The Netherlands national korfball team () represents the Netherlands in international korfball. It is controlled by the Royal Dutch Korfball Association (KNKV), the governing body of korfball in the Netherlands.
They are the most successful national korfball team in the world; having won ten of the eleven World Championships (only non-win came in 1991 when they lost in the final against Belgium), all eight editions of the European Championships and all eleven editions of the World Games.
The last time the Netherlands lost a match, was in January 2004, in a friendly match against Belgium.
Tournament history World Championships YearChampionshipHostClassification19781st World ChampionshipAmsterdam, Netherlands Champions19842nd World ChampionshipAntwerp, Belgium Champions19873rd World ChampionshipMakkum, Netherlands Champions19914th World ChampionshipAntwerp (Belgium) 2nd place19955th World ChampionshipNew Delhi (India) Champions19996th World ChampionshipAdelaide (Australia) Champions20037th World ChampionshipRotterdam (Netherlands) Champions20078th World ChampionshipBrno (Czech Republic) Champions20119th World ChampionshipShaoxing (China) Champions201510th World ChampionshipAntwerp (Belgium) Champions201911th World ChampionshipDurban (South-Africa) Champions202312th World ChampionshipTaipei (Taiwan) Champions
World Games YearChampionshipHostClassification19852nd World Games London (England) Champions19893rd World Games Karlsruhe (Germany) Champions19934th World Games The Hague (Netherlands) Champions19975th World Games Lahti (Finland) Champions20016th World Games Akita (Japan) Champions20057th World Games Duisburg (Germany) Champions20098th World Games Kaohsiung (Taiwan) Champions20139th World Games Cali (Colombia) Champions201710th World Games Wrocław (Poland) Champions202211th World Games Birmingham (United States) Champions202512th World Games Chengdu (China) Champions
European Championships YearChampionshipHostClassification19981st European ChampionshipPortugal Champions20022nd European ChampionshipTerrassa (Catalonia) Champions20063rd European ChampionshipBudapest (Hungary) Champions20104th European ChampionshipNetherlands Champions20145th European ChampionshipMaia (Portugal) Champions20166th European ChampionshipDordrecht (Netherlands) Champions20187th European ChampionshipFriesland (Netherlands) Champions20218th European ChampionshipAntwerp (Belgium) Champions20249th European ChampionshipGirona (Catalonia) Champions
Current squad
FemaleBarbara Brouwer - TOP/SolarCompleet Esther Cordus - KZ/Hiltex Marloes Frieswijk - Blauw-Wit (C) Jet Hendriks - TOP/SolarCompleet Fleur Hoek - DVO/Accountor Jessica Lokhorst - Fortuna/Delta Logistiek Celeste Split - TOP/SolarCompleet Marjolijn Schenk - KZ/Hiltex Coach: Wim Scholtmeijer MaleLaurens Leeuwenhoek - PKC/SWKGroep Alwin Out - KZ/Hiltex Nick Pikaar- TOP/SolarCompleet Daan Preuninger - Fortuna/Delta Logistiek Mick Snel TOP/SolarCompleet Harjan Visscher - DOS'46 Olav van Wijngaarden - PKC/SWKGroep
References
External links Koninklijk Nederlands Korfbalverbond