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"Los Leones" redirects here. For the Spain national rugby union team, see Spain national rugby union team. For the Chilean basketball team, see Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué.

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	Pablo González
Captain	Maico Casella Matías Rey
Most caps	Matías Paredes (356)
Top scorer	Jorge Lombi (341)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	4 (4 October 2026)
Highest	1 (April 2017 – October 2017)
Lowest	14 (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances	13 (first in 1948)
Best result	1st (2016)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1971)
Best result	3rd (2014, 2026)
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 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2014 The Hague 2026 Wavre–Amstelveen 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 2025 Montevideo 2000 Havana 2009 Santiago Champions Trophy 2008 Rotterdam Champions Challenge 2005 Alexandria 2007 Boom 2012 Quilmes 2001 Kuala Lumpur 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 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. 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.

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.

Los Leones in 2015.

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
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	3rd	7	5	0	2	22	11	Squad
Total		3rd place	101	41	15	45	203	206

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	1st	5	5	0	0	41	3
Total		1st place	25	24	1	0	219	14

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

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
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.

Players

Current squad

Main article: Argentina men's national field hockey squad records

Roster for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.

Head coach: Lucas Rey

1. Tomás Santiago (GK)
5. Facundo Zárate
7. Nicolás Keenan
9. Maico Casella (C)
10. Nicolás Della Torre
11. Lucas Toscani
12. Nehuen Hernando (GK)
15. Tomás Ruiz
16. Joaquín Toscani
20. Matías Andreotti
21. Tomás Domene
22. Matías Rey (C)
23. Lucas Martínez
26. Nicolás Cicileo
27. Tadeo Marcucci
28. Ignacio Ibarra
29. Thomas Habif
31. Bautista Capurro
32. Martín Ferreiro
33. Lucio Méndez

Past players

• Mario Almada
• Manuel Brunet
• Maximiliano Caldas
• Facundo Callioni
• Lucas Cammareri
• Matías Cammareri
• Agustín Corradini
• Fernando Falchetto
• Fernando Ferrara
• Marcelo Garraffo
• Juan Ignacio Gilardi
• Juan Pablo Hourquebie
• Isidoro Ibarra
• Pedro Ibarra
• Jorge Lombi
• Juan Martín López
• Luca Masso
• Joaquín Menini
• Pablo Moreira
• Gabriel Minadeo
• Ignacio Ortiz
• Matías Paredes
• Gonzalo Peillat
• Carlos Retegui
• Lucas Rey
• Lucas Rossi
• Juan Manuel Saladino
• Sergio Vigil
• Lucas Vila
• Matías Vila
• Rodrigo Vila
• Juan Manuel Vivaldi
• Fernando Zylberberg

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

Belgium v Argentina

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

India v Argentina

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

Argentina v Belgium

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

India v Argentina

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

England v Argentina

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

Australia v Argentina

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

Argentina v Australia

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

England v Argentina

Argentina v Spain

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

Germany v Argentina

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

Spain v Argentina

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

Germany v Argentina

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

Argentina v Japan

16 August 2026 2026 World Cup Pool A	Argentina	3–0	Japan	Amstelveen, Netherlands
19:00	Toscani  21' Méndez  54' Casella  58'	Report		Stadium: Wagener Stadium

Argentina v Netherlands

18 August 2026 2026 World Cup Pool A	Argentina	1–3	Netherlands	Amstelveen, Netherlands
18:00	Della Torre  11'	Report	Brinkman  7' Reyenga  34' Telgenkamp  42'	Stadium: Wagener Stadium

New Zealand v Argentina

20 August 2026 2026 World Cup Pool A	New Zealand	1–7	Argentina	Amstelveen, Netherlands
12:30	Russell  13'	Report	Domene  22', 43', 60' Capurro  39', 58' Marcucci  48' Keenan  52'	Stadium: Wagener Stadium

England v Argentina

22 August 2026 2026 World Cup Pool E	England	1–3	Argentina	Amstelveen, Netherlands
19:00	Hooper  50'	Report	Domene  26', 36', 58'	Stadium: Wagener Stadium

Argentina v India

24 August 2026 2026 World Cup Pool E	Argentina	5–3	India	Amstelveen, Netherlands
14:45	J. Toscani  1' della Torre  6' Domene  33', 45' L. Toscani  53'	Report	Sukhjeet  10', 58' Hardik  60'	Stadium: Wagener Stadium

Germany v Argentina

28 August 2026 2026 World Cup Semi final	Germany	2–1	Argentina	Wavre, Belgium
20:30	Weigand  33' Kaufmann  54'	Report	Domene  46'	Stadium: Belfius Hockey Arena

Netherlands v Argentina

30 August 2026 2026 World Cup Third place match	Netherlands	1–2	Argentina	Wavre, Belgium
14:00	Middendorp  49'	Report	Domene  41' Rey  59'	Stadium: Belfius Hockey Arena

Argentina v Peru

14 September 2026 2026 ODESUR Pool A	Argentina	22–0	Peru	Santa Fe, Argentina
12:00	Agostini  4', 12', 15', 36', 45' Kovalivker  11', 39' Torrigiani  11', 26', 43', 51' Tarazona  19', 31', 58' Dulor  42' Ruiz  44' Serrano  45' Costa  46', 47' Rodriguez  54' Habif  54' Ferreiro  57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Asociacion Santafesina de Hockey

Brazil v Argentina

16 September 2026 2026 ODESUR Pool A	Brazil	1–4	Argentina	Santa Fe, Argentina
10:00	Imer  26'	Report	Agostini  4', 13' Kovalivker  17' Fernandez  20'	Stadium: Estadio Asociacion Santafesina de Hockey

Chile v Argentina

18 September 2026 2026 ODESUR Pool A	Chile	1–5	Argentina	Santa Fe, Argentina
14:00	Amoroso  30+'	Report	Agostini  3' Tarazona  13' Costa  39' Rodriguez  43' Ferreiro  52'	Stadium: Estadio Asociacion Santafesina de Hockey

Argentina v Uruguay

20 September 2026 2026 ODESUR Pool A	Argentina	7–0	Uruguay	Santa Fe, Argentina
12:00	Rodriguez  7' Serrano  13' Costa  19', 40' Torrigiani  46' Dulor  53' Cicileo  57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Asociacion Santafesina de Hockey

Argentina v Chile

22 September 2026 2026 ODESUR Gold medal match	Argentina	3–1	Chile	Santa Fe, Argentina
13:30	Tarazona  14' Ferreiro  17' Agostini  45'	Report	Contardo  52'	Stadium: Estadio Asociacion Santafesina de Hockey

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile