The Netherlands women's national ice hockey team represents the Netherlands in international ice hockey competition, including the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Women's World Championship. The women's national team is overseen by Netherlands Ice Hockey Association. In February 2011, the Netherlands were promoted to Division II of the IIHF World Women's Championship. The Netherlands had 362 female ice hockey players registered with the IIHF in 2022, over double the 175 players on record in 2011.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
The women's team of Netherlands has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
World Championship 1990-2006 1999 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Group B) 2000 – Finished in 21st place 2001 – Finished in 18th place 2003 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division II) 2004 – Finished in 19th place (4th in Division II) 2005 – Finished in 20th place (6th in Division II)
2007– World Championship recordYear2007 II 5th 5 0 1 1 3 6 23 20th2008 II 5th 5 1 0 1 3 5 39 20th2009 II 6th 5 0 0 1 4 4 17 21st2010 Competition not held during 2010 Olympics2011 III 1st 5 4 1 0 0 33 4 20th2012 IB 5th 5 1 0 0 4 7 34 19th2013 IB 2nd 5 3 1 0 1 16 12 16th2014 IB 4th 5 2 1 0 2 16 10 18th2015 IB 2nd 5 3 1 0 1 16 6 16th2016 IB 6th 5 1 1 0 3 11 14 20th2017 IIA 2nd 5 4 0 0 1 17 10 22nd2018 IIA 1st 5 5 0 0 0 24 3 22nd2019 IB 1st 5 5 0 0 0 17 4 17th2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic20212022 IA 5th 4 0 0 1 3 4 7 15th2023 IA 4th 5 3 0 0 2 13 12 14th2024 IA 5th 5 1 0 2 2 9 15 15th2025 IA 6th 5 0 0 1 4 10 23 16th2026 IB 1st 5 4 0 1 0 18 4 17th Total 84 37 6 8 33 226 237 —
European Championship European Championship recordYear 1989 8th 5 0 0 5 3 52 1991 10th 5 0 0 5 2 49 / 1993 Did not qualify / 1995 12th 4 1 1 2 11 15 / 1996 12th 4 1 1 4 15 15 Total 5/5 18 2 2 14 31 131
Elite Women's Hockey League Since the season 2010–11, the Netherlands women's national team participates two times in the Elite Women's Hockey League.
European Hockey League recordSeasonPosition 2004-2010 Did not enter 2010–11 6th 14 3 3 0 8 15 35 2011–12 5th 20 6 1 0 13 40 76 2012-2023 Did not enter Total 2/19 34 9 4 0 21 45 111
Team Current roster Roster for the Group A tournament of the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I.
Head coach: Marco KronenburgAssistant coaches: Marijn den Dulk, Katherine Kowalchuk (goaltender)
No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team 1 G Utrecht Dragons 2 F Wesleyan Cardinals 3 D Red Eagles U23 4 D SDE HF 5 F Neuberg Highlanders 8 F – C Linköping HC 9 F – A MAC Budapest 11 F Dolphin Utrecht 12 F Heerenveen Flyers II 14 D MAC Budapest 15 F Red Eagles U23 16 F Malmö Redhawks 17 F Lakers Kärnten 18 D Neuberg Highlanders 19 F Amsterdam Tigers U17 20 G Eindhoven Kemphanen U23 22 D Dordrecht Lions 23 D – A Neuburg Highlanders 24 F Alkmaar Flames 25 G Leeuwarden Capitals
References
External links
IIHF profile