Netherlands men's national ice hockey team

     IIHF codeNEDRankingCurrent IIHF29 (28 May 2023)^[2]Highest IIHF23 (first in 2004)Lowest IIHF29 (first in 2022)First internationalBelgium  4–0  Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 January 1935)Biggest winNetherlands  23–1  Thailand
(Tilburg, Netherlands; 16 December 2023)Biggest defeatDenmark  23–1  Netherlands
(Odense, Denmark; 1 September 2001)IIHF World ChampionshipsAppearances52 (first in 1935)Best result7th (1953)OlympicsAppearances1 (first in 1980)International record (W–L–T)217–433–60

The Netherlands men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the Netherlands.^[3]

The Netherlands are currently ranked 24th in the IIHF World Ranking and currently 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

Team

Roster for the 1980 Olympics

• 1 G Ted Lenssen
• 30 G John de Bruyn
• 6 D Patrick Kolijn
• 9 D George Peternousek
• 11 D Allan Pluimers
• 12 D Rick van Gog
• 14 D Henk Hille
• 17 D Frank van Soldt
• 2 F Harrie van Heumen
• 3 F Larry van Wieren (C)
• 4 F Ron Berteling
• 5 F Dick Decloe
• 8 F Jack de Heer
• 10 F Jan Janssen
• 15 F Klaas van den Broek (A)
• 16 F Leo Koopmans
• 18 F Brian de Bruyn
• 19 F Chuck Huizinga
• 20 F Corky de Graauw
• 25 F William Klooster

All-time record

As of 29 April 2023.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	5	0	0	44	10	+34
Austria	37	7	4	26	89	198	−109
Belarus	4	0	0	4	10	35	−25
Belgium	71	18	3	50	453	210	+243
Bulgaria	17	13	1	3	110	52	+58
Canada	3	0	0	3	2	26	−24
China	20	17	0	3	151	47	+104
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	14	1	+13
Croatia	17	14	1	2	86	36	+50
Denmark	55	17	7	31	185	242	−57
East Germany	20	2	5	13	55	105	−50
Estonia	12	2	1	9	33	51	−18
Finland	4	1	0	3	10	27	−17
France	43	13	4	26	159	222	−63
Germany	11	0	1	10	23	79	−56
Great Britain	30	7	1	22	99	155	−56
Hungary	31	10	3	18	101	170	−69
Iceland	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16
Israel	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Italy	32	4	3	25	68	155	−87
Japan	32	9	4	19	94	170	−76
Kazakhstan	8	0	0	8	17	45	−28
Latvia	6	0	0	6	6	45	−39
Lithuania	16	7	5	4	54	44	+10
Mexico	1	1	0	0	17	1	+16
North Korea	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23
Norway	42	11	6	25	130	200	−70
Poland	40	3	2	35	85	209	−124
Romania	29	14	2	13	93	113	−20
Serbia	5	4	0	1	20	10	+10
Slovakia	2	0	0	2	4	24	−20
Slovenia	16	2	3	11	36	90	−54
South Africa	1	1	0	0	8	4	+4
South Korea	9	6	0	3	49	39	+10
Soviet Union	14	0	0	14	27	172	−145
Spain	7	7	0	0	60	13	+47
Sweden	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23
Switzerland	19	3	1	15	42	119	−77
Ukraine	12	0	0	12	17	77	−60
United States	6	0	0	6	19	58	−39
Yugoslavia	22	11	3	8	98	84	+14
Total	710	217	60	433	2 618	3 365	−747

References

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile
• National Teams of Ice Hockey