The Colombia national ice hockey team ( es, Selección de hockey sobre hielo de Colombia) is the national men's

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team of

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...

, is controlled by the Colombian Ice Hockey Federation, and on 26 September 2019, became an associate member of the

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(IIHF). Colombia is currently not ranked in the

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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 Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...

at the 2014 Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament being held in

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. Colombia was one of five teams to participate in the tournament, which included Argentina,

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and a selection team from

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. After winning their opening game of the tournament against Argentina, The team had two straight losses to Canada and Mexico. They completed the round robin off with a 14–0 win over Brazil. They were drawn against Argentina for the bronze medal match, which they went on to a 9–1 win. On 13 September 2022, Colombia played a friendly match against Argentina at the NHL's

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home ice arena, the

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, in Sunrise, Florida, before the 2022 Amerigol LATAM Cup began. They completed with a 7–3 win over Argentina.

Tournament record

Pan American Tournament

Amerigol LATAM Cup

Amerigol LATAM Cup Spring Classic

IIHF Development Cup

All-time record against other nations

''Last match update: 29 August 2023''

References

{{Men's national ice hockey teams National ice hockey teams in the Americas

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