| First season | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | AHBA |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| Most recent champion(s) | Ferrocarril Mitre (2023) |
| Most titles | Ferrocarril Mitre (19 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | ESPN |
| Official website | ahba.com.ar/campeonatos.php |
The Torneo Metropolitano de Hockey Masculino is a men's field hockey competition contested by clubs of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. Played since 1908, it is regulated by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association (AHBA).
The Torneo Metropolitano is one of the country's two main club competitions; the other is the Liga Nacional de Hockey (LHN) played by teams not only from Buenos Aires but from the rest of Argentina.
The championship is disputed by 14 teams that play double round-robin basis in which every team plays all others in its league once at home and once away. At the end of the season, the six teams best placed in the table are allowed to dispute the playoffs, where two teams will be eliminated. The next stage is the semi-finals, and then the final match.
| Club | Neighborhood | Region | Est. | Tit. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banade | Martínez | Greater Buenos Aires | 1945 | 0 |
| Banco Provincia | Vicente López | Greater Buenos Aires | 1918 | 11 |
| Ciudad A | Núñez | Buenos Aires city | 1920 | 14 |
| Ciudad B [n 1] | Núñez | Buenos Aires city | 1920 | 0 |
| Ducilo | Berazategui | Greater Buenos Aires | 1938 | 0 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) | Palermo | Buenos Aires city | 1880 | 5 |
| Hurling | Hurlingham | Greater Buenos Aires | 1922 | 9 |
| Lomas | Lomas de Zamora | Greater Buenos Aires | 1891 | 18 |
| Mitre | General San Martín | Greater Buenos Aires | 1924 | 19 |
| Quilmes A.C. | Quilmes | Greater Buenos Aires | 1887 | 16 |
| San Fernando | San Fernando | Greater Buenos Aires | 1923 | 14 |
| San Fernando B [n 1] | San Fernando | Greater Buenos Aires | 1923 | 0 |
| Santa Bárbara | La Plata | Greater Buenos Aires | 1974 | 0 |
| Universitario (La Plata) | Manuel B. Gonnet | Buenos Aires Province | 1937 | 0 |
The chart below includes all the titles won by men's teams. [1] In brackets, number of titles won until that date:
| Season | Champion |
|---|---|
| 1908 | CA San Isidro (1) |
| 1909–20 | (not championships held) |
| 1921 | CA San Isidro (2) |
| 1922 | Quilmes (1) |
| 1923 | Quilmes (2) |
| 1924 | Quilmes (3) |
| 1925 | Buenos Aires Great Southern (1) |
| 1926 | CA San Isidro (3) |
| 1927 | Buenos Aires Hockey Club (1) |
| 1928 | Buenos Aires Great Southern (2) |
| 1929 | Pacific Railway (1) |
| 1930 | Pacific Railway (2) |
| 1931 | Buenos Aires Hockey Club (2) |
| 1932 | Buenos Aires Hockey Club (3) |
| 1933 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (1) |
| 1934 | Belgrano Hockey Club |
| 1935 | Belgrano Hockey Club |
| 1936 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (2) |
| 1937 | Quilmes (4) |
| 1938 | Quilmes (5) |
| 1939 | Quilmes (6) |
| 1940 | Quilmes (7) |
| 1941 | Ferrocarril Mitre (1) |
| 1942 | Quilmes (8) |
| 1943 | Ferrocarril Mitre (2) |
| 1944 | Quilmes (9) |
| 1945 | Ferrocarril Mitre (3) |
| 1946 | Ferrocarril Mitre (4) |
| 1947 | Ferrocarril Mitre (5) |
| 1948 | CA San Isidro (4) |
| 1949 | Hurling (1) |
| 1950 | Hurling (2) |
| 1951 | Hurling (3) |
| 1952 | Ferrocarril Mitre (6) |
| 1953 | Hurling (4) |
| 1954 | Hurling (5) |
| 1955 | Hurling (6) |
| 1956 | Hurling (7) |
| 1957 | Ferrocarril Mitre (7) |
| 1958 | San Fernando (1) |
| 1959 | Ferrocarril Mitre (8) |
| 1960 | San Fernando (2) |
| 1961 | Ferrocarril Mitre (9) |
| 1962 | San Fernando (3) |
| 1963 | Ferrocarril Mitre (10) |
| 1964 | San Fernando (4) |
| 1965 | Ferrocarril Mitre (11) |
| 1966 | San Fernando (5) |
| 1967 | San Fernando (6) |
| 1968 | Ferrocarril Mitre (12) |
| 1969 | Hurling (8) |
| 1970 | San Fernando (7) |
| 1971 | San Fernando (8) |
| 1972 | Ferrocarril Mitre (13) |
| 1973 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (3) |
| 1974 | Ferrocarril Mitre (14) |
| 1975 | San Fernando (9) |
| 1976 | Ciudad (1) |
| 1977 | Ciudad (2) |
| 1978 | San Fernando (10) |
| 1979 | Ciudad (3) |
| 1980 | Quilmes (10) |
| 1981 | Ciudad (4) |
| 1982 | San Fernando (11) |
| 1983 | Hurling (9) |
| 1984 | Ciudad (5) |
| 1985 | Ciudad (6) |
| 1986 | Ciudad (7) |
| 1987 | Ciudad (8) |
| 1988 | Ciudad (9) |
| 1989 | Ferrocarril Mitre (15) |
| 1990 | Ciudad (10) |
| 1991 | Ciudad (11) |
| 1992 | Círculo Univ. de Quilmes |
| 1993 | Ferrocarril Mitre (16) |
| 1994 | Ciudad (12) |
| 1995 | Quilmes (11) |
| 1996 | Quilmes (12) |
| 1997 | Ciudad (13) |
| 1998 | Ferrocarril Mitre (17) |
| 1999 | Banco Provincia (1) |
| 2000 | Banco Provincia (2) |
| 2001 | Quilmes (13) |
| 2002 | Banco Provincia (3) |
| 2003 | San Fernando (12) |
| 2004 | Banco Provincia (4) |
| 2005 | Quilmes (14) |
| 2006 | San Fernando (13) |
| 2007 | Quilmes (15) |
| 2008 | Quilmes (16) |
| 2009 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (4) |
| 2010 | Ferrocarril Mitre (18) |
| 2011 | Banco Provincia (5) |
| 2012 | Banco Provincia (6) |
| 2013 | Banco Provincia (7) |
| 2014 | Ciudad (14) |
| 2015 | Banco Provincia (8) |
| 2016 | Banco Provincia (9) |
| 2017 | San Fernando (14) |
| 2018 | Banco Provincia (10) |
| 2019 | Banco Provincia (11) |
| 2020 | (not held) [n 1] |
| 2021 | San Fernando (15) |
| 2022 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (5) |
| 2023 | Ferrocarril Mitre (19) |
Club Ferrocarril General Mitre has won the most titles (19 championships), followed by Quilmes with 16 titles.
| Team | Titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrocarril Mitre | 19 | 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1989, 1993, 1998, 2010, 2023 |
| Quilmes | 16 | 1922, 1923, 1924, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1980, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 |
| San Fernando | 15 | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1982, 2003, 2006, 2017, 2021 |
| Ciudad | 14 | 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2014 |
| Banco Provincia | 11 | 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
| Hurling | 9 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1969, 1983 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) | 5 | 1933, 1936, 1973, 2009, 2022 |
| CA San Isidro | 4 | 1908, 1921, 1926, 1948 |
| Buenos Aires Hockey Club | 3 | 1927, 1931, 1932 |
| Buenos Aires Great Southern | 2 | 1925, 1928 |
| San Martín [n 2] | 2 | 1929, 1930 |
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