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.

Netherlands

Nickname(s)	Oranje
Association	Royal Dutch Hockey Federation (Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Jeroen Delmee
Assistant coach(es)	Marieke Dijkstra Eric Verboom
Manager	Ernst Boekhorst
Captain	Thierry Brinkman
Most caps	Teun de Nooijer (453)
Top scorer	Paul Litjens (267)
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	1 1 (21 March 2023)^[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances	19 (first in 1928)
Best result	1st (1996, 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1971)
Best result	1st (1973, 1990, 1998)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1970)
Best result	1st (1983, 1987, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2021)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 4 3 World Cup 3 4 3 EuroHockey Championship 6 7 4 Champions Trophy 8 6 9 Hockey World League 1 0 0 Pro League 1 0 1 Total 21 21 20 Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team 1928 Amsterdam Team 1952 Helsinki Team 2004 Athens Team 2012 London Team 1936 Berin Team 1948 London Team 1988 Seoul Team World Cup 1973 Amstelveen 1990 Lahore 1998 Utrecht 1978 Buenos Aires 1994 Sydney 2014 The Hague 2018 Bhubaneswar 2002 Kuala Lumpur 2010 New Delhi 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela EuroHockey Championship 1983 Amstelveen 1987 Moscow 2007 Manchester 2015 London 2017 Amstelveen 2021 Amstelveen 1970 Brussels 1978 Hannover 1991 Paris 1995 Dublin 1999 Padua 2005 Leipzig 2011 Mönchengladbach 1974 Madrid 2009 Amstelveen 2013 Boom 2019 Antwerp Champions Trophy 1981 Karachi 1982 Amstelveen 1996 Madras 1998 Lahore 2000 Amstelveen 2002 Cologne 2003 Amstelveen 2006 Terrassa 1987 Amstelveen Berlin 1990 Melbourne 2004 Lahore 2005 Chennai 2012 Melbourne 1991 Berlin 1993 Kuala Lumpur 1994 Lahore 1999 Brisane 2001 Rotterdam 2007 Kuala Lumpur 2010 Mönchengladbach 2011 Auckland 2018 Breda Hockey World League 2012–13 New Delhi Team

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 reached their worst performance in 37 years at the Olympics as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals.^[3]

Tournament record

Summer Olympics 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 Total 19/24 2 titles 128 75 19 34 322 206 – World Cup 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 Total 15/15 3 titles 106 66 15 25 299 150 – European Championships EuroHockey Championships record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad   1970 Final 2nd 7 5 1 1 12 3 —   1974 3rd place game 3rd 6 5 0 1 22 4   1978 Final 2nd 7 5 1 1 26 11   1983 Final 1st 7 5 2 0 31 8   1987 Final 1st 7 5 1 1 21 5   1991 Final 2nd 7 6 0 1 41 5   1995 Final 2nd 7 5 2 0 21 7   1999 Final 2nd 7 5 2 0 32 10   2003 3rd place game 4th 7 4 1 2 28 15   2005 Final 2nd 5 4 0 1 16 11 Squad   2007 Final 1st 5 5 0 0 23 9 Squad   2009 3rd place game 3rd 5 3 0 2 22 6 Squad   2011 Final 2nd 5 4 0 1 25 14 Squad   2013 3rd place game 3rd 5 4 0 1 22 9 Squad   2015 Final 1st 5 5 0 0 19 1 Squad   2017 Final 1st 5 4 0 1 20 9 Squad   2019 3rd place game 3rd 5 4 0 1 21 7 Squad   2021 Final 1st 5 2 3 0 15 6 Squad   2023 qualified Total 19/19 6 titles 107 80 13 14 417 140 –

Champions Trophy Champions Trophy record 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

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record
Year	Position
1996	6th
2006	1st
Best result: 1st place

Hockey World League FIH Hockey World League record Season Position Round Pld W D* L GF GA 2012–13 1st Semifinal 6 4 1 1 25 12 Final 6 4 1 1 18 12 2014–15 4th Semifinal 7 5 1 1 24 7 Final 6 3 2 1 15 11 2016–17 7th Semifinal 7 7 0 0 28 3 Final 5 1 2 2 9 12 Total 1 title Final 37 24 7 6 119 57

FIH Pro League FIH Pro League record Season Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad   2019 3rd 16 6 5 5 43 38 Squad 2020–21 5th 12 5 4 3 32 29 Squad 2021–22 1st 16 12 3 1 61 28 Squad 2022–23 qualified Total Best: 1st 44 23 12 9 136 95

*Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 9 November 2022 for the 2023 World Cup from 13 to 29 January 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, India.^[4][5]

Head coach: Jeroen Delmee

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Maurits Visser	(1995-06-08) 8 June 1995 (age 27)	17	0	Bloemendaal
4	DF	Lars Balk	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 27)	101	3	Kampong
6	MF	Jonas de Geus	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 24)	114	6	Kampong
7	FW	Thijs van Dam	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997 (age 26)	78	14	Rotterdam
8	FW	Thierry Brinkman (Captain)	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 28)	140	53	Bloemendaal
9	MF	Seve van Ass	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 31)	203	29	HGC
10	MF	Jorrit Croon	(1998-08-09) 9 August 1998 (age 24)	113	10	Bloemendaal
11	FW	Terrance Pieters	(1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 26)	40	7	Kampong
16	DF	Floris Wortelboer	(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 26)	74	3	Bloemendaal
18	DF	Teun Beins	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 24)	25	0	Bloemendaal
19	FW	Tjep Hoedemakers	(1999-10-14) 14 October 1999 (age 23)	21	8	Rotterdam
22	FW	Koen Bijen	(1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 24)	18	8	Den Bosch
24	MF	Steijn van Heijningen	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 26)	17	2	Rotterdam
26	GK	Pirmin Blaak	(1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 35)	126	0	Oranje-Rood
27	DF	Jip Janssen	(1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 (age 25)	73	32	Kampong
29	MF	Tijmen Reijenga	(1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 23)	22	3	Oranje-Rood
32	DF	Justen Blok	(2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 22)	28	0	Rotterdam
34	DF	Derck de Vilder	(1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 24)	27	3	Kampong

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Derk Meijer	(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 25)	3	0	Rotterdam	v.   Australia, 25 July 2022
DF	Jasper Brinkman	(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 26)	13	1	Bloemendaal	v.   Argentina, 17 December 2022
DF	Joep de Mol	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 27)	113	2	Oranje-Rood	v.   Great Britain, 16 December 2022
DF	Tim Swaen	(1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 30)	11	4	Bloemendaal	v.   New Zealand, 16 July 2022
DF	Bram van Battum	(2001-08-06) 6 August 2001 (age 21)	2	1	Kampong	v.   Argentina, 2 June 2022
DF	Jasper Tukkers	(1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Den Bosch	v.   Argentina, 2 June 2022
DF	Imre Vos	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 26)	3	0	Den Bosch	v.   South Africa, 12 February 2022
MF	Silas Lageman	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Kampong	v.   Argentina, 2 June 2022
MF	Luke Dommershuijzen	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Amsterdam	v.   Argentina, 1 June 2022
FW	Dennis Warmerdam	(1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 28)	19	7	Bloemendaal	v.   Argentina, 17 December 2022
FW	Jair van der Horst	(1997-02-25) 25 February 1997 (age 26)	8	2	Den Bosch	v.   Great Britain, 16 December 2022
FW	Jelle Galema	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 30)	83	9	Den Bosch	v.   Australia, 25 July 2022
FW	Floris Middendorp	(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Amsterdam	v.   England, 4 June 2022
FW	David Huussen	(2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Klein Zwitserland	v.   Spain, 18 January 2022
FW	Guus Jansen	(2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Rotterdam	v.   Spain, 18 January 2022

Records

As of 6 April 2022^[6]

Players in bold are still active with the national team.

Most capped players Rank Name Caps Goals Career 1 Teun de Nooijer 453 217 1994–2012 2 Jeroen Delmee 401 10 1994–2008 3 Jacques Brinkman 339 80 1987–2000 4 Erik Jazet 310 9 1990–2004 5 Cees Jan Diepeveen 286 16 1978–1992 6 Stephan Veen 277 113 1989–2000 7 Robert van der Horst 272 14 2004–2016 8 Sander van der Weide 271 8 1996–2008 9 Jeroen Hertzberger 267 127 2007–present 10 Guus Vogels 264 0 1996–2010

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Paul Litjens 267 177 1.51 1970–1982 2 Taeke Taekema 221 243 0.91 2000–2012 3 Teun de Nooijer 217 453 0.48 1994–2012 4 Floris Jan Bovelander 212 241 0.88 1985–1996 5 Ties Kruize 166 202 0.82 1971–1986 6 Bram Lomans 140 206 0.68 1995–2007 7 Jeroen Hertzberger 127 267 0.48 2007–present 8 Mink van der Weerden 115 191 0.6 2010–2021 9 Taco van den Honert 114 215 0.53 1987–1996 10 Stephan Veen 113 277 0.41 1989–2000

Notable players

• Floris Evers
• Guus Vogels
• Marc Delissen
• Remco van Wijk
• Taeke Taekema
• Teun de Nooijer
• Taco van den Honert

See also

• Netherlands men's national under-21 field hockey team
• Netherlands women's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
2. "Welkom – Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
3. "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.
4. "Bondscoach Delmée maakt selectie WK Hockey Heren bekend". knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
5. "Team Roster Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. 13 January 2023. p. 12. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
6. "Interlandhistorie - KNHB" (in Dutch).

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