Spain men's national ice hockey team

On 10 March 1923,[2] Spain joined the IIHF after the Spanish Winter Sports Federation was founded in the same year. After building an artificial rink in Madrid, Spain, they entered their first international tournament in late 1923. Spain won their first international game against Belgium in the Challenge de Haute–Garonne tournament held in Bagnères-de-Luchon, France. They lost their next game in the tournament to France.[3]

In 1924, Spain competed in the Ice Hockey European Championships held in Milan, Italy. During their first game against Switzerland, two of Spain's seven players were injured. Due to this, Switzerland agreed to play with only five players allowing the game to continue. Switzerland ended up winning 12–0. Spain was forced to forfeit their second game against Sweden due to the injuries suffered by their players. Sweden had also agreed to play with five players.[3]

After the European Championships, Spain entered the Coupe de Davos in Davos, Switzerland. Days before the tournament, Spain had upset Switzerland 4–0. The tournament had 12 teams broken into four groups with Spain being placed in group two along with Switzerland and Germany. Spain lost to Switzerland, 6–0 and to Germany, 7–0. Spain also lost to Germany's second team, 2–0 but avoided being in last place by beating Italy, 4–0. On 1 January 1925, Spain played Germany's second team again, winning in double overtime 3–1. After beating Germany, Spain went on a Swiss tour winning three of the games they played. Spain played in the Challenge de Haute–Garonne for the second time in January 1925. During the tournament, they defeated Belgium's second team 4–1 and tied France 3–3.[3]

In 1926, Spain again competed in the European Championships held in Davos, Switzerland. In their first game against Belgium, Spain lost 5–0. They also lost their second game to Czechoslovakia (9–2). In the consolation pool, Spain tied Italy 2–2 and lost to Poland, 4–1.[3]

Spain has competed in the IIHF World Championship Division II since it began in 2001. During the first year of the tournament in 2001, Spain defeated South Africa, Iceland, Australia and New Zealand. However they lost to South Korea preventing Spain from finishing in first.[4] In 2002, Spain finished in third place in Group B after defeating Bulgaria, Iceland and Luxembourg and losing to Yugoslavia and Lithuania.[5] During the 2003 version of the tournament, Spain defeated South Africa, Mexico and Australia and lost to Yugoslavia and South Korea. Spain finished in third place in Group A.[6] Spain hosted the Division II tournament in 2004 and finished fourth place in Group A by defeating Israel and Luxembourg. Spain lost to China, Croatia and Australia.[7] 2005 was a down year for Spain as they finished in fifth place in Group B with only two points. Spain's only win came against Iceland while they lost to Serbia and Montenegro, Belgium, Israel and North Korea.[8]

In 2006, they lost to Serbia and Montenegro, Romania men's national ice hockey team and twice to Bulgaria while beating South Africa for their lone win. They finished in fifth place in Group A for the second straight year.[9] In 2007 they defeated Bulgaria, Turkey and Serbia and lost to Belgium and Croatia. Unlike the prior two years Spain finished in third place with nine points.[10] In 2008, Spain finished in third place by defeating Australia, Iceland and Mexico and lost to China and New Zealand.[11] Spain won three games and lost two in 2009, their three wins came against Mexico, Bulgaria and South Africa while they lost to South Korea and Belgium. Spain finished in third place with nine points.[12]

Spain was ranked 34th in the IIHF World Rankings in 2009. In 2010, Spain rose in the rankings to 30th and competed in Division II of the 2010 IIHF World Championship. They finished first in their group at the tournament and hence got promoted to Division I for the first time in their history.[2]

Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[14]

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Alder Alcaine	L	189 cm	90 kg	(1991-12-20) 20 December 1991	CHH Txuri Urdin
20	Bruno Gonzalez	L	180 cm	65 kg	(1993-01-02) 2 January 1993	CH Jaca
Defencemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
3	Bruno Baldris	L	175 cm	75 kg	(1998-12-18) 18 December 1998	Ducs d'Angers
22	Guillermo Betran	L	175 cm	80 kg	(1985-10-12) 12 October 1985	CH Jaca
16	Alfonso Garcia	L	183 cm	105 kg	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998	SAD Majadahonda
4	Rene Kortabitarte	R	185 cm	80 kg	(1996-09-18) 18 September 1996	CHH Txuri Urdin
2	Alex Torres	L	186 cm	75 kg	(1999-07-06) 6 July 1999	FC Barcelona Ice Hockey
19	Adrian Ubieto	L	182 cm	83 kg	(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993	FC Barcelona Ice Hockey
6	Jose Ignacio Vicente	R	180 cm	82 kg	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991	FC Barcelona Ice Hockey
Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
15	Ander Arraras	R	181 cm	73 kg	(1998-12-23) 23 December 1998	CHH Txuri Urdin
12	Oriol Boronat	L	180 cm	75 kg	(1992-05-22) 22 May 1992	CG Puigcerdà
14	Alejandro Burgos	L	180 cm	80 kg	(2000-10-27) 27 October 2000	Anglet Hormadi Élite
13	Alejandro Carbonell	L	177 cm	73 kg	(1994-01-16) 16 January 1994	FC Barcelona Ice Hockey
23	Patrick Fuentes	R	177 cm	70 kg	(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995	CHH Txuri Urdin
17	Gaston Gonzalez	L	178 cm	78 kg	(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995	CH Jaca
5	Ignacio Granell	L	175 cm	75 kg	(1997-08-06) 6 August 1997	CG Puigcerdà
18	Imanol Lausen	R	180 cm	78 kg	(1996-08-14) 14 August 1996	CHH Txuri Urdin
10	Alberto Martinez	L	178 cm	86 kg	(1998-10-16) 16 October 1998	SAD Majadahonda
11	Juan Muñoz	L	180 cm	82 kg	(1990-08-30) 30 August 1990	CHH Txuri Urdin
7	Pablo Pantoja	L	180 cm	84 kg	(1996-09-23) 23 September 1996	CH Jaca
21	Oriol Rubio	R	187 cm	71 kg	(1997-03-08) 8 March 1997	FC Barcelona Ice Hockey
9	Pablo Zaballa	L	182 cm	76 kg	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000	CHH Txuri Urdin

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