Colombia men's national ice hockey team explained

Colombia
Badge:Colombia national ice hockey team logo.png
Badge Size:190px
Association:Federación Colombiana de Hockey Sobre Hielo
Coach:Sam Uisprapassorn
Asst Coach:Rich Garvey
Most Games:Julio Lemoine (53)
Top Scorer:Kevin Medina (46)
Most Points:Kevin Medina (88)
Iihf Code:COL
First Game: 11–1
Largest Win: 16–3
Largest Loss: 12–0
World Champ2 Name:IIHF Development Cup
World Champ2 Apps:3
World Champ2 First:2022
World Champ2 Best: 1st (2022)
Regional Name:Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament
Regional Cup Apps:4
Regional Cup First:2014
Regional Cup Best: 1st (2015, 2016)
Regional2 Name:Amerigol LATAM Cup
Regional2 Cup Apps:3
Regional2 Cup First:2018
Regional2 Cup Best: 1st (2018, 2021)
Record:38–19–2
Regional3 Cup Apps:1
Regional3 Name:Amerigol LATAM Cup Spring Classic
Regional3 Cup First:2022
Regional3 Cup Best:Semifinal loss (2022)

The Colombia national ice hockey team (Spanish; Castilian: Selección de hockey sobre hielo de Colombia) is the national men's ice hockey team of Colombia, is controlled by the Colombian Ice Hockey Federation, and on 26 September 2019, became an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Colombia is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and has not entered in any IIHF World Championship events. They are working on the women's national ice hockey team and have participated in the Amerigol LATAM Cup some years and other tournaments like the Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament.

History

Colombia made its debut on 2 March 2014, and played its first game against Argentina at the 2014 Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament being held in Mexico City.[1] Colombia was one of five teams to participate in the tournament, which included Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and a selection team from Canada.[1] After winning their opening game of the tournament against Argentina, The team had two straight losses to Canada and Mexico.[2] They completed the round robin off with a 14–0 win over Brazil.[3] They were drawn against Argentina for the bronze medal match, which they went on to a 9–1 win.[2] [4]

On 13 September 2022, Colombia played a friendly match against Argentina at the NHL's Florida Panthers home ice arena, the FLA Live Arena, in Sunrise, Florida, before the 2022 Amerigol LATAM Cup began. They completed with a 7–3 win over Argentina.[5]

Tournament record

Pan American Tournament

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3rd place 5 3 0 0 2
1st place 5 4 1 0 0
1st place 6 4 1 0 1
2nd place 6 4 0 0 2
Total 4/4 22 15 2 0 5

Amerigol LATAM Cup

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2018 1st place 6 6 0 0 0
2019 2nd place
6 4 0 0 2
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 1st place
5 3 0 0 2
2022 4th place
6 3 0 0 3
2023Did not participate in Division I
Total 4/5 23 16 0 0 7

Amerigol LATAM Cup Spring Classic

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2022 Semifinal Loss 5 2 0 3
Total 0/1 5 3 0 3

IIHF Development Cup

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1st place 5 4 1 0
2023 3rd place 4 2 0 2
2024 3rd place 6 4 0 2
Total 3/3 15 10 1 4

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 27 April 2024[6]

Team
1 1 0 0 11 1 +10
1 1 0 0 8 3 +5
14 12 0 2 76 38 +38
11 9 1 1 65 16 +49
2 2 0 0 17 2 +15
1 0 0 1 2 8 -6
1 1 0 0 8 0 +8
3 1 1 1 10 16 -6
3 0 0 3 2 20 -18
2 1 0 1 9 11 -2
2 1 0 1 6 11 -5
6 2 0 4 14 27 -13
3 2 0 1 32 10 +22
4 1 0 3 8 11 -3
5 4 0 1 35 11 +24
Total 59 38 2 19 303 185 +118

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mexico and Colombia won in Pan-American Tournament open . European Ice Hockey Online . Davide . Tuniz . 2014-03-03 . 2014-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306184849/http://eurohockey.com/article/3264-mexico-and-colombia-won-in-pan-american-tournament-open.html . 2014-03-06 . dead .
  2. Web site: Games from Pan-American Tournament . European Ice Hockey Online . 2014-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503132841/http://eurohockey.com/games.html?id_season=2014&id_show=2&id_league=1324-pan-american-tournament.html . 2014-05-03 . dead .
  3. Web site: Pan-American Tournament . European Ice Hockey Online . 2014-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306210833/http://eurohockey.com/league/1324-pan-american-tournament.html . 2014-03-06 . dead .
  4. Web site: Canada wins Pan-American Tournament . European Ice Hockey Online . Davide . Tuniz . 2014-03-10 . 2014-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310184257/http://eurohockey.com/article/3282-canada-wins-pan-american-tournament.html . 2014-03-10 . dead .
  5. Web site: LATAM Cup exhibition game at Panthers home was 'fun dream' for players. William. Douglas. September 14, 2022. NHL.com.
  6. Web site: Ice Hockey in Colombia . 2023-08-29 . National Teams of Ice Hockey . en-US.