The 2003 Men's South American Hockey Championship was the first edition of the

Men's South American Hockey Championship The Men's South American Hockey Championship is together with the field hockey event at the South American Games the official competition for senior men's national field hockey teams of South America. The tournament is held every four years and ev ...

, the

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championship for men's national

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

teams, organized by the PAHF. It was held from 16 until 23 March 2003 in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

, Chile.

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

won the first edition by finishing first in the

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. As winners, Argentina qualified for the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

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, Dominican Republic.

Tournament

Pool

Results

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References

External links

PAHF page
{{South American Hockey Championship Men's South American Hockey Championship

South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships * ATP Buenos Aires, a tenni ...

International field hockey competitions hosted by Chile South American Hockey Championship Men Sports competitions in Santiago South American Hockey Championship Men 2000s in Santiago, Chile