Netherlands men's national volleyball team

Netherlands

Nickname(s)	Orange Tulips Orange
Association	Nederlandse Volleybalbond (Nevobo)
Head coach	Roberto Piazza
FIVB ranking	15 (as of November 26, 2021)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1996)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1994)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1965)
Best result	(1995)
European Championship
Appearances	25 (First in 1948)
Best result	(1997)
www.volleybal.nl (in Dutch)
Honours Representing NED Olympics 1996 Atlanta 1992 Barcelona World Championship 1994 Greece World Cup 1995 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan World League 1996 Rotterdam 1990 Osaka 1998 Milan European Championship 1997 Eindhoven 1993 Turku 1995 Athens 1989 Stockholm 1991 Berlin

The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country, with over 125,000 associates.^[1] The team had their most successful phase beginning in the 1990s under coaches Arie Selinger and Joop Alberda, reaching various finals for international tournaments and winning both the Olympic Games and the World League in 1996.^[2] Netherlands in World Championship won silver medal 1994 in Greece.

Results[]

Olympic Games[]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1964	-	8th Place	9	2	7	11	24	Squad
1968	Did Not Qualify
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988	Final round	5th Place	7	5	2	16	9	Squad
1992	Final	Silver Medal	8	4	4	14	14	Squad
1996	Final	Gold Medal	8	7	1	21	6	Squad
2000	Quarter final	5th Place	6	4	2	14	8	Squad
2004	First round	9th place	5	2	3	7	11	Squad
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012
2016
2020
Total	1 Titles	6/15	43	24	19	83	72	—

World Championship[]

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1949	10th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	Did not qualify
1956	13th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	Did not qualify
1962	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	14th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	16th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	Did not qualify
1986
1990	7th place	7	4	3	16	10	335	264
1994	Silver medal	7	5	2	16	10	154	118
1998	6th place	10	7	3	21	12	417	351
2002	9th place	6	4	2	12	11	503	497
2006	Did not qualify
2010
2014
2018	8th place	8	5	3	16	15	692	661
2022	Qualified
Total	13/20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

FIVB World Cup[]

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1965	10th place	6	1	5	8	15	256	496
1969	Did not qualify
1977
1981
1985
1989
1991
1995	Silver medal	11	9	2	30	7	522	344
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total	2/14	17	10	7	38	22	778	840

World Grand Champions Cup[]

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1993	Did not advance
1997	Silver medal	5	3	2	12	9	289	287
2001	Did not advance
2005
2009
2013
2017
Total	1/7	5	3	2	12	9	289	287

European Championship[]

European Championship record
Year	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL	Squad
1948	6th	5	0	5	1	15	95	232
1950	Did not enter
1951	9th	6	1	5	4	17	206	296
1955	Did not enter
1958	13th	11	3	8	21	37	573	615
1963	12th	8	5	3	29	15	458	368
1967	15th
1971	9th
1975	9th
1977	12th
1979	Did not qualify
1981
1983	10th
1985	10th
1987	5th
1989	Bronze Medal
1991	Bronze Medal
1993	Silver Medal
1995	Silver Medal
1997	Gold Medal	7	7	0	21	1
1999	5th	5	3	2	11	9
2001	8th	7	3	4	14	13			Squad
2003	6th	7	4	3	13	15
2005	11th	5	0	5	4	15	391	441
2007	7th	5	3	2	10	9	438	412	Squad
2009	7th	5	2	3	10	12	504	505	Squad
2011	Did not qualify
2013	10th	4	1	3	7	10	363	390	Squad
2015	9th	4	2	2	8	9	374	380	Squad
2017	14th	3	0	3	3	9	263	285	Squad
2019	10th	6	3	3	12	10	506	488	Squad
2021	5th	7	5	2	17	10	623	611	Squad
2023
Total	27/32

• 1997 Netherlands — Gold medal

  Peter Blangé, Albert Cristina, , Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Guido Görtzen, Jochem de Gruijter, Henk-Jan Held, Reinder Nummerdor

FIVB World League[]

World League record
Year	Result	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL
1990	Silver medal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	Silver medal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	Gold medal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	Bronze medal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	10th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	7th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	7th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	10th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	Did not qualify
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Did not qualify
2012
2013	14th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	13th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	15th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	16th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	21/28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nations League[]

Nations League record
Year	Result	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL
2018	Did not enter
2019
2021	14th	15	3	12	19	40	1214	1354
Total	1/3	15	3	12	19	40	1214	1354

European League[]

European League record
Year	Result	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL
2004	Bronze medal	14	11	3	37	23	1362	1278
2005	Did not enter
2006	Gold medal	14	14	0	42	12	1270	1136
2007	7th	12	6	6	23	22	988	1008
2008	Silver medal	14	13	1	40	15	1289	1135
2009	Did not enter
2010
2011	5th	12	9	3	28	16	1025	956
2012	Gold medal	14	12	2	37	13	1181	1062
2013	Did not enter
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018	5th	6	4	2	16	12	631	563
2019	Bronze medal	8	5	3	18	15	732	696
/ 2021	Withdraw to replace China in the FIVB Nations League[3]
Total	8/17	94	74	20	241	128	8478	7834

Team[]

Current squad[]

The following is the Dutch roster in the 2018 World Championship.^[4]

Head coach: Roberto Piazza

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2018–19 club
1	Daan van Haarlem	15 March 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	332 cm (131 in)	323 cm (127 in)	Levski Sofia
2	Wessel Keemink	29 May 1993	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	337 cm (133 in)	326 cm (128 in)	Aalst
3	Maarten van Garderen	24 January 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	359 cm (141 in)	338 cm (133 in)	Trentino
4	Thijs ter Horst	18 September 1991	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	364 cm (143 in)	344 cm (135 in)	Daejeon Bluefangs
5	Dirk Sparidans	5 March 1989	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	326 cm (128 in)	300 cm (120 in)
6	Jasper Diefenbach	17 March 1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Tours
7	Gijs Jorna	30 May 1989	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)
10	Jeroen Rauwerdink	13 September 1985	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Olympiacos
12		31 December 1989	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	332 cm (131 in)	Tourcoing
14	Nimir Abdel-Aziz (C)	5 February 1992	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	350 cm (140 in)	Milano
15	Thomas Koelewijn	18 December 1988	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	350 cm (140 in)	Stade Poitevin Poitiers
16	Wouter ter Maat	7 May 1991	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	338 cm (133 in)	Fenerbahçe
17	Michaël Parkinson	23 November 1991	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	350 cm (140 in)
19		7 June 1993	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Maaseik

Coach history[]

• Arie Selinger
• Joop Alberda
• 
• Bert Goedkoop
• Arie Cornelis Brokking
• Peter Blangé
• Edwin Benne
• 
• Roberto Piazza

Kit providers[]

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Netherland national volleyball team.

Period	Kit provider
2000–	Mizuno Erima Erreà

Sponsorship[]

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Ilionx other sponsors: Lotto, Eilers Sport, Johan Cruyff Foundation, Zilveren Kruis, DELA. Voor Elkaar and BvdGF.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• FIVB profile