Netherlands men's national volleyball team
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Nickname(s) |
Orange Tulips Orange | ||
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Association | Nederlandse Volleybal Bond (Nevobo) | ||
Head coach | Gido Vermeulen | ||
FIVB ranking | 23 (as of August 2016) | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 6 (First in 1964) | ||
Best result |
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World Championship | |||
Appearances | 11 (First in 1949) | ||
Best result |
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European Championship | |||
Appearances | 8 (First in 1997) | ||
Best result |
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www.volleybal.nl (Dutch) |
Medal record | ||
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Olympics | ||
![]() | 1996 Atlanta | Team |
![]() | 1992 Barcelona | Team |
World Championship | ||
![]() | 1994 Greece | |
European Championship | ||
![]() | 1997 Eindhoven | |
![]() | 1993 Turku | |
![]() | 1995 Athens | |
![]() | 1989 Stockholm | |
![]() | 1991 Berlin | |
World League | ||
![]() | 1996 Rotterdam | |
![]() | 1990 Osaka | |
![]() | 1998 Milan | |
World Cup | ||
![]() | 1995 Japan |
The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country, with over 125,000 associates.[1] The team had their most successful phase beginning in the 1990s under coaches Arie Selinger and Joop Alberda, reaching various finals for international tournaments and winning both the Olympic Games and the World League in 1996.[2] Netherlands in World Championship won silver medal 1994 Greece.
Results
Summer Olympics
- 1964 in
Tokyo, Japan — 8th place
- Frank Constandse, Jacques Ewalds, Ron Groenhuyzen, Johannes van der Hoek, Jurjaan Koolen, Jaap Korsloot, Jan Oosterbaan, Dinco van der Stoep, Piet Swieter, Joop Tinkhof, Jacques de Vink, and Hans van Wijnen. Head Coach: —
- 1988 in
Seoul, South Korea — 5th place
- Edwin Benne, Peter Blangé, Ron Boudrie, Marco Brouwers, Teun Buijs, Rob Grabert, Pieter Jan Leeuwerink, Jan Posthuma, Avital Selinger, Martin Teffer, Ronald Zoodsma and Ron Zwerver. Head Coach: Arie Selinger.
- 1992 in
Barcelona, Spain —
Silver Medal
- 1996 in
Atlanta, United States —
Gold Medal
- 2000 in
Sydney, Australia — 5th place
- 2004 in
Athens, Greece — 9th place
World Championship
- 1949 — 10th place
- 1956 — 13th place
- 1962 — 12th place
- 1966 — 12th place
- 1970 — 14th place
- 1974 — 12th place
- 1978 — 16th place
- 1990 — 7th place
- 1994 — 2nd place
- 1998 — 6th place
- 2002 — 9th place
FIVB World Cup
- 1995 — 2nd place
FIVB World League
- 1990 — 2nd place
- 1991 — 2nd place
- 1992 — 4th place
- 1993 — 5th place
- 1994 — 5th place
- 1995 — 12th place
- 1996 — 1st place
- 1997 — 4th place
- 1998 — 3rd place
- 1999 — 10th place
- 2000 — 5th place
- 2001 — 7th place
- 2002 — 7th place
- 2003 — 10th place
- 2004 to 2008 — did not compete
- 2009 — 12th place
- 2010 — 11th place
- 2011 — did not compete
- 2012 — did not compete
- 2013 — 14th place
- 2014 — 12th place
- 2015 — 13th place
- 2016 — 15th place
World Grand Champions Cup
- 1993 — did not compete
- 1997 — 2nd place
- 2001 — did not compete
- 2005 — did not compete
- 2009 — did not compete
European League
- 2004 — 3rd place
- 2005 — did not compete
- 2006 — 1st place
- 2007 — 7th place
- 2008 — 2nd place
- 2009 — did not compete
- 2010 — did not compete
- 2011 — Group stage
- 2012 — 1st place
European Championship
- 1997 in
Den Bosch and Eindhoven, Netherlands —
Gold Medal
- 1999 in
Wiener Neustadt and Vienna, Austria — 5th place
- Head Coach: Toon Gerbrands.
- 2001 in
Ostrava, Czech Republic — 8th place
- 2003 in
Berlin, Germany — 6th place
- 2005 in
Belgrade, Serbia and
Rome, Italy — 11th place
- Rob Bontje, Kay van Dijk, Dirk-Jan van Gendt, Robert Horstink, Marko Klok, Wytze Kooistra, Allan van de Loo, Jelte Maan, Joppe Paulides, Kars van Tarel, Jeroen Trommel, and Christian van der Wel. Head Coach: Peter Blangé.
- 2007 in
St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia — 7th place
- Rob Bontje, Dirk-Jan van Gendt, Nico Freriks, Robert Horstink, Jairo Hooi, Marko Klok, Wytze Kooistra, Michael Olieman, Jeroen Rauwerdink, Jan-Willem Snippe, Jeroen Trommel, and Christian van der Wel. Head Coach: Peter Blangé.
- 2013 in
Denmark and
Poland — 10th place
- 2015 in
Bulgaria and
Italy — 9th place
Team
Current squad
Coach: Gido Vermeulen
Coach history
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Arie Selinger
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Joop Alberda
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Toon Gerbrands
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Bert Goedkoop
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Harry Brokking
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Peter Blangé
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Edwin Benne
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Gido Vermeulen
Kit providers
The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Netherland national volleyball team.
Period | Kit provider |
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2000– | Mizuno Erima Erreà |
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Ilionx other sponsors: Lotto, Eilers Sport, Johan Cruyff Foundation, Zilveren Kruis, DELA. Voor Elkaar and BvdGF.