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and is controlled by the

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twice, the

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three times, the Champions Trophy eight times, the

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six times and the

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once. At the

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they reached their worst performance in 37 years at the Olympics as they failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Tournament record

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Hockey World League

FIH Pro League

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Team

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 9 November 2022 for the 2023 World Cup from 13 to 29 January 2023 in

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Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Records

:''Players in bold are still active with the national team.''

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Notable players

Floris Evers Floris Maarten Alphons Maria Evers (born 26 February 1983 in Tilburg, North Brabant) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympi ...

Guus Vogels Augustinus ("Guus") Wilhelmus Johannes Marines Vogels (born March 26, 1975 in Naaldwijk, South Holland) is a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, who twice won Olympic gold medals with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olymp ...

Marc Delissen Marcus Johannes Elisabeth Leopold "Marc" Delissen (born 14 January 1965) is a former field hockey player for the Netherlands. Delissen was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. He played 261 international matches for the Netherlands, scored 98 goal ...

Remco van Wijk Remco van Wijk (born October 7, 1972 in Breda) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 242 international matches for the Netherlands, in which he scored 63 goals. The striker made his debut for the Dutch on May 5, 1993 in a friendly m ...

Taeke Taekema Taeke Wiebe Doekes Taekema (born 14 January 1980) is a Dutch field hockey player and drag flicker (penalty corner specialist) who won the silver medal with the national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Born in Leiderdorp, he made hi ...

Teun de Nooijer Teun Floris de Nooijer (born 22 March 1976) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad, in 1996 and in 2000, and was on the team in 2012. He curre ...

Taco van den Honert Taco Hajo van den Honert (born 14 February 1966 in Leiden) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996). At his last appearance ...

References

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