The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country, with over 125,000 associates. The team had their most successful phase beginning in the 1990s under coaches Arie Selinger and Joop Alberda, reaching various finals for international tournaments and winning both the Olympic Games and the World League in 1996. Netherlands in World Championship won silver medal 1994 in Greece.
Competition record Olympic Games Champions Runners up Olympics Games record YearRoundPositionSquad 1964 Round robin 8th 9 2 7 11 24 Squad 1968Did not qualify 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 Final round 5th 7 5 2 16 9 Squad 1992 Final 2nd 8 4 4 14 14 Squad 1996 Final 1st 8 7 1 21 6 Squad 2000 Quarterfinals 5th 6 4 2 14 8 Squad 2004 First round 9th 5 2 3 7 11 Squad 2008Did not qualify 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028To be determined 2032Total1 Title6/184526198972—
World Championship
YearResultGPMWMLSWSLPWPL 1949 10th place0000000 1952 did not qualify 195613th place0000000 1960 did not qualify 196212th place0000000 1966 12th place0000000 1970 14th place0000000 1974 12th place0000000 1978 16th place9450000 1982 did not qualify 1986 1990 7th place7431610335264 1994 Silver medal7521610154118 1998 6th place10732112417351 2002 9th place6421211503497 2006 did not qualify 2010 2014 2018 8th place8531615692661 202210th place43196339325 202513th place42287354362 2027To be determined 2029Total14/230000000
FIVB World Cup
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 196510th place615815256496 1969 did not qualify 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991 1995 Silver medal1192307522344 1999 did not qualify 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019Total2/14171073822778840
World Grand Champions Cup
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 1993 did not advance 1997 Silver medal532129289287 2001 did not advance 2005 2009 2013 2017Total1/7532129289287
FIVB World League
World League record YearResult 1990 Silver medal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1991 Silver medal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1992 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1993 5th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1994 5th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1995 12th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1996 Gold medal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1997 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1998 Bronze medal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1999 10th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 5th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2001 7th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2002 7th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2003 10th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2004 did not qualify 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 12th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 12th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011 did not qualify 2012 2013 14th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 12th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 13th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 15th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 16th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 21/28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nations League Nations League recordYearRank 2018 Did not enter 2019 2021 14th 15 3 12 19 40 1214 1354 2022 8th 13 6 7 21 24 997 1028 2023 10th 12 5 7 22 24 1028 1054 2024 13th 12 3 9 17 31 1057 1107 2025 18th 12 1 11 11 34 942 1068 2026 Did not qualify 2027 Total 5/9 —
European Championship European Championship record YearPositionSquad 1948 6th 5 0 5 1 15 109 232 1950 colspan=9 1951 9th 6 1 5 4 17 206 296 1955 colspan=9 1958 13th 11 3 8 21 37 573 615 1963 12th 8 5 3 29 15 458 368 1967 15th10281324397439Squad 19719th8441415353355Squad 19759th7341116293358Squad 197712th707321198348Squad 1979 colspan="9" rowspan="2" 1981 198310th725915285312Squad 198510th7341215309324Squad 19875th7431511335294Squad 1989 Medal7431410306240Squad 1991 Medal752159295247Squad 1993 Medal752187320248Squad 1995 Medal761203336186Squad 1997 Medal770211326164Squad 19995th532119472446Squad 20018th7341413624599Squad 20036th7431315628635Squad 200511th505415391441Squad 20077th532109438412Squad 20097th5231012504505Squad 2011 colspan="9" 201310th413710363390Squad 20159th42289374380Squad 201714th30339263285Squad 201910th6331210506488Squad 20215th7521710623611Squad 20235th752189603576Squad 202623rd505615433485Squad 2028QualifiedTotal27/34188851033533761132111279
1997 Netherlands — Gold medal Peter Blangé, Albert Cristina, Robert van Es, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Guido Görtzen, Jochem de Gruijter, Henk-Jan Held, Reinder Nummerdor
European League European League record YearResult 2004 Bronze medal 14 11 3 37 23 1362 1278 2005 did not enter 2006 Gold medal 14 14 0 42 12 1270 1136 2007 7th 12 6 6 23 22 988 1008 2008 Silver medal 14 13 1 40 15 1289 1135 2009 did not enter 2010 2011 5th 12 9 3 28 16 1025 956 2012 Gold medal 14 12 2 37 13 1181 1062 2013 did not enter 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 5th 6 4 2 16 12 631 563 2019 Bronze medal 8 5 3 18 15 732 696/ 2021 Withdraw to replace China in the FIVB Nations League2022-2025 Competed in the FIVB Nations League/2026 Silver medal 10 8 2 26 8 812 700 Total 9/22 104 82 22 267 136 9290 8534
Team Current squad The following is the Dutch roster in the 2022 World Championship.Daily Bulletin Slovenia
Head coach: Roberto Piazza
No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2022–23 club VK ČEZ Karlovarsko PAOK Thessaloniki KEPCO SWD Powervolleys Düren PAOK Thessaloniki Chaumont Volley-Ball 52 Ziraat Bankası Active Living Orion () Halkbank Ziraatkbank Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom AZS Olsztyn Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza ZAKSA
Coach history Benedykt Krysik Arie Selinger Joop Alberda Toon Gerbrands Bert Goedkoop Arie Cornelis Brokking Peter Blangé Edwin Benne Gido Vermeulen Roberto Piazza (2019–2024) Joel Banks (2025–)
Kit providers The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Netherland national volleyball team.
PeriodKit provider2000–MizunoErimaErreà
Sponsorship Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Ilionx other sponsors: Lotto, Eilers Sport, Johan Cruyff Foundation, Zilveren Kruis, DELA. Voor Elkaar and BvdGF.
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References
External links Official website FIVB profile