Spanish female and male snockey selections on skates, current European champions in both cases, They will compete from this Monday in Novara (Italy) with the shared objective of snatching the title of champion from Argentina of the world.
The albiceleste was crowned in 2022 twice in the cradle of Argentine hockey, San Juanafter overcoming Spain (3-0) in the men's final and in the masculine to Portugal (4-2), after the team trained by Guillem Cabestany fell eliminated in the quarterfinals against France by penalties (4-4, 1-0).
The female and male teams, ready to challenge the challenge
A historic wrapping, since Spain, the most laureate selection of the competition with 17 titles in 45 editionsthe semifinals of a World Cup since 1991 was not lost; But the team led by Cabestany was drawn up in 2022 conquering the European of Sant Sadurní d'Alcoia (Barcelona).
Practically with the same block as on that occasion, altered at the last minute by the entrance of Ivan Morales by the injured Xavi Barrosothe Spanish team will try to win a title that has been resisting since 2017.
Argentina and Portugal, the last two world champions, will leave as the two rivals to beat for the Cabestany team, without losing sight of the host Italy and France, which in the last tournaments has demonstrated a high competitive level.
Spain will face France B (Monday, 1:00 p.m.), Chile (Tuesday, 3:15 p.m.) and Italy (Wednesday, 9:00 p.m.), while group A will be formed by Angola, the United States, Argentina and Portugal.
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In the women's tournament, on the other hand, Spain aspires to win the World Cup for the eighth time, the fourth in the five most recent editions, and for this it will feature a new coach, Sergi Macià, but with practically the same team that won the European last year in Olot.
In the words of Macià, “the intensity” will define a team that was framed in Group B and will be measured to Chile (Monday, 3:00 p.m.), Great Britain (Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.) and Italy (Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.); while in the group France, Portugal, Colombia and the current champion, Argentina will compete.
