Colombia men's national ice hockey team
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox national hockey team
| Name = Colombia
| Badge = Colombia national ice hockey team logo.png
| Badge_size = 190px
| caption =
| Association = Federación Colombiana de Hockey Sobre Hielo
| Nickname =
| General Manager =
| Coach = Sam Uisprapassorn
| Asst Coach = Rich Garvey
| Captain =
| Most games = Julio Lemoine (53)
| Top scorer = Kevin Medina (46)
| Most points = Kevin Medina (88)
| Home Stadium =
| IIHF code = COL
| IIHF Rank = {{IIHF World Ranking|COL}}
| IIHF max =
| IIHF max date =
| IIHF min =
| IIHF min date =
| Team_Colors = {{color box|#FFCC00|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#003893|border=darkgray}} {{color box|#CE1126|border=darkgray}}
| First game = {{ih-rt|COL}} 11–1 {{ih|ARG}}
{{small|(Mexico City, Mexico; 2 March 2014)}}
| Largest win = {{ih-rt|COL}} 16–3 {{ih|POR}}
{{small|(Füssen, Germany; 4 May 2022)}}
| Largest loss = {{ih-rt|JAM}} 12–0 {{ih|COL}}
{{small|(Coral Springs, United States; 14 October 2021)}}
{{ih-rt|CHI}} 13–1 {{ih|COL}}
{{small|(Coral Springs, United States; 22 August 2024)}}
| World champ apps =
| World champ first =
| World champ best =
| World champ2 name = IIHF Development Cup
| World champ2 apps = 3
| World champ2 first = 2022
| World champ2 best = 16px 1st (2022)
| Regional name = Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament
| Regional cup apps = 4
| Regional cup first = 2014
| Regional cup best = 16px 1st (2015, 2016)
| Regional2 name = Amerigol LATAM Cup
| Regional2 cup apps = 3
| Regional2 cup first = 2018
| Regional2 cup best = 16px 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)
}}
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|medals=
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Tournament}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Mexico City, Mexico|}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Mexico City, Mexico|}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Mexico City, Mexico|}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Mexico City, Mexico|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Amerigol LATAM Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Coral Springs, USA|Division I}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Coral Springs, USA|Division I}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Coral Springs, USA|Division I}}
{{MedalCompetition|IIHF Development Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Füssen, Germany|}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Bratislava, Slovakia|}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Bratislava, Slovakia|}}
}}
The Colombia national ice hockey team ({{langx|es|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.{{cite web |url=http://eurohockey.com/article/3264-mexico-and-colombia-won-in-pan-american-tournament-open.html |title=Mexico and Colombia won in Pan-American Tournament open |publisher=European Ice Hockey Online |first=Davide |last=Tuniz |date=2014-03-03 |access-date=2014-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306184849/http://eurohockey.com/article/3264-mexico-and-colombia-won-in-pan-american-tournament-open.html |archive-date=2014-03-06 |url-status=dead }} Colombia was one of five teams to participate in the tournament, which included Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and a selection team from Canada. After winning their opening game of the tournament against Argentina, The team had two straight losses to Canada and Mexico.{{cite web | url=http://eurohockey.com/games.html?id_season=2014&id_show=2&id_league=1324-pan-american-tournament.html | title=Games from Pan-American Tournament | publisher=European Ice Hockey Online | access-date=2014-05-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503132841/http://eurohockey.com/games.html?id_season=2014&id_show=2&id_league=1324-pan-american-tournament.html | archive-date=2014-05-03 | url-status=dead }} They completed the round robin off with a 14–0 win over Brazil.{{cite web |url=http://eurohockey.com/league/1324-pan-american-tournament.html |title=Pan-American Tournament |publisher=European Ice Hockey Online |access-date=2014-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306210833/http://eurohockey.com/league/1324-pan-american-tournament.html |archive-date=2014-03-06 |url-status=dead }} They were drawn against Argentina for the bronze medal match, which they went on to a 9–1 win.{{cite web |url=http://eurohockey.com/article/3282-canada-wins-pan-american-tournament.html |title=Canada wins Pan-American Tournament |publisher=European Ice Hockey Online |first=Davide |last=Tuniz |date=2014-03-10 |access-date=2014-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310184257/http://eurohockey.com/article/3282-canada-wins-pan-american-tournament.html |archive-date=2014-03-10 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/latam-cup-exhibition-game-at-fla-live-arena-was-fun-dream-for-players/c-335549448|title=LATAM Cup exhibition game at Panthers home was 'fun dream' for players|first=William|last=Douglas|date=September 14, 2022|website=NHL.com}}
Tournament record
=Pan American Tournament=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| width=30|Year
!width=150|Host !width=120|Result !width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | rowspan=4|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico City | bgcolor="#CD7F32"|16px 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | bgcolor="gold"|16px 1st place | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | bgcolor="gold"|16px 1st place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | bgcolor="silver"|16px 2nd place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 4/4 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
=Amerigol LATAM Cup=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| width=30|Year
!width=150|Host !width=120|Result !width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | rowspan=5|{{flagicon|USA}} Coral Springs | bgcolor="gold"|16px 1st place | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | bgcolor="silver"|16px 2nd place {{small|(Division I)}} | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | colspan=6|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2021 | bgcolor="gold"|16px 1st place {{small|(Division I)}} | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4th place {{small|(Division I)}} | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023
| | colspan="6" |Did not participate in Division I | |||||||
| colspan=2|Total | 4/5 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
=Amerigol LATAM Cup Spring Classic=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| width=30|Year
!width=150|Host !width=120|Result !width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | {{flagicon|USA}} Dallas | Semifinal Loss | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| colspan=2|Total | 0/1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
=[[IIHF Development Cup]]=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| width=30|Year
!width=150|Host !width=120|Result !width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | {{flagicon|GER}} Füssen | bgcolor="gold"|16px 1st place | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | {{flagicon|SVK}} Bratislava | bgcolor="bronze"|16px 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | {{flagicon|SVK}} Bratislava | bgcolor="bronze"|16px 3rd place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| colspan=2|Total | 3/3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
All-time record against other nations
Last match update: 27 April 2024{{Cite web |title=Ice Hockey in Colombia |url=https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/colombia/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=National Teams of Ice Hockey |language=en-US}}
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| Team
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} !{{Tooltip|T|Ties}} !{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip|+/–|Goal difference}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|ALG}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 |
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|AND}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|ARG}} | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 38 | +38 |
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|BRA}} | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 16 | +49 |
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|CHI}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 |
| bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|EGY}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -6 |
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|GRE}} | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
| bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|IRL}} | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 16 | -6 |
| bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|JAM}} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | -18 |
| bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|LBN}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | -2 |
| bgcolor=#FFFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|LIE}} | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | -5 |
| bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MEX}} | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 27 | -13 |
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|POR}} | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 |
| bgcolor=#FFCCCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|PUR}} | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|VEN}} | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 11 | +24 |
| Total | 59 | 38 | 2 | 19 | 303 | 185 | +118 |
References
{{reflist}}
{{National sports teams of Colombia}}
{{Men's national ice hockey teams}}