Netherlands at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Netherlands at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of the Netherlands
FINA code	NED
National federation	Royal Dutch Swimming Federation
Website	knzb.nl
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	40 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
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The Netherlands competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Netherlands women's national water polo team Laura Aarts Iris Wolves Brigitte Sleeking Sabrina van der Sloot Maartje Keuning Simone van de Kraats Bente Rogge Vivian Sevenich Kitty-Lynn Joustra Lieke Rogge Lola Moolhuijzen Nina ten Broek Sarah Buis	Water polo	Women's tournament	July 28
Silver	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Open water swimming	Women's 5 km	July 18
Silver	Arno Kamminga	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	July 24
Bronze	Marrit Steenbergen	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	July 28
Bronze	Tes Schouten	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	July 28

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	3	3
Diving	0	3	3
High diving	0	1	1
Open water swimming	0	1	1
Swimming	6	11	17
Water polo	0	15	15
Total	6	34	40

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

The Netherlands entered 3 artistic swimmers.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bregje de Brouwer Noortje de Brouwer	Duet technical routine	259.9635	4 Q	231.7799	7
Bregje de Brouwer Marloes Steenbeek	Duet free routine	217.6916	6 Q	206.0396	8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

The Netherlands entered 3 divers. ^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Else Praasterink	10 m platform	283.65	19	Did not advance
Celine van Duijn	3 m springboard	214.60	41	Did not advance
Inge Jansen Celine van Duijn	3 m synchro springboard	259.80	10 Q	—		264.00	10

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

The Netherlands entered 1 high diver.

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Ginni van Katwijk	Women's high diving	232.70	11

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

The Netherlands entered 1 open water swimmer. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sharon van Rouwendaal	Women's 5 km	59:32.7
	Women's 10 km	2:02:42.4	4

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

The Netherlands entered 17 swimmers. ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Caspar Corbeau	50 metre breaststroke	27.15	10 Q	27.21	10	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:09.29	2 Q	2:08.49	5 Q	2:08.42	5
Thom de Boer	50 metre freestyle	22.13	20	Did not advance
Thomas Jansen	400 metre individual medley	4:16.00	12	—		Did not advance
Arno Kamminga	100 metre breaststroke	58.71	2 Q	59.08	5 Q	58.72
	200 metre breaststroke	2:10.47	10 Q	2:10.57	12	Did not advance
Nyls Korstanje	50 metre butterfly	23.19	8 Q	23.23	12	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	50.78 NR	2 Q	50.98	5 Q	51.05	5
Kenzo Simons	50 metre freestyle	22.04	15 Q	21.92	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Busch	50 metre butterfly	26.23	15 Q	26.14	14	Did not advance
Imani de Jong	400 metre freestyle	4:12.03	21	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:50.81	29	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:51.22	25	—		Did not advance
Maaike de Waard	50 metre backstroke	27.91	10 Q	28.03	12	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	59.89	7 Q	59.84	11	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	26.17	13 Q	26.02	13	Did not advance
Tes Schouten	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.46	8 Q	1:06.53	10	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:22.43	1 Q	2:21.71	2 Q	2:21.63 NR
Marrit Steenbergen	50 metre freestyle	24.63	7 Q	24.68 24.53	8 S/off 1 Q	24.61	8
	100 metre freestyle	53.82	6 Q	52.82	1 Q	52.71
	200 metre freestyle	1:56.66	5 Q	1:56.49	8 Q	1:55.51	5
	200 metre individual medley	2:11.31	13 Q	2:09.30	3 Q	2:11.89	7
Kira Toussaint	50 metre backstroke	28.41	21	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	1:00.46	15 Q	59.89	12	Did not advance
Janna van Kooten	200 metre freestyle	1:58.16	15 Q	1:58.12	15	Did not advance
Valerie van Roon	50 metre freestyle	24.82	12 Q	24.78	14	Did not advance
Kim Busch Sam van Nunen Milou van Wijk Marrit Steenbergen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.50	3 Q	—		3:35.41	6
Janna van Kooten Imani de Jong Silke Holkenborg Marrit Steenbergen	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:53.52	5 Q	—		7:52.93	6
Kira Toussaint Tes Schouten Kim Busch Marrit Steenbergen	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:57.81	5 Q	—		3:58.09	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kenzo Simons Caspar Corbeau Milou van Wijk Sam van Nunen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:27.83	12	Did not advance
Maaike de Waard Arno Kamminga Nyls Korstanje Marrit Steenbergen	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:41.45	3 Q	3:41.81	4

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands	Women's tournament	Spain W 7–6	Kazakhstan W 30–2	Israel W 24–8	1 Q	—	Canada W 17–10	Italy W 9–8	Spain W 17–16

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Dutch roster. ^[5]

Head coach: Evangelos Doudesis

• 1 Laura Aarts GK
• 2 Iris Wolves FP
• 3 Brigitte Sleeking FP
• 4 Sabrina van der Sloot FP
• 5 Maartje Keuning FP
• 6 Simone van de Kraats FP
• 7 Bente Rogge FP
• 8 Vivian Sevenich FP
• 9 Kitty-Lynn Joustra FP
• 10 Lieke Rogge FP
• 11 Lola Moolhuijzen FP
• 12 Nina ten Broek FP
• 13 Sarah Buis GK
• Marit van der Weijden FP
• Maxine Schaap FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	52	17	+35	6	Playoffs
3	Israel	3	1	0	0	2	30	52	−22	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	71	−58	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2023 12:00	Report	Netherlands	7–6	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Ruiz 3

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18 July 2023 09:00	Report	Kazakhstan	2–30	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 0–10, 1–7, 1–9, 0–4
		Mirshina, Pochinok 1	Goals	Van de Kraats 8

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20 July 2023 20:30	Report	Israel	8–24	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–6, 2–5, 4–6
		Futorian 3	Goals	Joustra 5

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 16:30	Report	Netherlands	17–10	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 5–3, 3–4, 3–1
		three players 3	Goals	McKelvey 4

Semifinals

26 July 2023 17:00	Report	Italy	8–9	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 1–1
		Marletta 3	Goals	L. Rogge, Wolves 2

Final

28 July 2023 18:00	Report	Netherlands	17–16	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 2–3, 3–1, 3–5  PSO:5–4
		Van de Kraats, Sleeking 3	Goals	Forca 5

References

1. "Competition Athletes | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation.
2. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
3. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Women" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
4. Race, Retta (15 June 2023). "Steenbergen, Schouten, Kamminga Headline Dutch Roster For Fukuoka". SwimSwam . Retrieved 15 July 2023.
5. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster NED" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.