Netherlands men's national water polo team

Men's national water polo team representing the Netherlands

Netherlands
FINA codeNED
AssociationRoyal Dutch Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachHarry van der Meer
Asst coachBranko Mitrović
CaptainJorn Muller
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current15 (as of 9 August 2021)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances17 (first in 1908)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (1948, 1976)
World Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1973)
Best result4th (1982)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1983)
Best result6th (1983, 1985)
World League
Appearances4 (first in 2003)
Best result6th (2003)
European Championship
Appearances29 (first in 1927)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1950)
Media
Websiteknzb.nl

The Netherlands national water polo team represents the Netherlands in men's international water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team won bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Results

Olympic Games

World Championship

FINA World Cup

FINA World League

  • 2003 – 6th place[1]
  • 2011 – European Preliminary round
  • 2017 – European Preliminary round
  • 2018 – European Preliminary round

European Championship

  • 1927 – 11th place
  • 1934 – 9th place
  • 1938 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1947 – 5th place
  • 1950 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1954 – 4th place
  • 1958 – 6th place
  • 1962 – 6th place
  • 1966 – 8th place
  • 1970 – 5th place
  • 1974 – 4th place
  • 1977 – 5th place
  • 1981 – 8th place
  • 1983 – 6th place
  • 1985 – 7th place
  • 1989 – 8th place
  • 1991 – 9th place
  • 1993 – 8th place
  • 1995 – 10th place
  • 1997 – 9th place
  • 1999 – 12th place
  • 2001 – 10th place
  • 2003 – 11th place
  • 2006 – 10th place
  • 2012 – 10th place
  • 2016 – 12th place
  • 2018 – 10th place
  • 2020 – 15th place
  • 2022 – 11th place
  • 2024 – 11th place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship.[2]

Head coach: Harry van der Meer

No Name Pos. L/R Date of birth Height Weight Caps Club
1 Eelco Wagenaar (C) GK R (1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 32) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 125 Netherlands Polar Bears Ede
2 Kjeld Veenhuis AR R (1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 40 Netherlands GZC Donk
3 Jorn Winkelhorst CF R (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991 (age 32) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 120 Germany Waspo Hannover
4 Sam van den Burg CB R (1997-10-25) 25 October 1997 (age 26) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 60 Spain CN Barcelona
5 Guus van IJperen CF R (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 50 Netherlands GZC Donk
6 Robin Lindhout FP R (1990-10-25) 25 October 1990 (age 33) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 180 Italy SC Quinto
7 Lars Gottemaker W L (1987-07-29) 29 July 1987 (age 36) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 180 Netherlands ZPC Het Ravijn
8 Jesse Nispeling CB R (1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 28) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 40 France ENT Tourcoing
9 Harmen Muller AR R (1995-04-13) 13 April 1995 (age 29) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 50 France FNC Douai
10 Pascal Janssen AR R (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 50 Netherlands UZSC Utrecht
11 Jesse Koopman AR R (1993-04-04) 4 April 1993 (age 31) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 130 France ENT Tourcoing
12 Thomas Lucas CF R (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 34) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 170 Netherlands ZV De Zaan
13 Ted Huijsmans GK R (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 (age 25) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) Netherlands ZV De Zaan

Past squads

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2020 European Championships roster" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. p. 11. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

External links

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Netherlands squads
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1908 Summer Olympics – 4th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1920 Summer Olympics – 5th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1924 Summer Olympics – 7th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1928 Summer Olympics – 5th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1936 Summer Olympics – 5th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1948 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – 5th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – 8th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – 8th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – 7th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – 7th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – 6th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – 6th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – 9th place
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Netherlands men's water polo squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 10th place
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