Netherlands men's national handball team

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.

Netherlands
Information
NicknameGolden Boys
AssociationNetherlands Handball Association
CoachStaffan Olsson
Assistant coachGerrie Eijlers
Wong Wai
Most capsLambert Schuurs (312)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances3 (First in 1961)
Best result11th (1961)
European Championship
Appearances3 (First in 2020)
Best result10th (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

World Championship
World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938did not qualify
1954
1958
1961Preliminary round1120021854
1964did not qualify
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023Main round146303177165
// 2025Qualified
2027Future events
/ 2029
// 2031
Total3/32–8305195219

European Championship
European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
1994did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
// 2020Preliminary round17th31028094
/ 2022Main round10th7313200215
2024Main round12th7214224222
// 2026Future events
// 2028
Total3/18–17629504531

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 Men's European Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Staffan Olsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Bart Ravensbergen (1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 1.90 m 105 16 Frisch Auf Göppingen
3 CB/LB Ivar Stavast (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 1.91 m 44 57 HC Elbflorenz Dresden
4 RB Janik van Zundert (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 1.91 m 3 0 Bevo HC
5 LW Rutger ten Velde (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 1.78 m 66 183 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
6 LB/CB Niko Blaauw (2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 1.90 m 12 3 VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
7 LB Robin Schoenaker (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 1.98 m 56 8 Sporting Pelt
11 RB Iso Sluijters (1990-07-24) 24 July 1990 1.92 m 115 200 GC Amicitia Zürich
13 P Samir Benghanem (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 1.94 m 68 126 Green Park/Handbal Aalsmeer
14 RW Bobby Schagen (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 1.90 m 136 410 TBV Lemgo
15 P Lars Kooij (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 1.99 m 19 29 TV Emsdetten
17 LW Kaj Geenen (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 1.84 m 15 10 VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
20 RB/RW Niels Versteijnen (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 2.00 m 44 85 TBV Lemgo
21 P Martijn Kleijkers (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 1.88 m 4 4 Limburg Lions
22 CB Luc Steins (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 1.73 m 110 311 Paris Saint-Germain
23 LB Jorn Smits (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 1.93 m 70 97 Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold
27 RW Alec Smit (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 1.82 m 56 66 SønderjyskE Elite
28 P Tim Claessens (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 1.97 m 16 5 Achilles Bocholt
30 GK Arjan Versteijnen (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 1.93 m 27 1 Bevo HC
33 CB Thomas Houtepen (2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 1.83 m 11 10 TBV Lemgo
77 CB Dani Baijens (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 1.82 m 79 213 HSV Hamburg

Extended team
No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
8 P Evert Kooijman (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 1.96 m 42 36 KRAS/Volendam
12 GK Matthias Dorgelo (2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 1.99 m 2 1 GOG
31 RB Kay Smits (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 1.85 m 80 368 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
34 RB Tom Jansen (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 1.99 m 29 49 VfL Gummersbach
38 RW Rob Schmeits (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 1.85 m 6 6 KEMBIT/LIONS

References
  1. "Bondscoach Staffan Olsson maakt EK-selectie compleet" (in Dutch). handbal.nl. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. "Team roster: Netherlands". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.