Spain men's national under-21 field hockey team

The Spain men's national under-21 field hockey team represent Spain in men's international under-21 field hockey competitions and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Hockey Federation, the governing body for field hockey in Spain.

Spain
AssociationRoyal Spanish Hockey Federation
(Real Federación Española de Hockey)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
CoachAlejandro Siri
Assistant coach(es)Arseni Sañé
ManagerJavier Perea
CaptainSam Cortés
Home
Away
Junior World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1979)
Best result3rd (2005)
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Appearances18 (first in 1976)
Best result1st (2000, 2004, 2008)
Medal record
Junior World Cup
2005 Rotterdam
EuroHockey Junior Championship
2000 Madrid
2004 Nivelles
2008 San Sebastián
1976 Hamburg
1992 Vughth
1977 Folkestone
2002 Lausanne

The team competes in the EuroHockey Junior Championships and has qualified for all editions of the Junior World Cups except the 1985 edition. Their biggest successes where the bronze medal at the 2005 Junior World Cup and their three titles at the EuroHockey Junior Championships.

Tournament record

Junior World Cup
  • 1979 – 9th place
  • 1982 – 7th place
  • 1989 – 8th place
  • 1993 – 7th place
  • 1997 – 8th place
  • 2001 – 5th place
  • 2005 –
  • 2009 – 8th place
  • 2013 – 13th place
  • 2016 – 6th place
  • 2021 – Qualified

EuroHockey Junior Championship
  • 1976 –
  • 1977 –
  • 1978 – 5th place
  • 1981 – 4th place
  • 1988 – 4th place
  • 1992 –
  • 1996 – 4th place
  • 1998 – 4th place
  • 2000 –
  • 2002 –
  • 2004 –
  • 2006 – 4th place
  • 2008 –
  • 2010 – 6th place
  • 2012 – 6th place
  • 2014 – 5th place
  • 2017 – 4th place
  • 2019 – 4th place

Source:[1]

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 13 July 2019 for the 2019 EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia, Spain.[2]

Head coach: Alejandro Siri

Caps updated as of 21 July 2019, after the match against the Netherlands.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
1 GK Luis Calzado (2000-11-15) 15 November 2000 1 Real Club de Polo
2 Alex Alonso (1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 14 Tenis
3 Gerard Clapés (2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 9 Club Egara
4 Jordi Bonastre (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 8 Atlètic Terrassa
5 Salvador Armenteras (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 9 Real Club de Polo
6 MF Xavi Gispert (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 14 Club Egara
7 Enrique Zorita (1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 10 Club de Campo
8 DF Marc Recasens (1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 10 Club Egara
9 Gonzalo Quijano (1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 9 Tenis
10 Marc Escudé (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 9 Atlètic Terrassa
11 Ignacio Cobos (1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 11 Complutense
12 Marc Reyné (1999-05-18) 18 May 1999 9 Real Club de Polo
13 Guillermo Fortuño (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 10 Real Club de Polo
14 Roger Figa (2000-07-18) 18 July 2000 8 Atlètic Terrassa
17 Pedro Sanromá (1999-11-06) 6 November 1999 9 Club Egara
18 Sam Cortés (Captain) (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 14 Atlètic Terrassa
20 Álvaro Tello (1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 10 Club de Campo
25 Rafa Álvarez (1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 11 Jolaseta

See also

References
  1. "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. "La Sub-21 Masculina Ya Tiene Lista Definitiva Para El Eurohockey Jr". ww.rfeh.es (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Hockey. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
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