Netherlands men's national handball team

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 twice for the European Championships (2020 & 2022). For the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship The Netherlands has received a wildcard.

Netherlands
Shirt badge/Association crest
Information
NicknameGolden Boys
AssociationNetherlands Handball Association
CoachStaffan Olsson
Assistant coachGerrie Eijlers
Wong Wai
CaptainBobby Schagen
Most capsLambert Schuurs (312)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances2 (First in 1961)
Best result11th (1961)
European Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2020)
Best result10th (2022)
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But 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 and finished as 10th overall.

Competitive record

World Championship
World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938did not qualify
Sweden 1954
East Germany 1958
West Germany 1961Preliminary round1120021854
Czechoslovakia 1964did not qualify
Sweden 1967
France 1970
East Germany 1974
Denmark 1978
West Germany 1982
Switzerland 1986
Czechoslovakia 1990
Sweden 1993
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005
Germany 2007
Croatia 2009
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015
France 2017
Denmark/Germany 2019
Egypt 2021
Poland/Sweden 2023Main round146303177165
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025Future events
Germany 2027
Total2/28–8305195219

European Championship
European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Portugal 1994did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
Austria/Norway/Sweden 2020Preliminary round17th31028094
Hungary/Slovakia 2022Main round10th7313200215
Germany 2024Qualified
Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2026Future events
Portugal/Spain/Switzerland 2028
Total3/18–10415280309

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Staffan Olsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Bart Ravensbergen (1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 1.90 m 78 7 Germany HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
3 CB Ivar Stavast (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 1.91 m 19 17 Germany HSV Dresden
5 LW Rutger ten Velde (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 1.78 m 41 85 Germany TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
7 LB Robin Schoenaker (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 1.96 m 32 7 Belgium Sporting Pelt
8 P Evert Kooijman (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 1.96 m 29 33 Netherlands RKHV Volendam
11 RB Iso Sluijters (1990-07-24) 24 July 1990 1.92 m 96 190 Switzerland GC Amicitia Zürich
12 CB Luc Steins (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 1.72 m 85 239 France Paris Saint-Germain
13 P Samir Benghanem (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 1.96 m 50 82 Netherlands Green Park/Aalsmeer
14 RW Bobby Schagen (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 1.90 m 112 352 Germany TBV Lemgo
20 RB Niels Versteijnen (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 2.00 m 19 17 Germany TBV Lemgo
22 LB Jasper Adams (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 2.00 m 99 205 Netherlands KEMBIT/LIONS
23 LB Jorn Smits (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 1.93 m 57 84 Denmark Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold
24 LW Jeffrey Boomhouwer (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 1.80 m 93 224 Netherlands Green Park/Aalsmeer
30 GK Arjan Versteijnen (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 1.93 m 2 1 Netherlands Bevo HC
31 RB Kay Smits (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 1.85 m 65 277 Germany SC Magdeburg
34 RB Tom Jansen (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 1.99 m 17 34 Germany VfL Gummersbach
38 RW Rob Schmeits (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 1.85 m 3 2 Netherlands KEMBIT/LIONS
77 CB Dani Baijens (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 1.82 m 58 131 Germany HSV Hamburg

References
  1. "Bondscoach Staffan Olsson maakt definitieve WK-selectie bekend" (in Dutch). heren.handbal.nl. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "Team Roster Netherlands" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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