Spain national field hockey team

Spain
Association	Real Federacion Espanola de Hockey (Royal Spanish Federation of Hockey)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Coach	Dani Martín
Manager	Pablo Negre
Captain	Francisco Fábregas
FIH ranking	4th
First kit 　 Second kit

Medal record
Competitor for Spain
Men's Field Hockey
Olympic Games
Bronze	1960 Rome	Team Competition
Silver	1980 Moscow	Team Competition
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition
Silver	2008 Beijing	Team Competition
Hockey World Cup
Silver	1971 Barcelona, Spain	Team Competition
Silver	1998 Utrecht, Netherlands	Team Competition
Bronze	2006 Mönchengladbach, Germany	Team Competition
EuroHockey Nations Championship
Bronze	1970 Brussels, Belgium	Team Competition
Gold	1974 Madrid, Spain	Team Competition
Silver	2003 Barcelona, Spain	Team Competition
Gold	2005 Leipzig, Germany	Team Competition
Silver	2007 Manchester, England	Team Competition
Hockey Champions Trophy
Bronze	1997 Adelaide, Australia	Team Competition
Gold	2004 Lahore, Pakistan	Team Competition
Bronze	2005 Chennai, India	Team Competition
Bronze	2006 Terrassa, Spain	Team Competition
Silver	2008 Rotterdam, Netherlands	Team Competition
Silver	2011 Auckland, New Zealand	Team Competition

The Spain national field hockey team represents Spain in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached by Dutchman Maurits Hendriks since 2002, competed in every World Cup since the first edition in 1971. Spain is ranked fourth in the world, as of June 30, 2008. Hendriks resigned in December 2008 to become the new chief officer in Dutch Sports, as the successor of Charles van Commenée.

Participations

Summer Olympics

1908 – Did not compete 1920 – Did not compete 1928 – Eighth place 1932 – Did not compete 1936 – Did not compete 1948 – Tenth place 1952 – Did not compete 1956 – Did not compete 1960 – Bronze Medal: 1964 – Fourth place 1968 – Sixth place

1972 – Seventh place 1976 – Sixth place 1980 – Silver Medal: 1984 – Eighth place 1988 – Ninth place 1992 – Fifth place 1996 – Silver Medal: 2000 – Ninth place 2004 – Fourth place 2008 – Silver Medal: 2012 – Qualified

World Cup

• 1971 – Second place:
• 1973 – Fifth place
• 1975 – Eighth place
• 1978 – Fifth place
• 1982 – Eleventh place
• 1986 – Fifth place
• 1990 – Eighth place
• 1994 – Ninth place
• 1998 – Second place:
• 2002 – Eleventh place
• 2006 – Third place:
• 2010 – Fifth place

EuroHockey Nations Championship

• 1970 – Third place:
• 1974 – Champions:
• 1978 – Fourth place
• 1983 – Fourth place
• 1987 – Seventh place
• 1991 – Fifth place
• 1995 – Eighth place
• 1999 – Fifth place
• 2003 – Second place:
• 2005 – Champions:
• 2007 – Second place:
• 2009 – Fourth place
• 2011 – Sixth place

Champions Trophy

1978 – Fifth place 1980 – Sixth place 1981 – Fifth place 1982 – Did not compete 1983 – Did not compete 1984 – Sixth place 1985 – Did not compete 1986 – Did not compete 1987 – Sixth place 1988 – Fifth place 1989 – Did not compete 1990 – Did not compete 1991 – Did not compete 1992 – Did not compete 1993 – Fifth place 1994 – Fifth place 1995 – Did not compete

1996 – Fifth place 1997 – Third place: 1998 – Fifth place 1999 – Fourth place 2000 – Fourth place 2001 – Did not compete 2002 – Did not compete 2003 – Did not compete 2004 – Champions: 2005 – Third place: 2006 – Third place: 2007 – Fifth place 2008 – Second place: 2009 – Fifth place 2010 – Fifth place 2011 – Second place:

Champions Challenge

• 2001 – Did not compete
• 2003 – Champions:
• 2005 – Did not compete

Current squad

The following players have been selected by head coach Maurits Hendriks for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

1. Francisco Cortes (GK)
2. Santi Freixa
5. Francisco Fábregas
6. Víctor Sojo
8. Alexandre Fabregas
9. Pol Amat
10. Eduardo Tubau
11. Roc Oliva

12. Juan Fernandez
13. Ramón Alegre
16. Xavier Ribas
17. Albert Sala
18. Rodrigo Garza
20. Sergi Enrique
21. Eduard Arbos
23. David Alegre

See also

• Spain women's national field hockey team

External links

• (Spanish) Real Federación Española de Hockey Official site of the Spanish Hockey Federation