The Argentina national field hockey team, (Spanish: Selección masculina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina) represents Argentina in field hockey and is governed by the Argentine Hockey Confederation (CAH). The current coach is Mariano Ronconi, who was appointed after Germán Orozco was let go in 2020. The team is currently sixth in the FIH World Rankings.

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Nickname(s)	Los Leones (The Lions)
Association	Confederación Argentina de Hockey (CAH)
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach	Mariano Ronconi
Assistant coach(es)	Ezequiel Paulón Matías Vila
Manager	Martín Elli
Captain	Matías Rey
Most caps	Matías Paredes (356)
Top scorer	Jorge Lombi (341)
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FIH ranking
Current	7 (12 March 2024)[1]
Highest	1 (April 2017 – October 2017)
Lowest	14 (2009)
Olympic Games
Appearances	12 (first in 1948)
Best result	1st (2016)
World Cup
Appearances	14 (first in 1971)
Best result	3rd (2014)
Pan American Games
Appearances	15 (first in 1967)
Best result	1st (1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
Pan American Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2000)
Best result	1st (2004, 2013, 2017, 2022)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2014 The Hague Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Team 1971 Cali Team 1975 Mexico City Team 1979 San Juan Team 1991 Havana Team 1995 Mar del Plata Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2011 Guadalajara Team 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima Team 2023 Santiago Team 1983 Caracas Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 1999 Winnipeg Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Pan American Cup 2004 London 2013 Brampton 2017 Lancaster 2022 Santiago 2000 Havana 2009 Santiago Champions Trophy 2008 Rotterdam Hockey World League 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team South American Games 2006 Buenos Aires Team 2014 Santiago Team 2018 Cochabamba Team 2022 Asunción Team South American Championship 2003 Santiago 2008 Montevideo 2010 Rio de Janeiro 2013 Santiago

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Los Leones (The Lions) are the only team of the Americas to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. They achieved this after defeating Belgium 4–2 in the final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2] Argentina's Olympic gold-winning coach is Carlos Retegui.

Argentina has appeared in every Hockey World Cup, since the first edition in 1973, except the 1998 edition. They won the bronze medal in 2014, their best position in the tournament. They also obtained a bronze medal at the 2008 Hockey Champions Trophy and a silver medal at the 2016–17 Hockey World League.

At a continental level, Argentina is the most winning team in the Americas, having dominated most tournaments they played, including four gold medals at the Pan American Cup and eleven gold medals at the Pan American Games.

In November 2015 Argentina reached a historic 5th place in the FIH World Rankings, only to be surpassed after their Olympic gold medal by reaching 1st place in April 2017.^[3]

The team won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Cup, being ranked 11th in the FIH World Rankings. They also won the bronze medal at the 2008 Champions Trophy, during Carlos Retegui's first period as a coach.

In 2013, during the Hockey World League Semifinals in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, the team along with coach Carlos Retegui decide to name themselves Los Leones (The Lions), matching the nickname chosen by the women's team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Argentina didn't have great performances at the Summer Olympics until they won the gold medal at the 2016 edition by defeating Belgium 4–2, when they became the first national hockey team to win that prize for their country.