Spain national quidditch team
# Spain national quidditch team

The Spanish national quidditch team is a team created with Spanish quidditch players. Since 2015 it has represented Association Quidditch Spain in the different national team tournaments organized by the IQA.

The team played for the first time in July 2015 in the European Games of Sarteano, Italy.

## History

### Origins

In 2015, with the Association Quidditch Spain recently created and with the announcement of the celebration of the first European Games, the first Spanish national team to take part in this competition was created.

### 2015 European Games

The Spanish Inquiddsition in this competition was unsuccessful. The bets were not in favour of the team, but they had a better than expected performance. They played in the group B beside Belgium, Catalonia, France, Poland and Turkey. They ranked ninth in the championship, without qualifying for the quarter-finals, and winning only in the inaugural game against Poland.

### 2016 World Cup

On March 29, 2016, the Asociación Quidditch España published the roster for the Spanish national team for the 2016 IQA World Cup. On June 25, 2016, the IQA released the pool play draw, where Team Spain was assigned to pool C with United Kingdom, Turkey, South Korea and Austria.

## Players

### 2018 IQA World Cup roster

| # | Name | Team | Position |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adrián Picón | Blue Gryffins Burgos | Keeper/Chaser/Seeker |
| 2 | Pedro Maceira | Lumos Compostela | Keeper |
| 3 | Héctor Cabrera | Madrid Lynx | Beater |
| 4 | Raquel Martínez | Lumos Compostela | Chaser |
| 5 | Martín Navarro | Buckbeak Riders | Chaser |
| 6 | Blanca Brenes | Gasteiz Gamusins | Keeper/Chaser |
| 7 | Irene Velasco | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser |
| 9 | Marcos López | Blue Gryffins Burgos | Beater |
| 10 | Pablo Rey | Lumos Compostela | Beater |
| 11 | Manuel E. Lago | Lumos Compostela | Chaser/Seeker |
| 12 | Daniel Báscones | Madrid Wolves | Beater |
| 13 | Miguel Vázquez | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser |
| 14 | Eduardo Cebrián | Sheffield QC | Keeper/Chaser |
| 17 | Naira Rodríguez | Madrid Lynx | Chaser/Seeker |
| 18 | Pedro Muiños | Lumos Compostela | Keeper |
| 21 | Marina Salvidea | Gasteiz Gamusins | Beater |
| 22 | Artur Martin | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser/Seeker |
| 23 | Jorge Martínez | Lumos Compostela | Beater |
| 24 | Raquel Macías | Blue Gryffins Burgos | Chaser |
| 27 | Paula Marmolejo (c) | London Unspeakables | Beater |
| 31 | Lidia González | Madrid Lynx | Beater |
| 33 | Alberto García | London Unspeakables | Chaser |
| 38 | Manuel Jiménez 'Xim' | Malaka Vikings | Chaser/Seeker |
| 88 | Vicky 'Tormenta' Alexis | Lumos Compostela | Beater |
| 96 | Max RM Freemantle | Malaka Vikings | Beater |

### 2016 IQA World Cup roster

| # | Name | Team | Position |
| - | - | - | - |
| 00 | Ander Carbón 'Andertxu' | Bizkaia Boggarts | Beater |
| 2 | Antonio 'TONO' Rodríguez | Madrid Wolves | Chaser |
| π | Paula Marmolejo | Malaka Vikings | Chaser |
| 6 | Siena Martínez | Madrid Lynx | Beater/Chaser |
| 7 | Irene Velasco | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser |
| 8 | Xavier Bofill Sala (c) | Bizkaia Boggarts | Seeker |
| 9 | Andi de Alfonso | Tri-State Lightning | Beater |
| 10 | Steven Paisley | FIU Quidditch | Beater |
| 12 | Daniel Báscones | Madrid Wolves | Beater |
| 13 | Miguel Vázquez | Bizkaia Boggarts | Keeper |
| 14 | Leticia Colinas | London Unspeakables | Beater |
| 17 | Josema Molinos | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser |
| 21 | Cristina M. Domingo | Malaka Vikings | Beater |
| 22 | Artur Martin | Madrid Wolves | Chaser |
| 38 | Manuel Jiménez 'Xim' | Malaka Vikings | Chaser |
| 88 | Marina Blasco | Malaka Vikings | Chaser |
| 99 | Pedro González-Tarrío | London Unspeakables | Keeper |
| 403 | Andoni Aranguren | Bizkaia Boggarts | Keeper |
| 672 | Sergio Gutiérrez 'Guti' | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser |
| 666 | Laura Moreno | Madrid Wolves | Beater |
| ∞ | Diego Ávila | Madrid Lynx | Chaser/Keeper |

### 2015 IQA European Games roster

| # | Name | Team | Position |
| - | - | - | - |
| 00 | Ander Carbón | Bizkaia Boggarts | Beater |
| 2 | Antonio 'TONO' Rodríguez | Malaka Vikings | Chaser |
| π | Paula Marmolejo | Malaka Vikings | Chaser |
| 4 | Javier Fernández | Bizkaia Boggarts | Keeper/Chaser |
| 6 | Sergio Gutiérrez 'GUTI' | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser |
| 7 | Irene Velasco | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser |
| 8 | Julia López | Madrid Wolves | Beater |
| 9 | Andi de Alfonso | New York Badassilisks | Beater |
| 10 | Pau Tomàs Riutort | | Seeker |
| 11 | Yeray Espinosa (c) | Bizkaia Boggarts | Chaser |
| 12 | Daniel Báscones | Madrid Wolves | Beater |
| 13 | Miguel Vázquez | Madrid Wolves | Chaser |
| 14 | Leti Colinas | London Unspeakables | Beater |
| 15 | Isidro Álvarez | Madrid Wolves | Chaser |
| 17 | Marina Salvidea | Gasteiz Gamusins | Beater |
| 19 | Jorge Manzano | Madrid Wolves | Chaser |
| 22 | Bienve Moreno | Malaka Vikings | Chaser |
| 23 | Rion Blake | Madrid Wolves | Beater |
| 42 | Raúl 'PATO' Llorente | Madrid Wolves | Keeper/Chaser |
| 99 | Pedro Tarrío | London Unspeakables | Keeper |
| 666 | Laura Moreno | Madrid Wolves | Beater |

## Scores

### Last games

| Date | Competition | Local | Resulted | Visitor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Play-in Games | Spain | 130-60* | Netherlands |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Round of 16 | Canada | 170*-30 | Spain |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Consolation first round | Italy | 50-110* | Spain |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Consolation second round | Spain | 130*^-80 | Catalonia |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Ninth place game | Norway | 170*-30 | Spain |

Previous games :

| Date | Competition | Local | Resulted | Visitor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25/07/2015 | European Games 2015 - Pool Play | Spain | 170*-0 | Poland |
| 25/07/2015 | European Games 2015 - Pool Play | Belgium | 140*-20 | Spain |
| 25/07/2015 | European Games 2015 - Pool Play | France | 160*-10 | Spain |
| 25/07/2015 | European Games 2015 - Pool Play | Spain | 30-100* | Turkey |
| 26/07/2015 | European Games 2015 - Pool Play | Catalonia | 160*-70 | Spain |
| 23/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Pool Play | Spain | 110*-10 | South Korea |
| 23/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Pool Play | Spain | 70-80* | Austria |
| 23/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Pool Play | Turkey | 180*-50 | Spain |
| 23/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Pool Play | United Kingdom | 220*-0 | Spain |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Play-in Game | Spain | 130-60* | Netherlands |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - Round of 16 | Canada | 170*-30 | Spain |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - R16 consolation first round | Italy | 50-110* | Spain |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - R16 consolation second round | Spain | 130*^-80 | Catalonia |
| 24/07/2016 | 2016 World Cup - 9th position game | Norway | 170*-30 | Spain |

## Statistics

Legend: Pl: Played games; W: Won games; L: Games lost; QPD: Quaffle Point Difference; SWIM: Snitch When It Matters.

### IQA World Cup

| Competition | Performance | Rank | Pl | W | L | QPD | Snitch catch |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oxford 2012 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Burnaby 2014 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Frankfurt 2016 | Ninth place game | 10th | 9 | 4 | 5 | -300 | 40% |
| Total | 1/3 | | 9 | 4 | 5 | -300 | 40% |

### European Games

| Competition | Resulted | Position | Pl | W | L | QPD | Snitch catch |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarteano 2015 | First round | 9th | 5 | 1 | 4 | -210 | 20% |
| Total | 1/1 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | -210 | 20% |
