Netherlands men's national ice hockey team explained

Netherlands
Badge:	Netherlands national ice hockey team emblem.svg
Badge Size:	180px
Nickname:	Oranje (Orange)
Association:	Netherlands Ice Hockey Association
General Manager:	Robin de Vroede
Coach:	Doug Mason
Asst Coach:	Michael Nason Bo Subr
Captain:	Kilian van Gorp
Most Games:	Ron Berteling (213)^[1]
Top Scorer:	Jack de Heer (114)
Most Points:	Jack de Heer (210)
Iihf Code:	NED
Iihf Max:	23
Iihf Max Date:	2004–06
Iihf Min:	29
Iihf Min Date:	2022–24
First Game:	4–0 (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 January 1935)
Largest Win:	23–1 (Tilburg, Netherlands; 16 December 2023)
Largest Loss:	23–1 (Odense, Denmark; 1 September 2001)
World Champ Apps:	53
World Champ First:	1935
World Champ Best:	7th (1953)
Olympic Apps:	1
Olympic First:	1980
Record:	217–433–60

The Netherlands men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the Netherlands.^[2]

The Netherlands are currently ranked 24th in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division II.

History

The Netherlands competed in the 1980 Olympic ice hockey competition. They then competed in Pool A of the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships.

In the 1980 Winter Olympics, The Netherlands, competed in the Red division group, and had a record of 1–3–1. They lost to Canada (10–1), they lost to the Soviet Union (17–4), they tied Japan (3–3), they beat Poland (5–3), and they lost to Finland (10–3).

One year later, the team returned to the top division in the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships. In the first round, the team lost all of their games, followed by another 3 losses in the final round.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

1980 – 9th place

World Championship

1935 – 14th place
1939 – 11th place
1950 – 8th place
1951 – 10th place (3rd in Pool B)
1952 – 13th place (4th in Pool B)
1953 – 7th place (4th in Pool B)
1955 – 12th place (3rd in Pool B)
1961 – 18th place (4th in Pool C)
1963 – 20th place (5th in Pool C)
1967 – 21st place (5th in Pool C)
1969 – 18th place (4th in Pool C)
1970 – 20th place (6th in Pool C)
1971 – 21st place (7th in Pool C)
1972 – 20th place (7th in Pool C)
1973 – 16th place (2nd in Pool C)
1974 – 11th place (5th in Pool B)
1975 – 14th place (8th in Pool B)
1976 – 14th place (6th in Pool B)
1977 – 16th place (8th in Pool B)
1978 – 17th place (1st in Pool C)
1979 – 9th place (1st in Pool B)
1981 – 8th place
1982 – 16th place (8th in Pool B)
1983 – 17th place (1st in Pool C)
1985 – 14th place (6th in Pool B)
1986 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
1987 – 15th place (7th in Pool B)
1989 – 17th place (1st in Pool C)
1990 – 16th place (8th in Pool B)
1991 – 15th place (7th in Pool B)
1992 – 13th place (2nd in Pool B)
1993 – 15th place (3rd in Pool B)
1994 – 18th place (6th in Pool B)
1995 – 16th place (4th in Pool B)
1996 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)
1997 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)
1998 – 24th place (8th in Pool B)
1999 – 25th place (1st in Pool C)
2000 – 24th place (8th in Pool B)
2001 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
2002 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
2003 – 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A)
2004 – 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
2005 – 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
2006 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
2007 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
2008 – 26th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
2009 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
2010 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
2011 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
2012 – 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
2013 – 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
2014 – 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
2015 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
2016 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
2017 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
2018 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
2019 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]
2022 – 28th place (2nd in Division II, Group A)
2023 – 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
2024 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
2025 – (Division II, Group A)

Team

Roster for the 1980 Olympics

All-time record

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
	5	5	0	0	44	10	+34
	37	7	4	26	89	198	−109
	4	0	0	4	10	35	−25
	71	18	3	50	453	210	+243
	17	13	1	3	110	52	+58
	3	0	0	3	2	26	−24
	20	17	0	3	151	47	+104
	1	1	0	0	14	1	+13
	17	14	1	2	86	36	+50
	55	17	7	31	185	242	−57
	20	2	5	13	55	105	−50
	12	2	1	9	33	51	−18
	4	1	0	3	10	27	−17
	43	13	4	26	159	222	−63
	11	0	1	10	23	79	−56
	30	7	1	22	99	155	−56
	31	10	3	18	101	170	−69
	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16
	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
	32	4	3	25	68	155	−87
	32	9	4	19	94	170	−76
	8	0	0	8	17	45	−28
	6	0	0	6	6	45	−39
	16	7	5	4	54	44	+10
	1	1	0	0	17	1	+16
	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23
	42	11	6	25	130	200	−70
	40	3	2	35	85	209	−124
	29	14	2	13	93	113	−20
	5	4	0	1	20	10	+10
	2	0	0	2	4	24	−20
	16	2	3	11	36	90	−54
	1	1	0	0	8	4	+4
	9	6	0	3	49	39	+10
	14	0	0	14	27	172	−145
	7	7	0	0	60	13	+47
	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23
	19	3	1	15	42	119	−77
	12	0	0	12	17	77	−60
	6	0	0	6	19	58	−39
	22	11	3	8	98	84	+14
Total	710	217	60	433	2 618	3 365	−747

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Legends join IIHF Hall of Fame. Podnieks. Andrew. Andrew Podnieks. 4 February 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation. 7 February 2020.
Web site: Dutch Hockey: Building the Game From the Inside Out . Thehockeywriters.com . 25 October 2016.
Web site: Men’s Division II, III cancelled. IIHF. 13 March 2020.
Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.