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 WBSC Europe.
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
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2025
2026
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 Qualification recordYearRoundPosition 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 2 2 36 24 2026 2 2 25 14TotalRound 11/603920779866
Olympic Games Summer Olympics record QualificationYearRoundPosition 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 Championship7th, Final Qualifying Tournament 2020 did not qualify 2019 European Baseball Championship4th, Final Qualifying TournamentTotal1/5161585
European Baseball Championship YearPosition 1954 2nd 211 1955 1st 4One game drawn30 1956 4th 413 1957 4th 413 1958 5th 312 1960 3rd 312 1962 3rd 532 1964 3rd 422 1965 4th 413 1967 4th 413 1969 3rd 321 1971 6th 523 1973 3rd 1156 1975 4th 734 1977 4th 615 1979 did not qualify 1981 1983 4th 835 1985 5th 826 1987 3rd 1055 1989 3rd 954 1991 3rd 954 1993 5th 862 1995 4th 1055 1997 3rd 954 1999 5th 853 2001 6th 835 2003 3rd 862 2005 3rd 972 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 2025 4th 7 4 3Total36/38238130107
At Baseball World Cup YearPosition 198812th11011 199814th725 200514th826 200713th725 200912th1037Total5/3943934
At Intercontinental Cup YearPosition1991 1997 Total2/17
European Championships - Junior Gold Medal (1 time) 2022. 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.
Technical staff
Current technical staff PositionName Manager Nelson Prada Bench Coach Néstor Pérez First Base Coach Candelario Díaz Third Base Coach Félix Manuel Cano Pitching Coach Juan Rincón Bullpen Coach Manuel Olivera Bullpen Catcher Ian Peres
Managerial history The Spain national baseball team has been led by a diverse succession of managers since its first participation in the European Baseball Championship in 1954. In the early years, the team was guided exclusively by Spanish-born managers, with Isaac Llamazares among the first to lead the national side. As the program grew, Spain began attracting foreign managers, reflecting the team's increasing international ambitions.
Notable foreign managers include Cuban legend Sungo Carrera in 1975, Netherlands Antilles native Hamilton Richardson in 1983, and Italian Giuseppe Guilizzoni from 1988 to 1989. American manager Jake Molina served two separate stints and remains one of the longest-serving foreign managers in program history. Italian Mauro Mazzotti oversaw the team's most significant achievement of the modern era, guiding Spain to its first ever World Baseball Classic appearance in 2013.
Venezuelan veteran Luis Sojo, a former MLB infielder, brought considerable professional pedigree to the role in 2019. His successor, fellow Venezuelan Nelson Prada, led Spain to its first European Championship title since 1955 in 2023, establishing the team as one of the premier baseball nations in Europe.
Isaac Llamazares (1954) José Martínez (1955–1956) Braulio García (1957) Alejo Carbonell (1958-1959) Samuel Corillo (1960) Antonio García (1962–1963) Manuel Aurelio Rodríguez (1964–1965) Andrés Pueyo (1967) Ramón Valdés (1969) Gregorio Solís (1971) Erik Lundqvist (1972) Augusto Fernández Flores (1973) Diego Sánchez Ruiz (1974) Sungo Carrera (1975) Francisco Molina Vega (1977–1978) Armando Roque (1979) Rafael Herrero Campos (1980–1981) Hamilton Richardson (1983) Giuseppe Guilizzoni (1988–1989) Jake Molina (1991–1993) Juan Perez (1995) Ramiro Toruño (1997–1998) Carlos Mendoza Reyes (1999–2000) Pieter van den Berg (2001) Kenji Yamamoto (2002) Ramiro Toruño (2003) Brian MacLeod (2004) Jake Molina (2005–2008) Mauro Mazzotti (2009–2014) Carlos Delgado Rosario (2015) Manny Crespo (2016) (2017 World Baseball Classic qualification) Paco Figueroa (2016) (2016 European Baseball Championship) Markus Reinhardt (2017) Candelario Díaz (2018) Luis Sojo (2019-2020) Nelson Prada (2021–present)https://www.rfebs.es/es/wp-content/uploads/Relacion-de-deportistas-convocados-World-Baseball-Classic-Qualifier-WBCQ-2022.pdf
2026 World Baseball Classic Qualifier roster
See also Baseball in Spain
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