Sport in Spain

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Sport in Spain in the second half of the 20th century has always been dominated by football. Other popular sport activities include basketball, tennis, cycling, handball, American football, rally, motorcycling, judo, Formula One, water sports, rhythmic gymnastics, bullfighting, golf, and skiing. Spain has also hosted a number of international events such as the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1982 FIFA World Cup. With Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon championships in 2008 and 2010, the tennis team winning the Davis Cup five times (2000, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2011), basketball team winning the 2006 World Basketball Championship and the 2019 World Basketball Championship, the FIBA EuroBasket in 2009, 2011 and in 2015, and multiple medals at the Olympic Games, Fernando Alonso's back-to-back (2005 and 2006) Formula One championships, the football team bringing home Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 trophies and Óscar Pereiro, Alberto Contador and Carlos Sastre's 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 triumphs in Tour de France more recently, several papers have looked beyond Sastre's win to claim that Spain is enjoying something of a sporting "Golden Age"-similar to the Spanish 17th century achievements in painting and literature.

History[]

Administration and funding[]

School sport[]

Popularity[]

In 2014, the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) asked which sport or sports you participate in and which ones you are particularly interested in, even if you do not practice them. Allowing the respondent to give 3 answers to each question. [1]

Sport Participating Interested In
Gym 29.3% 10.7%
Cycling 19.5% 11.1%
Swimming 17% 11.9%
Football 14.9% 48%
Athletics 7.6% 5.7%
Basketball 5.1% 17.1%
Futsal 4.3% 2.1%
Tennis 4.1% 21.6%
Winter sports 2.7% 1.7%
Motorcycle racing 0.9% 10.5%
Auto racing 0.4% 8.4%
Mountaineering 11.4% 3.8%
Skating 1.1% 3.6%
Handball 0.1% 2.6%
Nothing NA 12.7%

Host of events[]

Big events[]

World Championships[]

Olympic sports
Other sports

Spanish sports calendar[]

By Sport[]

Team sports[]

Football[]

Main article: Football in Spain
Spain national football team celebrating its victory at the UEFA Euro 2008 Championship in Madrid.

Association football – commonly known as football (or soccer), (Spanish: Fútbol asociación) – is the most popular sport in Spain.[2] Football is a widespread passion among the people of Spain, and most people in Spain have at least some sort of connection to the sport.[3] Football is the sport with the most registered players (a total of 1,063,090 of which 997,106 are men and 77,461 women), and highest number of registered clubs (a total of 29,205) among all Spanish sport federations according to data issued by the sports administration of Spain's government in 2020.[4]

El Clásico

La Liga or Primera División (The Spanish League) is considered to be one of the world's best competitions. Successful teams in recent European competitions are Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Sevilla, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia CF and Atlético Madrid. Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated for much of their history, and created an intimate rivalry. Real Madrid has been dubbed by many pundits as the most successful club in the world, having won the UEFA Champions League a record 13 times, almost all other UEFA club competitions at least once, and La Liga a record 34 times. Barcelona has been European champions 5 times, and won La Liga on 26 occasions. Other teams such as Atlético Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia have also gained prominence by winning the UEFA Europa League, with 9 titles going to Spanish teams since 2004.

Spain national football team on 18 November 2009 in Vienna.

The Spain national team has been successful and has qualified for the FIFA World Cup tournament fifteen times since 1934. In 2010, Spain defeated the Netherlands in the final to win the tournament for the first time. In the European Championship they were champions in 1964, 2008 and 2012, and runners-up in 1984. Spain has won three medals in football Olympic Games tournaments. They have won two silver medals at the Sydney 2000 and at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and won a gold medal during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

The youth teams have also been quite successful in the last decade. The U-20 team won the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1999 and were runners-up in 1985 and 2003. The U-17 team was runners-up three times and won third place in 1997 in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball in Spain
Pau Gasol with the shirt of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Spain national team in 2006 World Championships.

The Spanish ACB is one of the major European basketball leagues. Spanish teams such as Real Madrid Baloncesto, FC Barcelona Bàsquet and Joventut Badalona have won international championships such as the Euroleague or Eurocup.

A number of Spanish players such as Pau Gasol and his younger brother Marc Gasol, Juan Hernangómez, Ricky Rubio, and naturalized Spaniard Serge Ibaka are currently playing in the NBA. Other Spanish players who have recently played in the league include Rudy Fernandez and Sergio Rodríguez.

The Spanish men's national basketball team has achieved a high ranked position in the international tournament by winning their first ever gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, and have hosted the 1986 FIBA World Championship and 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. also won six silver medals and three gold medals at the EuroBasket. Most recently, they won the gold medal at EuroBasket 2011, a silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a gold at EuroBasket 2015, a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a gold at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The women's national team were silver medalists at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women (since renamed the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) and 2016 Olympics. They have also won nine medals (three gold, one silver, five bronze) at EuroBasket Women, most recently a gold in 2017. The country finished third in the FIBA Women's World Cup in 2018.

Handball[]

Main article: Handball in Spain

The Spanish Liga ASOBAL is one of the best club competitions. A number of Spanish teams such as BM Ciudad Real, FC Barcelona Handbol, and Portland San Antonio have won or were finalists in the EHF Champions League.

Since the 1990s the men's national team has won eight medals in top class international tournaments, with three bronze medals at the Olympics, three second and a third place at the European Championships and two World Championships (2005 and 2013).

American Football[]

The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano is the top level league in Spain and was first founded in 1988. It is divided into level of A,B,C, and regional divisions with A the top league.

Water polo[]

The Spain men's national water polo team is no stranger to the world's elite of this sport. The 1990s were a particularly successful decade for the Spanish team. Major achievements included a Silver medal at the 1992 Olympics and its greatest performance to date, winning the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.

Other remarkable performances include winning the gold medal at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships and, again, at the 2001 edition. They also took Silver at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome. Before that, Spain had taken Silver at the 1991 edition and then again at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships.

Roller hockey (Quad)[]

Roller hockey (Quad) is played by professional athletes. The Spain national team has won the World Championship 14 times with 12 second places and 7 third places and also won the European Championship 14 times with 15 second places and 5 third places. The Spanish teams as FC Barcelona, Reus Deportiu, Igualada HC and HC Liceo La Coruña has won the European Clubs Cup in 44 editions, losing only in 7.

Rugby union[]

Main article: Rugby union in Spain

Volleyball[]

Main article: Volleyball in Spain

Beach volleyball[]

Spain featured national teams in beach volleyball that competed in the women's and men's section at the 2018–2020 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.[5]

Baseball and softball[]
Main article: Baseball in Spain
Futsal[]
Main article: Futsal in Spain

Individual sports[]

Athletics[]

Athletics does not have a very high profile in Spain on a week-in week-out basis, but it leaps to prominence during major championships. Spanish Athletics Championships

Cycling[]

David de la Fuente in the 7th stage of the Tour de France 2007 at the Col de la Colombière.
Cycling event in Santander.
Adam Raga.

Cycling has been an important sport in Spain since the 1940s. The Vuelta a España (Spanish for "Tour of Spain") is one of the most important cycling events in the world, together with the Tour de France (French for "Tour of France") and Giro d'Italia (Italian for "Tour of Italy") stage races, collectively known as the Grand Tours.

Several Spanish cycling athletes have won the Tour de France, including Federico Bahamontes, Luis Ocaña, Pedro Delgado, Óscar Pereiro, Alberto Contador, and Carlos Sastre. The most successful Spanish cyclist is Miguel Indurain. He won the Tour de France in five consecutive years between 1991 and 1995. He also won the Giro d'Italia in two consecutive years (1992 and 1993), the 1995 Road World Championship time trial and the gold medal in the 1996 Olympic time trial.

More recently, in 2008, Sastre became the seventh and third consecutive Spaniard to win the Tour de France, then followed by Contador winning his second tour in 2009's edition. Contador was thought to have repeated his win in 2010, but the day before Stage 17, the queen stage finishing with atop the Col du Tourmalet, Contador tested positive for performance-enhancing substance Clenbuterol. Although he claimed it was a result of consuming contaminated beef, in January 2012 the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled him guilty and gave him a two-year ban backdated from July 21, 2010, and had all his results achieved after July 21 erased, including victory in the 2010 Giro d'Italia and a 5th-place finish and most aggressive rider award for stage 19 at the 2011 Tour de France. Since returning from the ban, Contador has won the Vuelta twice, in 2012 and 2014.

Óscar Freire shares the distinction of being one of four men to win the World Road Racing Championship three times, as well as being a three-time winner of one of the most prestigious one-day classic cycle races, the Milan–San Remo. Abraham Olano won the Vuelta a España in 1998, and is the only man to win World Championships in both the road race (1995) and time trial (1998). Alejandro Valverde was the winner of the 2009 Vuelta a España, has won the one-day classic Liège–Bastogne–Liège four times, and in 2018 became World Road Race Champion after having previously finished second or third six times.

Spain has also produced some notable mountain bikers like José Antonio Hermida and track racers like Olympic medalists Joan Llaneras, José Manuel Moreno Periñán, José Antonio Escuredo or Sergi Escobar as well as multi-world champion Guillermo Timoner.

Gymnastic[]

Artistic gymnastics[]
Gervasio Deferr
Rhythmic gymnastic[]
Patricia Moreno the Spanish Champion of Artistic Gymnastics in Vilassar de Mar in 2004.
Carolina Pascual, individual all-around Olympic silver medalist in 1992.
El Equipaso, is the nickname by which the Spanish rhythmic gymnastics group is known Olympic runner-up in the Olympics. Rio 2016. World champion clubs 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships and 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

Rhythmic gymnastics is a popular sport through all Spain, so far the most successful individual rhythmic gymnasts are Carolina Pascual who won a silver medal in the individual all around competition in Barcelona 1992, Carmen Acedo who won gold medal in clubs competition in World Championships in 1993 and Almudena Cid this last is the only rhythmic gymnast who has competed at four olympic finals, placing 9th at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 being 8th at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

In the Atlanta 1996 the Spanish team won the first gold medal of the new competition by groups. The Spanish team was formed by Estela Giménez, Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena Guréndez, Estíbaliz Martínez and Tania Lamarca.

Medal standings in World Championships
Deportista 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 Nuria Cabanillas 01.PNG Nuria Cabanillas[n 1] 3 4 0 7
2 Estela Giménez en Hollywood 02.PNG Estela Giménez 2 4 2 8
3 Marta Baldó 01.PNG Marta Baldó 2 4 2 8
4 Estíbaliz Martínez 01.PNG Estíbaliz Martínez 2 3 0 5
5 Tania Lamarca 01.PNG Tania Lamarca 2 3 0 5
6 Maider Esparza 01.PNG [n 2] 2 3 0 5
7 Lorena Guréndez 01.PNG Lorena Guréndez 2 2 0 4
8 Alejandra Quereda 2013 Kiev.PNG Alejandra Quereda 2 0 2 4
9 Sandra Aguilar 2013 Kiev.PNG Sandra Aguilar 2 0 2 4
10 Lourdes Mohedano 2013 Kiev.PNG Lourdes Mohedano 2 0 2 4
11 Elena López 2013 Kiev.PNG Elena López 2 0 2 4
12 Artemi Gavezou 2013 Kiev.PNG Artemi Gavezou 2 0 2 4

Spain has found more success in the group competition than at the individual one, the country won many medals and gained prominence in the 90's which has its peak at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996, after the world championships at home in Seville 1998 the group went downhill and had inconsistent results until 2012 when they finished at the 4th place at the Olympic Games in 2012 London Olympics and a performance they would repeat at the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv where the Spanish group won the gold at the 10 clubs final and a bronze in the 3 balls + 2 ribbons final, their firsts world championships medals in 15 years, at the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, Turkey they retained their world title in the 10 clubs final. At the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany the group won the bronze medal at the all around competition, since 1998 the Spanish group hasn't won an all around medal.

Also for the first time in 9 years the country classified two gymnast for the individual all-around final, Natalia Garcia who finished in the 19th spot and Carolina Rodriguez who got the 11th place.

Triathlon[]

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis in Spain
Rafael Nadal
Semifinal match between the eventual champion, Spain, and the United States in Las Ventas.
Manuel Santana during a Sweden visit 1964.

Spain has produced a number of tennis champions, in particular excelling in tournaments held on clay courts such as the French Open, a Grand Slam tournament.

Spain has won the Davis Cup six times (2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2019) and the Billie Jean King Cup (formerly Fed Cup) five times (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998).

Rafael Nadal is widely regarded as the greatest Spanish tennis player of all time and generally considered one of the best players ever. He has won the French Open a record thirteen times. After defeating then world number one Roger Federer, Nadal claimed the Wimbledon trophy in 2008. He has won the 2009 Australian Open, the first male Spaniard to do so. In 2009, he became the first player ever to simultaneously hold Grand Slam titles on clay, grass, and hardcourt. In addition, Nadal is the gold medalist at 2008 Summer Olympics. As of 2022, he has won an all-time record of 21 Grand Slam titles, the most among ATP players.

Spain has produced several other world number one players such as Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1995 (a 3 times French Open champion in 1989, 1994 and 1998 and 1994 US Open Champion), Carlos Moyá in 1999 (1998 French Open champion) Juan Carlos Ferrero in 2003 (2003 French Open Champion) and Garbiñe Muguruza in 2017 (2016 French Open and 2017 Wimbledon).

Other Grand Slam champions include Manuel Santana (1961,1964 French Opens, 1966 Wimbledon and 1965 US Open), Sergi Bruguera (1993–94 French Opens), Andrés Gimeno (1972 French Open), Conchita Martínez (1994 Wimbledon) and Albert Costa (2002 French Open).

Other notable top 10 players from Spain include #2 Àlex Corretja, #3 David Ferrer, #5 Tommy Robredo, #7 Juan Aguilera, #7 Emilio Sánchez (older brother of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario), #7 Alberto Berasategui, #7 Fernando Verdasco, #10 Carlos Costa, #10 Félix Mantilla, Lilí Álvarez or Manuel Alonso.

Tournaments held in Spain on the men's tour every year are Madrid, Barcelona and Mallorca. The women have an event in Madrid.

Motorsports[]

Auto racing[]

Alonso at the 2005 United States Grand Prix.
Carlos Sainz with a Citroën Xsara WRC in the Cyprus Rally from the 2004 season.

In Formula One the two world championships of Fernando Alonso, in 2005 and 2006, have made the sport popular in Spain. It was, until 2012, the only country to host two Grands Prix, the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona and the European Grand Prix on the Valencia Street Circuit, which was discontinued for 2013.

In the World Rally Championship Spanish rally driver Carlos Sainz was crowned world champion in 1990 and 1992 and is ranked third with most wins with 26. Sainz retired from WRC in 2005 and switched to rally raid, where he won the 2010 Dakar Rally. Daniel Sordo has achieved best results since then by finishing third in the World Rally Championship in 2008 and 2009.

In endurance racing, Fermín Vélez is two-time 12 Hours of Sebring winner and two-time World Sportscar Championship Group C2 champion, Marc Gené won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2010 12 Hours of Sebring, and Antonio García won the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona. Fernando Alonso won the 2018-2019 FIA WEC World Championship, taking wins at the 2018 and 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans. He also won the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona.

Motorcycle racing[]

Dani Pedrosa
Marc Márquez in 2018 Grand Prix of San Marino.

Spain has hosted four Grand Prix motorcycle racing events. They include the Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, the Spanish Grand Prix, the Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix, and the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix. Most events have received high attendance numbers.

Notable Spanish grand prix motorcycling riders include Dani Pedrosa, Nicolás Terol, Álvaro Bautista, Emilio Alzamora, three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo and five-time champion Marc Márquez. Notable retired racers include Àlex Crivillé, Jorge Martínez Aspar, Sete Gibernau, Sito Pons, and Ángel Nieto. Away from the track, Laia Sanz has won multiple women's world titles in motorcycle trials and enduro as well as several wins in the female class of the Dakar Rally. In 2018 Ana Carrasco became the first female motorcyclist to win a world title when she became Supersport 300 World Champion.

Canoeing[]

Golf[]

Golf course in Mallorca

Golf has become popular among the Spanish. There are a number of courses located in different parts of Spain. They include the San Roque, Sotogrande, Valderrama, and Alcaidesa. Spain hosted the 1997 Ryder Cup.

Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros won the U.S. Masters Tournament twice, and the British Open three times. José María Olazábal has won two Masters titles. Sergio García[6] spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings (over 250 weeks between 2000 and 2008) and won the 2017 Masters. In the women's game, Spain fielded the winning team in the inaugural International Crown in 2014.

Boxing[]

Paulino Uzkudun

Combart Sports[]

Judo[]
Karate[]
Taewkondo[]

Water sports[]

Swimming[]
Mireia Belmonte.
David Meca.
Synchronized swimming[]

During the 2000s, Spanish swimmer Gemma Mengual has heralded a series of both individual and team medals for Spain in all the major international synchronized swimming tournaments, including the silver medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Mengual's coach, Ana Tarrés, who herself represented Spain in the sport at the 1984 Summer Olympics, also served as coach of the national team from 1997 to 2012: during her time in charge the team enjoyed great success, taking four Olympic medals, 26 World Championship medals, and 25 European Championship medals.[7] Other Spanish synchronised swimmers to enjoy success in international competition since the emergence of Mengual include Paola Tirados, Andrea Fuentes, the most decorated swimmer in the history of the Spain national team,[8] Ona Carbonell and Margalida Crespí.

Dyving[]

Skiing[]

Skiing is a popular sport. In the past, this sport was under development for economic reasons. However the improvement of the economy of Spain, helped skiing become an active sport event. It has become popular, and the skiing sites have been modernized in recent years. In Spain the southernmost ski resort of Europe, Sierra Nevada, is located. Skiing is one of the favourite sports of the Spanish Royal Family.

Spain has enjoyed some success in competitive alpine skiing. Skiers who have won races in the Alpine Skiing World Cup include Carolina Ruiz Castillo, María José Rienda, and siblings Blanca and Francisco Fernández Ochoa. The Fernández Ochoas are the only Spanish athletes to have won medals at the Winter Olympics, with Francisco winning a gold medal in the men's slalom in the 1972 Winter Olympics and Blanca winning a bronze in the women's equivalent twenty years later.

  • Ski resorts in Spain

Ice sports[]

Ice skating[]
Skeleton[]

Other olympic sports[]

Archery[]
Badminton[]
Climbing[]
Equestrian sports[]
Horseracing[]
Eventting and showjumping[]
Fencing[]
Modern pentathlon[]
Rowing[]
Sailing[]

Royal Spanish Sailing Federation

Shooting[]
Skatebording[]
Surf[]
Table tennis[]
Wrestling[]

Other sports[]

Basque pelota[]

Main article: List of players of Basque pelota

Basque pelota

Basque rural sports[]

Harri-jasotzailea

Beach football[]

Spain national beach soccer team

Beach handball[]

Bowling[]

Birlos celtas

Chess[]

Linares International Chess Tournament

Mountaineering[]

Padel[]

Trainera[]

Kontxako Bandera

Valencian pelota[]

Pilota Valenciana

Valencian pilota is a traditional Valencian sports. Tournaments includes trinquete, Trofeu Individual Bancaixa, Circuit Bancaixa, raspall singles championship, and raspall team championship.

Wrestling[]

Canarian wrestling[]
Leonese wrestling[]

Disability sport[]

Spain at the Paralympics[]

Major sports factilities[]

National stadia[]

Image Stadium Capacity City Sport Inaugurated
España-rugby2.jpg Estadio Nacional Complutense 10,000 Community of Madrid Madrid Rugby union 1943

Club football grounds[]

The following is a list of stadiums with greater capacity.

Camp Nou Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Metropolitano Stadium Estadio Benito Villamarín Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Barcelona Madrid Madrid Seville Barcelona
1982 FIFA World Cup 1982 FIFA World Cup 2019 UEFA Champions League Final 1982 FIFA World Cup 1992 Summer Olympic
Capacity: 99,354 Capacity: 81,044 Capacity: 68,456 Capacity: 60,721 Capacity: 60,713
Barcelona 296.JPG Santiago-Bernabeu-May-2013.jpg Wanda-Metropolitano.jpg Estadio Benito Villamarín 2018001.jpg Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.JPG
Estadio de La Cartuja
Sport in Spain is located in Spain
A Coruña
Barcelona
Barcelona
Bilbao
Bilbao
Cornellà de Llobregat
Elche
Elche
Madrid
Madrid
Donostia
Seville
Seville
Valencia
Valencia
Zaragoza
Zaragoza
 San Mamés Stadium
Seville Bilbao
1999 World Athletics Championship 1982 FIFA World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 57,619 Capacity: 53,289
Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Estadio Olímpico 57 619.jpg San Mames, Bilbao, Euskal Herria - Basque Country.jpg
Mestalla Stadium Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
Valencia Seville
1982 FIFA World Cup 1982 FIFA World Cup
Capacity: 48,600 Capacity: 43,883
CAMP DE MESTALLA GRADA DE LA MAR 2014.JPG Sevilla2-1Lega20182.jpg
RCDE Stadium Anoeta Stadium Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero La Romareda Estadio Riazor
Cornellà de Llobregat Donostia Elche Zaragoza A Coruña
2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final 1982 FIFA World Cup 1982 FIFA World Cup 1982 FIFA World Cup
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 39,500 Capacity: 33,732 Capacity: 33,608 Capacity: 32,660
EstadioRCDE Pano.jpg Anoeta estadioa 39, Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Euskal Herria.jpg Preferecia Martínez Valero.jpg La Romareda en día de partido.jpg Estadio Riazor 2.jpg

Indoor arenas[]

The following is a list of indoor arenas in Spain, ordered by capacity.

Image Stadium Capacity City Autonomous
Community		 Team Inaugurated
Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona Catalonia 2.jpg Palau Sant Jordi 17,960 Barcelona  Catalonia None 1990
Palacio de los Deportes de Madrid - Estudiantes vs Unicaja - 02.jpg WiZink Center 17,453 Madrid  Madrid Estudiantes
Real Madrid		 2005
Panorámica del Fernando Buesa Arena.jpg Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504[9] Vitoria-Gasteiz  Basque Country Baskonia 1991
Bizkaia Arena Supercopa España 2007.jpg Bizkaia Arena 15,414[10] Barakaldo  Basque Country None 2004
OlímpicodeBadalona.jpg Olímpic de Badalona 12,760 Badalona  Catalonia Joventut Badalona 1991
Caroline Wozniacki and Dinara Safina at the 2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open.jpg Caja Mágica 12,442 Madrid  Madrid None 2009
Partido Basket Herbalife Gran Canaria - Unicaja ( 67- 65).jpg Gran Canaria Arena 11,470 Las Palmas  Canary Islands CB Gran Canaria 2014
P1110418 Coliseum A Coruña.JPG Coliseum da Coruña 11,000 A Coruña  Galicia None 1991
Unicaja Real Madrid 2011.jpg Martín Carpena 11,000 Málaga  Andalusia Unicaja 1999
Gipuzkoako Bertsolari Txapelketa 2019.jpg Donostia Arena 11,000[11] San Sebastián  Basque Country Gipuzkoa Basket 1998
FinalEHF2007.jpg Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744 Zaragoza  Aragon Basket Zaragoza 1990
Madrid Arena Inside 01.jpg Madrid Arena 10,500 Madrid  Madrid None 2002
SanPabloSevillaBasket-cropped.jpg San Pablo 10,200 Sevilla  Andalusia Baloncesto Sevilla 1999
Bilbao Arena.jpg Bilbao Arena 10,014[12] Bilbao  Basque Country Bilbao Basket 2010

Athletics stadiums[]

Image Stadium Capacity City Inaugurated Big event
Barcelona Olympic Stadium (Inside).jpg Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 60,713 Catalonia Barcelona 1927 1992 Summer Olympics
Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Estadio Olímpico 57 619.jpg Estadio de La Cartuja 57,619 Andalusia Seville 1999 1999 World Championships in Athletics
Mallorca0-2Leganes.jpg Visit Mallorca Stadium 23,142 Balearic Islands Palma de Mallorca 1999 1999 Summer Universiade
Estadiomediterrenioe.jpg Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos 21,350 Andalusia Almería 2004 2005 Mediterranean Games
Una nueva instalación deportiva para la ciudad de Madrid 10.jpg Estadio de Vallehermoso 9,000 Community of Madrid Madrid 1957 Meeting de Atletismo Madrid

Club rugby grounds[]

Image Stadium Capacity City Team Inaugurated
6,000 Basque Country (autonomous community) Getxo Getxo RT 2022
Peperojo.jpg Estadio Pepe Rojo 5,000 Castile and León Valladolid CR El Salvador
Valladolid RAC		 1981
Estadibaldirialeu.jpg Estadi Baldiri Aleu 4,000 Catalonia Sant Boi de Llobregat UE Santboiana 1950
Instalaciones deportivas La Cartuja 1,932 Andalusia Seville Ciencias Sevilla CR 1999
Miniestadioanoeta.jpg Miniestadio de Anoeta 1,262 Basque Country (autonomous community) San Sebastián Bera Bera RT 1993

Other grounds[]

Image Ground (sport) Capacity City Inaugurated Big event
Final de la Copa del Rey de Rugby 2016 1.jpg Estadio José Zorrilla (rugby) 27,846 Castile and León Valladolid 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup
Copa del Rey de Rugby: 2016,
PanoramicadeChapin.jpg Estadio Municipal de Chapín (equestrianism) 20,523 Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera 1988 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games
Hipódromo de la Zarzuela.jpg Hipódromo de la Zarzuela (horse racing) 17,000 Community of Madrid Madrid 1941 1992 Summer Olympic Games
050529 Barcelona 132.jpg Palau Blaugrana (various sports) 7,585 Catalonia Barcelona 1971 1992 Summer Olympic Games
OAR GRACIA vs EGARA 06.jpg Palacio de Deportes de Murcia (futsal) 7,454 Region of Murcia Murcia 1994 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship
Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara.JPG Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara (handball) 5,894 Castilla–La Mancha Guadalajara 2010 2013 World Men's Handball Championship
CID Gran Canaria.jpg Centro Insular de Deportes (volleyball) 5,200 Canary Islands Las Palmas 5,200 Copa del Rey de Voleibol
Liceo Barça hóckey.jpg Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor (rink hockey) 4,425 Galicia (Spain) A Coruña 1970 Roller Hockey World Cup: 1988, 1972
Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc - vista general.JPG Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc (swimming) 4,100 Catalonia Barcelona 1929 1992 Summer Olympic Games
2003 World Aquatics Championships
2013 World Aquatics Championships
Bilbao - Miribilla, Frontón Bizkaia 2.jpg (basque pelota) 3,000 Basque Country (autonomous community) Bilbao 2011 Bare-handed Pelota First League

Motosports circuits[]

Image Race track Location Opened Major events Capacity
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, April 19, 2018 SkySat (cropped).jpg Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Catalonia Montmeló 1991 Spanish Grand Prix (Formula One)
Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP)
World Superbike		 140,700
Panoramica Motorland Aragón.jpg MotorLand Aragón Aragon Alcañiz 2009 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP)
World Superbike		 129,500
Circuito Jerez - 20170528 140446.jpg Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto Andalusia Jerez de la Frontera 1985 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP)
World Superbike		 125,000
Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo 2011 004.jpg Circuito Ricardo Tormo Valencian Community Cheste 1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) 165,000
Moto2 FIM CEV Repsol Navarra 2015.jpg Circuito de Navarra Navarre Los Arcos 2010 World Superbike

Velodromes[]

Image Stadium Capacity City Inaugurated Big events
Las Mestas, Gijón.JPG Las Mestas Sports Complex 10,000 Asturias Gijón 1942
Palma Arena vist des Coll de Sa Creu.JPG Palma Arena 6,607 Balearic Islands Palma de Mallorca 2007 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Velodromo Luis Puig.jpg Velódromo Luis Puig 6,500 Valencian Community Valencia 1992 1992 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Antonio Elorza belodromoa.png Velódromo de Anoeta 5,500 Basque Country (autonomous community) San Sebastián 1965 1965 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Velòdrom d'Horta.jpg Velòdrom d'Horta 3,200 Catalonia Barcelona 1984 1992 Summer Olympics
1984 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Golf courses[]

Image Course Location Opened Length Par Course rating Slope rating Major events
Valderamma Driving Range.JPG Valderrama Golf Club Andalusia San Roque 1974 6,390 m
(6,990 yd)		 71 76.1 147 Ryder Cup: 1997

Ski resort[]

See also[]

  • Spanish Badminton Federation

Notes[]

  1. ^ El oro y la plata del conseguidos por Nuria, fueron como suplente del conjunto en ambos ejercicios, aunque fue convocada a dicha competición.
  2. ^ Las 5 medallas conseguidas por Maider, fueron como suplente del conjunto en ambos ejercicios, aunque fue convocada a estos campeonatos.

References[]

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  3. ^ "Spanish football: Well red". The Economist. 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  4. ^ "Memory 2020. Licensing and clubs (Document in Spanish)" (PDF). Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD)(Sports Council). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Continental Cup Finals start in Africa". FIVB. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Garcia aims for Spanish hat-trick". BBC News. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  7. ^ ""¡Fuera del agua, gorda!"" [“Out of the water, fatty!”]. El País (in Spanish). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. ^ Torres, Diego (26 January 2013). "Andrea Fuentes se retira de la natación sincronizada" [Andrea Fuentes retires from synchronized swimming]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  9. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2017. Pabellón: Fernando Buesa Arena (15.504 espectadores)
  10. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2017. Pabellón: Bizkaia Arena (15.414 espectadores)
  11. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2017. Pabellón: San Sebastián Arena 2016 (11.000 espectadores)
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