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 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 |  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
- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Mexico". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ^ "Mexico All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
External links
- Official website
(in Spanish) - IIHF profile
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