The Mexico national ice hockey team () 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. They played their first game during the 2000 World Championships, losing to Belgium (5–0). 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 and to Colombia in the final match three times. In 2017, Mexico won its first Pan American Tournament, went undefeated after defeating Colombia in the final.
Mexico won the IIHF World Championship Division III as host in 2005 Mexico City, beating South Africa, Luxembourg, Ireland and Armenia, and was promoted to Division II for 2006.
Tournament record World Championships YearHostResult 2000 Reykjavík 40th place 4 2 – – 2 2001 Bucharest 40th place 5 0 – – 5 2002 Mexico City 42nd place 2 0 – * 1 2003 Seoul 39th place 5 0 – – 5 2004 Reykjavík 43rd place 4 2 – * 1 2005 Mexico City 41st place 4 4 – – 0 2006 Auckland 38th place 5 1 – – 4 2007 Seoul 38th place 4 0 0 0 4 2008 Newcastle 35th place 5 2 0 0 3 2009 Sofia 37th place 5 1 0 0 4 2010 Naucalpan 37th place 5 1 0 0 4 2011 Melbourne 37th place 5 1 0 0 4 2012 Sofia 38th place 5 2 0 1 2 2013 İzmit 37th place 5 3 1 0 1 2014 Jaca 36th place 5 4 0 0 1 2015 Cape Town 37th place 5 3 0 1 2 2016 Mexico City 36th place 5 4 0 1 0 2017 Auckland 39th place 5 1 0 0 4 2018 Madrid 39th place 5 1 0 0 4 2019 Mexico City 39th place 5 1 0 1 32020 and 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Reykjavík 36th place 4 0 0 0 4 2023 Istanbul 40th place 5 0 0 0 5 2024 Bishkek 46th place 5 0 0 1 4 2025 Queretaro 47th place 5 5 0 0 0 2026 Cape Town 42nd place 5 2 1 1 1Total 24/24 117 40 2 8 67
Pan American Tournament YearHostResult 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 0Total 4/4 22 18 0 2 2
Head-to-head record Last match update: 3 May 2025 Team 7 7 0 0 66 4 +62 2 2 0 0 65 0 +65 7 0 0 7 12 60 –48 8 0 0 8 10 66 –56 3 3 0 0 31 1 +30 11 5 0 6 57 61 –4 1 1 0 0 17 0 +17 7 2 0 5 22 27 –5 1 0 0 1 1 7 –6 6 4 0 2 27 14 +13 1 0 0 1 2 9 –7 1 0 0 1 3 13 –10 2 0 0 2 2 8 –6 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 5 1 1 3 12 24 –12 2 2 0 0 14 4 +10 11 5 0 6 47 41 +6 1 0 0 1 4 9 –5 4 3 0 1 16 7 +9 1 1 0 0 7 6 +1 1 0 0 1 1 17 –16 12 4 1 7 31 47 –16 7 3 0 4 26 21 +5 1 1 0 0 9 1 +8 1 0 0 1 0 19 –19 4 1 0 3 5 42 –37 1 1 0 0 18 1 +17 8 5 0 3 25 30 –5 4 0 0 4 6 48 –42 8 1 0 7 17 62 –45 1 0 0 1 0 5 –5 8 5 0 3 36 20 +16 1 0 0 1 4 8 –4 1 0 0 1 4 9 –5 Total 140 58 2 80 602 693 –91
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IIHF profile