Netherlands men's national volleyball team

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.^[1] 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.^[2] Netherlands in World Championship won silver medal 1994 in Greece.

Netherlands

Nickname(s)	Orange
Association	Nederlandse Volleybalbond (Nevobo)
Confederation	CEV
Head coach	Joel Banks
FIVB ranking	13 (as of 8 January 2025)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1964)
Best result	(1996)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1949)
Best result	(1994)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1965)
Best result	(1995)
European Championship
Appearances	25 (First in 1948)
Best result	(1997)
www.volleybal.nl (in Dutch)
Honours Representing NED Olympics 1996 Atlanta 1992 Barcelona World Championship 1994 Greece World Cup 1995 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan World League 1996 Rotterdam 1990 Osaka 1998 Milan European Championship 1997 Eindhoven 1993 Turku 1995 Athens 1989 Stockholm 1991 Berlin

Results

Olympic Games

Main article: Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

  Champions    Runners up  

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Squad
1964	-	8th place	9	2	7	11	24	Squad
1968	Did not qualify
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988	Final round	5th place	7	5	2	16	9	Squad
1992	Final	Silver medal	8	4	4	14	14	Squad
1996	Final	Gold medal	8	7	1	21	6	Squad
2000	Quarter final	5th place	6	4	2	14	8	Squad
2004	First round	9th place	5	2	3	7	11	Squad
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016
2020
2024
Total	1 Titles	6/16	45	26	19	89	72	—

World Championship

Main article: FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1949	10th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	did not qualify
1956	13th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	did not qualify
1962	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	14th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	16th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	did not qualify
1986
1990	7th place	7	4	3	16	10	335	264
1994	Silver medal	7	5	2	16	10	154	118
1998	6th place	10	7	3	21	12	417	351
2002	9th place	6	4	2	12	11	503	497
2006	did not qualify
2010
2014
2018	8th place	8	5	3	16	15	692	661
2022	10th place	4	3	1	9	6	339	325
2025	Qualified
Total	14/21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

FIVB World Cup

Main article: FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1965	10th place	6	1	5	8	15	256	496
1969	did not qualify
1977
1981
1985
1989
1991
1995	Silver medal	11	9	2	30	7	522	344
1999	did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total	2/14	17	10	7	38	22	778	840

World Grand Champions Cup

Main article: FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	PW	PL
1993	did not advance
1997	Silver medal	5	3	2	12	9	289	287
2001	did not advance
2005
2009
2013
2017
Total	1/7	5	3	2	12	9	289	287

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Position	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL	Squad
1948	6th	5	0	5	1	15	109	232	—
1950	Did not enter
1951	9th	6	1	5	4	17	206	296	—
1955	Did not enter
1958	13th	11	3	8	21	37	573	615	—
1963	12th	8	5	3	29	15	458	368	—
1967	15th
1971	9th
1975	9th
1977	12th
1979	Did not qualify
1981
1983	10th
1985	10th
1987	5th
1989	Bronze Medal
1991	Bronze Medal
1993	Silver Medal
1995	Silver Medal
1997	Gold Medal	7	7	0	21	1	326	164	Squad
1999	5th	5	3	2	11	9	472	446	Squad
2001	8th	7	3	4	14	13	624	599	Squad
2003	6th	7	4	3	13	15	628	635	Squad
2005	11th	5	0	5	4	15	391	441	Squad
2007	7th	5	3	2	10	9	438	412	Squad
2009	7th	5	2	3	10	12	504	505	Squad
2011	Did not qualify
2013	10th	4	1	3	7	10	363	390	Squad
2015	9th	4	2	2	8	9	374	380	Squad
2017	14th	3	0	3	3	9	263	285	Squad
2019	10th	6	3	3	12	10	506	488	Squad
2021	5th	7	5	2	17	10	623	611	Squad
2023	5th	7	5	2	18	9	603	576	Squad
Total	27/32								—

• 1997 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

FIVB World League

World League record
Year	Result	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL
1990	Silver medal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	Silver medal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	Gold medal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	4th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	Bronze medal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	10th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	5th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	7th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	7th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	10th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	did not qualify
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	did not qualify
2012
2013	14th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	12th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	13th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	15th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	16th place	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	21/28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Nations League

Nations League record
Year	Rank	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL	Squad
2018	did not enter
2019
2021	14th	15	3	12	19	40	1214	1354	Squad
2022	8th	13	6	7	21	24	997	1028	Squad
2023	10th	12	5	7	22	24	1028	1054	Squad
2024	13th	12	3	9	17	31	1057	1107	Squad
2025	18th	12	1	11	11	34	942	1068	Squad
2026	did not qualify
Total	5/7	64	18	46	90	153	5238	5611	—

European League

European League record
Year	Result	GP	MW	ML	SW	SL	PW	PL
2004	Bronze medal	14	11	3	37	23	1362	1278
2005	did not enter
2006	Gold medal	14	14	0	42	12	1270	1136
2007	7th	12	6	6	23	22	988	1008
2008	Silver medal	14	13	1	40	15	1289	1135
2009	did not enter
2010
2011	5th	12	9	3	28	16	1025	956
2012	Gold medal	14	12	2	37	13	1181	1062
2013	did not enter
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018	5th	6	4	2	16	12	631	563
2019	Bronze medal	8	5	3	18	15	732	696
/ 2021	Withdraw to replace China in the FIVB Nations League[3]
Total	8/17	94	74	20	241	128	8478	7834

Team

Current squad

The following is the Dutch roster in the 2022 World Championship.^[4]

Head coach: Roberto Piazza

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2022–23 club
2	Wessel Keemink	29 May 1993	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	337 cm (133 in)	326 cm (128 in)	VK ČEZ Karlovarsko
3	Maarten van Garderen	24 January 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	359 cm (141 in)	338 cm (133 in)	PAOK Thessaloniki
4	Thijs ter Horst	18 September 1991	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	364 cm (143 in)	344 cm (135 in)	KEPCO
5	Luuc van der Ent	27 July 1998	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	359 cm (141 in)	351 cm (138 in)	SWD Powervolleys Düren
7	Gijs Jorna	30 May 1989	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	PAOK Thessaloniki
8	Fabian Plak	23 July 1997	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	357 cm (141 in)	341 cm (134 in)	Chaumont Volley-Ball 52
12	Bennie Tuinstra	13 September 2000	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Ziraat Bankası
13	Mats Bleeker	7 May 1998	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Active Living Orion
14	Nimir Abdel-Aziz (C)	5 February 1992	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	350 cm (140 in)	Halkbank
16	Wouter ter Maat	7 May 1991	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	338 cm (133 in)	Ziraatkbank
17	Michaël Parkinson	23 November 1991	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	365 cm (144 in)	350 cm (140 in)	Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom
18	Robbert Andringa	28 April 1990	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	AZS Olsztyn
19	Freek de Weijer	30 October 1995	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	359 cm (141 in)	351 cm (138 in)	Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza
22	Twan Wiltenburg	20 January 1997	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	334 cm (131 in)	325 cm (128 in)	ZAKSA

Coach history

• Benedykt Krysik
• Arie Selinger
• Joop Alberda
• Toon Gerbrands
• Bert Goedkoop
• Arie Cornelis Brokking
• Peter Blangé
• Edwin Benne
• Gido Vermeulen
• Roberto Piazza
• Joel Banks

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Netherland national volleyball team.

Period	Kit provider
2000–	Mizuno Erima Erreà

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Ilionx other sponsors: Lotto, Eilers Sport, Johan Cruyff Foundation, Zilveren Kruis, DELA. Voor Elkaar and BvdGF.