Netherlands at the 2025 World Games

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Netherlands at the
2025 World Games
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
IOC code NED
NOC NOC*NSF
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors111 (36 men and 75 women) in 18 sports
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
4
Silver
5
Bronze
6
Total
15
World Games appearances

The Netherlands competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025. [1] Athletes representing Netherlands won four gold medals, five silver medals and six bronze medals. The country finished in 18th place in the medal table.

Contents


Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 213
Beach handball 01010
Billards 123
Canoe Sports 21012
Dancesport 011
Duathlon 112
Gymnastics 358
Ju-jitsu 213
Karate 101
Kickboxing 112
Korfball 101020
Lifesaving 101
Powerlifting 011
Sambo 101
Softball 01515
Speed Skating 055
Tug of war 111122
Wakeboarding 011
Total3675111

Archery

Barebow/recurve

AthleteEventQualificationElimination 1Elimination 2Elimination 3Elimination 4SemifinalFinal / BM
ScoreRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Willem Bakker Men's recurve 3693ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cui  (CHN)
W 88–87
Flag of Italy.svg  Borsani  (ITA)
L 57–61
Flag of Germany.svg  Unruh  (GER)
W 60–59
Bronze medal icon.svg
Gabriela Schloesser Women's recurve 3496ByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brug  (CAN)
L 78–82
Did not advance

Target - Compound

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalFinal / BM
ScoreRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mike Schloesser Men's Compound 7151ByeFlag of Mexico.svg  Garcia Flores  (MEX)
W 147–145
Flag of Israel.svg  Yamrom  (ISR)
W 147–147
Flag of India.svg  Verma  (IND)
W 148–145
Flag of the United States.svg  Broadnax  (USA)
W 150–148
Gold medal icon.svg

Gymnastics

Parkour

Men

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Tangui van Schingen Men's speed 27.665 Q29.055
Women's freestyle 23.24 Q26.44

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Noa Man Women's speed 39.532 Q37.67Silver medal icon.svg
Women's freestyle 21.42 Q20.15

Ju-jitsu

AthleteEventElimination roundRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ecco Van der Veer Men's ne-waza 62 kg Flag of Denmark.svg  Jafari  (DEN)
W 0-50
Flag of Colombia.svg  Jafari  (COL)
W 13-23
1 QByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kanatbek  (KAZ)
W 27-13
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mochulskyi  (UKR)
L 17-12
Silver medal icon.svg
Boy Vogelzang Men's ne-waza 77 kg Flag of Uruguay.svg  Dominguez  (URU)
W 50-0
Flag of France.svg  Kunsa  (FRA)
W 50-0
1 QByeFlag of Denmark.svg  Andersen  (DEN)
L 11-14
Flag of France.svg  Kunsa  (FRA)
W 50-0
Bronze medal icon.svg
Genevieve Bogers Women's ne-waza 57 kg Flag of France.svg  Bonnet  (FRA)
W 16-4
Flag of Sweden.svg  Mattsson  (SWE)
W 18-9
1 QByeFlag of Denmark.svg  Dahl  (DEN)
L 4-12
Flag of Sweden.svg  Mattsson  (SWE)
W 13-4
Bronze medal icon.svg

Karate

Men
AthleteEventElimination roundSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Brian Timmermans Men's kumite 84 kg Flag of Jordan.svg  Jafari  (JOR)
L 2-9
Flag of Croatia.svg  Kvesići  (CRO)
L 3-5
Flag of Greece.svg  Mastrogiannis  (GRE)
W 4-3
3Did not advance

Kickboxing

AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Valenca Bickel Women's K1 Style –60 kg Flag of Algeria.svg  Mechraoui  (ALG)
W 3-0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Martyniuk  (UKR)
W 3-0
Flag of Algeria.svg  Cmárová  (ALG)
W 3-0
Gold medal icon.svg
Carvin Burke Men's point-fighting –74 kg Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Mirzaev  (UZB)
W 15-5
Flag of Austria.svg  Zimmermann  (AUT)
L 10-15
Flag of Greece.svg  Anastasopoulos  (GRE)
W 9-5
Bronze medal icon.svg

Korfball

Indoor

The Netherlands qualified in korfball at the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship.

AthleteEventGroup stageSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Netherlands Korfball Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
W 29-12
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
W 33-18
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
W 35-9
1 QFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
W 35-13
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
W 23-26
Gold medal icon.svg
Beach

The Netherlands qualified in beach korfball at the 2024 World Beach Korfball Championship.

AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Netherlands Beach Korfball Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
W 18-0
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
W 11-4
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
W 5-16
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
W 13–8
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
W 12-4
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
L 6-8
Silver medal icon.svg

Powerlifting

Classic
AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRank
SquatBench
press
Deadlift
Pleun Dekkers Women's Lightweight 179.5 WR95.0185.0459.5116.184

Roller Sports

Road Speed Skating

AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Lianne van Loon Women's 10,000 Point Race
Women's 15,000 m elimination race

Track Speed Skating

AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Lianne van Loon Women's 1,000 m sprint
Women's 10,000 m elimination race
Women's 10,000m point elimination race

Softball

Women

TeamEventGroup playSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Netherlands women Women's tournament Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
W 1–3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 1–8
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
L 0–2
35th–8th Classification
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
L 1–3
Seventh place play-off
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Cancelled
7

Tug of war

AthleteEventGroup stageSemi-finalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Netherlands Men's outdoor 640 kg Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
L 3–0
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
L 3–0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
D 1–1
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
L 0–3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
L 0–3
65th place match
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
W 0–3
5
Team Netherlands Mixed outdoor 580 kg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
L 0–3
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
L 0–3
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
D 1–1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
L 3–0
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
L 3–0
65th place match
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
L 2–1
6

References

  1. "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by sport, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by country, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-25.