Spain men's national ice hockey team
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The coat of arms of Spain is the badge used on the players jerseys.
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| Association | Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo |
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| Head coach | Luciano Basile |
| Assistants | Miguel Baldirs Mauricio Mansi |
| Captain | Pablo Puyuelo |
| Most games | Iñaki Salegui (61) |
| Most points | Iñaki Salegui (72) |
| IIHF code | ESP |
| IIHF ranking | 30  1 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 29 (first in 2011) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 37 (first in 2005) |
| Team colors | |
| First international | |
23x15px Spain 6–4 Belgium  (Luchon, France; 21 December 1923) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Spain 38–0 Turkey  (Johannesburg, South Africa; 27 March 1992) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Netherlands 19–0 Spain 23x15px(Las Palmas, Spain; 13 March 1978) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 30 (first in 1977) |
| Best result | 22nd (1977) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 77–111–13 | |
The Spanish men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Spain, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
History
On March 10, 1923,[1] 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.[2]
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.[2]
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 January 1, 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.[2]
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.[2]
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.[3] In 2002, Spain finished in third place in Group B after defeating Bulgaria, Iceland and Luxembourg and losing to Yugoslavia and Lithuania.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9] In 2008, Spain finished in third place by defeating Australia, Iceland and Mexico and lost to China and New Zealand.[10] 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.[11]
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.[1]
World Championship record
| Year | Division | Position | GP | W | D | L | ||
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| Tier | Div. | Ov | Div. | |||||
| 1977 | 3 | Pool C | 22 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1978 | 3 | Pool C | 23 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1979 | 3 | Group C | 24 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1981 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 1982 | 3 | Group C | 23 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1983 | 3 | Group C | 23 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1985 | 3 | Group C | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1986 | 3 | Group C | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1987 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 1989 | 4 | Group D | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1990 | 4 | Group D | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1991 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 1992 | 4 | Group C2 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | Group C | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1994 | 4 | Group C2 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 4 | Group C2 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 4 | Group D | 31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 4 | Group D | 31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 3 | Group C | 32 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 | Group D | 33 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | Group C | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 3 | Div II | 31 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | Div II | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | Div II | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | Div II | 35 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | Div II | 37 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | Div II | 37 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | Div II | 34 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | Div II | 34 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | Div II | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | Div II | 30 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | Div I | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | Div II A | 30 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 | Div II A | 34 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | Div II B | 35 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | Div II A | 32 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | Div II A | 30 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Roster
Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[12]
| Goaltenders | ||||||
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| # | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 1 | Ander Alcaine | L | 189 cm | 85 kg | 20 December 1991 | CH Jaca |
| 25 | Ignacio Garcia | L | 170 cm | 70 kg | 19 June 1996 | Majadahonda HC |
| Defencemen | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 22 | Guillermo Betran | L | 175 cm | 80 kg | 12 October 1985 | CH Jaca |
| 9 | Juan Brabo | R | 175 cm | 75 kg | 5 May 1987 | CH Jaca |
| 16 | Alfonso Garcia | L | 186 cm | 97 kg | 2 February 1998 | Majadahonda HC |
| 19 | Adrian Ubieto | L | 185 cm | 85 kg | 11 March 1993 | CH Jaca |
| 4 | Jorge Vea | L | 184 cm | 77 kg | 15 April 1994 | CHH Txuri Urdin |
| 2 | Ignacio Vicente | R | 180 cm | 70 kg | 19 May 1996 |  Bradford Rattlers |
| Forwards | ||||||
| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Club |
| 5 | Adrian Betran | L | 175 cm | 80 kg | 19 May 1990 | CH Jaca |
| 14 | Alejandro Carbonell | L | 180 cm | 70 kg | 16 January 1994 |  Rapaces de Gap |
| 23 | Patrick Fuentes | R | 177 cm | 78 kg | 13 March 1995 | CHH Txuri Urdin |
| 15 | Javier Garcia-Arias | R | 175 cm | 75 kg | 12 May 1992 | Majadahonda HC |
| 17 | Gaston Gonzalez | L | 178 cm | 78 kg | 28 March 1995 | CH Jaca |
| 13 | Pol Gonzalez | L | 190 cm | 95 kg | 24 May 1992 | Concordia Stingers |
| 6 | Juan Gordo | L | 180 cm | 80 kg | 4 December 1992 | FC Barcelona |
| 10 | Alejandro Hernández | R | 187 cm | 70 kg | 23 November 1991 |  KHK Red Star |
| 11 | Juan Muñoz | L | 180 cm | 75 kg | 30 August 1990 | CHH Txuri Urdin |
| 24 | Pablo Muñoz | L | 180 cm | 75 kg | 26 April 1987 | FC Barcelona |
| 7 | Pablo Pantoja | L | 175 cm | 75 kg | 23 August 1996 | CH Jaca |
| 8 | Pablo Puyuelo | R | 175 cm | 75 kg | 23 November 1993 | CHH Txuri Urdin |
| 21 | Carlos Quevedo | R | 180 cm | 75 kg | 23 February 1993 |  Robert Morris University |
| 18 | Ignacio Solorzano | R | 178 cm | 80 kg | 9 February 1995 | CHH Txuri Urdin |
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