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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 (2 August 2026)
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	7 (first in 2000)
Best result	1st (2004, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2025)
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Cup
Pan American Games
Pan American Cup
Champions Trophy
Champions Challenge
Hockey World League
South American Games
South American Championship

The Argentina men's 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 fourth 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]

History

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.

Competitive record

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

World Cup

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	N/a
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	qualified
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
2027	Qualified
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	1st	5	5	0	0	47	1
Total		1st place	38	31	1	2	345	23

South American Championships

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	4	4	0	0	49	1
2026	Santa Fe, Argentina	qualified
Total		1st place	20	19	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

FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record
Season	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019	5th	14	6	3	5	41	36	Squad
2020–21	7th	12	2	4	6	26	35	Squad
2021–22	5th	16	6	4	6	31	35	Squad
2022–23	8th	16	3	6	7	28	36	Squad
2023–24	4th	16	7	5	4	39	35	Squad
2024–25	6th	16	7	2	7	28	32	Squad
2025–26	5th	16	6	4	6	45	41	Squad
Total	Best: 4th	106	37	28	41	238	250

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
2006	7th
2007	5th
2008	1st
2012	2nd
2018	3rd
Best result: 1st place

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	did not participate
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
2014–15	5th	Final	5	3	0	2	13	8
2016–17	2nd	Semifinal	7	5	1	1	26	14
2016–17	2nd	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.

Players

Current squad

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 26)	13	Old Club
25	GK	Joaquin Ruiz	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 22)	0	Mitre

2		Agustín Machelett	(1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 31)	24	Ducilo
4	DF	Juan Catán	(1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 30)	84	TSV Mannheim
5	DF	Facundo Zárate	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 26)	25	Jockey Club Córdoba
17	DF	Santiago Tarazona	(1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 30)	125	TSV Mannheim
19	DF	Lautaro Domene	(2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 25)	0	Orée

22	MF	Matías Rey (Captain)	(1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 41)	292	San Fernando
27	MF	Tadeo Marcucci	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 25)	38	Lomas
28	MF	Ignacio Ibarra	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 26)	6	Ducilo
29	MF	Thomas Habif	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 30)	81	Mannheimer HC
30	MF	Agustín Bugallo	(1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 31)	135	Mitre
41	MF	Iñaki Minadeo	(2003-06-09) 9 June 2003 (age 23)	8	Banco Provincia

7	FW	Nicolás Keenan	(1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 29)	86	Klein Zwitserland
8	FW	Tobías Martins	(1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 28)	28	Ducilo
21	FW	Tomas Domene	(1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 28)	83	Waterloo Ducks
23	FW	Lucas Martínez	(1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 (age 32)	138	Dragons
31	FW	Bautista Capurro	(2003-10-22) 22 October 2003 (age 22)	28	Ciudad
33	FW	Lucio Méndez	(2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 25)	5	Orée

15		Tomás Ruiz	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 22)	3	Mitre
20		Matias Andreotti	(2005-03-09) 9 March 2005 (age 21)	0	Ba. Na. De.
32		Bruno Correa	(2004-05-18) 18 May 2004 (age 22)	0	Ducilo
38		Agustin Bonanno	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 (age 23)	0	San Fernando
55		Felipe Merlini	(1999-10-29) 29 October 1999 (age 26)	5	San Fernando

Recent call-ups

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 34)	85	Herakles	2024 Summer Olympics

DF	Federico Monja	(1993-09-12) 12 September 1993 (age 32)	85	Atlètic Terrassa	2024 Summer Olympics

MF	Agustín Mazzilli	(1989-06-20) 20 June 1989 (age 37)	276	Lomas	2024 Summer Olympics
MF	Nicolás Della Torre	(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990 (age 36)	114	Dragons	2024 Summer Olympics

FW	Maico Casella	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 29)	140	Gantoise	2024 Summer Olympics
FW	Lucas Toscani	(1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 26)	65	Klein Zwitserland	2024 Summer Olympics

Captains

Period	Captain
2000–2004	Pablo Moreira
2005–2006	Germán Orozco
2007–2008	Mario Almada
2008–2013	Matías Vila
2013–2014	Lucas Rey
2014–2015	Matías Paredes
2015–2021	Pedro Ibarra
2021–Present	Maico Casella Agustín Mazzilli Matías Rey

Coaches

Period	Name
???–1983	Juan Carlos Duré
1983–1990	Luis Ciancia
1991–1992	Jorge Ruiz
1993–1996	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
2013–2018	Carlos Retegui (2nd cycle)
2018–2020	Germán Orozco
2020–2021	Mariano Ronconi
2021	Carlos Retegui (3rd cycle)
2021–2024	Mariano Ronconi (2nd cycle)
2024–Present	Lucas Rey

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2026

10 February 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Belgium	5–3	Argentina	Rourkela, India
19:30	Boon 15', 30', 58' Hellin 32' Hendrickx 53'	Report	Domene 2', 24' Della Torre 9'	Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium

12 February 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	India	0–8	Argentina	Rourkela, India
19:30		Report	Ruiz 14' Domene 15', 20', 26', 60' Mendez 22' Ibarra 25' della Torre 30'	Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium

13 February 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Argentina	2–5	Belgium	Rourkela, India
19:30	Domene 19' Rey 45'	Report	Sloover 36' Biekens 39' Hendrickx 49', 54' Duvekot 55'	Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium

15 February 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	India	2–4	Argentina	Rourkela, India
19:30	Aditya 50' Sanjay 59'	Report	Domene 18' Marcucci 28', 49' Mendez 43'	Stadium: Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium

13 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	5–0	Argentina	London, England
12:30	Croft 18', 51' Ward 41' Bandurak 47' Sorsby 58'	Report		Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

17 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Australia	1–2	Argentina	London, England
17:00	Willott 29'	Report	Domene 40', 57'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

18 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Argentina	2–3	Australia	London, England
17:00	T. Domene 2' L. Domene 6'	Report	Ephraums 26', 59' Craig 50'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

20 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	England	1–1 (3–1 p)	Argentina	London, England
12:30	Bandurak 45'	Report	Domene 50'	Stadium: Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
	Penalties
	Calnan Albery Rushmere		Mendez Domene Toscani Martins

23 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Argentina	2–3	Spain	Berlin, Germany
17:30	T. Domene 7' Della Torre 46'	Report	Basterra 22' Recasens 27' Cunill 33'	Stadium: Ernst-Reuter Sportfeld

24 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Germany	2–1	Argentina	Berlin, Germany
20:30	Weigand 26', 59'	Report	Ferreiro 45'	Stadium: Ernst-Reuter Sportfeld

26 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Spain	4–4 (1–3 p)	Argentina	Berlin, Germany
17:30	Basterra 24', 25' Álvarez 34', 57'	Report	T. Domene 1', 39' Della Torre 43' Tarazona 58'	Stadium: Ernst-Reuter Sportfeld
	Penalties
	Gispert Bonastre Miralles Font		Méndez Ferreiro T. Domene T. Domene Toscani

27 June 2026 2025–26 Men's FIH Pro League	Germany	4–4 (2–1 p)	Argentina	Berlin, Germany
13:30	Schwarzhaupt 11' Brilla 13' Weigand 55', 60'	Report	Della Torre 15' T. Domene 28', 34' Ferreiro 41'	Stadium: Ernst-Reuter Sportfeld
	Penalties
	Struthoff Weigand Hayner Prinz		T. Domene Ibarra L. Toscani Ferreiro J. Toscani

2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

16 August 2026 Pool A	Argentina	v	Japan	Amstelveen, Netherlands
19:00				Stadium: Wagener Stadium

18 August 2026 Pool A	Argentina	v	Netherlands	Amstelveen, Netherlands
18:00				Stadium: Wagener Stadium

20 August 2026 Pool A	New Zealand	v	Argentina	Amstelveen, Netherlands
12:30				Stadium: Wagener Stadium

References

↑ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
↑ "Argentina beat Belgium to win first Olympic Games men's hockey gold medal". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
↑ "FIH confirms final line-ups for men's Hockey World League Semi-Finals". 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
↑ "South American Championships – Final Standings". panamhockey.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
↑ "Los Leones Convocados Para La Pro League De Diciembre". cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Argentine Hockey Confederation. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

External links

[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.

[2] "Argentina beat Belgium to win first Olympic Games men's hockey gold medal". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

[3] "FIH confirms final line-ups for men's Hockey World League Semi-Finals". 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[4] "South American Championships – Final Standings". panamhockey.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[5] "Los Leones Convocados Para La Pro League De Diciembre". cahockey.org.ar (in Spanish). Argentine Hockey Confederation. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

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