Seve van Ass

Severiano "Seve" Boris van Ass (born 10 April 1992) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for HGC and the Dutch national team.[1]

Seve van Ass
Personal information
Full name Severiano Boris van Ass
Born (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club HGC
Youth career
Victoria
Senior career
Years Team
0000–2008 Victoria
2008–2013 HGC
2013–2018 Rotterdam
2018– HGC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Netherlands 182 (25)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2014 The Hague
Silver medal – second place2018 Bhubaneswar
Bronze medal – third place2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place2015 London
Gold medal – first place2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place2021 Amstelveen
Silver medal – second place2011 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place2013 Boom
Bronze medal – third place2019 Antwerp
FIH Pro League
Bronze medal – third place2019 Amstelveen
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place2012 Melbourne
Bronze medal – third place2011 Auckland
Bronze medal – third place2018 Breda
Hockey World League
Gold medal – first place2012–13 New DelhiTeam
Last updated on: 24 July 2021

He is the son of Dutch field hockey coach Paul van Ass.[2] He participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship and was named the captain for the tournament.[4] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.[5]

Club career

Van Ass started playing hockey at Victoria, a field hockey club in Rotterdam. In 2008 he switched to HGC,[6] with whom he won the 2010–11 Euro Hockey League. In 2013 he returned to Rotterdam to play for HC Rotterdam, where he played for five seasons until 2018 when he returned to HGC.[7]

References
  1. "Seve van Ass". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. Olsthoorn, Thomas (24 July 2017). "Het familieportret van hockeyer Seve van Ass". www.helden.media (in Dutch). HELDEN. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. "RIO 2016 profile". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. "Hockeyer Seve van Ass naar HCR HCR_LOGOHCR_LOGO". www.rijnmond.nL (in Dutch). RTV Rijnmond. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. Wester, Eelko (30 May 2018). "Oranje-captain Seve van Ass herenigd met zijn vader bij HGC". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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