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
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	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. 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.

Tournament records

World Baseball Classic

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	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.

See also

• Baseball in Spain