Netherlands men's national handball team

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Netherlands
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Information
NicknameGolden Boys
Association Netherlands Handball Association
Coach Staffan Olsson
Assistant coachWong Wai
Most caps Lambert Schuurs (312)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances3 (First in 1961 )
Best result11th (1961)
European Championship
Appearances3 (First in 2020 )
Best result10th (2022)
Last updated on 28 December 2023.

The Netherlands national handball team is the national handball team of Netherlands and is controlled by the Netherlands Handball Association.

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Unlike the very successful women's team, The Netherlands men's team qualified just twice for the World Championships (1961, 2025). For the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship The Netherlands received a wildcard and reached the Main Round finishing 14th overall. The team improved this result in the 2025 event to a 12th place in the final ranking.

The current squad led by starplayers Luc Steins and Kay Smits is steadily closing the gap with the leading European teams by qualifying three consecutive times for the European Championships (2020, 2022 and 2024). In only their second ever appearance at EHF EURO 2022 the Dutch men's team won three matches and drew one. The Dutch did qualify for the Main Round as well and finished as 10th overall.

Competitive record

World Championship

World Championship record
YearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1938 did not qualify
Flag of Sweden.svg 1954
Flag of East Germany.svg 1958
Flag of Germany.svg 1961 Preliminary round1120021854
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1964 did not qualify
Flag of Sweden.svg 1967
Flag of France.svg 1970
Flag of East Germany.svg 1974
Flag of Denmark.svg 1978
Flag of Germany.svg 1982
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 1986
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1990
Flag of Sweden.svg 1993
Flag of Iceland.svg 1995
Flag of Japan.svg 1997
Flag of Egypt.svg 1999
Flag of France.svg 2001
Flag of Portugal (official).svg 2003
Flag of Tunisia.svg 2005
Flag of Germany.svg 2007
Flag of Croatia.svg 2009
Flag of Sweden.svg 2011
Flag of Spain.svg 2013
Flag of Qatar.svg 2015
Flag of France.svg 2017
Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Germany.svg 2019
Flag of Egypt.svg 2021
Flag of Poland.svg / Flag of Sweden.svg 2023 Main round146303177165
Flag of Croatia.svg / Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Norway.svg 2025 Main round126312212200
Flag of Germany.svg 2027 Future events
Flag of France.svg / Flag of Germany.svg 2029
Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Iceland.svg / Flag of Norway.svg 2031
Total3/3214617407419

European Championship

European Championship record
YearRoundPositionGPWDLGFGA
Flag of Portugal (official).svg 1994 did not qualify
Flag of Spain.svg 1996
Flag of Italy.svg 1998
Flag of Croatia.svg 2000
Flag of Sweden.svg 2002
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2004
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2006
Flag of Norway.svg 2008
Flag of Austria.svg 2010
Flag of Serbia.svg 2012
Flag of Denmark.svg 2014
Flag of Poland.svg 2016
Flag of Croatia.svg 2018
Flag of Austria.svg / Flag of Norway.svg / Flag of Sweden.svg 2020 Preliminary round17th31028094
Flag of Hungary.svg / Flag of Slovakia.svg 2022 Main round10th7313200215
Flag of Germany.svg 2024 Main round12th7214224222
Flag of Denmark.svg / Flag of Norway.svg / Flag of Sweden.svg 2026 Qualified
Flag of Portugal (official).svg / Flag of Spain.svg / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2028 Future events
Total4/1817629504531

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship. [1] [2]

Head coach: Flag of Sweden.svg Staffan Olsson

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
1GK Bart Ravensbergen (1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 (age 32)1.90 m10517 Flag of Germany.svg Frisch Auf Göppingen
2GK Rob Goudriaan (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 24)1.89 m20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg RKHV Volendam
3CB Ivar Stavast (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 27)1.91 m4961 Flag of Germany.svg HC Elbflorenz
5LW Rutger ten Velde (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 28)1.78 m71219 Flag of Germany.svg Frisch Auf Göppingen
7LB Robin Schoenaker (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 30)1.96 m598 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sporting Pelt
11GK Jorick Pol (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 21)1.98 m00 Flag of the Netherlands.svg HV Hurry-Up
12GK Matthias Dorgelo (2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 (age 22)2.00 m41 Flag of Denmark.svg SønderjyskE Håndbold
15P Lars Kooij (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 25)2.00 m2739 Flag of North Macedonia.svg RK Vardar
17LW Kaj Geenen (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 22)1.86 m2016 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
20RB Niels Versteijnen (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 25)2.00 m49107 Flag of Germany.svg TBV Lemgo
21P Martijn Kleijkers (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 24)1.92 m96 Flag of France.svg Pau Billère Handball
22CB Luc Steins (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 30)1.72 m111319 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain
23LB Jorn Smits (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32)1.93 m75112 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg GC Amicitia Zürich
27RW Alec Smit (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 26)1.85 m6071 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pfadi Winterthur
31RB Kay Smits (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 (age 28)1.85 m82383 Flag of Germany.svg SG Flensburg-Handewitt
38RW Rob Schmeits (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 31)1.85 m43 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sporting Pelt
40RW Robin Nagtegall (1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 26)1.85 m20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg RKHV Volendam
41LW Jeromy van der Ban (2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 (age 23)1.91 m22 Flag of the Netherlands.svg HV Aalsmeer
77CB Dani Baijens (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 27)1.82 m84229 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain

Extended team

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
8P Evert Kooijman (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 29)1.96 m4236 Flag of the Netherlands.svg KRAS/Volendam
12GK Matthias Dorgelo (2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 (age 22)1.99 m21 Flag of Denmark.svg GOG
31RB Kay Smits Cruz Roja.svg (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 (age 28)1.85 m80368 Flag of Germany.svg SG Flensburg-Handewitt
34RB Tom Jansen Cruz Roja.svg (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 (age 27)1.99 m2949 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Gummersbach
38RW Rob Schmeits (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 31)1.85 m66 Flag of the Netherlands.svg KEMBIT/LIONS

References

  1. "Staffan Olsson maakt selectie WK handbal bekend" (in Dutch). handbal.nl. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. "Team Roster Netherlands" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.