October 2017)
Lowest	14 (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances	12 (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

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. 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.

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

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	qualified
Total		13/24	80	20	15	45	140	209

World Cup

FIH World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1971	9th place game	10th	5	0	0	5	1	11	N/A
1973	9th place game	9th	7	2	3	2	5	9
1975	11th place game	11th	7	3	1	3	15	17
1978	7th place game	8th	8	2	2	4	12	18
1982	11th place game	12th	7	1	0	6	9	21
1986	5th place game	6th	7	2	1	4	8	10
1990	9th place game	9th	7	3	1	3	15	15
1994	7th place game	7th	7	2	3	2	13	13
1998	did not qualify
2002	5th place game	6th	9	6	0	3	23	18	Squad
2006	9th place game	10th	7	2	1	4	9	16	Squad
2010	7th place game	7th	6	3	0	3	13	13	Squad
2014	3rd place game	3rd	7	5	0	2	18	10	Squad
2018	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	12	11	Squad
2023	Classification round	9th	6	3	3	0	28	13	Squad
Total	3rd place	14/15	94	36	15	43	181	195

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 Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA   2000 3rd place game 3rd 7 5 1 1 68 5   2004 Final 1st 7 7 0 0 68 3   2009 3rd place game 3rd 5 4 0 1 40 4   2013 Final 1st 5 5 0 0 62 2   2017 Final 1st 5 5 0 0 37 3   2022 Final 1st 4 4 0 0 23 5 Total 4 titles 6/6 33 26 1 2 298 22

South American Games South American Games record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA   2006 Final 1st 5 4 1 0 37 0   2014 Final 1st 6 6 0 0 66 8   2018 Final 1st 5 5 0 0 26 2   2022 Final 1st 5 5 0 0 49 1 Total 3 titles 4/4 21 20 1 0 178 11

South American Championship South American Championship 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

FIH Pro League

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Defunct competitions

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.

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.

Head coach: Mariano Ronconi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Tomás Santiago	(1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 31)	46	Gantoise
4	DF	Juan Catán	(1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 28)	45	Hurling Club
5	DF	Facundo Zárate	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 23)	12	Jockey Club Córdoba
7	FW	Nicolás Keenan	(1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 26)	52	Klein Zwitserland
9	FW	Maico Casella	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 26)	101	HGC
10	FW	Martín Ferreiro	(1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 26)	75	Crefelder HTC
11	FW	Lucas Toscani	(1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 24)	28	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
12	FW	Lucas Vila	(1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 37)	270	Banco Provincia
14	MF	Nicolás Della Torre	(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 34)	71	Dragons
16	DF	Nicolás Cicileo	(1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 30)	87	Herakles
17	DF	Santiago Tarazona	(1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 27)	92	GEBA
18	DF	Federico Monja	(1993-09-12) 12 September 1993 (age 30)	44	Banco Provincia
21	FW	Tomas Domene	(1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 26)	46	Orée
22	DF	Matías Rey (Captain)	(1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 39)	253	San Fernando
26	MF	Agustín Mazzilli	(1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 (age 34)	241	Braxgata
29	MF	Thomas Habif	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 27)	42	Harvestehuder THC
30	MF	Agustín Bugallo	(1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 28)	106	Club de Campo
32	GK	Emiliano Bosso	(1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 (age 28)	11	TSV Mannheim

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Leandro Tolini	(1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 (age 34)	90	Tilburg	v.   England, 20 February 2022
DF	Agustín Machelett	(1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 29)	5	Tenis	v.   Belgium, 12 February 2022
MF	Diego Paz	(1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 31)	49	Lille	v.   India, 20 March 2022
MF	Joaquín Puglisi	(1995-10-23) 23 October 1995 (age 28)	2	Club de Campo	v.   India, 20 March 2022
FW	Lucas Martínez	(1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 (age 30)	93	Dragons	v.   India, 20 March 2022

Past players

Captains

Coaches