The Netherlands women's national volleyball team is the national
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
team of the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. It is governed by the ''
Nederlandse Volleybalbond'' (NeVoBo). Following the
1995 European Championship they hosted in
Arnhem
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and finishing fifth at the
1996 Olympics
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, the Dutch have had moments of success amidst instability, such as the title of the
2007 FIVB World Grand Prix, and a return to the Olympic Games in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, where the Netherlands got to fourth place.
Results
Summer Olympics
Fourth place
World Championship
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
World Cup
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
European Games
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
European Championship
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
World Grand Prix
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Nations League
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Team
Current squad
Roster for the
2024 Summer Olympics
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.
Managers
Notable players
In alphabetical order
*
Alice Blom
*
Cintha Boersma
*
Erna Brinkman
*
Heleen Crielaard
*
Irina Donets
*
Jolanda Elshof
*
Riëtte Fledderus
*
Jerine Fleurke
*
Manon Flier
*
Suzanne Freriks
*
Petra Groenland
*
Kirsten Gleis
*
Aafke Hament
*
Ruth Heerschap
*
Saskia van Hintum
*
Francien Huurman
*
Carlijn Jans
*
Marjolein de Jong
*
Vera Koenen
*
Marrit Leenstra
*
Elles Leferink
*
Hanneke van Leusden
*
Irena Machovcak
*
Floortje Meijners
*
Linda Moons
*
Mirjam Orsel
*
Kitty Sanders
*
Titia Sustring
*
Maureen Staal
*
Chaïne Staelens
*
Kim Staelens
*
Debby Stam
*
Claudia van Thiel
*
Janneke van Tienen
*
Lisette van der Ven
*
Ingrid Visser
*
Sanna Visser
*
Henriëtte Weersing
*
Ruth van der Wel
*
Caroline Wensink
*
Sandra Wiegers
*
Elke Wijnhoven
*
Quinta Steenbergen
*
Silvia Raaymakers
See also
*
Netherlands men's national volleyball team
References
External links
*
FIVB profile
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European women's national volleyball teams
Volleyball in the Netherlands