Mexico men's national ice hockey team

Mexico

Association	Federación Deportiva de Mexico de Hockey sobre Hielo
General manager	Mireya Ayala
Head coach	Larry Suárez
Assistants	Luis Olivares
Captain	Fernando Ugarte
Most games	Fernando Ugarte (124)
Top scorer	Adrian Cervantes (72)
Most points	Adrian Cervantes (142)
Team colors
IIHF code	MEX
Ranking
Current IIHF	73 2 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF	32 (first in 2010)
Lowest IIHF	43 (first in 2005)
First international
Belgium  5–0  Mexico (Reykjavík, Iceland; 10 April 2000)
Biggest win
Mexico  48–0  Armenia (Mexico City, Mexico; 11 March 2005)
Biggest defeat
Romania  19–0  Mexico (Bucharest, Romania; 26 March 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	23 (first in 2000)
Best result	35th (2008)
Pan American Tournament
Appearances	4 (first in 2014)
Best result	1st (2017)
International record (W–L–T)
54–80–2

Medal record
Pan American Tournament
	2017 Mexico City
	2014 Mexico City
	2015 Mexico City
	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.^[2] They played their first game during the 2000 World Championships, losing to Belgium (5–0).^[3] Since then they have participated in every World Championship and are currently in Division II B, 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	Reykjavík	40th place (7th in Group D)	4	2	–	–	2
2001	Bucharest	40th place (6th in Division II B)	5	0	–	–	5
2002	Mexico City	42nd place (2nd in Division II Q)	2	0	–	1*	1
2003	Seoul	39th place (6th in Division II A)	5	0	–	–	5
2004	Reykjavík	43rd place (3rd in Division III)	4	2	–	1*	1
2005	Mexico City	41st place (1st in Division III)	4	4	–	–	0
2006	Auckland	38th place (5th in Division II B)	5	1	–	–	4
2007	Seoul	38th place (5th in Division II B)	4	0	0	0	4
2008	Newcastle	35th place (4th in Division II B)	5	2	0	0	3
2009	Sofia	37th place (5th in Division II B)	5	1	0	0	4
2010	Naucalpan	37th place (5th in Division II A)	5	1	0	0	4
2011	Melbourne	37th place (5th in Division II A)	5	1	0	0	4
2012	Sofia	38th place (4th in Division II B)	5	2	0	1	2
2013	İzmit	37th place (3rd in Division II B)	5	3	1	0	1
2014	Jaca	36th place (2nd in Division II B)	5	4	0	0	1
2015	Cape Town	37th place (3rd in Division II B)	5	3	0	1	2
2016	Mexico City	36th place (2nd in Division II B)	5	4	0	1	0
2017	Auckland	39th place (5th in Division II B)	5	1	0	0	4
2018	Madrid	39th place (5th in Division II B)	5	1	0	0	4
2019	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	Reykjavík	36th place (5th in Division II B)	4	0	0	0	4
2023	Istanbul	40th place (6th in Division II B)	5	0	0	0	5
2024	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 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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mexico national ice hockey team.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• IIHF profile

This page was last edited on 24 March 2024, at 11:09