Netherlands men's national field hockey team

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 (14 October 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, 2023)
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Cup
EuroHockey Championship
Champions Trophy
Hockey World League

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.

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	did not participate
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	–

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
/ 2026	Qualified
Total	16/16	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	Final	1st	5	4	0	1	19	7	Squad
Total	19/19	7 titles	112	84	13	15	436	147	–

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
2012–13	1st	Final	6	4	1	1	18	12
2014–15	4th	Semifinal	7	5	1	1	24	7
2014–15	4th	Final	6	3	2	1	15	11
2016–17	7th	Semifinal	7	7	0	0	28	3
2016–17	7th	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	1st	16	10	4	2	46	31	Squad
Total	Best: 1st	60	33	16	11	182	146

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

Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 1 August 2023 for the 2023 Eurohockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 19 to 27 August 2023.[4]

Head coach: Jeroen Delmee

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Maurits Visser	(1995-06-08) 8 June 1995	26	Bloemendaal
20	GK	Derk Meijer	(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997	7	Rotterdam

4	DF	Lars Balk	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996	117	Kampong
16	DF	Floris Wortelboer	(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996	90	Bloemendaal
23	DF	Joep de Mol	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995	128	Oranje-Rood
27	DF	Jip Janssen	(1997-10-14) 14 October 1997	87	Kampong
32	DF	Justen Blok	(2000-09-27) 27 September 2000	47	Rotterdam
34	DF	Derck de Vilder	(1998-11-23) 23 November 1998	43	Kampong

6	MF	Jonas de Geus	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998	126	Kampong
10	MF	Jorrit Croon	(1998-08-09) 9 August 1998	122	Bloemendaal
24	MF	Steijn van Heijningen	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997	36	Rotterdam
29	MF	Tijmen Reijenga	(1999-10-10) 10 October 1999	34	Oranje-Rood

7	FW	Thijs van Dam	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997	99	Rotterdam
8	FW	Thierry Brinkman (Captain)	(1995-03-19) 19 March 1995	155	Bloemendaal
11	FW	Terrance Pieters	(1996-12-14) 14 December 1996	56	Kampong
22	FW	Koen Bijen	(1998-07-27) 27 July 1998	38	Den Bosch
43	FW	Floris Middendorp	(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001	15	Amsterdam
51	FW	Duco Telgenkamp	(2002-07-17) 17 July 2002	6	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
GK	Pirmin Blaak	(1988-03-08) 8 March 1988	137	Oranje-Rood	v. Belgium, 4 July 2023

DF	Teun Beins	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998	39	Bloemendaal	2023 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (Barcelona)
DF	Jasper Brinkman	(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997	24	Bloemendaal	2023 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (Barcelona)
DF	Jasper Tukkers	(1998-12-05) 5 December 1998	5	Den Bosch	v. Spain, 19 June 2023

MF	Seve van Ass	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992	213	HGC	2023 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (Barcelona)
MF	Pepijn Reyenga	(2001-05-14) 14 May 2001	9	Den Bosch	2023 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (Barcelona)
MF	Max de Bie	(2000-06-06) 6 June 2000	5	Oranje-Rood	v. Germany, 27 June 2023
MF	Silas Lageman	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001	3	Kampong	v. Spain, 19 June 2023
MF	Luke Dommershuijzen	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002	5	Amsterdam	v. Australia, 12 June 2023

FW	Tjep Hoedemakers	(1999-10-14) 14 October 1999	40	Rotterdam	2023 4 Nations Invitational Tournament (Barcelona)
FW	Jair van der Horst	(1997-02-25) 25 February 1997	13	Den Bosch	v. New Zealand, 28 June 2023
FW	David Huussen	(2001-05-07) 7 May 2001	4	Klein Zwitserland	v. New Zealand, 28 June 2023
FW	Dennis Warmerdam	(1994-08-06) 6 August 1994	23	Bloemendaal	v. Germany, 27 June 2023

Records

As of 6 April 2022[5]

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

References

"FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
"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 EK Hockey 2023 bekend". knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
"Interlandhistorie - KNHB" (in Dutch).

External links

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[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 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 EK Hockey 2023 bekend". knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[5] "Interlandhistorie - KNHB" (in Dutch).