Netherlands men's national volleyball team

Netherlands

Association	Nederlandse Volleybal Bond
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Gido Vermeulen
FIVB ranking	26 (as of October 2015)
Uniforms
Home Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1996)
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1994)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1997)
Best result	(1997)
www.volleybal.nl (Dutch)

Netherlands men's national volleyball team

Medal record
Olympics
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	1992 Barcelona	Team
World Championship
	1994 Greece
European Championship
	1997 Eindhoven
	1993 Turku
	1995 Athens
	1989 Stockholm
	1991 Berlin
World League
	1996 Rotterdam
	1990 Osaka
	1998 Milan
World Cup
	1995 Japan

The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country, with over 125,000 associates. The team had their most successful phase beginning in the 1990s under coaches Arie Selinger and Joop Alberda, reaching various finals for international tournaments and winning both the Olympic Games and the World League in 1996.

Results

Summer Olympics

• 1964 in Tokyo, Japan — 8th place

  Frank Constandse, Jacques Ewalds, Ron Groenhuyzen, Johannes van der Hoek, Jurjaan Koolen, Jaap Korsloot, Jan Oosterbaan, Dinco van der Stoep, Piet Swieter, Joop Tinkhof, Jacques de Vink, and Hans van Wijnen. Head Coach: —

• 1988 in Seoul, South Korea — 5th place

  Edwin Benne, Peter Blangé, Ron Boudrie, Marco Brouwers, Teun Buijs, Rob Grabert, Pieter Jan Leeuwerink, Jan Posthuma, Avital Selinger, Martin Teffer, Ronald Zoodsma and Ron Zwerver. Head Coach: Arie Selinger.

• 1992 in Barcelona, Spain — Silver Medal

  Edwin Benne, Peter Blangé, Ron Boudrie, Henk-Jan Held, Martin van der Horst, Marko Klok, Olof van der Meulen, Jan Posthuma, Avital Selinger, Martin Teffer, Ronald Zoodsma and Ron Zwerver. Head Coach: Arie Selinger.

• 1996 in Atlanta, United States — Gold Medal

  Peter Blangé, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Rob Grabert, Henk-Jan Held, Guido Görtzen, Misha Latuhihin, Olof van der Meulen, Jan Posthuma, Brecht Rodenburg, Richard Schuil, and Ron Zwerver. Head Coach: Joop Alberda.

• 2000 in Sydney, Australia — 5th place

  Peter Blangé, Albert Cristina, Martijn Dieleman, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Guido Görtzen, Martin van der Horst, Joost Kooistra, Misha Latuhihin, Reinder Nummerdor, Erik Schuil, and Richard Schuil. Head Coach: Toon Gerbrands.

• 2004 in Athens, Greece — 9th place

  Rob Bontje, Albert Cristina, Kay van Dijk, Nico Freriks, Dirk-Jan van Gendt, Mike van de Goor, Guido Görtzen, Robert Horstink, Marko Klok, Reinder Nummerdor, Richard Schuil, and Jeroen Trommel. Head Coach: Bert Goedkoop.

World Championship

• 1949 — 10th place
• 1956 — 13th place
• 1962 — 12th place
• 1966 — 12th place
• 1970 — 14th place
• 1974 — 12th place
• 1978 — 16th place
• 1990 — 7th place
• 1994 — 2nd place
• 1998 — 6th place
• 2002 — 9th place

FIVB World Cup

• 1995 — 2nd place

FIVB World League

• 1990 — 2nd place
• 1991 — 2nd place
• 1992 — 4th place
• 1993 — 5th place
• 1994 — 5th place
• 1995 — 12th place
• 1996 — 1st place
• 1997 — 4th place
• 1998 — 3rd place
• 1999 — 10th place
• 2000 — 5th place
• 2001 — 7th place
• 2002 — 7th place
• 2003 — 10th place
• 2004 to 2008 — did not compete
• 2009 — 12th place
• 2010 — 11th place
• 2011 — did not compete
• 2012 — did not compete
• 2013 — 14th place
• 2014 — Overall 12th place
• 2015 — Overall 13th place

World Grand Champions Cup

• 1993 — did not compete
• 1997 — 2nd place
• 2001 — did not compete
• 2005 — did not compete
• 2009 — did not compete

European League

• 2004 — 3rd place
• 2005 — did not compete
• 2006 — 1st place
• 2007 — 7th place
• 2008 — 2nd place
• 2009 — did not compete
• 2010 — did not compete
• 2011 — Group stage
• 2012 — 1st place

European Championship

• 1997 in Den Bosch and Eindhoven, Netherlands — Gold Medal

  Peter Blangé, Albert Cristina, Robert van Es, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Guido Görtzen, Jochem de Gruijter, Henk-Jan Held, Reinder Nummerdor, Misha Latuhihin, Olof van der Meulen, and Richard Schuil. Head Coach: Toon Gerbrands.

• 1999 in Wiener Neustadt and Vienna, Austria — 5th place

• Head Coach: Toon Gerbrands.

• 2001 in Ostrava, Czech Republic — 8th place

  Dirk-Jan van Gendt, Jochem de Gruijter, Nico Freriks, Mike van de Goor, Guido Görtzen, Joost Kooistra, Allan van de Loo, Reinder Nummerdor, Sander Olsthoorn, Joppe Paulides, Richard Schuil, and Jeroen Trommel. Head Coach: Bert Goedkoop.

• 2003 in Berlin, Germany — 6th place

  Rob Bontje, Kay van Dijk, Dirk-Jan van Gendt, Nico Freriks, Mike van de Goor, Guido Görtzen, Marko Klok, Allan van de Loo, Reinder Nummerdor, Joppe Paulides, Richard Schuil, and Jeroen Trommel. Head Coach: Bert Goedkoop.

• 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia and Rome, Italy — 11th place

  Rob Bontje, Kay van Dijk, Dirk-Jan van Gendt, Robert Horstink, Marko Klok, Wytze Kooistra, Allan van de Loo, Jelte Maan, Joppe Paulides, Kars van Tarel, Jeroen Trommel, and Christian van der Wel. Head Coach: Peter Blangé.

• 2007 in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia — 7th place

  Rob Bontje, Dirk-Jan van Gendt, Nico Freriks, Robert Horstink, Jairo Hooi, Marko Klok, Wytze Kooistra, Michael Olieman, Jeroen Rauwerdink, Jan-Willem Snippe, Jeroen Trommel, and Christian van der Wel. Head Coach: Peter Blangé.

• 2013 in Denmark and Poland — 10th place
• 2015 in Bulgaria and Italy — 9th place

Current team

Coach: Gido Vermeulen

#	Name	Current club	Country	Height
1	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	Landstede Zwolle	Netherlands	1.95 m.
2	Nico Freriks	Knack Randstad Roeselare	Belgium	1.92 m.
3	Yannick van Harskamp	Noliko Maaseik	Belgium	1.90 m.
4	Thijs ter Horst	Lanhenkel Orion	Netherlands	2.04 m.
5	Mathijs Mast	Edilesse Cavriago	Italy	2.00 m.
6	Dirk Sparidans	Draisma Dynamo	Netherlands	1.79 m.
7	Gijs Jorna	Saint-Quentin	France	1.98 m.
8	Kay van Dijk	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Poland	2.15 m.
9	Jasper Diefenbach	Draisma Dynamo	Netherlands	1.95 m.
10	Jeroen Rauwerdink	Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza	Italy	2.00 m.
11	Floris van Rekom	Draisma Dynamo	Netherlands	1.95 m.
12	Ewoud Gommans	Draisma Dynamo	Netherlands	2.00 m.
13	Tije Vlam	Knack Randstad Roeselare	Belgium	2.07 m.
14	Niels Klapwijk	Noliko Maaseik	Belgium	2.00 m.
15	Lars Lorsheid	Tourcoing LMVB	France	2.00 m.
16	Dick Kooy	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Poland	2.02 m.
17	Rob Bontje	Berlin Recycling Volleys	Germany	2.06 m.
18	Jelte Maan	Noliko Maaseik	Belgium	1.90 m.
19	Bas van Bemmelen	RWE Volleys Bottrop	Germany	2.06 m.
20	Wytze Kooistra	Olympiacos S.C.	Greece	2.09 m.
21	Bert Sturkenboom	TV Bühl	Germany	1.96 m.
22	Jeroen Trommel	MKS Cuprum Lubin	Poland	1.94 m.
23	Robert Horstink	Sisley Treviso	Italy	2.02 m.
24	Michaël Parkinson	Rivium Rotterdam	Netherlands	2.03 m.
25	Robin Overbeeke	Rivium Rotterdam	Netherlands	1.98 m.
26	Sjoerd Hoogendoorn	Vammalan Lentopallo	Finland	1.95 m.
27	Jan-Willem Snippe	Santa Groce	Italy	2.00 m.
28	Tony Krolis	Nantes	France	1.94 m.