Netherlands women's national water polo team explained

Gender:women
Netherlands
Fina Code:NED
Association:Royal Dutch Swimming Federation
Confederation:LEN
Coach:Evangelos Doudesis
Asst Coach:Richard van Eck
Ineke Yperlaan
Captain:Catharina van der Sloot
Fina Ranking:2
Fina Ranking Date:1 September 2023
Fina Highest:1
Fina Highest Year:2008
Olympics Apps:4
Olympics First:2000
Olympics Best: (2008)
World Champ Apps:17
World Champ First:1986
World Champ Best: (1991, 2023)
World Cup Apps:13
World Cup First:1979
World Cup Best: (1980, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999)
World League Apps:7
World League First:2005
World League Best: (2018)
Regional Cup Name:European Championship
Regional Cup Apps:19
Regional Cup First:1985
Regional Cup Best: (1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2018, 2024)

The Netherlands women's national water polo team is the national team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was one of the leading teams in the world during the 1980s and 1990s. More recently they are one of the top teams again claiming the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 European Championships. The team is governed by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Zwembond (KNZB).

Results

Medal count

Competition Total
Olympic Games1 0 1 2
World Championship2 4 1 7
World League0 1 1 2
World Cup8 4 0 12
European Championship6 4 3 13
Europa Cup1 0 0 1
Total 18 13 6 37

Olympic Games

See main article: Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

Year[1] PositionSquad
4th place73043536Squad
did not qualify
63125250Squad
did not qualify
6th place 740311775Squad
75208869Squad
Total1 title 271539292230-–

World Championship

YearPositionSquad
970211149Squad
76017147Squad
75027339Squad
87017133Squad
9th place51042134Squad
6th place63216334Squad
10th place62043343Squad
9th place63035247Squad
5th place7 5117264Squad
7th place73227056Squad
7th place73139571Squad
74127838Squad
9th place64027842Squad
7th place74038653Squad
75029950Squad
65109847Squad
5th place751110654Squad
Total1 Title115729341277801

World Cup

YearPosition
4 2 1 1 27 18
4 3 1 0 31 17
6 4 1 1 59 49
5 4 0 1 43 32
did not participate
2006
2010
2018
3 2 0 1 38 25
Total 8 titles

World League

YearPosition
did not participate
7th 14 5 0 9 103 124
5th 16 6 0 10 148 156
7th 3 1 0 2 25 31
12 8 0 4 151 93
5th 10 6 0 4 99 79
12 8 0 4 113 92
4th 15 9 0 6 164 122
4th 10 5 0 5 117 104

European Championship

YearPosition
7 5 1 1 76 42
7 6 0 1 106 37
5 3 1 1 60 31
5th place 5 3 1 1 44 36
4th place 6 3 0 3 60 36
5th place 5 2 0 3 56 57
5th place 5 2 1 2 44 43
5 3 0 2 54 48
6th place 5 1 0 4 55 54
5 4 0 1 49 44
8 7 0 1 133 54
8 7 1 0 111 33
4th place 8 6 0 2 123 40
4th place 8 6 0 2 147 50
6 6 0 0 93 46
Total6 titles93645241211651

Holiday Cup

World Games

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Past squads

Under-20 team

The Netherlands lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. wnt . dmy .
  2. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113997/2021-fina-world-womens-junior-water-polo Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship