The Netherlands national handball team is the national handball team of Netherlands and is controlled by the Netherlands Handball Association. Unlike the very successful women's team, The Netherlands men's team qualified only once for the World Championships (1961) and three times for the European Championships (2020, 2022 and 2024). For the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship The Netherlands received a wildcard and reached the Main Round finishing 14th overall.

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Netherlands
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Nickname	Golden Boys
Association	Netherlands Handball Association
Coach	Staffan Olsson
Assistant coach	Gerrie Eijlers Wong Wai
Most caps	Lambert Schuurs (312)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1961)
Best result	11th (1961)
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2020)
Best result	10th (2022)
Last updated on 28th December 2023.

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The team is steadily closing the gap with the leading European teams. In only their second ever appearance at EHF EURO 2022 the Dutch men's team won three matches and drew one. The Dutch did qualify for the Main Round as well and finished as 10th overall.