Approximately 5 million of the 17 million people in the Netherlands are registered to one of the 35,000 sports clubs in the country. About two thirds of the population older than 15 years participates in sports weekly.
The Netherlands women's national handball team is the national handball team of the Netherlands. It is governed by the Nederlands Handbal Verbond (NHV).
The 2012 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 4 to 16 December. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in the Netherlands but on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation withdrew from the organization. Subsequently, the European Handball Federation (EHF) launched a new bidding process and eventually selected Serbia as the new host on 18 June 2012.
Lois Abbingh is a Dutch female professional handballer who plays for Vipers Kristiansand and the Dutch national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Estavana Polman is a Dutch handball player for CS Rapid București and the Dutch national team.
Danick Albertine Snelder is a Dutch handball player for SG BBM Bietigheim and the Dutch national team.
Yvette Broch is a Dutch professional handball player, who plays for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of Holland's Next Top Model.
Antje Angela Malestein is a Dutch handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Dutch national team.
Hendrikus Franciscus Groener, commonly known as Henk Groener is a Dutch handball coach, and former handball player. He is the current head coach of Borussia Dortmund Handball, since November 2022.
Cornelia Nycke Groot is a Dutch handball player.
Sharina van Dort is a Dutch team handball player. She used to play for the club SV Dalfsen, and on the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.
Sanne van Olphen is a retired Dutch handball player who last played for Viborg HK in the Danish Damehåndboldligaen and for the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.
Kelly Dulfer is a Dutch handball player for SG BBM Bietigheim and the Dutch national team.
Inger Smits is a Dutch handball player for SG BBM Bietigheim and the Dutch national team.
Bo van Wetering is a Dutch female handballer for Odense Håndbold and the Dutch national team. With Odense she has won the Danish League in 2021 and 2022.
Dione Housheer is a Dutch female handballer for Odense Håndbold and the Dutch national team.
The Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Nikita van der Vliet is a Dutch handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Dutch national team.
The 2025 IHF World Women's Handball Championship will be 27th edition of the championship to be jointly hosted by Germany and the Netherlands under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF) from 27 November to 14 December 2025. It will be fourth time in history that the championship is jointly hosted. Catch the Dream will be the official motto of the competition.
Tamara Haggerty is a Dutch handball player who plays for Debreceni VSC and the Dutch national team.
