Netherlands men's national handball team

Netherlands
Information
Nickname	Golden Boys
Association	Netherlands Handball Association
Coach	Staffan Olsson
Assistant coach	Edwin Kippers
Captain	Bobby Schagen
Most caps	Lambert Schuurs (312)
Colours
Results
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1961)
Best result	11th (1961)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2020)
Best result	10th (2022)
Last updated on 27 January 2022.

The Netherlands national handball team is the national handball team of Netherlands and is controlled by the Netherlands Handball Association. Unlike the very successful women's team, The Netherlands men's team qualified only once for the World Championships (1961) and twice for the European Championships (2020 & 2022). For the 2023 World Men’s Handball Championships The Netherlands has received a wildcard.

But the team is steadily closing the gap with the leading European teams. In only their second ever appearance at EHF EURO 2022 the Dutch men's team won three matches and drew one. The Dutch did qualify for the Main round and finished as 10th overall.

Competitive record

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Did not qualify
1954
1958
1961	Preliminary round	11	2	0	0	2	18	54
1964	Did not qualify
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023	Qualified
// 2025	Future events
2027
Total	2/28	–	2	0	0	2	18	54

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
// 2020	Preliminary round	17th	3	1	0	2	80	94
/ 2022	Main round	10th	7	3	1	3	200	215
2024	Future events
// 2026
// 2028
Total	2/15	–	10	4	1	5	280	309

Current squad

Squad for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Erlingur Richardsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Bart Ravensbergen (1993-03-14) 14 March 1993 1.89 m 77 7 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen 3 CB Ivar Stavast (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 1.92 m 16 17 HC Elbflorenz Dresden 4 P Lars Kooij (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 1.99 m 4 1 ASV Hamm-Westfalen 5 LW Rutger ten Velde (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 1.94 m 40 87 TuS Ferndorf 6 LB Niko Blaauw (2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 1.90 m 5 2 TBV Lemgo 7 LB Robin Schoenaker (1995-08-23) 23 August 1995 1.97 m 31 8 Sporting Pelt 9 CB Florent Bourget (1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 1.85 m 10 17 KRAS/Volendam 11 RB Iso Sluijters (1990-07-24) 24 July 1990 1.92 m 93 190 GC Amicitia Zürich 12 CB Luc Steins (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 1.72 m 84 236 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 13 P Samir Benghanem (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 1.95 m 47 81 Green Park/Aalsmeer 14 RW Bobby Schagen (1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 1.92 m 109 349 TBV Lemgo 17 P Ivo Steins (1992-07-18) 18 July 1992 1.79 m 84 95 KEMBIT/LIONS 22 LB Jasper Adams (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 2.00 m 96 203 KEMBIT/LIONS 24 LW Jeffrey Boomhouwer (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 1.80 m 90 217 Bergischer HC 26 GK Dennis Schellekens (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 1.91 m 32 1 KRAS/Volendam 27 RW Alec Smit (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 1.82 m 43 56 SønderjyskE Håndbold 31 RB Kay Smits (1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 1.85 m 62 271 SC Magdeburg 32 LW Tommie Falke (1993-02-08) 8 February 1993 1.83 m 35 94 Sporting Pelt 34 RB Tom Jansen (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 1.99 m 16 31 TV Grosswallstadt 36 GK Rene de Knegt (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 1.93 m 4 0 Green Park/Aalsmeer 70 GK Thijs van Leeuwen (1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 1.94 m 4 0 Sporting Pelt 77 LB/CB Dani Baijens (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 1.82 m 55 126 ASV Hamm-Westfalen 80 GK Gerrie Eijlers (1980-05-06) 6 May 1980 1.93 m 121 4 not attached

External links

• IHF profile