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
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
teams of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
. The tournament is held every four years and every two years when there is no field hockey at the
South American Games
The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nat ...
. In 2016 the tournament also was a
2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1
The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1 was the first stage of the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League, 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It was held from April to October 2016.
Singapore
First round
''All t ...
event.
Results
Summaries
Top four statistics
:
* = ''host nation''
Team appearances
See also
*
Women's South American Hockey Championship
*
Field hockey at the South American Games
Field hockey at the South American Games was first introduced to the South American Games as a men's and women's tournament at the 2006 South American Games, 2006 Games.
After being introduced in the 2006 South American Games, the field hockey to ...
References
{{South American Hockey Championship
South American Championship Men
South American Hockey Championship