Argentina national field hockey team

Infobox national field hockey team
name = Argentina


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association = Argentine Hockey Confederation
("Confederación Argentina de Hockey")
confederation = PAHF (America)
coach = Carlos Retegui
assistant = Santiago Capurro
manager = Juan Manuel Grondona
captain = Matias Vila
rank = 7th
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The Argentina national field hockey team represents Argentina in the international field hockey competitions. The team competed in every World Cup since the first edition in 1971, except for the 1998 edition which was held in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Achievements

=Summer Olympics=

*1908 to 1964 – "Did not compete"
*1968 – "Fourteenth place"
*1972 – "Fourteenth place"
*1976 – "Eleventh place"
*1980 – "Did not compete"
*1984 – "Did not compete"
*1988 – "Eighth place"
*1992 – "Eleventh place"
*1996 – "Ninth place"
*2000 – "Eighth place"
*2004 – "Eleventh place"
*2008 – "Did not qualify"

=World Cup=

*1971 – "Tenth place"
*1973 – "Ninth place"
*1975 – "Eleventh place"
*1978 – "Eighth place"
*1982 – "Twelfth place"
*1986 – "Sixth place"
*1990 – "Ninth place"
*1994 – "Seventh place"
*1998 – "Did not compete"
*2002 – "Sixth place"
*2006 – "Tenth place"

=Pan American Games=

*1967 – "Champions"
*1971 – "Champions"
*1975 – "Champions"
*1979 – "Champions"
*1983 – "Runners Up"
*1987 – "Runners Up"
*1991 – "Champions"
*1995 – "Champions"
*1999 – "Runners Up"
*2003 – "Champions"
*2007 – "Runners Up"

=Pan American Cup=

*2000 – "Third place"
*2004 – "Champions"

=Champions Trophy=

*1978 to 1986 – "Did not compete"
*1987 – "Fifth place"
*1988 to 2002 – "Did not compete"
*2003 – "Fifth place"
*2004 to 2005 – "Did not compete"
*2006 – "Sixth place"
*2007 – "Did not compete"
*2008 – "Third place"

=Champions Challenge=

*2001 – "Third place"
*2003 – "Did not compete"
*2005 – "Champions"
*2007 – "Champions"

Famous players

*Jorge Lombi
*Pablo Moreira
*Fernando Ferrara

ee also

*Argentina women's national field hockey team

External links

*es icon [http://www.cahockey.org.ar Confederación Argentina de Hockey] Official site of the Argentine Hockey Confederation