Misplaced Pages

Netherlands
Information
Nickname	Oranje Dames
Association	Nederlands Handbal Verbond
Coach	Henrik Signell
Captain	Lois Abbingh
Most caps	Laura Robben (320)
Most goals	Olga Assink (954)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 2016)
Best result	4th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1971)
Best result	1st (2019)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1998)
Best result	2nd (2016)
Last updated on Unknown.

Netherlands women's national handball team

Medal record
World Championship
	2019 Japan
	2015 Denmark
	2017 Germany
European Championship
	2016 Sweden
	2018 France

The Netherlands women's national handball team is the national handball team of the Netherlands. It is governed by the Nederlands Handbal Verbond (NHV).

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1976	Did not qualify
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	4th	8	2	2	4	216	218	−2
2020	5th	6	4	0	2	191	175	+16
2024	5th	6	4	0	2	177	166	+11
Total	3/13	20	10	2	8	584	559	+25

World Championship

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1957	Did not enter
1962
1965
1971	8th	4	1	0	3	31	46	−15
1973	12th	5	0	0	5	33	81	−48
1975	Did not qualify
1978	9th	5	1	0	4	87	97	−10
1982	Did not qualify
1986	10th	7	2	0	5	127	163	−36
1990	Did not qualify
1993
1995
1997
1999	10th	6	4	0	2	140	127	+13
2001	16th	6	1	1	4	138	144	−6
2003	Did not qualify
2005	5th	9	6	1	2	262	242	+20
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2011	15th	6	2	0	4	186	176	+10
2013	13th	6	2	0	4	170	150	+20
2015	2nd	9	7	1	1	298	217	+81
2017	3rd	9	6	1	2	252	214	+38
2019	1st	10	7	0	3	328	280	+48
2021	9th	6	4	1	1	270	145	+125
2023	5th	9	8	0	1	289	216	+83
2025	Qualified as co-host
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	14/30	97	51	5	41	2621	2298	+323

European Championship

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998	10th	6	1	0	5	126	153	−27
2000	Did not qualify
2002	14th	3	0	0	3	73	80	−7
2004	Did not qualify
2006	15th	3	0	0	3	65	84	−19
2008	Did not qualify
2010	8th	6	2	0	4	131	145	−14
2012	Withdrew
2014	7th	6	2	1	3	161	158	+3
2016	2nd	8	6	0	2	227	201	+26
2018	3rd	8	6	0	2	207	196	+11
2020	6th	7	3	0	4	193	196	−3
2022	6th	7	3	1	3	214	196	+18
2024	Qualified
2026	TBD
2028
Total	10/18	54	23	2	29	1397	1409	–12

Other tournaments

• Carpathian Trophy 2004 – Third place
• Holland Handball Tournament 2006 – Fifth place
• Carpathian Trophy 2016 – Third place

Team

Current squad

The squad for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship. On 26 November, Laura van der Heijden replaced Alieke van Maurik due to an injury.

Head coach: Henrik Signell

Caps and goals as of 13 December 2024.

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 6 RB Laura van der Heijden (1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 34) 1.73 m 297 875 Chambray Touraine Handball 8 LB Lois Abbingh (c) (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32) 1.78 m 227 919 Vipers Kristiansand 9 CB Larissa Nüsser (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 (age 24) 1.75 m 95 177 Vipers Kristiansand 10 LB Isa Ternede (2001-01-26) 26 January 2001 (age 23) 1.68 m 12 15 Buxtehuder SV 12 LW Bo van Wetering (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) 1.71 m 110 363 Győri ETO KC 14 LB Judith van der Helm (2005-01-13) 13 January 2005 (age 19) 1.82 m 27 16 OTTO Work Force/VOC Amsterdam 16 P Tamara Haggerty (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 28) 1.78 m 54 42 DVSC Schaeffler 17 LB Kim Molenaar (2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 (age 22) 1.78 m 43 35 København Håndbold 19 P Merel Freriks (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 26) 1.75 m 97 179 Vipers Kristiansand 20 CB Inger Smits (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994 (age 30) 1.79 m 109 200 CSM București 22 LW Zoë Sprengers (2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 24) 1.63 m 66 137 Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 24 P Romee Maarschalkerweerd (2004-09-24) 24 September 2004 (age 20) 1.78 m 17 24 HH Elite 26 RW Angela Malestein (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31) 1.73 m 230 718 Ferencvárosi TC 29 RW Sarah Dekker (2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 23) 1.73 m 13 22 HSG Bensheim/Auerbach 30 GK Rinka Duijndam (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 27) 1.78 m 107 4 CS Rapid București 38 GK Yara ten Holte (1999-11-23) 23 November 1999 (age 25) 1.75 m 74 4 Odense Håndbold 48 RB Dione Housheer (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 25) 1.80 m 109 365 Győri ETO KC

Coaching staff

Role	Name	Start date
Head coach	Henrik Signell	2024
Assistant coach	Ricardo Clarijs	September 2021
Goalkeeping coach	Jasmina Janković	September 2022
Team Leader	Maike Willems	September 2019
Physiotherapist	Rinke van den Brink	September 2021

Notable players

MVP

• Nycke Groot (centre back), 2016 European Championship
• Estavana Polman (centre back), 2019 World Championship

Top Scorer

• Lois Abbingh (left back) with 71 goals, 2019 World Championship

All-Star Team members

• Pearl van der Wissel (left back), 2005 World Championship
• Tess Wester (goalkeeper), 2015 World Championship, 2019 World Championship
• Nycke Groot (centre back), 2016 European Championship
• Lois Abbingh (left back), 2017 World Championship
• Yvette Broch (line player), 2016 European Championship, 2017 World Championship
• Kelly Dulfer (defender), 2018 European Championship
• Estavana Polman (centre back), 2019 World Championship

Coaches

• Toon Wijdeveld (1956–1957)
• Paul Broere (1960)
• Jan Kloen (1961–1966, 1968)
• Jaroslav Mráz (1968–1971)
• Jo Gerris (1971–1973)
• Jan Alma (1973–1974)
• Heinz Henneberg (1974–1975)
• George van Noesel (1975–1976)
• Jan Alma (1976–1978)
• Simon Flendrie (1979)
• Ilona Venema-Ignácz (1979–1981)
• Jan Kecskeméthy (1982–1986)
• Jan Tuik (1986)
• Ton van Linder (1987–1990)
• Bert Bouwer (1990–2003)
• Kari Aagaard (2003)
• Olaf Schimpf (2003–2004)
• Sjors Röttger (2004–2008)
• Henk Groener (2009–2016)
• Helle Thomsen (2016–2018)
• Emmanuel Mayonnade (2019–2021)
• Monique Tijsterman (2021)
• Ricardo Clarijs (2022)
• Per Johansson (2022–2024)
• Henrik Signell (2024–)

Individual all-time records

References

1. "Henrik Signell maakt wedstrijdselectie EK bekend". Nederlands Handbal Verbond. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
2. "Laura van der Heijden toegevoegd aan selectie EK Handbal". Nederlands Handbal Verbond. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
3. "Monique Tijsterman no longer national handball women's coach | Sport". Netherlands News Live. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. "Zweed Johansson (53) nieuwe bondscoach Nederlandse handbalvrouwen". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
5. ^ "TEAM ROSTER – NETHERLANDS" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile

v t e National sports teams of the Netherlands
A1 GP American football Badminton Bandy M W Baseball M M U18 W Basketball M M U20 M U18 M U16 M 3x3 W W U20 W U19 W U17 W 3x3 Beach handball Beach soccer Cricket M M U19 W Field hockey M M U21 W W U21 Floorball Football M M 21 M U19 M U17 W W U19 W U17 CP Futsal Goalball M W Gymnastics Handball M W W-J W-Y Ice hockey M M U20 M U18 W W U18 Korfball Motorcycle Pitch and putt Racquetball Rollball Roller hockey Rugby league M W Rugby union M M U20 M7 W W7 Softball M W W U18 Speedway M longtrack Squash M W Tennis M W X Volleyball M M U21 M U19 W W U23 W U21 W U19 Water polo M W Wheelchair basketball M W Wheelchair handball
Olympics Paralympics European Games

• Women's handball in the Netherlands
• Women's national handball teams
• Women's national sports teams of the Netherlands