Netherlands women's national volleyball team

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Netherlands

Association	Nederlandse Volleybalbond
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Avital Selinger
FIVB ranking	6 (as of 12 June 2021)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 1992)
Best result	4th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1956)
Best result	4th (2018)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1995)
Best result	8th (1995, 2019)
European Championship
Appearances	28 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1995)
www.volleybal.nl (in Dutch)
Honours Representing NED World Grand Prix 2007 Ningbo 2016 Bangkok European Championship 1995 Netherlands 1991 Italy 2009 Poland 2015 Netherlands/Belgium 2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia 1985 Netherlands Montreux Volley Masters 1984 Coupe des Nations 2007 Montreux Volley Masters 2015 Montreux Volley Masters

The Netherlands women's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of the Netherlands. It is governed by the (NeVoBo). Following the 1995 European Championship they hosted in Arnhem and finishing fifth at the 1996 Olympics, the Dutch have had moments of success amidst instability, such as the title of the 2007 FIVB World Grand Prix,^[1] and a return to the Olympic Games in 2016, where the Netherlands got to fourth place.^[2]

Results[]

Summer Olympics[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Summer Olympics record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1964 Did Not Qualify 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 Quarterfinals 6th Place 4 1 3 5 11 Squad 1996 Quarterfinals 5th Place 6 3 3 11 10 Squad 2000 Did Not Qualify 2004

The Netherlands team that got to the 4th place in 2016. Summer Olympics record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 2008 Did Not Qualify 2012 2016 Semifinals 4th Place 8 5 3 19 14 Squad 2020 Did Not Qualify Total 0 Titles 3/15 18 9 9 35 35 —

World Championship[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1952 Did Not Enter 1956 10th Place 1960 Did Not Enter 1962 12th Place 1967 Did Not Enter 1970 15th Place 1974 16th Place 1978 17th Place 1982 16th Place 1986 Did Not Qualify 1990 9th Place Squad

World Championship record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1994 Play-off round 10th Place 4 2 2 7 7 Squad 1998 Second round 7th Place 8 5 3 12 13 Squad 2002 Second round 9th Place 8 4 4 15 14 Squad 2006 8th Place Squad 2010 11th Place Squad 2014 13th Place Squad 2018 Semifinals 4th Place Squad 2022 TBA TBA Total 0 Titles 14/18 —

World Cup[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record Year Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1973-1993 Did Not Enter 1995 8th 11 6 5 19 19 Squad 1999-2015 Did Not Enter 2019 8th 11 5 6 21 19 Squad

European Games[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

European Games record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 2015 Quarterfinals 5th 6 4 2 12 10 Squad

The Dutch team at the 2009 European Championship podium.

European Championship[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

European Championship record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1949 Final Round 7th Place 6 0 6 0 18 1950 Did Not Enter 1951 5th Place 3 1 2 3 8 1955 Did Not Enter 1958 10th Place 5 2 3 9 9 1963 9th Place 6 4 2 13 6 1967 7th Place 8 2 6 9 18 1971 9th Place 7 4 3 13 11 1975 11th Place 7 2 5 7 18 1977 Preliminary Round 10th Place 7 1 6 7 20 1979 Final Round 6th Place 7 2 5 10 16 1981 9th Place 7 3 4 12 15 1983 11th Place 7 1 6 5 18 1985 Final Round Third Place 7 4 3 14 10 1987 5th Place 7 5 2 17 13 1989 Did Not Qualify

European Championship record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1991 Final Runners Up 7 5 2 17 7 1993 7th Place 7 4 3 17 14 1995 Final Champions 7 6 1 20 5 1997 9th Place 5 1 4 6 12 1999 5th Place 5 3 2 10 9 2001 5th Place 7 4 3 16 15 Squad 2003 Semifinals 4th Place 7 4 3 16 12 Squad 2005 5th Place 7 4 3 17 11 Squad / 2007 5th Place 6 4 2 15 7 Squad 2009 Final Runners Up 8 7 1 21 5 Squad / 2011 Quarterfinals 7th Place 5 3 2 11 7 Squad / 2013 Playoffs 9th Place 4 1 3 9 9 Squad / 2015 Final Runners Up 6 5 1 15 5 Squad / 2017 Final Runners Up 7 5 2 15 10 Squad /// 2019 Quarterfinals 5th 7 6 1 18 3 Squad 2021 Semifinals 4th Total 1 Title 28/31 179 93 86 342 311 —

World Grand Prix[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Prix record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 1993 Did Not Enter 1994 9th Place 1995 Did Not Enter 1996 7th Place 1997 7th Place 1998 Did Not Enter 1999 8th Place 2000 Did Not Qualify 2001 2002 2003 Semifinals 4th Place Squad 2004 Did Not Qualify 2005 6th Place Squad

World Grand Prix record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 2006 Did Not Qualify 2007 Final Champions Squad 2008 Did Not Qualify 2009 Semifinals 4th Place Squad 2010 7th Place Squad 2011 Did Not Qualify 2012 2013 12th Place Squad 2014 14th Place Squad 2015 13th Place Squad 2016 Semifinals 3rd place 13 7 6 23 24 Squad 2017 Final Round 5th place 9 6 5 26 19 Squad Total 1 Title 13/24 —

Nations League[]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad 2018 Final Round 5th 17 12 5 40 24 Squad 2019 Preliminary Round 11th 15 6 9 27 30 Squad 2021 Preliminary Round 7th 15 9 6 30 26 Squad Total 0 Title(s) 3/3 47 27 21 97 80 —

Team[]

Current squad[]

The following is the Dutch roster in the 2018 World Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Jamie Morrison

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2017–18 club
1	Kirsten Knip	14 September 1992	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	281 cm (111 in)	275 cm (108 in)
3	Yvon Beliën	28 December 1993	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Bursa
4	Celeste Plak	26 October 1995	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	314 cm (124 in)	302 cm (119 in)	Novara
6	Maret Balkestein-Grothues (c)	16 September 1988	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Panathinaikos
7		10 September 1996	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)
9	Myrthe Schoot	29 August 1988	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Dresdner
10	Lonneke Slöetjes	15 November 1990	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Pallavolo Scandicci
11	Anne Buijs	2 December 1991	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	317 cm (125 in)	299 cm (118 in)	Nilüfer
12	Britt Bongaerts	3 November 1996	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	296 cm (117 in)	284 cm (112 in)
14	Laura Dijkema	18 February 1990	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	293 cm (115 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Firenze
17	Nicole Oude Luttikhuis	26 December 1997	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	305 cm (120 in)
18	Marrit Jasper	28 February 1996	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Dresdner
20	Tessa Polder	10 October 1997	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	301 cm (119 in)	293 cm (115 in)
22	Nicole Koolhaas	31 January 1991	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	București

Managers[]

Netherlands Team Managers	From	To
Bert Goedkoop	1993	1998
	1998	2000
	2001	2004
Avital Selinger	2004	2012
Gido Vermeulen	2012	2014
Giovanni Guidetti	2015	2016
Jamie Morrison	2017	2019
Avital Selinger	2020

Notable players[]

In alphabetical order

See also[]

• Netherlands men's national volleyball team

References[]

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External links[]

• Official website
• FIVB profile