| Netherlands | |
| Badge: | Flag of Netherlands.svg |
| Badge Size: | 170px |
| Nickname: | Golden Boys |
| Association: | Netherlands Handball Association |
| Coach: | Staffan Olsson |
| Assistant Coach: | Gerrie Eijlers Wong Wai |
| Most Caps: | Lambert Schuurs (312) |
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| World Cup Apps: | 3 |
| World Cup First: | 1961 |
| World Cup Best: | 11th (1961) |
| Regional Name: | European Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 3 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2020 |
| Regional Cup Best: | 10th (2022) |
| Updated: | 28th December 2023 |
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 just twice for the World Championships (1961, 2025) and three times for the European Championships (2020, 2022 and 2024). For the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship The Netherlands received a wildcard and reached the Main Round finishing 14th overall.
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 as well and finished as 10th overall.
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| 1958 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 54 | ||
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| Main round | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 165 | ||
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| / 2029 | |||||||||
| // 2031 | |||||||||
| Total | 3/32 | – | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 195 | 219 | |
| European Championship record | |||||||||
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| // 2020 | Preliminary round | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 94 | |
 / 2022 | Main round | 10th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 200 | 215 | |
| Main round | 12th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 224 | 222 | ||
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| // 2028 | |||||||||
| Total | 3/18 | – | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 504 | 531 | |
Squad for the 2024 Men's European Handball Championship.[1] [2]
Head coach: Staffan Olsson