The Argentina women's national field hockey team ( es, Selección femenina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina, links=no) is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Fernando Ferrara, who was appointed after

Carlos Retegui Carlos José Retegui (born 19 December 1969) is an Argentine retired field hockey player, who is nicknamed ''Chapa''. He was a member of the National squad from 1989 to 2006 and competed in three Summer Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004). In 2006 he ...

let go in late 2021. The team is currently second in the FIH Women's World Ranking. ''Las Leonas'' (The Lionesses) have appeared in six

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finals, including the first final in 1974, which they lost 1–0 to the

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. Argentina had to settle with second place in two more finals before winning the tournament for the first time in 2002, beating the Netherlands 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 1–1 draw. Argentina, led by eight-time FIH Player of the Year

Luciana Aymar Luciana Paula Aymar (; born 10 August 1977) is an Argentine retired field hockey player. She is the only player in history to receive the FIH Player of the Year Award eight times, and she is considered as the best female hockey player of all ti ...

won again in 2010, a 3–1 victory over the Netherlands. Argentina's World Cup-winning coaches are

Sergio Vigil Sergio Vigil (born 11 August 1965 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former field hockey player, who later became a coach in his sport. In 1997 he was appointed as the head coach of the Argentine Women's Team, that won the silver medal at the 2000 ...

in 2002 and

in 2010. Argentina has been very successful at the Summer Olympics, winning four consecutive medals (two silver, two bronze) since the 2000 edition, when they became the first women's team in any sport to win an Olympic medal for their country. Luciana Aymar is the only player that has participated and won those four medals. Also, after their first title in 2001 at a Hockey Champions Trophy, they have won the tournament six more times. In front of a home crowd, they won the 2014–15 Hockey World League as the first international title after Aymar's retirement from the national team the previous year. At a continental level, Argentina has dominated and won every tournament they played, including the Pan American Cup and the Pan American Games leaving the

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with second place on most events until they lost the

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final for the first time. In July 2003, after the implementation of an official World Ranking System, Argentina reached the top of the FIH Women's World Ranking for the first time, reaching it again in 2010 after obtaining the World Cup title and once more in late 2013.

History

Hockey was introduced in Argentina by English immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century, and the first women's teams were officially formed in 1909. In 1997,

, a former player for the men's national team, was appointed coach. Under his leadership, ''Las Leonas'' achieved their first

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title, their first Olympic medals, their first Champions Trophy medals, and many other achievements. The team went from having a rather limited audience to becoming a national sensation, with some of the players even appearing as models in advertising campaigns.

Nickname

Throughout its history, the team has developed a reputation for being tenacious even when a match appears to be lost. For this reason, a lioness was chosen as their symbol when the team qualified for the

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. During the second round of games, Argentina played against the powerful Dutch team, and they chose this occasion to place the image of a lioness on their shirts for the first time. The image was designed by then-player

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together with Vigil's sister-in-law. Argentina won that match, went on to win the silver medal, and ''Las Leonas'' were born. Subsequently, the junior (under 21) team is called '' Las Leoncitas'' ("the baby lionesses" or "the lioness cubs"). The lioness logo was redesigned in 2006 by the team kit supplier, Adidas, along with

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and even some of the most representative players. This is slightly different from the original, showing the lioness' tail pretending to be a hockey stick while holding a ball. The nickname also falls in line with an unwritten Argentine tradition of naming national teams after

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: the men's

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team is called '' Los Leones'' ("The Lions"), the men's

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team is called '' Los Pumas'' ("The Pumas"), and the women's

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team is known as '' Las Panteras'' ("The

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").

Honours

Since its breakthrough in the

(where the team nicknamed ''"Las Leonas" for the first time), Argentina has won more than 20 official titles, which are detailed below: Argentina 2016 CT Champions (27852970981)

Argentina 2016 CT Champions (27852970981)

* Summer Olympics: ** Silver medal:

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** Bronze medal: Athens 2004,

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: 2002, 2010 * FIH Pro League: 2021–22 *

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: 2014–15 * Champions Trophy: 2001,

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, 2009, 2010,

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* Pan American Cup: 2001, 2004, 2009,

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* Pan American Games:

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, 2003, 2007,

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: 2003, 2008, 2010,

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: 2006,

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Tournament records

Players

Current squad

The following players were called to compete against

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and

at the Pro League between 14 – 18 December in Santiago del Estero,

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. ''Players, caps and goals updated as of 18 December 2022.'' Head coach: Fernando Ferrara

Recent call-ups

These players were called-up in the last 12 months.

Past players

Gabriela Aguirre Gabriela Aguirre (born 19 February 1986) is an Argentine field hockey midfielder and part of the Argentina national team. She was part of the Argentine team at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , at ...

* Magdalena Aicega * Laura Aladro *

Mariela Antoniska Mariela Andrea Antoniska Arrondo (born 20 May 1975) is an Argentine field hockey goalkeeper, who won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in At ...

Noel Barrionuevo María Noel Barrionuevo (born 16 May 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player. She won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Ol ...

* Moira Brinnand *

Claudia Burkart Claudia Inés Burkart (born February 22, 1980 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey player from Argentina who won the bronze medal with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Claudia has ...

Victoria Carbó Victoria Carbó (born May 15, 1963) is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She won the gold medal th ...

* Julieta Castellán *

Martina Cavallero Martina Cavallero (born 7 May 1990) is an Argentine field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Argentina national team where the team achieved the silver medal. Martina also won three Champions Trophy, the World Lea ...

Laura del Colle Laura Andrea del Colle is an Argentine field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Argentina women's national field hockey team in the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, women's event and w ...

* María Colombo * Silvia Corvalán * Silvina D'Elía *

Marina di Giacomo Marina di Giacomo (born 1976) is an Argentine field hockey player. She was born in Godoy Cruz, Mendoza. She won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai ...

* Natalí Doreski * Carla Dupuy *

María Paz Ferrari María Paz Ferrari (born 12 September 1973) is a field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the Champions Trophy in 2001 and the World Cup A wo ...

* Andrea Fioroni * Julieta Franco * Anabel Gambero * Soledad García *

Julia Gomes Fantasia Julia Mailén Gomes Fantasia (born 30 April 1992) is an Argentine field hockey player. Career At the 2013 Pan American Cup she won her first gold medal with the Argentina national team in an international tournament. Julia also won two Champio ...

* Mariana González Oliva *

Victoria Granatto María Victoria Granatto (born 9 April 1991) is an Argentine field hockey player. She's an elder sister of Argentina's hockey player and teammate María José Granatto. She plays with the Argentina national field hockey team, winning silver medal ...

Alejandra Gulla Alejandra Laura Gulla (born July 4, 1977 in Lincoln, Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the bronze medal with the national field hockey team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at ...

* Agustina Habif * Florencia Habif *

María de la Paz Hernández María "Maripi" de la Paz Hernández (born January 11, 1977, in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and bronze meda ...

* Marcela Hussey *

Priscila Jardel Pricila Jardel Mateos (born 16 January 1996) is an Argentinian field hockey player. Hockey career Jardel was part of the Argentina Junior National Team at the 2016 Junior World Cup where the team won the gold medal, defeating the Netherlands ...

* Giselle Juárez *

Giselle Kañevsky Giselle Andrea Kañevsky (born August 4, 1985, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender on the Argentina national team. Kañevsky is Jewish She started playing at age seven in ''Los Cardales'' Club, moving ...

Gabriela Liz Gabriela A. Liz (born December 31, 1961) is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was the captain of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Liz twice won a g ...

Marisa López Marisa A. López (born September 10, 1964) is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea after having won th ...

* Rosario Luchetti * Sofía Maccari * Sofía MacKenzie *

Laura Maiztegui Laura Maiztegui (born September 21, 1978) is a field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New Sou ...

Mercedes Margalot María Mercedes "Mechi" Margalot (born June 28, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Fou ...

* Karina Masotta * Delfina Merino *

Laura Mulhall Laura Estela Mulhall (born November 30, 1957) is an Argentine former field hockey goalkeeper, who played more than hundred international matches for the Women's National Team. She was a member of the team that finished in seventh place at the 1 ...

* Florencia Mutio *

Vanina Oneto Vanina Paula Oneto (born June 15, 1973, in San Fernando) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the Nationa ...

* Alejandra Palma *

Gabriela Pando Gabriela Pando (born March 9, 1970) is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, after having won the gold medal the previous year at the 1995 Pa ...

* María Gabriela Pazos * Carla Rebecchi * Marcela Richezza * Jorgelina Rimoldi *

Micaela Retegui Micaela Retegui (born 23 April 1996) is an Argentine field hockey player. She is the daughter of Argentina's hockey coach Carlos Retegui. She plays with the Argentina national field hockey team, winning silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. ...

* Macarena Rodríguez * Cecilia Rognoni *

Pilar Romang María del Pilar Romang (born 9 July 1992) is an Argentine 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 hoc ...

* Mariana Rossi *

Mariné Russo Mariné Russo (born January 9, 1980 in Quilmes) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina who won the bronze medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics with the Argentina national team. Mariné also won two World Cups (2002 and 2010), fo ...

* Gabriela Sánchez * Mariela Scarone * Daniela Sruoga * Josefina Sruoga *

Ayelén Stepnik Ayelén Iara Stepnik (born November 22, 1975) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the National field hock ...

* Belén Succi * María Alejandra Tucat *

Paola Vukojicic Paola Vukojicic ( sr, Paola Vukojičić, Паола Вукојчић; born August 28, 1974) is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydne ...

* Victoria Zuloaga

Not in use jersey numbers

When

(eight-time FIH Player of the Year Award winner and regarded as the best player in the history of the sport), retired from the national team in 2014 after 376 international matches played, some of Aymar's teammates (such as Carla Rebecchi) asked the Confederation for the retirement of her iconic number 8 worn by her during 17 years with the national team.Rebecchi pidió retirar la camiseta número 8
Télam, 8 Dec 2014 Nevertheless, the number is not officially retired by the CAH, although it has not been assigned to other players since.

Captains

Coaches

Gallery

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in a match against Australia in 2005 File:HOCKEY.jpg,

in a match against Nederlands in 2005 File:Argentina_v_Netherlands_WCT_2010_Final_535.jpg, Celebrating their win after the 2010 Champions Trophy final. File:Las Leonas (2010).jpg, The 2010 World Champion squad File:Argentina 2016 CT Champions (27852970981).jpg, Champions Trophy winners in 2016

Notes

*The team alternates between light blue and black skirt/socks when using their main kit, even during the same tournament, apparently arbitrarily. For example, during the 2010 World Cup, see photos fro
Day 1
(black)

(light blue) an

(black).

References

External links

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