# Spain national baseball team

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 Olympic Games, held in Barcelona.
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 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

### 2018
## 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 | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record |
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2006 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held |
| 2009 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held | No qualifiers held |
| 2013 | Round 1 | 15th | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 2 | 2 | 36 | 24 |
| 2026 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 |
| Total | Round 1 | 1/6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 98 | 66 |

### Olympic Games

| Summer Olympics record | Summer Olympics record | Summer Olympics record | Summer Olympics record | Summer Olympics record | Summer Olympics record | Summer Olympics record | Qualification |
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | Qualification |
| 1992 | Preliminary | 8th | 1 | 6 | 15 | 85 | Host country |
| 1996 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 4th, 1995 European Baseball Championship |
| 2000 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 5th, 1999 European Baseball Championship |
| 2004 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 2003 European Baseball Championship |
| 2008 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 2007 European Baseball Championship 7th, Final Qualifying Tournament |
| 2020 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 2019 European Baseball Championship 4th, Final Qualifying Tournament |
| Total | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 85 | |