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water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

records and statistics in relation to the

Netherlands men's national water polo team 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 ...

at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

. The Netherlands men's national water polo team has participated in 17 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.

Abbreviations

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament

Notes: * Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. * At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC) and the

International Swimming Federation FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...

(FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904. * Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – The nation did not participate in the Games * – Qualified for forthcoming tournament * – Hosts

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * Year^* – As host team

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * Year^* – As host team

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * Year^* – As host team

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Multiple medalists

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 1 April 2021. ;Legend and abbreviation * – Hosts * Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots) Sources: * Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 57–61, 67–68); * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 58, 60–61, 79, 83–84, 89, 91).

Top sprinters

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

* Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won, since 2000): 0 * Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0 * Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 0 * Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1 * Last updated: 15 May 2021. ;Abbreviation * Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested) Source: * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 58, 60–61, 79, 83–84, 89, 91).

Coach statistics

Medals as coach and player

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Ivo Trumbić Ivo Trumbić (2 April 1935 – 12 March 2021) was a Croatian water polo player and Olympic medallist. He later went on to manage. Ivo Trumbić coached the Netherlands to a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, becoming one of the few sportspe ...

won the silver medal in 1964 and Yugoslavia's first Olympic gold medal in water polo in 1968. He moved to the Netherlands in 1973, hired as the head coach of the Netherlands men's national water polo team. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he led the Dutch team to win a bronze medal. ;Legend * Year^* – As host team

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, three male water polo players were given the honour to carry the flag for the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Fred van Dorp became the first water polo player to be a flag bearer for the Netherlands at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. After winning bronze in the men's tournament,

Evert Kroon Evert Gerrit Kroon (9 September 1946 – 2 April 2018)
was a

, the starting goalkeeper of the Dutch water polo team, carried the national flag of the Netherlands at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Four-time Olympian Ton Buunk was the flag bearer for the Netherlands during the opening ceremony at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. ;Legend * – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics * – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics * – Hosts * Flag bearer^‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links

Netherlands men's national water polo team – Official website

Olympic water polo – Official website
{{Water polo records and statistics .Olympics, Men Olympic water polo team records and statistics

Abbreviations

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament

Number of appearances

Best finishes

Finishes in the top four

Medal table

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

Multiple medalists

Top goalscorers

Goalkeepers

Top sprinters

Coach statistics

Medals as coach and player

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

See also

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links