The Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol) is the national governing body of baseball and softball in Spain.
[1] The Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation is responsible for the men's national baseball team, women's national baseball team, the men's national softball team, the women's national softball team and overseeing the División de Honor de Béisbol, Spain's top baseball competition.
The Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation was established on 23 March 1944 as the Federación Española de Pelota Base (Spanish Base Ball Federation) and Francisco Amescua García-López was appointed as the federation's first president.
[2][3] In April 1953, Spain was one of the founding members of the Confederation of European Baseball (now WBSC Europe), alongside France, Italy, Belgium and West Germany.
Delegates from each one of the countries met in Paris and established the Fédération Européenne de Baseball (European Baseball Federation).