Netherlands_men's_national_field_hockey_team
The Netherlands national men's field hockey team represents the Netherlands in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, the governing body for field hockey in the Netherlands.
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The Netherlands are one of the most successful teams in the world, having won the Summer Olympics twice, the Hockey World Cup three times, the Champions Trophy eight times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship six times and the Hockey World League once.[2] At the 2020 Summer Olympics they gave their worst Olympics performance in 37 years when they failed to qualify for the semi-finals.[3]
Summer Olympics
More information Summer Olympics record, Year ...
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 1908 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1920 | |||||||||
 1928 |
Final | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | Squad |
 1932 |
did not participate | ||||||||
 1936 |
3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | Squad |
| 1948 |
3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | Squad |
 1952 |
Final | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Squad |
 1956 |
Withdrew | ||||||||
 1960 |
9th–12th place pool | 9th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | Squad |
 1964 |
5th–8th play-off | 7th | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 | Squad |
 1968 |
5th place game | 5th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | Squad |
 1972 |
3rd place game | 4th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | Squad |
 1976 |
3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | Squad |
 1980 |
Withdrew | ||||||||
| 1984 |
5th place game | 6th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Squad |
 1988 |
3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | Squad |
 1992 |
3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 17 | Squad |
| 1996 |
Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | Squad |
| 2000 |
Final | 1st | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | Squad |
 2004 |
Final | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13 | Squad |
 2008 |
3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | Squad |
| 2012 |
Final | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | Squad |
 2016 |
3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | Squad |
| 2020 |
Quarter-finals | 6th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Squad |
 2024 |
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 20/25 | 2 titles | 128 | 75 | 19 | 34 | 322 | 206 | – |
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World Cup
More information FIH World Cup record, Year ...
| FIH World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 1971 |
5th place game | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | N/A |
| 1973 |
Final | 1st | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |
 1975 |
9th place game | 9th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |
 1978 |
Final | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | |
 1982 |
3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 19 | |
 1986 |
7th place game | 7th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |
 1990 |
Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | |
| 1994 |
Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | |
| 1998 |
Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 14 | Squad |
| 2002 |
3rd place game | 3rd | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | Squad |
| 2006 |
7th place game | 7th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | Squad |
| 2010 |
3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | Squad |
| 2014 |
Final | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | Squad |
| 2018 |
Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | Squad |
| 2023 |
3rd place game | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | Squad |
| / 2026 |
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 16/16 | 3 titles | 106 | 66 | 15 | 25 | 299 | 150 | – |
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European Championships
More information EuroHockey Championship record, Year ...
| EuroHockey Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Host | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1970 | Brussels, Belgium |
2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | — |
| 1974 | Madrid, Spain |
3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | |
| 1978 | Hanover, West Germany |
2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | |
| 1983 | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8 | |
| 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | |
| 1991 | Paris, France |
2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 5 | |
| 1995 |  Dublin, Ireland |
2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |
| 1999 | Padua, Italy |
2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | |
| 2003 | Barcelona, Spain |
4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | |
| 2005 | Leipzig, Germany |
2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | Squad |
| 2007 | Manchester, England |
1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | Squad |
| 2009 | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | Squad |
| 2011 | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 14 | Squad |
| 2013 | Boom, Belgium |
3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | Squad |
| 2015 | London, England |
1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | Squad |
| 2017 | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | Squad |
| 2019 | Antwerp, Belgium |
3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | Squad |
| 2021 | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | Squad |
| 2023 | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | Squad |
| 2025 | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
qualified | |||||||
| Total | 1st place | 112 | 84 | 13 | 15 | 436 | 148 | – | |
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Champions Trophy
More information Champions Trophy record, Year ...
| Champions Trophy record | |||||||
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| Year | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 1978 |
did not participate | ||||||
| 1980 |
4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 19 |
| 1981 |
1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 16 |
| 1982 |
1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 10 |
| 1982 |
5th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 1984 |
4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| 1985 |
5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| 1986 |
6th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 1987 |
2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
| 1988 |
did not participate | ||||||
| 1989 |
2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
| 1990 |
2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| 1991 |
3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| 1992 |
4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 |
| 1993 |
3rd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 |
| 1994 |
3rd | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 |
| 1995 |
4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 1996 |
1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| 1997 |
4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 |
| 1998 |
1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 |
| 1999 |
3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 |
| 2000 |
1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
| 2001 |
3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 |
| 2002 |
1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 |
| 2003 |
1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 13 |
| 2004 |
2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| 2005 |
2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
| 2006 |
1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 12 |
| 2007 |
3rd | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 19 |
| 2008 |
4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 |
| 2009 |
4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 20 |
| 2010 |
3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 19 |
 2011 |
3rd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 |
| 2012 |
2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
| 2014 |
5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 |
| 2016 |
Withdrew | ||||||
| 2018 |
3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 |
| Total | 8 titles | 199 | 109 | 32 | 58 | 534 | 404 |
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Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
More information Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record, Year ...
| Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record | |
|---|---|
| Year | Position |
| 1996 | 6th |
| 2006 | 1st |
| Best result: 1st place | |
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More information FIH Hockey World League record, Season ...
Hockey World League
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- *Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.
Current squad
The following 22 players were named on 24 November 2023 for the FIH Pro League matches against Argentina and Great Britain in Santiago del Estero, Argentina from 7 to 11 December 2023.[4]
Head coach: Jeroen Delmee
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Maurits Visser | (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 28) | 31 | Bloemendaal | |
| 26 | GK | Pirmin Blaak | (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 36) | 137 | Oranje-Rood | |
| 2 | DF | Jip Janssen | (1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 (age 26) | 92 | Kampong | |
| 4 | DF | Lars Balk | (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28) | 122 | Kampong | |
| 12 | DF | Justen Blok | (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 23) | 52 | Rotterdam | |
| 13 | DF | Jasper Brinkman | (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 27) | 24 | Bloemendaal | |
| 14 | DF | Derck de Vilder | (1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 25) | 48 | Kampong | |
| 16 | DF | Floris Wortelboer | (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 27) | 95 | Bloemendaal | |
| 17 | DF | Teun Beins | (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25) | 39 | Bloemendaal | |
| 23 | DF | Joep de Mol | (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 28) | 133 | Oranje-Rood | |
| 9 | MF | Seve van Ass | (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32) | 213 | HGC | |
| 10 | MF | Jorrit Croon | (1998-08-09) 9 August 1998 (age 25) | 127 | Bloemendaal | |
| 24 | MF | Steijn van Heijningen | (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27) | 41 | Rotterdam | |
| 29 | MF | Tijmen Reijenga | (1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 24) | 39 | Oranje-Rood | |
| 38 | MF | Max de Bie | (2000-06-06) 6 June 2000 (age 23) | 5 | Oranje-Rood | |
| 8 | FW | Thierry Brinkman (Captain) | (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29) | 160 | Bloemendaal | |
| 11 | FW | Terrance Pieters | (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 27) | 61 | Kampong | |
| 18 | FW | Boris Burkhardt | (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 27) | 8 | Amsterdam | |
| 19 | FW | Tjep Hoedemakers | (1999-10-14) 14 October 1999 (age 24) | 40 | Rotterdam | |
| 22 | FW | Koen Bijen | (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 25) | 43 | Den Bosch | |
| 42 | FW | Joep Troost | (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 22) | 0 | Pinoké | |
| 43 | FW | Floris Middendorp | (2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 22) | 20 | Amsterdam | |
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Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
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| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Derk Meijer | (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 26) | 9 | Rotterdam |
2023 EuroHockey Championship | |
| DF | Sheldon Schouten | (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23) | 5 | Oranje-Rood |
v. Spain, 19 June 2023 | |
| DF | Jasper Tukkers | (1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 25) | 5 | Den Bosch |
v. Spain, 19 June 2023 | |
| MF | Jonas de Geus | (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 25) | 131 | Kampong |
2023 EuroHockey Championship | |
| MF | Pepijn Reyenga | (2001-05-14) 14 May 2001 (age 22) | 9 | Den Bosch |
2023 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (Barcelona) | |
| MF | Silas Lageman | (2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 23) | 3 | Kampong |
v. Spain, 19 June 2023 | |
| MF | Luke Dommershuijzen | (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22) | 5 | Amsterdam |
v. Australia, 12 June 2023 | |
| FW | Thijs van Dam | (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 27) | 104 | Rotterdam |
2023 EuroHockey Championship | |
| FW | Duco Telgenkamp | (2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 21) | 11 | Kampong |
2023 EuroHockey Championship | |
| FW | Jair van der Horst | (1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 (age 27) | 13 | Den Bosch |
v. New Zealand, 28 June 2023 | |
| FW | David Huussen | (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 22) | 4 | Klein Zwitserland |
v. New Zealand, 28 June 2023 | |
| FW | Dennis Warmerdam | (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 29) | 23 | Bloemendaal |
v. Germany, 27 June 2023 | |
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- As of 6 April 2022[5]
- Players in bold are still active with the national team.
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Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Notable players
- "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- "Welkom – Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- "Slechtste prestatie hockeyers in 37 jaar: 'Schaam me er zelfs een beetje voor'". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "Bondscoach Delmée maakt selectie FIH Pro League wedstrijden Argentinië bekend". knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- "Interlandhistorie - KNHB" (in Dutch).
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