The Netherlands national handball team is the national handball team of Netherlands and is controlled by the Netherlands Handball Association. Unlike the very successful women's team, The Netherlands men's team qualified just twice for the World Championships (1961, 2025) and three times for the European Championships (2020, 2022 and 2024). For the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship The Netherlands received a wildcard and reached the Main Round finishing 14th overall.
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Nickname | Golden Boys | ||
Association | Netherlands Handball Association | ||
Coach | Staffan Olsson | ||
Assistant coach | Gerrie Eijlers Wong Wai | ||
Most caps | Lambert Schuurs (312) | ||
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World Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (First in 1961) | ||
Best result | 11th (1961) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (First in 2020) | ||
Best result | 10th (2022) | ||
Last updated on 28th December 2023. |
The team is steadily closing the gap with the leading European teams. 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
editWorld Championship
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1961 | Preliminary round | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 54 |
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/ 2023 | Main round | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 165 |
/ / 2025 | Qualified | |||||||
2027 | Future events | |||||||
/ 2029 | ||||||||
/ / 2031 | ||||||||
Total | 3/32 | – | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 195 | 219 |
European Championship
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1994 | did not qualify | |||||||
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/ / 2020 | Preliminary round | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 94 |
/ 2022 | Main round | 10th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 200 | 215 |
2024 | Main round | 12th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 224 | 222 |
/ / 2026 | Future events | |||||||
/ / 2028 | ||||||||
Total | 3/18 | – | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 504 | 531 |
Team
editCurrent squad
editSquad for the 2024 Men's European Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach: Staffan Olsson
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Extended team
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References
edit- ^ "Bondscoach Staffan Olsson maakt EK-selectie compleet" (in Dutch). handbal.nl. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Team roster: Netherlands". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.