The Netherlands women's national

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team is the national team of the

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. It is governed by the

Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation The Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond, KNBSB) is the national governing body of baseball in the Netherlands. Baseball is widely played in the Netherlands but has struggled to ...

( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond). It is a member nation of the

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and the

International Baseball Federation The International Baseball Federation (IBAF; Spanish: ''Federación Internacional de Béisbol'', French: ''Fédération internationale de baseball'') is the former worldwide governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee as ove ...

History

The team competed at the 1990

ISF Women's World Championship The Women's Softball World Cup is a fastpitch softball tournament for women's national teams held historically every four years, now every two years, by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The tournament, originally known as the ''I ...

where they finished with five wins and four losses. The team competed at the 1994

where they finished eighth. The team competed at the 1998

where they finished ninth. The team competed at the 2002

where they finished eleventh. The team competed at the 2010

where they finished eighth. They have won the

Women's Softball European Championship The Women's Softball European Championship is the main championship tournament between national women's softball teams in Europe, governed by the European Softball Federation (ESF). Beginning with 2020, the European championship will be held in ...

eleven times, second most to only

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. Their latest European title came in

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Results

European Championship

Olympics

Other tournaments

; Japan Softball Cup : 2006: 4th

List of managers

References

External links

Official website ISF

Official website Dutch women's softbalteam

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Women's national softball teams Softball in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-sport-team-stub