Argentina women's national field hockey team
The Argentine national women's hockey (nicknamed Las Leonas, dt: The lionesses ) represents Argentina in international hockey tournaments. The lionesses gathered so far at the World Championships, Pan American Games, Olympic Games and at the Champions Trophy over 20 medals.
- 2.1 Hockey World Championships
- 2.2 The Olympic Games
- 2.3 FIH Champions Trophy
- 2.4 Pan American Games
- 2.5 Pan American Cup
- 3.1 Tournaments 3.1.1 World Championships
- 3.1.2 Pan American Championships
History
Hockey came with English settlers in the early 20th century to Argentina. The first women's team was officially established in 1909. In 1997, Sergio Vigil, a former national player, named the coach of the Las Leonas. Under his coach shaft reached them their first world title, her first Olympic medal, her first medal at the Champions Trophy. As a result, there has been a rapid growth in popularity.
Origin of the nickname
Through its entire history, the team has earned a reputation to fight every game. For this reason, they choose after qualifying for the 2000 Olympic Games as a lioness icon. Their second game played the Argentines against the outstanding team of the Netherlands. This game they contested for the first time with Lioness on the jersey. Argentina won the game and then the Silver Medal: For the Las Leonas were born.
The name follows a tradition of Argentine national teams to name themselves after big cats: The men's rugby team is called Los Pumas ( Pumas ), the volleyball women hot Las Panteras ( The Panther interior ).
Tournaments
Hockey World Championships
Olympic games
- 2000 - Sydney, Australia - Silver
- 2004 - Athens, Greece - Bronze
- 2008 - Beijing, China - Bronze
- 2012 - London, UK - Silver
FIH Champions Trophy
- 2004 - Rosario, Argentina - Bronze
- 2005 - Canberra, Australia - 4th place
- 2006 - Amstelveen, Netherlands - 4th place
- 2007 - Quilmes, Argentina - Silver
- 2008 - Mönchengladbach, Germany - Gold
- 2009 - Sydney, Australia - Gold
- 2010 - Nottingham, England - Gold
- 2011 - Amstelveen, Netherlands - Silver
- 2012 - Rosario, Argentina - Gold
Pan American Games
- 2003 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Gold
- 2007 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Gold
- 2011 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Silver
Pan American Cup
- 2001 - Kingston, Jamaica - Gold
- 2004 - Bridgetown, Barbados - Gold
- 2009 - Hamilton, Bermuda - Gold
Las Leoncitas
The U21 team called Las Leoncitas ( the Löwinnenbabys ). They were also successful and are three -time world champions and five-time winners of the Pan-American medals.
Tournaments
World Championships
Pan American Championships
- 2000 - Bridgetown, Barbados - Gold
- 2005 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - Gold
- 2009 - Hamilton, Bermuda - Gold