The Netherlands women's national softball team is the national team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is governed by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation (). It is a member nation of the Confederation of European Baseball and the International Baseball Federation.
History The team competed at the 1990 ISF Women's World Championship where they finished with five wins and four losses. The team competed at the 1994 ISF Women's World Championship where they finished eighth. The team competed at the 1998 ISF Women's World Championship where they finished ninth. The team competed at the 2002 ISF Women's World Championship where they finished eleventh. The team competed at the 2010 ISF Women's World Championship where they finished eighth.
They have won the Women's Softball European Championship eleven times, second most to only Italy. Their latest European title came in 2022.
Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2022
2023
Competitive record Women's Softball World Cup Women's Softball World Cup recordYearHostRoundSquad1965Did not enter19701974 ? 5th ? ? ? ? ? 1978 ? 6th ? ? ? ? ? 1982 ? 7th ? ? ? ? ? 1986 ? 7th ? ? ? ? ? 1990 Group stage 9th 9 5 4 ? ? 1994 Play-offs 8th 7 5 2 67 20 1998 Group stage 9th 8 4 4 ? ? 2002 Group stage 11th 7 2 5 31 36 2006 Group stage 12th 7 3 4 28 34 2010 Play-offs 8th 8 4 4 25 26 2012 Play-offs 6th 8 5 3 ? ? 2014 Play-offs 6th 9 5 4 ? ? 2016 Fourth place 4th 9 7 2 ? ? 2018 Play-offs 7th 8 3 5 ? ? 2022Did not qualify2024 Fourth place 4th 13 6 7 50 48 Total15/18934944201164—
European Championship Year 1979 1981 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2022 2024 Standing1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3
Olympics Summer Olympics recordYearRoundPositionSquad Atlanta 1996 Group stage 7th 1 6 4 32 Squad Sydney 2000Did not qualify Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 Group stage 8th 1 6 8 48 Squad Tokyo 2020Did not qualify Total 2/4 0 titles 2 12 12 80 —
Other tournaments Japan Softball Cup 2006: 4th
List of managers Manager Period Herman Beidschat 1964-1965 Jaap Visser 1966 Gé Hoogenbos 1967-1968 Nol Houtkamp 1969-1983 Teus Morren 1984 Don Wedman 1985-1986 Diane Schumacher 1987-1990 George Presburg 1991-1993 Ruud Elfers 1994-1996 Craig Montvidas 1997-1999 Ruud Elfers 2000 Rob Walgien 2001 Gonny Reijnen 2002-2004 Liz Kelly 2005-2008 Craig Montvidas 2009 - 2015 Tracy Bunge and Juni Fransisca 2015 Juni Fransisca 2016 -
References
External links Official website ISF Official website Dutch women's softbalteam