Spain women's national field hockey team

The Spain women's national field hockey team represents Spain in the international field hockey competitions. The team won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics at their first ever Olympic appearance in front of their home crowd in Terrassa, coached at the time by José Manuel Brasa.[2]

Spain
AssociationReal Federación Española de Hockey
(Royal Spanish Hockey Federation)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
CoachAdrian Lock
Assistant coach(es)Andrés Mondo
Andrew Wilson
ManagerAlberto Ruiz
CaptainGeorgina Oliva
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 7 (1 March 2020)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances7 (first in 1992)
Best result1st (1992)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1974)
Best result3rd (2018)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances15 (first in 1984)
Best result2nd (1995, 2003)

Results

Tournament records
Olympic Games[3]
Year Host city Position
1980 Moscow, Soviet Union –
1984 Los Angeles, United States
1988 Seoul, South Korea
1992 Barcelona, Spain 1st
1996 Atlanta, United States 8th
2000 Sydney, Australia 4th
2004 Athens, Greece 10th
2008 Beijing, China 7th
2012 London, United Kingdom –
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8th
2020 Tokyo, Japan Qualified
EuroHockey Nations Championship[4]
Year Host city Position
1984 Lille, France 7th
1987 London, England 5th
1991 Brussels, Belgium 6th
1995 Amsterdam, Netherlands 2nd
1999 Cologne, Germany 5th
2003 Barcelona, Spain 2nd
2005 Dublin, Ireland 4th
2007 Manchester, England 4th
2009 Amstelveen, Netherlands 4th
2011 Mönchengladbach, Germany 4th
2013 Boom, Belgium 5th
2015 London, England 4th
2017 Amstelveen, Netherlands 5th
2019 Antwerp, Belgium 3rd
2021 Amstelveen, Netherlands Qualified
World League[5]
Year Round Host city Position
2012–13 Round 2 Valencia, Spain 2nd
Semi-final London, England 8th
2014–15 Semi-final Valencia, Spain 6th
2016–17 Round 2 Valencia, Spain 1st
Semi-final Brussels, Belgium 7th
World Cup[6]
Year Host city Position
1974 Mandelieu, France 6th
1976 West Berlin, West Germany 5th
1978 Madrid, Spain 8th
1981 Buenos Aires, Argentina 10th
1983 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –
1986 Amstelveen, Netherlands 12th
1990 Sydney, Australia 5th
1994 Dublin, Ireland 8th
1998 Utrecht, Netherlands –
2002 Perth, Australia 8th
2006 Madrid, Spain 4th
2010 Rosario, Argentina 12th
2014 The Hague, Netherlands –
2018 London, England 3rd
2022 Terrassa, Spain & Amstelveen, Netherlands Qualified
Champions Trophy[7]
Year Host city Position
1987 – 1989 Did not Participate
1991 Berlin, Germany 4th
1993 Amstelveen, Netherlands 5th
1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina 5th
1997 – 2000 Did not Participate
2001 Amstelveen, Netherlands 6th
2002 – 2006 Did not Participate
2007 Quilmes, Argentina 6th
2008 – 2018 Did not Participate
Champions Challenge[8]
Year Host city Position
2002 Johannesburg, South Africa –
2003 Catania, Italy 2nd
2005 Virginia Beach, United States 6th
2007 Baku, Azerbaijan –
2009 Cape Town, South Africa 4th
2011 Dublin, Ireland 4th
2012 Dublin, Ireland –
2014 Glasgow, Scotland 4th

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named in the Spanish team for the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain.[9]

Head coach: Adrian Lock

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK María Ruiz (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990 153 Club de Campo
32 1GK Melanie García (1990-09-21) 21 September 1990 64 Club de Polo
4 2DF Clara Ycart (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 54 CD Terrassa
9 2DF María López (1990-02-16) 16 February 1990 190 Club de Campo
17 2DF Lola Riera (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 181 Complutense
24 2DF Alejandra Torres-Quevedo (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 39 Club de Campo
29 3MF Lucía Jiménez (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 121 Complutense
10 3MF Berta Bonastre (1992-06-03) 3 June 1992 190 Club Egara
11 3MF Cristina Guinea (1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 159 Junior FC
18 3MF Júlia Pons (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 166 CD Terrassa
19 3MF Begoña García (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 133 Club de Campo
21 3MF Beatriz Pérez (1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 202 Club de Campo
23 3MF Georgina Oliva (C) (1990-07-18) 18 July 1990 231 Junior FC
7 4FW Carlota Petchamé (1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 197 Junior FC
8 4FW Carola Salvatella (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 137 Club Egara
13 4FW Belén Iglesias (1996-07-06) 6 July 1996 49 Club de Campo
14 4FW María Tost (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 142 Club Egara
28 4FW Marta Segú (1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 68 Club de Polo

The remainder of the national squad is as follows:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Lara Pampín (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 24 0 SPV-Complutense v.  Canada; June 27, 2019
FW Carmen Cano (1992-12-31) 31 December 1992 78 15 Club de Campo v.  England; August 25, 2019

Recent call-ups

The following players received call-ups to the national team in 2019:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Marina Helguera (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 14 0 UD Taburiente v.  Ireland; February 7, 2019
DF Marta Grau (1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 40 1 Junior FC v.  Malaysia; May 29, 2019
MF Candela Mejías (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 19 0 Royal Wellington v.  Italy; May 30, 2019
MF Maialen García (1990-04-05) 5 April 1990 99 7 Junior FC v.  Ireland; February 7, 2019
FW Mariona Serrahima (1997-12-26) 26 December 1997 19 1 Junior FC v.  Ireland; February 7, 2019
FW Anna Gil (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 15 0 Junior FC v.  Ireland; February 6, 2019

Notable players
The team in 2016.

Results

2020 Fixtures and Results
2020 Statistics
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3103810–23

Argentina Test Series
25 January 2020 Test MatchArgentina 2–1 SpainMar del Plata, Argentina
19:30 (ART) Albertario  34'
Granatto  44'		 Report Riera  5' Stadium: Pan American Field Hockey Stadium
26 January 2020 Test MatchArgentina 0–3 SpainMar del Plata, Argentina
19:30 (ART) Report Jiménez  17'
Iglesias  19'
García  43'		 Stadium: Pan American Field Hockey Stadium
28 January 2020 Test MatchArgentina 3–1 SpainMar del Plata, Argentina
19:30 (ART) Granatto  19'
Barrionuevo  20', 57'		 Report Iglesias  33' Stadium: Pan American Field Hockey Stadium
29 January 2020 Test MatchArgentina 5–3 SpainMar del Plata, Argentina
19:30 (ART) Albertario  4'
Sánchez  8'
D'Elía  24'
Granatto  45'
Barrionuevo  56'		 Report Segú  14'
López  36'
Salvatella  58'		 Stadium: Pan American Field Hockey Stadium

Goalscorers
2020 Goalscoring Table
Pos. Player FG PC PS Total
1 Belén Iglesias 2 0 0 2
2 Begoña García 1 0 0 1
Lucía Jiménez 1 0 0
María López 1 0 0
Lola Riera 0 1 0
Carola Salvatella 0 1 0
Marta Segú 1 0 0
Total 6 2 0 8

See also

References
  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. "Real Federación Española de Hockey - RFEH". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. "Other - FIH". International Hockey Federation.
  4. "Home - FIH".
  5. "Home - FIH".
  6. "World Cup - FIH". International Hockey Federation.
  7. "Champions Trophy - FIH". International Hockey Federation.
  8. "Champions Challenge - FIH". International Hockey Federation.
  9. "Team Details – Spain". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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