Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team

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Netherlands
IWBF zone Europe
National federation NBB
Coach Gertjan van der Linden
Nickname(s)Orange Lions
Paralympic Games
Appearances10
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World Championships
Appearances8
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European Championship
Appearances17
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The Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team represents the Netherlands in international women's wheelchair basketball competitions. The team is known as the Orange Lions. The Dutch women's team is Paralympic champion (2020), two-time world champion (2018, 2023) and nine-time European champion.

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The team won the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [1] [2]

Paralympic Games

Year#PldWL
Flag of Israel.svg 1968 Tel Aviv Did not qualify
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Heidelberg
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Toronto
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1980 Arnhem
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville  ?
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul 3rd642
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona 3rd532
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta 2nd532
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney 4th523
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens 7th615
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing 6th734
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London 3rd752
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3rd752
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo 1st761
Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris Qualified
Total10/14553223

World Championships

Year#PldWL
Flag of France.svg 1990 Saint-Étienne 4th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1994 Stoke Mandeville 4th
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1998 Sydney 6th
Flag of Japan.svg 2002 Kitakyushu 6th
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2006 Amsterdam 5th
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2010 Birmingham 5th743
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2014 Toronto 3rd871
Flag of Germany.svg 2018 Hamburg 1st880
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2022 Dubai 1st880
Total9/9

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References

  1. Pavitt, Michael (4 September 2021). "The Netherlands win maiden women's wheelchair basketball gold at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. "Wheelchair Basketball Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 8 January 2022.