The Netherlands women's national ice hockey team represents the

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in international ice hockey competition, including the

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's (IIHF)

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. The women's national team is overseen by

Netherlands Ice Hockey Association IJshockey Nederland (IJNL) is the official Sports governing body, governing body of ice hockey in the Netherlands. It was founded as the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond (NIJB; 'Netherlands Ice Hockey Association') in 1933 as a three team league with H ...

. In February 2011, the Netherlands were promoted to Division II of the IIHF World Women's Championship. The Netherlands had 362 female ice hockey players registered with the IIHF in 2022, over double the 175 players on record in 2011.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

The women's team of Netherlands has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

;1990-2006 *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

– Finished in 16th place (8th in Group B) *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

– Finished in 21st place *

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

– Finished in 18th place *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

– Finished in 19th place (5th in Division II) *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– Finished in 19th place (4th in Division II) *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

– Finished in 20th place (6th in Division II) ;2007–

European Championship

Elite Women's Hockey League

Since the season 2010–11, the Netherlands women's national team participates two times in the

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Team

Current roster

Roster for the Group A tournament of the

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. Head coach: Marco Kronenburg
Assistant coaches: Marijn den Dulk, Katherine Kowalchuk (goaltender)

References

External links

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IIHF profile
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