The Netherlands national men's field hockey team represents the Netherlands in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, the governing body for field hockey in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands are one of the most successful teams in the world, having won the Summer Olympics three times, the Hockey World Cup three times, the Champions Trophy eight times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship seven times, Pro League three times and the Hockey World League once.
Tournament record Summer Olympics Summer Olympics recordYearRoundPosition*Squad 1908did not participate 1920 1928Final2nd421185Squad 1932did not participate 19363rd place game3rd53111310Squad 19483rd place game3rd74121712Squad 1952Final2nd320136Squad 1956Withdrew 19609th–12th place pool9th63121110Squad 19645th–8th play-off7th8413217Squad 19685th place game5th96031613Squad 19723rd place game4th95132114Squad 19763rd place game4th7502148Squad 1980Withdrew 19845th place game6th73221814Squad 19883rd place game3rd7412159Squad 19923rd place game4th74032517Squad 1996Final1st7610208Squad 2000Final1st72411411Squad 2004Final2nd76012013Squad 20083rd place game4th73221913Squad 2012Final2nd76012811Squad 20163rd place game4th84222410Squad 2020Quarter-finals6th62221515Squad 2024Final1st85212310SquadTotal20/253 titles136792235345216–
World Cup FIH World Cup recordYearRoundPosition*Squad 19715th place game6th630366N/A 1973Final1st7331136 19759th place game9th73131710 1978Final2nd86022614 19823rd place game4th73132119 19867th place game7th7502138 1990Final1st75112113 1994Final2nd7421256 1998Final1st76012614Squad 20023rd place game3rd96122010Squad 20067th place game7th74122112Squad 20103rd place game3rd74122010Squad 2014Final2nd75111610Squad 2018Final2nd7421228Squad 20233rd place game3rd6510324Squad 20263rd place game4th74122112SquadTotal16/163 titles113701627320162–
European Championships EuroHockey Championship recordYearHostPositionSquad1970 Brussels, Belgium2nd7511125 rowspan=9 1974 Madrid, Spain3rd65012241978 Hanover, West Germany2nd751126111983 Amstelveen, Netherlands1st75203181987 Moscow, Soviet Union1st75112151991 Paris, France2nd76014151995 Dublin, Ireland2nd75202171999 Padua, Italy2nd75203292003 Barcelona, Spain4th741228152005 Leipzig, Germany2nd54011611 Squad2007 Manchester, England1st5500239 Squad2009 Amstelveen, Netherlands3rd5302226 Squad2011 Mönchengladbach, Germany2nd54012514 Squad2013 Boom, Belgium3rd5401229 Squad2015 London, England1st5500191 Squad2017 Amstelveen, Netherlands1st5401209 Squad2019 Antwerp, Belgium3rd5401217 Squad2021 Amstelveen, Netherlands1st5230156Squad2023 Mönchengladbach, Germany1st5401197Squad2025 Mönchengladbach, Germany2nd5410164Squad2027 London, Englandqualified2029 Amstelveen, NetherlandsTotal7 Titles117881415452152 –
Champions Trophy Champions Trophy recordYearPosition* 1978did not participate 19804th63032319 19811st53202216 19821st54102110 19825th52031113 19844th521298 19855th51131011 19866th5113510 19872nd7511155 1988did not participate 19892nd5401126 19902nd5311148 19913rd52121210 19924th63031311 19933rd6402149 19943rd61321514 19954th630378 19961st6420135 19974th62131415 19981st65012211 19993rd6312159 20001st6600125 20013rd63121613 20021st6420219 20031st65102713 20042nd64021525 20052nd63121412 20061st64202312 20073rd84312519 20084th62131514 20094th63031520 20103rd63031719 20113rd73221918 20122nd6411169 20145th63121711 2016Withdrew 20183rd6312157Total8 titles1991093258534404
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup recordYearPosition19966th20061stBest result: 1st place
Hockey World League FIH Hockey World League recordSeasonPositionRound*2012–131stSemifinal64112512Final641118122014–154thSemifinal7511247Final632115112016–177thSemifinal7700283Final5122912Total1 titleFinal37247611957
FIH Pro League FIH Pro League recordSeasonPositionSquad 20193rd166554338Squad2020–215th125433229Squad2021–221st1612316128Squad2022–231st1610424631Squad2023–242nd168534532Squad2024–251st167723829Squad2025–264th167544737SquadTotalBest: 3 titles92482816265187
*Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.
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.
2025
2026
Team Current squad Roster for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.
Head coach: Jeroen Delmée
Maurits Visser (GK) Jip Janssen Lars Balk Jonas de Geus Thijs van Dam Thierry Brinkman (C) Koen Bijen Jorrit Croon Terrance Pieters Justen Blok Derck de Vilder Floris Wortelboer Tjep Hoedemakers Derk Meijer (GK) Pepijn van der Heijden Joep de Mol Steijn van Heijningen Tijmen Reyenga Duco Telgenkamp Floris Middendorp
Records
Players in bold are still active with the national team.
Most capped players Rank Name Caps Goals Career1Teun de Nooijer4532171994–20122Jeroen Delmee401101994–20083Jacques Brinkman339801987–20004Erik Jazet31091990–20045Cees Jan Diepeveen286161978–19926Stephan Veen2771131989–20007Robert van der Horst272142004–20168Sander van der Weide27181996–20089Jeroen Hertzberger2671272007–202410Guus Vogels26401996–2010
Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Paul Litjens 267 177 1970–1982 2 Taeke Taekema 221 243 2000–2012 3 Teun de Nooijer 217 453 1994–2012 4 Floris Jan Bovelander 212 241 1985–1996 5 Ties Kruize 166 202 1971–1986 6 Bram Lomans 140 206 1995–2007 7 Jeroen Hertzberger 127 267 2007–2024 8 Mink van der Weerden 115 191 2010–2021 9 Taco van den Honert 114 215 1987–1996 10 Stephan Veen 113 277 1989–2000
Notable players Floris Evers Guus Vogels Marc Delissen Remco van Wijk Taeke Taekema Teun de Nooijer Taco van den Honert
See also Netherlands men's national under-21 field hockey team Netherlands women's national field hockey team Netherlands–Pakistan field hockey record
References
External links
FIH profile