The Spanish national quidditch team is a team created with Spanish quidditch players. Since 2015 it has represented Association Quidditch Spain in the different national team tournaments organized by the IQA.
The team played for the first time in July 2015 in the European Games of Sarteano, Italy.
History
Origins In 2015, with the Association Quidditch Spain recently created and with the announcement of the celebration of the first European Games, the first Spanish national team to take part in this competition was created.
2015 European Games The Spanish Inquiddsition in this competition was unsuccessful. The bets were not in favour of the team, but they had a better than expected performance. They played in the group B beside Belgium, Catalonia, France, Poland and Turkey. They ranked ninth in the championship, without qualifying for the quarter-finals, and winning only in the inaugural game against Poland.
2016 World Cup On March 29, 2016, the Asociación Quidditch España published the roster for the Spanish national team for the 2016 IQA World Cup. On June 25, 2016, the IQA released the pool play draw, where Team Spain was assigned to pool C with United Kingdom, Turkey, South Korea and Austria.
Players
2018 IQA World Cup roster
#NameTeamPosition1 Adrián Picón Blue Gryffins BurgosKeeper/Chaser/Seeker2 Pedro Maceira Lumos CompostelaKeeper3 Héctor Cabrera Madrid LynxBeater4 Raquel Martínez Lumos CompostelaChaser5 Martín Navarro Buckbeak RidersChaser6 Blanca Brenes Gasteiz GamusinsKeeper/Chaser7 Irene Velasco Bizkaia BoggartsChaser9 Marcos López Blue Gryffins BurgosBeater10 Pablo Rey Lumos CompostelaBeater11 Manuel E. Lago Lumos CompostelaChaser/Seeker12 Daniel Báscones Madrid WolvesBeater13 Miguel Vázquez Bizkaia BoggartsChaser14 Eduardo Cebrián Sheffield QCKeeper/Chaser17 Naira Rodríguez Madrid LynxChaser/Seeker18 Pedro Muiños Lumos CompostelaKeeper21 Marina Salvidea Gasteiz GamusinsBeater22 Artur Martin Bizkaia BoggartsChaser/Seeker23 Jorge Martínez Lumos CompostelaBeater24 Raquel Macías Blue Gryffins BurgosChaser27 Paula Marmolejo (c) London UnspeakablesBeater31 Lidia González Madrid LynxBeater33 Alberto García London UnspeakablesChaser38 Manuel Jiménez 'Xim' Malaka VikingsChaser/Seeker88 Vicky 'Tormenta' Alexis Lumos CompostelaBeater96 Max RM Freemantle Malaka VikingsBeater
2016 IQA World Cup roster
#NameTeamPosition00 Ander Carbón 'Andertxu' Bizkaia BoggartsBeater2 Antonio 'TONO' Rodríguez Madrid WolvesChaserπ Paula Marmolejo Malaka VikingsChaser6 Siena Martínez Madrid LynxBeater/Chaser7 Irene Velasco Bizkaia BoggartsChaser8 Pau Tomàs Riutort Seeker9 Andi de Alfonso Tri-State LightningBeater10 Steven Paisley FIU QuidditchBeater12 Daniel Báscones Madrid WolvesBeater13 Miguel Vázquez Bizkaia BoggartsKeeper14 Leticia Colinas London UnspeakablesBeater17 Josema Molinos Bizkaia BoggartsChaser21 Cristina M. Domingo Malaka VikingsBeater22 Artur Martin Madrid WolvesChaser38 Manuel Jiménez 'Xim' Malaka VikingsChaser88 Marina Blasco Malaka VikingsChaser99 Pedro González-Tarrío London UnspeakablesKeeper403 Andoni Aranguren Bizkaia BoggartsKeeper672 Sergio Gutiérrez 'Guti' Bizkaia BoggartsChaser666 Laura Moreno Madrid WolvesBeater∞ Diego Ávila Madrid LynxChaser/Keeper
2015 IQA European Games roster
#NameTeamPosition00 Ander Carbón Bizkaia BoggartsBeater2 Antonio 'TONO' Rodríguez Malaka VikingsChaserπ Paula Marmolejo Malaka VikingsChaser4 Javier Fernández Bizkaia BoggartsKeeper/Chaser6 Sergio Gutiérrez 'GUTI' Bizkaia BoggartsChaser7 Irene Velasco Bizkaia BoggartsChaser8 Julia López Madrid WolvesBeater9 Andi de Alfonso New York BadassilisksBeater10 Pau Tomàs RiutortSeeker11 Yeray Espinosa (c) Bizkaia BoggartsChaser12 Daniel Báscones Madrid WolvesBeater13 Miguel Vázquez Madrid WolvesChaser14 Leti Colinas London UnspeakablesBeater15 Isidro Álvarez Madrid WolvesChaser17 Marina Salvidea Gasteiz GamusinsBeater19 Jorge Manzano Madrid WolvesChaser22 Bienve Moreno Malaka VikingsChaser23 Rion Blake Madrid WolvesBeater42 Raúl 'PATO' Llorente Madrid WolvesKeeper/Chaser99 Pedro Tarrío London UnspeakablesKeeper666 Laura Moreno Madrid WolvesBeater
Scores Last games DateCompetitionLocalResultedVisitor24/07/20162016 World Cup - Play-in GamesSpain130-60*Netherlands24/07/20162016 World Cup - Round of 16Canada170*-30Spain24/07/20162016 World Cup - Consolation first roundItaly50-110*Spain24/07/20162016 World Cup - Consolation second roundSpain130*^-80Catalonia24/07/20162016 World Cup - Ninth place gameNorway170*-30Spain
Previous gamesDateCompetitionLocalResultedVisitor25/07/2015European Games 2015 - Pool PlaySpain170*-0Poland25/07/2015European Games 2015 - Pool PlayBelgium140*-20Spain25/07/2015European Games 2015 - Pool PlayFrance160*-10Spain25/07/2015European Games 2015 - Pool PlaySpain30-100*Turkey26/07/2015European Games 2015 - Pool PlayCatalonia160*-70Spain23/07/20162016 World Cup - Pool PlaySpain110*-10South Korea23/07/20162016 World Cup - Pool PlaySpain70-80*Austria23/07/20162016 World Cup - Pool PlayTurkey180*-50Spain23/07/20162016 World Cup - Pool PlayUnited Kingdom220*-0Spain24/07/20162016 World Cup - Play-in GameSpain130-60*Netherlands24/07/20162016 World Cup - Round of 16Canada170*-30Spain24/07/20162016 World Cup - R16 consolation first roundItaly50-110*Spain24/07/20162016 World Cup - R16 consolation second roundSpain130*^-80Catalonia24/07/20162016 World Cup - 9th position gameNorway170*-30Spain
Statistics Legend: Pl: Played games; W: Won games; L: Games lost; QPD: Quaffle Point Difference; SWIM: Snitch When It Matters.
IQA World Cup CompetitionPerformanceRankPlWLQPDSnitch catch Oxford 2012Did not participate Burnaby 2014 Did not participate Frankfurt 2016Ninth place game10th945-30040%Total1/3 945-30040%
European Games CompetitionResultedPositionPlWLQPDSnitch catch Sarteano 2015First round9th514-21020%Total1/1 514-21020%
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