The Netherlands men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands are currently ranked 28th in the IIHF World Ranking and compete in IIHF World Championship Division II.
History The Netherlands competed in the 1980 Olympic ice hockey competition. They then competed in Pool A of the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships.
In the 1980 Winter Olympics, The Netherlands, competed in the Red division group, and had a record of 1–3–1. They lost to Canada (10–1), they lost to the Soviet Union (17–4), they tied Japan (3–3), they beat Poland (5–3), and they lost to Finland (10–3).
One year later, the team returned to the top division in the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships. In the first round, the team lost all of their games, followed by another 3 losses in the final round.
Tournament record Olympic Games 1980 – 9th place
World Championship 1935 – 14th place 1939 – 11th place 1950 – 8th place 1951 – 10th place (3rd in Pool B) 1952 – 13th place (4th in Pool B) 1953 – 7th place (4th in Pool B) 1955 – 12th place (3rd in Pool B) 1961 – 18th place (4th in Pool C) 1963 – 20th place (5th in Pool C) 1967 – 21st place (5th in Pool C) 1969 – 18th place (4th in Pool C) 1970 – 20th place (6th in Pool C) 1971 – 21st place (7th in Pool C) 1972 – 20th place (7th in Pool C) 1973 – 16th place (2nd in Pool C) 1974 – 11th place (5th in Pool B) 1975 – 14th place (8th in Pool B) 1976 – 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1977 – 16th place (8th in Pool B) 1978 – 17th place (1st in Pool C) 1979 – 9th place (1st in Pool B) 1981 – 8th place 1982 – 16th place (8th in Pool B) 1983 – 17th place (1st in Pool C) 1985 – 14th place (6th in Pool B) 1986 – 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1987 – 15th place (7th in Pool B) 1989 – 17th place (1st in Pool C) 1990 – 16th place (8th in Pool B) 1991 – 15th place (7th in Pool B) 1992 – 13th place (2nd in Pool B) 1993 – 15th place (3rd in Pool B) 1994 – 18th place (6th in Pool B) 1995 – 16th place (4th in Pool B) 1996 – 19th place (7th in Pool B) 1997 – 19th place (7th in Pool B) 1998 – 24th place (8th in Pool B) 1999 – 25th place (1st in Pool C) 2000 – 24th place (8th in Pool B) 2001 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A) 2002 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A) 2003 – 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A) 2004 – 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A) 2005 – 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B) 2006 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B) 2007 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A) 2008 – 26th place (5th in Division I, Group A) 2009 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B) 2010 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A) 2011 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A) 2012 – 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B) 2013 – 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B) 2014 – 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B) 2015 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B) 2016 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A) 2017 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B) 2018 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A) 2019 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B) 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 – 28th place (2nd in Division II, Group A) 2023 – 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B) 2024 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B) 2025 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A) 2026 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B) 2027 – (Division I, Group B)
Team Current roster Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship Division I.
Head coach: Doug Mason
No.Pos.Name 1 G 5 F 6 D 8 F 9 F 11 F 12 D 13 D 14 D 15 F 17 F 18 F 19 F 21 F 22 F 23 D 24 D 25 D 26 F 27 F 28 F 29 G 30 G
All-time record
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Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD 6 6 0 0 49 11 +38 37 7 4 26 89 198 −109 4 0 0 4 10 35 −25 73 51 3 19 463 211 +252 17 13 1 3 110 52 +58 3 0 0 3 2 26 −24 22 17 0 5 154 56 +98 1 1 0 0 14 1 +13 17 14 1 2 86 36 +50 55 17 7 31 185 242 −57 20 2 5 13 55 105 −50 15 2 1 12 36 65 −29 4 1 0 3 10 27 −17 43 13 4 26 159 222 −63 1 1 0 0 8 2 +6 11 0 1 10 23 79 −56 30 7 1 22 99 155 −56 31 10 3 18 101 170 −69 3 3 0 0 18 2 +16 2 2 0 0 13 2 +11 32 4 3 25 68 155 −87 32 9 4 19 94 170 −76 8 0 0 8 17 45 −28 6 0 0 6 6 45 −39 17 7 5 5 56 47 +9 1 1 0 0 17 1 +16 3 3 0 0 25 2 +23 42 11 6 25 130 200 −70 40 3 2 35 85 209 −124 30 14 2 14 93 120 −27 6 5 0 1 23 11 +12 2 0 0 2 4 24 −20 16 2 3 11 36 90 −54 1 1 0 0 8 4 +4 10 6 0 4 50 43 +7 14 0 0 14 27 172 −145 11 7 0 4 65 26 +39 3 0 0 3 0 23 −23 19 3 1 15 42 119 −77 1 1 0 0 23 1 +22 13 0 0 13 17 81 −64 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 6 0 0 6 19 58 −39 22 11 3 8 98 84 +14Total 726 225 60 441 2 687 3 401 −714
References
External links
IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey