Summer Olympics

Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

Field hockey was introduced at the Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Games in London, with six teams, including four from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....

• 1908
  1908 Summer Olympics
  The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...
  
   to 1964
  1964 Summer Olympics
  The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
  
   – 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

Hockey World Cup

The Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation . The tournament was started in 1971...

• 1971
  1971 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 1971 Hockey World Cup for men was the inaugural tournament of the Hockey World Cup. It was held from October 15 to October 24. Pakistan defeated the host team with a 1–0 victory to lift the trophy.-Pool A:...
  
   – Tenth place
• 1973 – Ninth place
• 1975 – Eleventh place
• 1978 – Eighth place
• 1982 – Twelfth place
• 1986 – Sixth place
• 1990
  1990 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 1990 Hockey World Cup was the seventh instalment of the Men's Hockey World Cup. It was held in Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. It ran from February 12 to February 23. The Netherlands won over the the home side 3-1 in the final with Australia beating out Germany for third place in extra...
  
   – Ninth place
• 1994
  1994 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 1994 Hockey World Cup for men held from November 23 to December 4, 1994. Pakistan defeated the Netherlands 1–1 to lift the trophy.-Pool A:-Pool B:-Eleventh and twelfth place classification:-Ninth and tenth place classification:...
  
   – Seventh place
• 1998
  1998 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 9th Hockey World Cup held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The competition was held from June 20 — July 1. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to...
  
   – Did not compete
• 2002
  2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 2002 Hockey World Cup for men is the 10th tournament of the Hockey World Cup, held from February 24 to March 9, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
  
   – Sixth place
• 2006
  2006 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 2006 Hockey World Cup for men is the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup. It held from September 6 to September 17, 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany....
  
   – Tenth place
• 2010
  2010 Men's Hockey World Cup
  The 2010 Hockey World Cup was the twelfth installment of the Men's Hockey World Cup. On November 14, 2007, the International Hockey Federation announced that the championship would be held in India, taking place over two weeks from February 28 to March 13, 2010 at New Delhi's Dhyan Chand National...
  
   – Seventh place

Pan American Games

Hockey at the Pan American Games

Argentina and Canada have dominated the men's field hockey tournament at the Pan American Games since its inception in 1967. In the sport of field hockey, the Pan American Games also serve as a qualifying event for the Summer Olympics in the following year, with the winner earning an automatic...

• 1967
  1967 Pan American Games
  The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967.Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the fourth Pan American Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago. It lost to São Paulo, Brazil...
  
   – Champions
• 1971
  1971 Pan American Games
  The 6th Pan American Games were held in Cali, Colombia, from July 30 to August 13, 1971. The then called "Salsa World Capital", located at the foot of the Andes Mountains, hosted a total of 2,935 athletes from 32 countries, who participated in seventeen sports...
  
   – Champions
• 1975
  1975 Pan American Games
  The 7th Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the 2nd Pan American Games were held there...
  
   – Champions
• 1979
  1979 Pan American Games
  The 8th Pan American Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979. The capital of Puerto Rico played host to 3,700 athletes from 34 countries competing in 22 sports, making the VIII Pan American Games the largest to date. Security was a concern due to turmoil over the...
  
   – Champions
• 1983
  1983 Pan American Games
  The ninth Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing...
  
   – Runners Up
• 1987
  1987 Pan American Games
  The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from 7 August to 23 August 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas competed in 30 sports earning...
  
   – Runners Up
• 1991
  1991 Pan American Games
  The 11th Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were a total number of 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the PASO community, with events held in 32 different sports...
  
   – Champions
• 1995
  Hockey at the 1995 Pan American Games
  The Field Hockey Tournament at the 1995 Pan American Games was held from March 12 to March 25 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. It served as a qualification tournament for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The number one earned a ticket for the Olympic tournament...
  
   – Champions
• 1999
  Hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games
  The Field Hockey Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held on the pitch of the Kildonan East College near Winnipeg, Canada, from Saturday July 24 to Wednesday August 4. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-Umpires: Xavier Adell Cameron...
  
   – Runners Up
• 2003
  Hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games
  The Field Hockey Tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in Santo Domingo Stadium, from August 1 to August 17. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The number one earned a ticket for the Olympic tournament...
  
   – Champions
• 2007 – Runners Up

Pan American Cup

Pan American Cup

The Pan American Cup is an international men's and women's field hockey competition organised by Pan American Hockey Federation . The tournament is started in 2000 for men's competition and women's competition started year later...

• 2000 – Third place
• 2004 – Champions
• 2009
  2009 Men's Pan American Cup
  The 2009 Men's Pan American Cup is the third tournament of the Pan American Cup for men. It was held in Santiago, Chile from March 7 to March 15, 2009. The tournament will also double as the qualification to the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup. Canada earned an automatic spot for 2010 World Cup after...
  
   – Third place

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
  2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
  The 2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 30th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men. It was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from June 21 to June 29, 2008.-Participating nations:...
  
   – Third place

Champions Challenge

• 2001 – Third place
• 2003 – Did not compete
• 2005 – Champions
• 2007
  2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge
  The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was the fourth edition of the bi-annual Champions Challenge. It took place in Boom, Belgium from June 23 to July 1, 2007....
  
   – Champions

Famous players

• Jorge Lombi
  Jorge Lombi
  Jorge Maximiliano Lombi Etulain is a field hockey player from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1991 in a friendly against Spain. He's the penalty corner specialist, who currently plays for Club de Campo in Madrid, Spain...
  
  
• Pablo Moreira
• Fernando Ferrara
• Juan Pablo Hourquebie
  Juan Pablo Hourquebie
  Juan Pablo Hourquebie is a field hockey defender from Argentina, who is nicknamed Juanpi. He is a member of the national squad since 1997, and competed in two Summer Olympics, starting in 2000...
  
  
• Matias Rey
• Rodrigo Vila
• Lucas Vila
  Lucas Vila
  Lucas Vila is a field hockey striker from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2005, after having played the Junior World Cup in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Since the 2004 Summer Olympics, in which he didn't compete, he is playing for Dutch club TMHC Tilburg in The Netherlands...
  
  
• Nachito Quiles

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