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- ↑ Henk Stouwdam (1 June 2018). "Strijd om macht en geld rond TeamNL". NRC.
- ↑ "TeamNL nog volop in ontwikkeling". NOC*NSF. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ↑ "Over TeamNL" [About TeamNL]. teamnl.org (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- Stouwdam, Henk (1 June 2018). "Strijd om macht en geld rond TeamNL" [Battle for power and money around TeamNL]. NRC (in Dutch).
- "TeamNL nog volop in ontwikkeling" [TeamNL still in development]. NOC*NSF . Archived from the original on 11 September 2018.
