Countries Argentina Headquarter Buenos Aires Current champion Banco Provincia | Administrator AHBA Number of teams 12 | |
Most successful Ferrocarril Mitre (18 titles) | ||
The Torneo Metropolitano de Hockey is a field hockey competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Played since 1908, it is regulated by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association (AHBA).
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Formula
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 12 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.
List of champions
The chart below includes all the titles won by men's teams.
Titles by club
Club Ferrocarril General Mitre has won the most titles (18 championships), followed by Quilmes with 16 titles.