Netherlands men's national field hockey team

Netherlands
Nickname(s)Oranje
AssociationRoyal Dutch Hockey Federation
(Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Head CoachJeroen Delmee
Assistant coach(es)Eric Verboom
ManagerErnst Boekhorst
CaptainThierry Brinkman
Most capsTeun de Nooijer (453)
Top scorerPaul Litjens (267)
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 1 Steady (23 November 2024)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances20 (first in 1928)
Best result1st (1996, 2000, 2024)
World Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1971)
Best result1st (1973, 1990, 1998)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances21 (first in 1970)
Best result1st (1983, 1987, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 4 3
World Cup 3 4 3
EuroHockey Championship 7 7 4
Champions Trophy 8 6 9
Hockey World League 1 0 0
Pro League 2 1 1
Total 24 22 20
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1973 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 1990 Lahore
Gold medal – first place 1998 Utrecht
Silver medal – second place 1978 Buenos Aires
Silver medal – second place 1994 Sydney
Silver medal – second place 2014 The Hague
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bhubaneswar
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Kuala Lumpur
Bronze medal – third place 2010 New Delhi
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 1987 Moscow
Gold medal – first place 2007 Manchester
Gold medal – first place 2015 London
Gold medal – first place 2017 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2021 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Silver medal – second place 1970 Brussels
Silver medal – second place 1978 Hannover
Silver medal – second place 1991 Paris
Silver medal – second place 1995 Dublin
Silver medal – second place 1999 Padua
Silver medal – second place 2005 Leipzig
Silver medal – second place 2011 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Madrid
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Boom
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antwerp
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 1981 Karachi
Gold medal – first place 1982 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 1996 Madras
Gold medal – first place 1998 Lahore
Gold medal – first place 2000 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2002 Cologne
Gold medal – first place 2003 Amstelveen
Gold medal – first place 2006 Terrassa
Silver medal – second place 1987 Amstelveen
Silver medal – second place Berlin
Silver medal – second place 1990 Melbourne
Silver medal – second place 2004 Lahore
Silver medal – second place 2005 Chennai
Silver medal – second place 2012 Melbourne
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Berlin
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Kuala Lumpur
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lahore
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Brisane
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Rotterdam
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Auckland
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Breda
Hockey World League
Gold medal – first place 2012–13 New Delhi 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.

The Netherlands are one of the most successful teams in the world, having won the Summer Olympics thrice, the Hockey World Cup three times, the Champions Trophy eight times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship seven times, Pro League twice and the Hockey World League once.[2] At the 2020 Summer Olympics they gave their worst Olympics performance in 37 years when they failed to qualify for the semi-finals.[3]

  1. ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  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.