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)
Head CoachAlejandro Siri
Assistant coach(es)Arseni Sañé
ManagerJavier Perea
CaptainSam Cortés
Home
Away
Junior World Cup
Appearances11 (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

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
  • 2022Qualified

Source:[1]

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 5 November 2021 for the 2021 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India.[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 Francisco Matorras (2000-09-14) 14 September 2000 2 Tenis
2 Aleix Vericat (2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 0 CD Terrassa
4 Álvaro Portugal (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 0 Club de Campo
5 Jordi Bonastre (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 8 Atlètic Terrassa
7 Rafael Vilallonga (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 0 Jolaseta
8 Ignacio Álvarez (2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 0 Tenis
9 Manuel Rodríguez (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 0 Complutense
10 Guillermo Fortuño (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 10 Real Club de Polo
11 Gerard Clapés (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 9 Club Egara
12 Pol Cabré-Verdiell (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 0 Atlètic Terrassa
14 Ignacio Abajo (2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 0 Club de Campo
18 MF Pepe Cunill (2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 0 Atlètic Terrassa
19 Xavier Barutell (2003-06-05) 5 June 2003 0 Atlètic Terrassa
20 Pau Cunill (2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 0 Atlètic Terrassa
21 Borja Lacalle (2001-05-21) 21 May 2001 0 Club de Campo
23 Eduard De Ignacio-Simó 0 CD Terrassa
24 Oriol Bozal (2002-07-10) 10 July 2002 0 Junior
25 GK Luis Calzado (2000-11-15) 15 November 2000 1 Real Club de Polo

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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