Mexico
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFederación Deportiva de Mexico de Hockey sobre Hielo
Head coachDiego de la Garma
AssistantsLuis Olivares
CaptainHéctor Majul
Most gamesFernando Ugarte (114)
Top scorerAdrian Cervantes (72)
Most pointsAdrian Cervantes (142)
Team colors     
IIHF codeMEX
Ranking
Current IIHF73 Decrease 2 (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF32 (first in 2010)
Lowest IIHF43 (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
Appearances22 (first in 2000)
Best result35th (2008)
Pan American Tournament
Appearances4 (first in 2014)
Best result 1st (2017)
International record (W–L–T)
54–71–2
Medal record
Pan American Tournament
Gold medal – first place2017 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place2014 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place2015 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place2016 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
2000Iceland Reykjavík40th place
(7th in Group D)		42––2
2001Romania Bucharest40th place
(6th in Division II B)		50––5
2002Mexico Mexico City42nd place
(2nd in Division II Q)		20–1*1
2003South Korea Seoul39th place
(6th in Division II A)		50––5
2004Iceland Reykjavík43rd place
(3rd in Division III)		42–1*1
2005Mexico Mexico City41st place
(1st in Division III)		44––0
2006New Zealand Auckland38th place
(5th in Division II B)		51––4
2007South Korea Seoul38th place
(5th in Division II B)		40004
2008Australia Newcastle35th place
(4th in Division II B)		52003
2009Bulgaria Sofia37th place
(5th in Division II B)		51004
2010Mexico Naucalpan37th place
(5th in Division II A)		51004
2011Australia Melbourne37th place
(5th in Division II A)		51004
2012Bulgaria Sofia38th place
(4th in Division II B)		52012
2013Turkey İzmit37th place
(3rd in Division II B)		53101
2014Spain Jaca36th place
(2nd in Division II B)		54001
2015South Africa Cape Town37th place
(3rd in Division II B)		53012
2016Mexico Mexico City36th place
(2nd in Division II B)		54010
2017New Zealand Auckland39th place
(5th in Division II B)		51004
2018Spain Madrid39th place
(5th in Division II B)		51004
2019Mexico Mexico City39th place
(5th in Division II B)		51013
2020 and 2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]
2022Iceland Reykjavík36th place
(5th in Division II B)		40004
2023Turkey Istanbul40th place
(6th in Division II B)		50005
Total22/22102331662

Pan American Tournament

Year Host Result Pld W OTW OTL L
2014Mexico Mexico City 2nd place53002
2015 2nd place54010
2016 2nd place65010
2017 1st place66000
Total4/42218022

All-time record against other national teams

Last match update: 15 April 2023

Team Pld W T L GF GA GD
 Argentina7700664+62
 Armenia2200650+65
 Australia70071260–48
 Belgium7007855–47
 Brazil3300311+30
 Bulgaria105055557–2
 Chile1100170+17
 China72052227–5
 Chinese Taipei100117–6
 Colombia64022714+13
 Croatia100129–7
 Estonia1001313–10
 Georgia200228–6
 Iceland51131224–12
 Ireland2200144+10
 Israel115064741+6
 Luxembourg3300122+10
 Netherlands1001117–16
 New Zealand114162940–11
 North Korea73042621+5
 Romania1001019–19
 Serbia4103542–37
 South Africa75022224–2
 South Korea4004648–42
 Spain81071762–45
 Turkey75023615+21
 United Arab Emirates100149–5
Total12754271542623–81

References

  1. ↑ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  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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