Centro de Gradudados del Liceo Naval Militar, or simply Liceo Naval, is an

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formed by graduates from Liceo Naval "Almirante Brown" (Almirante Brown Naval High School), one of the two educative institutions of the

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. The field is located in

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, close to the Ciudad Universitaria. Liceo Naval's senior

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

team competes in Primera División B, the third division of the

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league system., while the women's

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team plays the Torneo Metropolitano, the main competition of Buenos Aires. Other sports practised at Liceo Naval are

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically atta ...

and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Honours

* Seven Tournament of the

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: 2013

Notable players

Las Leonas 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 Ca ...

Rocío Sánchez Moccia Rocío Sánchez Moccia (born 2 August 1988) is an Argentine field hockey player. She competed for the Argentina national team and winning the silver medal, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and winning the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. C ...

* Los Pumas: Eduardo Simone,

Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe (born 20 November 1974 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine rugby union player. He last played with English side, Bath Rugby in the Aviva Premiership. He has also represented Argentina on numerous occasions, incl ...

and

Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (born 19 November 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Toulon in the French Top 14, having moved from Sale Sharks in England's Guinness Premiership. He previously play ...

. *Pumas 7s: Nicolas Fernández Lobbe and Santiago Craig. *Youth rugby team of Argentina: Santiago Fiocca, Sebastian Buffa, Nicolas Azzorín, Guido Lofiego and Nacho Calles. * Argentina XV: Santiago Gilligan. *Pampas 7s: Diego Acuña.

Uniforms

References

External links

*
Liceo Naval Hockey

Children's rugby blog
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