Spain national baseball team

Spain national baseball team

Country	Spain
Federation	Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation
Confederation	Confederation of European Baseball
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	1 (First in 2013)
Best result	15th (2013)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (First in 1992)
Best result	8th (1992)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1988)
Best result	12th (1988, 2009)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1991)
European Championship
Appearances	30 (First in 1954)
Best result	1st (1 time, in 1955)

The Spain national baseball team is the national team of Spain. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation. It is a member nation of the Confédération Européenne de Baseball, or Confederation of European Baseball.

The Spanish team contains various players of Dominican, Venezuelan and Cuban origin.

In 2013, Spain qualified for the first time to the World Baseball Classic. They lost all three games against Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

Tournament records

World Baseball Classic

Spain World Baseball Classic
Tournament Results
Puerto Rico 2013	15th
Medal Tally
Gold	-
Silver	-
Bronze	-

World Baseball Classic record									Qualification record
Year	Host(s)	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		Host	W	L	RS	RA
2006	Did not enter								No qualifiers held
2009	Did not enter								No qualifiers held
2013	Puerto Rico	Round 1	15th	0	3	9	20		United States	3	1	32	14
2017	Did not qualify								Panama	0	2	5	14
Total	1/4			0	3	9	20			3	3	37	28

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record								Qualification
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA
1992	Preliminary	8th	1	6	15	85		Host country
1996	Did not qualify							4th, 1995 European Baseball Championship
2000	Did not qualify							5th, 1999 European Baseball Championship
2004	Did not qualify							2003 European Baseball Championship
2008	Did not qualify							2007 European Baseball Championship 7th, Final Qualifying Tournament
Total	1/5		1	6	15	85

At European Championship Year Position Pld W L 1954 2nd 2 1 1 1955 1st 4[N 1] 3 0 1956 4th 4 1 3 1957 4th 4 1 3 1958 5th 3 1 2 1960 3rd 3 1 2 1962 3rd 5 3 2 1964 3rd 4 2 2 1965 4th 4 1 3 1967 4th 4 1 3 1969 3rd 3 2 1 1971 6th 5 2 3 1973 3rd 11 5 6 1975 4th 7 3 4 1977 4th 6 1 5 1979 Did not qualify 1981 1983 4th 8 3 5 1985 5th 8 2 6 1987 3rd 10 5 5 1989 3rd 9 5 4 1991 3rd 9 5 4 1993 5th 8 6 2 1995 4th 10 5 5 1997 3rd 9 5 4 1999 5th 8 5 3 2001 6th 8 3 5 2003 3rd 8 6 2 2005 3rd 9 7 2 2007 3rd 8 6 2 2010 9th 5 2 3 2012 3rd 8 4 4 2014 3rd 8 6 2 2016 2nd 9 7 2 Total 32/34 211 110 100

At Baseball World Cup Year Position Pld W L 1988 12th 11 0 11 1998 14th 7 2 5 2005 14th 8 2 6 2007 13th 7 2 5 2009 12th 10 3 7 Total 5/39 43 9 34 At Intercontinental Cup Year Position Pld W L 1991 1997 Total 2/17

European Championships - Junior

• Silver Medal (4 times)

1990, 1991, 1996 and 2001.

• Bronze Medal (11 times)

1974, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 2005.

European Championships - Cadet

• Silver Medal (3 times)

1981, 1992 and 2004.

• Bronze Medal (3 times)

1979, 2000 and 2002.

2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifier roster

Spain roster - 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualification
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 20 Daniel Álvarez 41 Rogelio Armenteros 23 Jorge Balboa 33 Richard Castillo 45 José Cruz 39 Rhiner Cruz 35 Iván Granados 37 Ricardo Hernández 26 Leslie Nacar 30 Antonio Noguera 36 Andrés Pérez 50 Sergio Pérez 34 Richard Salazar 28 Carlos Sierra		Catchers 43 Iker Franco 40 Rolando Meriño 10 Blake Ochoa Infielders  8 Óscar Angulo 19 Jesús Golindano 13 Luis Guillorme 16 Jesús Merchán 22 Yunesky Sánchez 27 Jesús Ustariz Outfielders  7 Engel Beltré 14 Lesther Galván  5 Yasser Gómez  9 Daniel Martínez 24 Gabe Suárez		Manager Manny Crespo Coaches Félix Cano Renny Duarte Paco Figueroa Lebi Ochoa Manny Olivera Néstor Pérez

See also

• Baseball in Spain

Notes

1. One game drawn

References