Spain national baseball team

Spain national baseball team
Information
Country	Spain
Federation	Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation
Confederation	Confederation of European Baseball
Manager	Luis Sojo
WBSC ranking	19 (31 December 2021)[1]
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 )
European Championship
Appearances	33 (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 includes players of Dominican, Venezuelan, and Cuban origin.

History[]

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

More recently, Spain competed in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, coming in third to win a bronze medal. Among the players who competed for it were Engel Beltré, Rhiner Cruz, Ricardo Hernández, Fernando Martínez, Leslie Nacar, Antonio Noguera, and Blake Ochoa.^[2] With this achievement, Spain qualified again for the final qualification stage of the 2020 Summer Olympics, but it failed to achieve the place as it finished fourth.^[3][4]

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	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		W	L	RS	RA
2006	Did not enter							No qualifiers held
2009
2013	Round 1	15th	0	3	9	20		3	1	32	14
2017	Did not qualify							0	2	5	14
2021	To be determined
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
2020	Did not qualify							2019 European Baseball Championship 4th, Final Qualifying Tournament
Total	1/5		1	6	15	85

European Baseball 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 2019 3rd 8 6 2 Total 33/35 219 116 102

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.

2021 World Baseball Classic Qualifier roster[]

See also[]

• Baseball in Spain

Notes[]

References[]