Nycke Groot Explained

Nycke Groot
Fullname:	Cornelia Nycke Groot
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	4 May 1988
Birth Place:	Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height:	1.75 m
Position:	Centre back
Years1:	2001–2003
Clubs1:	Kolping
Years2:	2003–2008
Clubs2:	West-Friesland SEW
Years3:	2008–2011
Clubs3:	Team Tvis Holstebro
Years4:	2011–2015
Clubs4:	FC Midtjylland
Years5:	2015–2019
Clubs5:	Győri ETO KC
Years6:	2019–2021
Clubs6:	Odense Håndbold
Years7:	2022
Clubs7:	Odense Håndbold
Nationalyears1:	2004–2021
Nationalteam1:	Netherlands
Nationalcaps1:	150
Nationalgoals1:	439

Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 4 May 1988) is a Dutch handball player.^[1]

She represented the Netherlands in three World Women's Handball Championship (winning a silver in Denmark 2015,^{[2] [3]} and a bronze in Germany 2017^[4]) and two editions of the Olympic Games.

In January 2019, 14 years after debuting on the Dutch national team, she announced she would be retiring from the national team to focus on her club career.^[5]

In 2021, Groot announced she would participate with the Netherlands at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She also announced the end of her club career.^[6]

Achievements

National team

• World Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2015
  • Bronze Medalist: 2017
• European Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2016
  • Bronze Medalist: 2018

European competitions

• EHF Champions League
  • Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Finalist: 2016
  • Semifinalist: 2014
• EHF Cup

• • Finalist: 2011
  • Semifinalist: 2013
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup

• • Winner: 2015

Domestic competitions

• Danish Championship

• • Winner: 2013, 2015, 2021
  • Silver Medalist: 2014
  • Bronze Medalist: 2012
• Danish Cup

• • Winner: 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021
  • Finalist: 2010, 2013
• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • Gold Medalist: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Magyar Kupa
  • Gold Medalist: 2016, 2018, 2019

Individual awards

• All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2016, 2017
• MVP of the EHF Champions League Final four: 2017
• All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the European Championship: 2016
  • MVP of the European Women's Handball Championship: 2016 MVP (da|pokalfighter) of the Danish Handball Cup: 2010, 2012, 2014
• MVP of the Hungarian Cup Final Four: 2019
• Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2016, 2018
• World Handball Female Playmaker of the Decade^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.eurohandball.com/player/520172 EHF profile
2. Web site: Selectie Nationaal Team Dames. nl. Nederlands Handbal Verbond. 18 January 2014. 5 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181105231946/http://www.handbal.nl/oranje/nationaal-team-dames/Selectie/. dead.
3. Web site: 2014 European Championship Roster. handball.sportresult.com. EHF. 7 December 2014. 13 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141213012114/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/NED-R.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: The Netherlands claim second consecutive World Championship medal. en. International Handball Federation. 12 December 2017.
5. Web site: Handbalster Nycke Groot beëindigt interlandcarrière. handbal.nl. nl. 10 January 2019. 11 January 2019. 11 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190111175559/https://www.handbal.nl/nieuws/16/oranje/handbalster-nycke-groot-be-indigt-interlandcarri-re-/. dead.
6. Web site: Nycke Groot indstiller karrieren efter denne sæson. 4 July 2021. odensehaandbold.dk. danish.
7. Web site: Eduarda Amorim is NEXE World Handball Female Player of the Decade!. 21 January 2021.