Mexico men's national ice hockey team

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Mexico
2008)
Pan American Tournament
Appearances4 (first in 2014)
Best result 1st (2017)
International record (W–L–T)
54–80–2
Medal record
Pan American Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 2014 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 2015 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 2016 Mexico City

The Mexico national ice hockey team (Spanish: Selección Mexicana de hockey sobre hielo) is the national men's ice hockey team of Mexico. The team is controlled by the Mexico Ice Hockey Federation (Spanish: Federación Deportiva de Mexico de Hockey sobre Hielo) and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). As of 28 May 2023, Mexico is currently ranked 37th in the IIHF World Ranking.

History

Mexico joined the IIHF on 30 April 1985.

2000 World Championships, losing to Belgium (5–0).[3] Since then they have participated in every World Championship and are currently in Division III A. Mexico is the only Latin American team that competes in IIHF tournaments. Mexico hosted the Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017, losing to the Canada Selects once (7–0) and to Colombia
twice (4–3 and 3–2 in a shootout) in the final three times. In 2017, Mexico won its first Pan American Tournament, went undefeated 6–0 after defeating Colombia 1–0 in the final.

Tournament record

World Championships

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2000
 Iceland Reykjavík 40th place
(7th in Group D)		 4 2 – – 2
2001
 Romania Bucharest 40th place
(6th in Division II B)		 5 0 – – 5
2002
 Mexico Mexico City 42nd place
(2nd in Division II Q)		 2 0 – 1* 1
2003
 South Korea Seoul 39th place
(6th in Division II A)		 5 0 – – 5
2004
 Iceland Reykjavík 43rd place
(3rd in Division III)		 4 2 – 1* 1
2005
 Mexico Mexico City 41st place
(1st in Division III)		 4 4 – – 0
2006
 New Zealand Auckland 38th place
(5th in Division II B)		 5 1 – – 4
2007
 South Korea Seoul 38th place
(5th in Division II B)		 4 0 0 0 4
2008
 Australia Newcastle 35th place
(4th in Division II B)		 5 2 0 0 3
2009
 Bulgaria Sofia 37th place
(5th in Division II B)		 5 1 0 0 4
2010
 Mexico Naucalpan 37th place
(5th in Division II A)		 5 1 0 0 4
2011
 Australia Melbourne 37th place
(5th in Division II A)		 5 1 0 0 4
2012
 Bulgaria Sofia 38th place
(4th in Division II B)		 5 2 0 1 2
2013
 Turkey İzmit 37th place
(3rd in Division II B)		 5 3 1 0 1
2014
 Spain Jaca 36th place
(2nd in Division II B)		 5 4 0 0 1
2015
 South Africa Cape Town 37th place
(3rd in Division II B)		 5 3 0 1 2
2016
 Mexico Mexico City 36th place
(2nd in Division II B)		 5 4 0 1 0
2017
 New Zealand Auckland 39th place
(5th in Division II B)		 5 1 0 0 4
2018
 Spain Madrid 39th place
(5th in Division II B)		 5 1 0 0 4
2019
 Mexico Mexico City 39th place
(5th in Division II B)		 5 1 0 1 3
2020 and 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
2022 Iceland Reykjavík 36th place
(5th in Division II B)		 4 0 0 0 4
2023 Turkey Istanbul 40th place
(6th in Division II B)		 5 0 0 0 5
2024 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 46th place
(6th in Division III A)		 5 0 0 1 4
Total 23/23 107 33 1 7 66

Pan American Tournament

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2014 Mexico Mexico City 2nd place 5 3 0 0 2
2015 2nd place 5 4 0 1 0
2016 2nd place 6 5 0 1 0
2017 1st place 6 6 0 0 0
Total 4/4 22 18 0 2 2

All-time record against other national teams

Last match update: 15 April 2023

Team Pld W T L GF GA GD
 Argentina 7 7 0 0 66 4 +62
 Armenia 2 2 0 0 65 0 +65
 Australia 7 0 0 7 12 60 –48
 Belgium 7 0 0 7 8 55 –47
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 31 1 +30
 Bulgaria 10 5 0 5 55 57 –2
 Chile 1 1 0 0 17 0 +17
 China 7 2 0 5 22 27 –5
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1 1 7 –6
 Colombia 6 4 0 2 27 14 +13
 Croatia 1 0 0 1 2 9 –7
 Estonia 1 0 0 1 3 13 –10
 Georgia 2 0 0 2 2 8 –6
 Iceland 5 1 1 3 12 24 –12
 Ireland 2 2 0 0 14 4 +10
 Israel 11 5 0 6 47 41 +6
 Luxembourg 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 1 17 –16
 New Zealand 11 4 1 6 29 40 –11
 North Korea 7 3 0 4 26 21 +5
 Romania 1 0 0 1 0 19 –19
 Serbia 4 1 0 3 5 42 –37
 South Africa 7 5 0 2 22 24 –2
 South Korea 4 0 0 4 6 48 –42
 Spain 8 1 0 7 17 62 –45
 Turkey 7 5 0 2 36 15 +21
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 4 9 –5
Total 127 54 2 71 542 623 –81

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Mexico". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Mexico All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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