India vs Spain Head to Head Record Ahead of Paris Olympics 2024 Hockey Bronze Medal Match

Tokyo 2020 bronze-winning and the most successful side in Olympic history, Indian Men's Hockey Team eye second successive medal at Summer Games when they take on Spain in the Paris Olympics 2024 bronze medal match on Thursday (August 8).

India missed out on upgrading the colour of their medal following a 2-3 defeat to Germany in the semi-final. Now, they will have to battle Spain to finish on the podium. India though have a great record when it comes to third-place playoff matches, winning all three of their previous attempts.

India vs Spain head to head record in hockey ahead of Paris Olympics 2024 bronze medal match

Earlier in Paris 2024, the Indian team rode PR Sreejesh's heroics to overcome Great Britain via a penalty shoot-off in the quarter-final. In the pool stage, they suffered a defeat to Belgium and drew with Argentina, but wins over Australia, New Zealand Ireland saw them top Pool B.

Spain, on the other hand, had to settle for a third-place playoff after being blown away 0-4 by Netherlands in the semi-final. The three-time silver medallists had earlier finished 4th in Pool A after wins over Germany and South Africa as well as draw with France.

In the pool stages, Spain had suffered defeats to Netherlands and Great Britain. Now, they face an opponent who has had great success against them in the past and also play only their fourth bronze medal match in Olympic history, having lost two of three in previous attempts.

As mentioned earlier, this will not be India's first meeting against Spain, having met them in Olympics several times in previous editions and also in various other competitions such as World League Final, Champions Trophy and Test matches. Here is a look at the head to head record:

India vs Spain Head to Head Record in Hockey

In 34 meetings so far, India hold a 16-12 advantage over India with 6 matches ending in a draw. In the last 5 matches India hold a 4-1 advantage over Spain with two of their wins coming via shootoffs. Here is a look at the results from their meetings from the data available on FIH:

Date	Tournament	Result
19 February 2024	FIH Hockey Pro League	India 2-2 Spain (SO 8-7)
10 February 2024	FIH Hockey Pro League	India 4-1 Spain
25 July 2023	4 Nations Men's Invitational Tournament	Spain 2-1 India
13 January 2023	World Cup	India 2-0 Spain
06 November 2022	FIH Hockey Pro League	India 2-2 Spain (SO 3-1)
30 October 2022	FIH Hockey Pro League	India 2-3 Spain
27 February 2022	FIH Hockey Pro League	India 3-5 Spain
26 February 2022	FIH Hockey Pro League	India 5-4 Spain
27 July 2021	Olympics	India 3-0 Spain
29 September 2019	Test Matches	Spain 1-5 India
28 September 2019	Test Matches	Spain 1-6 India
28 July 2016	Test Matches	Spain 3-2 India
27 July 2016	Test Matches	Spain 4-1 India
03 July 2016	6 Nations Invitational	Spain 1-1 India
05 June 2014	World Cup	India 1-1 Spain
23 June 2013	World League Bronze Medal Match	Spain 2-2 India
04 March 2010	World Cup	Spain 5-2 India
10 December 2005	Champions Trophy	Spain 2-1 India
04 December 2004	Champions Trophy	India 0-4 Spain
07 March 2002	World Cup	Spain 0-3 India
23 September 2000	Olympics	Spain 2-3 India
08 December 1996	Champions Trophy	Spain 0-3 India
28 July 1996	Olympics	Spain 1-3 India
05 August 1992	Olympics	Spain 2-0 India
07 October 1986	World Cup	Spain 2-1 India
02 August 1984	Olympics	Spain 3-4 India
29 July 1980	Olympics	India 4-3 Spain
23 July 1980	Olympics	India 2-2 Spain
06 January 1980	Champions Trophy	Spain 2-2 India
01 April 1978	World Cup	Spain 2-0 India
29 August 1973	World Cup	India 2-0 Spain
17 October 1968	Olympics	India 1-0 Spain
14 October 1964	Olympics	India 1-1 Spain
06 August 1948	Olympics	India 2-0 Spain

What time is the Paris Olympics 2024 men's hockey medal round matches starting?

The gold medal match of the ongoing mega event will be between Germany and Netherlands. Both the matches will be played on Thursday (August 8) with India vs Spain scheduled for 5:30 PM IST, and the Germany vs Netherlands match set for 10:30 PM IST.