Netherlands men's national under-21 field hockey team

Netherlands
Nickname(s)	Jong Oranje Heren (Young Orange Men)
Association	Royal Dutch Hockey Federation (Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond)
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Head Coach	Jesse Mahieu
Assistant coach(es)	Tim Oudenaller
Manager	Thijs de Greeff
Captain	Silas Lageman
Home	Away
Junior World Cup
Appearances	13 (first in 1979 )
Best result	2nd (1985, 2009)
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Appearances	20 (first in 1976)
Best result	1st (1976, 1978, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022)
Medal record
Junior World Cup
EuroHockey Junior Championship

Last updated November 13, 2025

The Netherlands men's national under-21 field hockey team represents the Netherlands in men's international under-21 field hockey and is controlled by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, the governing body for field hockey in the Netherlands.^[1]

Tournament record

Junior World Cup

1979 –
1982 – 6th place
1985 –
1989 – 9th place
1993 – 4th place
1997 – 7th place
2001 – 8th place
2005 – 5th place
2009 –
2013 –
2016 – 7th place
2021 – 5th place
2023 – 5th place

EuroHockey Junior Championship

1976 –
1977 –
1978 –
1981 –
1984 –
1988 –
1992 –
1996 –
1998 –
2000 –
2002 –
2004 –
2006 –
2008 –
2010 –
2012 –
2014 –
2017 –
2019 –
2022 –
2024 –

Source:^[2]

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named on 4 November 2025 for the 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in Tamil Nadu, India from 28 November to 10 December 2025.^[3]

Caps updated as of 20 July 2024, after the match against Spain.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Nieki Verbeek	(2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 (age 21)	7	Oranje-Rood
2	GK	Olivier Paalman	(2006-06-30) 30 June 2006 (age 19)	0	Amsterdam
5		Peppe Veen	(2005-12-11) 11 December 2005 (age 19)	0	Schaerweijde
6		Tjeerd Boermans	(2004-10-01) 1 October 2004 (age 21)	0	Amsterdam
7		Danilo Trieling	(2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 (age 21)	5	SCHC
8		Thies Bakker	(2005-01-22) 22 January 2005 (age 20)	5	Kampong
9		Finn van Bijnen	(2004-05-24) 24 May 2004 (age 21)	5	Kampong
10	DF	Gijs ter Braak	(2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 (age 21)	11	Bloemendaal
11	MF	Merijn Maas	(2004-12-15) 15 December 2004 (age 20)	0	HDM
12		Jens de Vuijst	(2004-06-12) 12 June 2004 (age 21)	3	Kampong
13		Joppe Wolbert	(2005-05-14) 14 May 2005 (age 20)	10	Den Bosch
14	FW	Jan van 't Land	(2005-04-07) 7 April 2005 (age 20)	11	Bloemendaal
15		Teun Hogenhout	(2008-02-19) 19 February 2008 (age 17)	0	Bloemendaal
16	MF	Pepijn van der Valk	(2006-06-09) 9 June 2006 (age 19)	18	Pinoké
17		Tim Knapper	(2006-08-22) 22 August 2006 (age 19)	5	Pinoké
18		Pepijn Jones	(2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 (age 19)	0	Klein Zwitserland
19		Lucas Corstens	(2007-05-14) 14 May 2007 (age 18)	0	Amsterdam
21		Kjell Plantenga	(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 21)	0	Kampong
22	FW	Casper van der Veen (Captain)	(2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 (age 21)	22	Bloemendaal
25		Casper Hafkamp	(2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 (age 21)	0	SCHC

References

↑ "Jong Oranje Heren". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond . Retrieved 15 July 2019.
↑ "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 15 July 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Jong Oranje Heren-selectie voor het WK bekend". knhb.nl. Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.

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[1] "Jong Oranje Heren". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond . Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[2] "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 15 July 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[3] "Jong Oranje Heren-selectie voor het WK bekend". knhb.nl. Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.

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