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Netherlands women's national water polo team

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Netherlands
FINA codeNED
AssociationRoyal Dutch Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachEvangelos Doudesis
Asst coachRichard van Eck
Ineke Yperlaan
CaptainCatharina van der Sloot
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current2 (as of 1 September 2023)
Highest1 (2008)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances4 (first in 2000)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2008)
World Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1986)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1991, 2023)
World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1979)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1980, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999)
World League
Appearances7 (first in 2005)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2018)
European Championship
Appearances19 (first in 1985)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2018, 2024)
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 are one of the top teams again claiming the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 European Championships. The team is governed by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Zwembond (KNZB).

Results

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Medal count

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Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 1 0 1 2
World Championship 2 4 1 7
World League 0 1 1 2
World Cup 8 4 0 12
European Championship 6 4 3 13
Europa Cup 1 0 0 1
Total 18 13 6 37

Olympic Games

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Year[1] Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
Australia 2000 4th place 7 3 0 4 35 36 Squad
Greece 2004 did not qualify
China 2008 6 3 1 2 52 50 Squad
United Kingdom 2012 did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020 6th place 7 4 0 3 117 75 Squad
France 2024 7 5 2 0 88 69 Squad
Total 1 title 27 15 3 9 292 230 -–

World Championship

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Year[1] Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
Spain 1986 9 7 0 2 111 49 Squad
Australia 1991 7 6 0 1 71 47 Squad
Italy 1994 7 5 0 2 73 39 Squad
Australia 1998 8 7 0 1 71 33 Squad
Japan 2001 9th place 5 1 0 4 21 34 Squad
Spain 2003 6th place 6 3 2 1 63 34 Squad
Canada 2005 10th place 6 2 0 4 33 43 Squad
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 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
Hungary 2022 7 5 0 2 99 50 Squad
Japan 2023 6 5 1 0 98 47 Squad
Qatar 2024 5th place 7 5 1 1 106 54 Squad
Total 1 Title 115 72 9 34 1277 801

World Cup

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Year[1] Position Pld W D* L GF GA
United States 1979 4 2 1 1 27 18
Netherlands 1980 4 3 1 0 31 17
Australia 1981
Canada 1983 6 4 1 1 59 49
United States 1984
New Zealand 1988
Netherlands 1989
United States 1991
Italy 1993
Australia 1995
France 1997
Canada 1999 5 4 0 1 43 32
Australia 2002 did not participate
China 2006
New Zealand 2010
Russia 2014
Russia 2018
United States 2023 3 2 0 1 38 25
Total 8 titles

World League

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Year[1] Position Pld W D* L GF GA
United States 2004 did not participate
Russia 2005 7th 14 5 0 9 103 124
Italy 2006 5th 16 6 0 10 148 156
United States 2010 7th 3 1 0 2 25 31
China 2015 12 8 0 4 151 93
China 2017 5th 10 6 0 4 99 79
China 2018 12 8 0 4 113 92
Hungary 2019 4th 15 9 0 6 164 122
Spain 2022 4th 10 5 0 5 117 104

European Championship

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Year Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Norway 1985
France 1987
West Germany 1989
Greece 1991
United Kingdom1993
Austria 1995 7 5 1 1 76 42
Spain 1997 7 6 0 1 106 37
Italy 1999 5 3 1 1 60 31
Hungary 2001 5th place 5 3 1 1 44 36
Slovenia 2003 4th place 6 3 0 3 60 36
Serbia 2006 5th place 5 2 0 3 56 57
Spain 2008 5th place 5 2 1 2 44 43
Croatia 2010 5 3 0 2 54 48
Netherlands 2012 6th place 5 1 0 4 55 54
Hungary 2014 5 4 0 1 49 44
Serbia 2016 8 7 0 1 133 54
Spain 2018 8 7 1 0 111 33
Hungary 2020 4th place 8 6 0 2 123 40
Croatia 2022 4th place 8 6 0 2 147 50
Netherlands 2024 6 6 0 0 93 46
Total 6 titles 93 64 5 24 1211 651

LEN Europa Cup

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Year Position
Spain 2018 4th place
Italy 2019

Holiday Cup

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World Games

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Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The roster was announced on 19 June 2024.[2]

Head coach: Greece Evangelos Doudesis [nl][3]

Past squads

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Under-20 team

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The Netherlands lastly competed at the 2021 FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships.[4]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Selectie waterpolovrouwen voor Olympische Spelen bekend". knzb.nl. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Netherlands" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ 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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