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
Current	22 (18 December 2023)
Highest	16 (December 2012)
Lowest	26 (December 2018)
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 (2 times, most recent in 2023)

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.

History

The Spanish national team won the European Baseball Championship in 1955. In 1992, it took part in the Baseball Competition of the Olympic Games.

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

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 qualify by finishing fourth.

In 2023, Spain became European champions again at the Baseball European Championship, 68 years after their first title.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2022

World Baseball Classic Q	September 16	South Africa	4–5	Spain	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	13:00 CET	LP: Jared Elario	Boxscore	WP: Vicente Campos Sv: Rhiner Cruz HR: Justin Connell (1)	Umpires: Roberto LaMadrid

World Baseball Classic Q	September 17	Spain	21–7 (F/7)	Czech Republic	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	13:00 CET	WP: Rogelio Armenteros HR: Jesus Ustariz (1), Edison Valerio (1, 2)	Boxscore	LP: Marek Minarik HR: Vojtech Mensik (1), Marek Chlup (1), Matej Mensik (1), Martin Muzik (1)	Attendance: 1,725 Umpires: Darius Ghani (HP), Mark Winters (1B), Roberto LaMadrid (2B), John Byrne (3B)

World Baseball Classic Q	September 20	Spain	9–10 (F/10)	Great Britain	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	19:00 CET	LP: Rhiner Cruz HR: Noelvi Marte (1)	Boxscore	WP: Tahnaj Thomas HR: Harry Ford (1), D'Shawn Knowles (1), Jaden Rudd (1)	Attendance: 1,186 Umpires: HP: Young Chou Kwon, 1B: Roberto LaMadrid, 2B: Darius Ghani, 3B: Mark Winters

World Baseball Classic Q	September 21	Czech Republic	3–1	Spain	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	19:00 CET	WP: Martin Schneider Sv: Marek Minarik (1) HR: Martin Muzik (1), Marek Chlup (1)	Boxscore	LP: Ronald Medrano	Attendance: 1,229 Umpires: HP: Roberto LaMadrid, 1B: Darius Ghani, 2B: Young Chou Kwon, 3B: Jon Byrne.

2021

Euro Championship GS	September 14	Croatia	0–12 (F/7)	Spain	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

2019

Euro Championship GS	September 7	Croatia	2–3	Spain	Bonn, Germany
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 425

Euro Championship GS	September 8	Spain	13–5	Belgium	Bonn, Germany
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 300

Euro Championship GS	September 9	Spain	6–3	France	Solingen, Germany
	16:30 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 150

Euro Championship GS	September 10	Spain	3–13	Italy	Bonn, Germany
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 250

Euro Championship GS	September 11	Austria	1–19 (F/6)	Spain	Solingen, Germany
	12:30 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 150

Euro Championship QF	September 13	Spain	5–4 (F/10)	Czech Republic	Solingen, Germany
	16:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 150

Euro Championship SF	September 14	Netherlands	1–0	Spain	Bonn, Germany
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 900

Euro Championship 3rd	September 15	Spain	16–11	Israel	Bonn, Germany
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,200

2018

Super 6 GS	September 18	Belgium	1–13 (F/7)	Spain	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 173

Super 6 GS	September 19	Spain	12–7	Czech Republic	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 163

Super 6 GS	September 20	Spain	9–1	Germany	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 142

Super 6 GS	September 21	Spain	5–8	Italy	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 151

Super 6 GS	September 22	Netherlands	12–10 (F/8)	Spain	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 850

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Nelson Prada	Manager
Néstor Pérez	Bench coach
Juan Rincón	Pitching coach
Candelario Díaz	First base coach
Félix Manuel Cano	Third base coach
Manuel Olivera	Bullpen coach
Ian Peres	Bullpen catcher

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
2023	did not qualify							2	2	36	24
Total	Round 1	1/5	0	3	9	20		5	5	73	52

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
2021	4th	6	4	2
2023	1st	6	6	0
Total	35/37	231	126	104

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.

2023 World Baseball Classic Qualifier roster

Spain roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic Qualification
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 35 Daniel Álvarez 50 Rogelio Armenteros 41 Fernando Baez 23 Jorge Balboa 34 Vicente Campos 49 Rhiner Cruz 30 Victor Diaz 26 Armando Duenas 29 Yeudy Garcia 36 Ronald Medrano 37 Yoanner Negrín 45 Lowuin Sacramento 28 Elio Silva		Catchers 12 Omar Hernández 43 Gabriel Lino Infielders 13 Óscar Angulo  8 Leopoldo Correa 24 Noelvi Marte  2 Leo Rodríguez 16 Jesús Ustariz 19 Edison Valerio Outfielders  7 Engel Beltré 44 Justin Connell 14 Lesther Galván  9 Frank Hernández 10 Daniel Jiménez 38 Chris Kwitzer		Manager 22 Nelson Prada Coaches  4 Nestor Pérez (Bench) 39 Juan Rincón (Pitching) 46 Candelario Díaz (First Base) 17 Félix Cano (Third Base) 47 Manuel Olivera (Bullpen)

See also

• Baseball in Spain