| First season | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | AHBA |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| Most recent champion(s) | San Fernando (2023) |
| Most titles | Lomas (19 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | ESPN |
| Official website | ahba.com.ar |
The Metropolitano de Hockey Femenino is a women's field hockey competition contested by clubs from the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. Played since 1924, 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 grouped in a unique zone. All teams played a double round-robin tournament of 13 fixtures each (home and away). At the end of the season, the first six teams qualify for 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arquitectura | San Martín | Greater Buenos Aires | 1927 | 0 |
| Banco Provincia | Vicente López | Greater Buenos Aires | 1918 | 1 |
| Ciudad de Buenos Aires | Núñez | Buenos Aires city | 1920 | 5 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) | Palermo | Buenos Aires city | 1880 | 9 |
| Italiano | Caballito | Buenos Aires city | 1898 | 0 |
| Lomas | Lomas de Zamora | Greater Buenos Aires | 1891 | 19 |
| Quilmes | Quilmes | Greater Buenos Aires | 1887 | 17 |
| River Plate | Belgrano | Buenos Aires city | 1901 | 1 |
| San Fernando | San Fernando | Greater Buenos Aires | 1923 | 4 |
| San Lorenzo | Boedo | Buenos Aires city | 1908 | 0 |
| San Isidro Club | Boulogne Sur Mer | Greater Buenos Aires | 1935 | 4 |
| Santa Bárbara | Manuel B. Gonnet | Buenos Aires Province | 1974 | 0 |
| St. Catherine's Moorlands | Tortuguitas | Greater Buenos Aires | 1969 | 0 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Liniers | Buenos Aires city | 1910 | 0 |
The chart below includes all the titles won by women's teams. [1]
The teams with most titles is Lomas with 18 championships. Quilmes Girls was a team that only won one championship, the first to be played in 1924.
| Team | Titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Lomas | 19 | 1938, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2019, 2022 |
| Quilmes | 18 | 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 2008 |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) | 9 | 1965, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 |
| Pacific RAC [n 2] | 5 | 1933, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1947 |
| Arrows | 5 | 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1945 |
| CA San Isidro | 5 | 1943, 1944, 1966, 1967, 1969 |
| Buenos Aires CRC | 5 | 1976, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988 |
| Ciudad | 5 | 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2014 |
| San Isidro Club | 4 | 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 |
| Belgrano | 4 | 1942, 1946, 1949, 1974 |
| Banco Nación | 4 | 1968, 1970, 1973, 2018 |
| San Fernando | 4 | 1982, 2002, 2021, 2023 |
| Hurling | 3 | 1959, 1972, 1978 |
| Ferrocarril Mitre | 3 | 1990, 1994, 1995 |
| Surí | 2 | 1962, 1963 |
| Atlético del Rosario | 2 | 1971, 1975 |
| Quilmes Girls | 1 | 1924 |
| Banco Provincia | 1 | 2015 |
| River Plate | 1 | 2016 |
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