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Netherlands
Netherlands
Information
Nickname	Golden Boys
Association	Netherlands Handball Association
Coach	Staffan Olsson
Assistant coach	Wong Wai
Most caps	Lambert Schuurs (312)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
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 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.

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
1938	did not qualify
1954
1958
1961	Preliminary round	11	2	0	0	2	18	54
1964	did not qualify
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 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

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
// 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	Future events
Total	3/18	–	17	6	2	9	504	531

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's 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 (age 31)	1.90 m	105	17	Frisch Auf Göppingen
2	GK	Rob Goudriaan	(2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 23)	1.89 m	2	0	RKHV Volendam
3	CB	Ivar Stavast	(1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 27)	1.91 m	49	61	HC Elbflorenz
5	LW	Rutger ten Velde	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27)	1.78 m	71	219	Frisch Auf Göppingen
7	LB	Robin Schoenaker	(1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 (age 29)	1.96 m	59	8	Sporting Pelt
11	GK	Jorick Pol	(2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 20)	1.98 m	0	0	HV Hurry-Up
12	GK	Matthias Dorgelo	(2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 (age 22)	2.00 m	4	1	SønderjyskE Håndbold
15	P	Lars Kooij	(2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 24)	2.00 m	27	39	RK Vardar
17	LW	Kaj Geenen	(2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 21)	1.86 m	20	16	VfL Lübeck-Schwartau
20	RB	Niels Versteijnen	(2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 24)	2.00 m	49	107	TBV Lemgo
21	P	Martijn Kleijkers	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 23)	1.92 m	9	6	Pau Billère Handball
22	CB	Luc Steins	(1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 29)	1.72 m	111	319	Paris Saint-Germain
23	LB	Jorn Smits	(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32)	1.93 m	75	112	GC Amicitia Zürich
27	RW	Alec Smit	(1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 25)	1.85 m	60	71	Pfadi Winterthur
31	RB	Kay Smits	(1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 (age 27)	1.85 m	82	383	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
38	RW	Rob Schmeits	(1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 30)	1.85 m	4	3	Sporting Pelt
40	RW	Robin Nagtegall	(1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 26)	1.85 m	2	0	RKHV Volendam
41	LW	Jeromy van der Ban	(2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 (age 23)	1.91 m	2	2	HV Aalsmeer
77	CB	Dani Baijens	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 26)	1.82 m	84	229	Paris Saint-Germain

Extended team

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
8	P	Evert Kooijman	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 28)	1.96 m	42	36	KRAS/Volendam
12	GK	Matthias Dorgelo	(2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 (age 22)	1.99 m	2	1	GOG
31	RB	Kay Smits	(1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 (age 27)	1.85 m	80	368	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
34	RB	Tom Jansen	(1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 (age 26)	1.99 m	29	49	VfL Gummersbach
38	RW	Rob Schmeits	(1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 30)	1.85 m	6	6	KEMBIT/LIONS

References

^ "Staffan Olsson maakt selectie WK handbal bekend" (in Dutch). handbal.nl. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
^ "Team Roster Netherlands" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.