Spain national field hockey team

Infobox national field hockey team
name = Spain


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association = Real Federacion Espanola de Hockey
(Royal Spanish Federation of Hockey)
confederation = EHF (Europe)
coach = Maurits Hendriks
assistant = Toon Siepman
manager = Pablo Negre
captain = Francisco Fábregas
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The Spain national field hockey team represents Spain in the international field hockey competitions. The team, coached by Dutchman Maurits Hendriks since 2002, competed in every World Cup since the first edition in 1971. Spain is ranked fourth in the world, as of June 30, 2008.

Participations

=Summer Olympics=

=World Cup=

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*1973 – Fifth place
*1975 – Eighth place
*1978 – Fifth place
*1982 – Eleventh place
*1986 – Fifth place
*1990 – Eighth place
*1994 – Ninth place
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*2002 – Eleventh place
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=Nations Championship=

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*1978 – Fourth place
*1983 – Fourth place
*1987 – Seventh place
*1991 – Fifth place
*1995 – Eighth place
*1999 – Fifth place
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=Champions Trophy=

=Champions Challenge=

*2001 – "Did not compete"
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*2005 – "Did not compete"

Current squad

The following players have been selected by head coach Maurits Hendriks for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
#Francisco Cortes (GK)
#Santi Freixa
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Francisco Fábregas
#Víctor Sojo
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Alexandre Fabregas
#Pablo Amat
#Eduardo Tubau
#Roc Oliva
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Juan Fernandez
#Ramón Alegre
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Xavier Ribas
#Albert Sala
#Rodrigo Garza
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Sergi Enrique
#Eduard Arbos
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David Alegre

ee also

*Spain women's national field hockey team

External links

*es icon [http://www.rfeh.com/web/main.jsp Real Federación Española de Hockey] Official site of the Spanish Hockey Federation
* [http://www.worldhockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1181-178327-195545-111904-0-file,00.pdf Hockey World Rankings]