Netherlands women's national water polo team

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Netherlands
Flag of Netherlands.svg
FINA codeNED
AssociationRoyal Dutch Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachArno Havenga
Asst coachEvangelos Doudesis
CaptainDagmar Genee
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current5 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest1 (2008)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances2 (first in 2000)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2008)
World Championship
Appearances14 (first in 1986)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1991)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1979)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1980, 1983, , , , , , 1999)
World League
Appearances7 (first in 2005)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2018)
European Championship
Appearances10 (first in )
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (, , , , 2018)
Media
Websiteknzb.nl

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 claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The team is governed by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Zwembond (KNZB).

Results[]

Medal count[]

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 1 0 0 1
World Championship 1 4 0 5
World League 0 1 1 2
European Championship 5 4 3 12
Europa Cup 1 0 0 1
Total 8 9 4 21

Olympic Games[]

Main article: Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
Year[1] Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Australia 2000 4th place 7 3 0 4 35 36 Squad
Greece 2004 did not qualify
China 2008 Gold medal icon.svg 6 3 1 2 52 50 Squad
United Kingdom 2012 did not qualify
Brazil 2016 did not qualify
Japan 2020 6th place 7 4 0 3 117 75 Squad

World Championship[]

Year[1] Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Spain 1986 Silver medal icon.svg 9 7 0 2 111 49
Australia 1991 Gold medal icon.svg 7 6 0 1 71 47
Italy 1994 Silver medal icon.svg 7 5 0 2 73 39
Australia 1998 Silver medal icon.svg 8 7 0 1 71 33
Japan 2001 9th place 5 1 0 4 21 34
Spain 2003 6th place 6 3 2 1 63 34 Squad
Canada 2005 10th place 6 2 0 4 33 43
Australia 2007 9th place 6 3 0 3 52 47 Squad
Italy 2009 5th place 7 5 1 1 72 64 Squad
China 2011 7th place 7 3 2 2 70 56 Squad
Spain 2013 7th place 7 3 1 3 95 71 Squad
Russia 2015 Silver medal icon.svg 7 4 1 2 78 38 Squad
Hungary 2017 9th place 6 4 0 2 78 42 Squad
South Korea 2019 7th place 7 4 0 3 86 53 Squad

World Cup[]

  • 1979 – 2nd place[1]
  • 1980 – 1st place
  • – 2nd place
  • 1983 – 1st place
  • – 3rd place
  • – 1st place
  • – 1st place
  • – 1st place
  • – 1st place
  • – 2nd place
  • – 1st place
  • 1999 – 1st place

World League[]

European Championship[]

Year Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Norway Gold medal icon.svg
France Gold medal icon.svg
West Germany Gold medal icon.svg
Greece Silver medal icon.svg
United Kingdom Gold medal icon.svg
Austria 1995 Bronze medal icon.svg 7 5 1 1 76 42
Spain 1997 Bronze medal icon.svg 7 6 0 1 106 37
Italy 1999 Silver medal icon.svg 5 3 1 1 60 31
Hungary 2001 5th place 5 3 1 1 44 36 Squad
Slovenia 2003 4th place 6 3 0 3 60 36
Serbia 2006 5th place 5 2 0 3 56 57 Squad
Spain 2008 5th place 5 2 1 2 44 43 Squad
Croatia 2010 Bronze medal icon.svg 5 3 0 2 54 48 Squad
Netherlands 2012 6th place 5 1 0 4 55 54 Squad
Hungary 2014 Silver medal icon.svg 5 4 0 1 49 44 Squad
Serbia 2016 Silver medal icon.svg 8 7 0 1 133 54 Squad
Spain 2018 Gold medal icon.svg 8 7 1 0 111 33 Squad
Hungary 2020 4th place 8 6 0 2 123 40 Squad

LEN Europa Cup[]

Year Position
Spain 2018 4th place
Italy 2019 Gold medal icon.svg

Holiday Cup[]

  • – 5th place
  • – 4th place
  • – 5th place
  • 2006 – 5th place
  • 2007 – 2nd place

World Games[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

Roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Arno Havenga[2]

No. Player Pos. L/R Height Weight Date of birth (age) Apps OG/
Goals 		Club Ref
1 Joanne Koenders 10GK 2R 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) (1997-02-28)28 February 1997 (aged 24) 65 0/0 Netherlands Polar Bears Ede [3]
2 Maud Megens 80FP 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 25) 170 0/0 United States USC Trojans [4]
3 Dagmar Genee 80FP 2R 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) (1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 32) 220 0/0 Netherlands [5]
4 Sabrina van der Sloot 80FP 2R 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 62 kg (137 lb) (1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 30) 275 0/0 Spain Sabadell [6]
5 Iris Wolves 80FP 2R 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 27) 80 0/0 Spain Mediterrani [7]
6 Nomi Stomphorst (C) 80FP 2R 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 63 kg (139 lb) (1992-08-23)23 August 1992 (aged 28) 275 0/0 Netherlands GZC Donk [8]
7 Kitty Joustra 80FP 2R 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 72 kg (159 lb) (1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 23) 93 0/0 United States California Golden Bears [9]
8 Vivian Sevenich 80FP 1L 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 28) 225 0/0 Spain Mataró [10]
9 80FP 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) (1998-04-26)26 April 1998 (aged 23) 70 0/0 Spain Sabadell [11]
10 Ilse Koolhaas 80FP 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1997-06-11)11 June 1997 (aged 24) 95 0/0 Greece Glyfada [12]
11 80FP 1L 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) (2000-11-15)15 November 2000 (aged 20) 70 0/0 Spain Mataró [13]
12 Brigitte Sleeking 80FP 2R 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 68 kg (150 lb) (1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 23) 70 0/0 Greece Olympiacos [14]
13 Debby Willemsz 10GK 2R 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 27) 170 0/0 Spain Mediterrani [15]
Average 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 26 years, 37 days 144

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Netherlands Women | Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Past squads[]

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Under-20 team[]

The Netherlands lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships.[16]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Water Polo - HAVENGA Arno". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ "KOENDERS Joanne". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ "MEGENS Maud". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "GENEE Dagmar". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ "van der SLOOT Sabrina". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ^ "WOLVES Iris". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "STOMPHORST Nomi". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ^ "JOUSTRA Kitty Lynn". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. ^ "SEVENICH Vivian". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  11. ^ "KEUNING Maartje". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  12. ^ "KOOLHAAS Ilse". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  13. ^ "van de KRAATS Simone". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  14. ^ "SLEEKING Brigitte". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  15. ^ "WILLEMSZ Debby". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  16. ^ Russia after fourth title at FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship Owen Lloyd (Inside the Games), 9 October 2021. Accessed 7 November 2021.

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