The Netherlands men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the Netherlands.^[3]

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Netherlands

Nickname(s)	Oranje (Orange)
Association	Netherlands Ice Hockey Association
General manager	Robin de Vroede
Head coach	Doug Mason
Assistants	John Mizerek Michael Nason Bo Subr
Captain	Danny Stempher
Most games	Ron Berteling (213)[1]
Top scorer	Jack de Heer (114)
Most points	Jack de Heer (210)
Team colors
IIHF code	NED
Ranking
Current IIHF	29 (28 May 2023)[2]
Highest IIHF	23 (first in 2004)
Lowest IIHF	29 (first in 2022)
First international
Belgium  4–0  Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 January 1935)
Biggest win
Netherlands  23–1  Thailand (Tilburg, Netherlands; 16 December 2023)
Biggest defeat
Denmark  23–1  Netherlands (Odense, Denmark; 1 September 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	52 (first in 1935)
Best result	7th (1953)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 1980)
International record (W–L–T)
217–433–60

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The Netherlands are currently ranked 24th in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division II.

The Netherlands competed in the 1980 Olympic ice hockey competition. They then competed in Pool A of the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships.

In the 1980 Winter Olympics, The Netherlands, competed in the Red division group, and had a record of 1–3–1. They lost to Canada (10–1), they lost to the Soviet Union (17–4), they tied Japan (3–3), they beat Poland (5–3), and they lost to Finland (10–3).

One year later, the team returned to the top division in the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships. In the first round, the team lost all of their games, followed by another 3 losses in the final round.

As of 29 April 2023.

More information Opponent, Played ...

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	5	0	0	44	10	+34
Austria	37	7	4	26	89	198	−109
Belarus	4	0	0	4	10	35	−25
Belgium	71	18	3	50	453	210	+243
Bulgaria	17	13	1	3	110	52	+58
Canada	3	0	0	3	2	26	−24
China	20	17	0	3	151	47	+104
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	14	1	+13
Croatia	17	14	1	2	86	36	+50
Denmark	55	17	7	31	185	242	−57
East Germany	20	2	5	13	55	105	−50
Estonia	12	2	1	9	33	51	−18
Finland	4	1	0	3	10	27	−17
France	43	13	4	26	159	222	−63
Germany	11	0	1	10	23	79	−56
Great Britain	30	7	1	22	99	155	−56
Hungary	31	10	3	18	101	170	−69
Iceland	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16
Israel	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Italy	32	4	3	25	68	155	−87
Japan	32	9	4	19	94	170	−76
Kazakhstan	8	0	0	8	17	45	−28
Latvia	6	0	0	6	6	45	−39
Lithuania	16	7	5	4	54	44	+10
Mexico	1	1	0	0	17	1	+16
North Korea	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23
Norway	42	11	6	25	130	200	−70
Poland	40	3	2	35	85	209	−124
Romania	29	14	2	13	93	113	−20
Serbia	5	4	0	1	20	10	+10
Slovakia	2	0	0	2	4	24	−20
Slovenia	16	2	3	11	36	90	−54
South Africa	1	1	0	0	8	4	+4
South Korea	9	6	0	3	49	39	+10
Soviet Union	14	0	0	14	27	172	−145
Spain	7	7	0	0	60	13	+47
Sweden	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23
Switzerland	19	3	1	15	42	119	−77
Ukraine	12	0	0	12	17	77	−60
United States	6	0	0	6	19	58	−39
Yugoslavia	22	11	3	8	98	84	+14
Total	710	217	60	433	2 618	3 365	−747

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