Netherlands men's national volleyball team

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Netherlands
Nickname(s)Orange Tulips
Orange
AssociationNederlandse Volleybalbond (Nevobo)
Head coachRoberto Piazza
FIVB ranking13 (as of 2 December 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1964)
Best result (1996)
World Championship
Appearances12 (First in 1949)
Best resultSilver (1994)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 1965)
Best result (1995)
European Championship
Appearances25 (First in 1948)
Best resultGold (1997)
www.volleybal.nl (in Dutch)

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[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Summer Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W L SW SL Squad
Japan 1964 - 8th place 9 2 7 11 24 Squad
Mexico 1968 Did not qualify
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988 Final round 5th place 7 5 2 16 9 Squad
Spain 1992 Final Silver medal 8 4 4 14 14 Squad
United States 1996 Final Gold medal 8 7 1 21 6 Squad
Australia 2000 Quarter final 5th place 6 4 2 14 8 Squad
Greece 2004 First round 9th place 5 2 3 7 11 Squad
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
Total 1 Titles 6/15 43 24 19 83 72

World Championship[edit]

Year Result Pld W L SW SL PW PL
Czechoslovakia 1949 10th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soviet Union 1952 did not qualify
France 1956 13th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 1960 did not qualify
Soviet Union 1962 12th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czechoslovakia 1966 12th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulgaria 1970 14th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 1974 12th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 1978 16th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Argentina 1982 did not qualify
France 1986
Brazil 1990 7th place 7 4 3 16 10 335 264
Greece 1994 Silver medal 7 5 2 16 10 154 118
Japan 1998 6th place 10 7 3 21 12 417 351
Argentina 2002 9th place 6 4 2 12 11 503 497
Japan 2006 did not qualify
Italy 2010
Poland 2014
Italy Bulgaria 2018 8th place 8 5 3 16 15 692 661
Poland Slovenia 2022 10th place 4 3 1 9 6 339 325
Total 13/20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FIVB World Cup[edit]

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

World Grand Champions Cup[edit]

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

European Championship[edit]

European Championship record
Year Position GP MW ML SW SL PW PL Squad
Italy 1948 6th 5 0 5 1 15 109 232
Bulgaria 1950 Did not enter
France 1951 9th 6 1 5 4 17 206 296
Romania 1955 Did not enter
Czechoslovakia 1958 13th 11 3 8 21 37 573 615
Romania 1963 12th 8 5 3 29 15 458 368
Turkey 1967 15th
Italy 1971 9th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1975 9th
Finland 1977 12th
France 1979 Did not qualify
Bulgaria 1981
East Germany 1983 10th
Netherlands 1985 10th
Belgium 1987 5th
Sweden 1989  Bronze Medal
Germany 1991  Bronze Medal
Finland 1993  Silver Medal
Greece 1995  Silver Medal
Netherlands 1997  Gold Medal 7 7 0 21 1 326 164 Squad
Austria 1999 5th 5 3 2 11 9 472 446 Squad
Czech Republic 2001 8th 7 3 4 14 13 624 599 Squad
Germany 2003 6th 7 4 3 13 15 628 635 Squad
Italy Serbia and Montenegro 2005 11th 5 0 5 4 15 391 441 Squad
Russia 2007 7th 5 3 2 10 9 438 412 Squad
Turkey 2009 7th 5 2 3 10 12 504 505 Squad
Austria Czech Republic 2011 Did not qualify
Denmark Poland 2013 10th 4 1 3 7 10 363 390 Squad
Bulgaria Italy 2015 9th 4 2 2 8 9 374 380 Squad
Poland 2017 14th 3 0 3 3 9 263 285 Squad
France Slovenia Netherlands Belgium 2019 10th 6 3 3 12 10 506 488 Squad
Poland Finland Czech Republic Estonia 2021 5th 7 5 2 17 10 623 611 Squad
Italy Bulgaria North Macedonia Israel 2023 5th 7 5 2 18 9 603 576 Squad
Total 27/32

FIVB World League[edit]

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

Nations League[edit]

Nations League record
Year Result GP MW ML SW SL PW PL
France 2018 Did not enter
United States 2019
Italy 2021 14th 15 3 12 19 40 1214 1354
Italy 2022 8th 13 6 7 21 24 997 1028
Poland 2023 10th 12 5 7 22 24 1028 1054
Total 3/5 40 14 26 62 88 3239 3436

European League[edit]

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

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following is the Dutch roster in the 2022 World Championship.[4]

Head coach: Italy Roberto Piazza

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022–23 club
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) Czech Republic VK ČEZ Karlovarsko
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) Greece PAOK Thessaloniki
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) South Korea KEPCO
5 Luuc Van Der Ent 27 July 1998 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 359 cm (141 in) 351 cm (138 in) Germany SWD Powervolleys Düren
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) Greece PAOK Thessaloniki
8 Fabian Plak 23 July 1997 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 357 cm (141 in) 341 cm (134 in) France Chaumont Volley-Ball 52
12 Bennie Tuinstra 13 September 2000 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 350 cm (140 in) 335 cm (132 in) Turkey Ziraat Bankası
13 Mats Bleeker 7 May 1998 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 320 cm (130 in) 315 cm (124 in) Netherlands Active Living Orion
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) Turkey Halkbank
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) Turkey Ziraatkbank
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) Poland Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom
18 Robbert Andringa 28 April 1990 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 310 cm (120 in) Poland AZS Olsztyn
19 Freek de Weijer 30 October 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 359 cm (141 in) 351 cm (138 in) Italy Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza
22 Twan Wiltenburg 20 January 1997 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 334 cm (131 in) 325 cm (128 in) Poland ZAKSA

Coach history[edit]

Kit providers[edit]

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

Period Kit provider
2000– Mizuno
Erima
Erreà

Sponsorship[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ISportConnect – Connecting the Business of Sport".
  2. ^ "FIVB".
  3. ^ "FIVB Statement On Participating Teams At VNL 2021". www.fivb.com. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ^ Daily Bulletin Slovenia

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