Dutch national women's handball team
| Association | NHV |
| confederacy | EHF |
| Outfitter | bumblebee |
| Trainer | Emmanuel Mayonnade |
| Assistant coach | Ekaterina Andryushina , Harry Weerman |
| Most goals | Olga Assink (954) |
| Most games | Laura Robben (320) |
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Highest win Netherlands 53:15 Australia December 4th 2011, Barueri , Brazil  |
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Biggest defeat Netherlands 13:35 Austria April 15, 1990, Mislata , Spain  |
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| Olympic games | |
| Participation | 1 of 11 (First: 2016 ) |
| best result | 4th place (2016) |
| Handball world championship | |
| Participation | 12 of 24 (First: 1971 ) |
| best result | World Champion ( 2019 ) |
| European handball championship | |
| Participation | 7 (of 13) (First: 1998 ) |
| best result | 2nd place ( 2016 ) |
| (As of December 15, 2019) | |
The Dutch women's national handball team represents the Netherlands in international tournaments in women's handball .
The selection celebrated its first success at the field handball world championship in 1960. There they finished 4th after losing the small final against Germany. Another success was celebrated at the World Championships in Norway / Denmark. There they took first place in the preliminary round, even winning clearly against the eventual tournament winner Norway. However, they then lost in the following round of 16 with 16:26 against Romania. At the 2005 World Cup in Russia, right-handed Pearl van der Wissel was elected to the All-Star Team. In 2015 they became vice world champion, in 2016 vice European champion. At the 2019 World Cup , the Netherlands won their first title by beating the Spanish selection 30:29 in the final. Lois Abbingh scored the decisive goal a few seconds before the final whistle with a seven-meter throw.
Placements at championships
World championships
- 1957 : not qualified
- 1962 : not qualified
- 1965 : not qualified
- 1971 : 8th place
- 1973 : 12th place
- 1975 : not qualified
- 1978 : 9th place
- 1982 : not qualified
- 1986 : 10th place
- 1990 : not qualified
- 1993 : not qualified
- 1995 : not qualified
- 1997 : not qualified
- 1999 : 10th place
- 2001 : 14th place
- 2003 : not qualified
- 2005 : 5th place
- 2007 : not qualified
- 2009 : not qualified
- 2011 : 15th place
- 2013 : 13th place
- 2015 : 2nd place
- 2017 : 3rd place
- 2019 : 1st place
European championships
- 1994 : not qualified
- 1996 : not qualified
- 1998 : 10th place
- 2000 : not qualified
- 2002 : 14th place
- 2004 : not qualified
- 2006 : 15th place
- 2008 : not qualified
- 2010 : 8th place
- 2012 : not qualified
- 2014 : 8th place
- 2016 : 2nd place
- 2018 : 3rd place
Olympic games
- 1976 : not qualified
- 1980 : not qualified
- 1984 : not qualified
- 1988 : not qualified
- 1992 : not qualified
- 1996 : not qualified
- 2000 : not qualified
- 2004 : not qualified
- 2008 : not qualified
- 2012 : not qualified
- 2016 : 4th place
Games against national teams from German-speaking countries
All results from a Dutch perspective.
Germany
| date | place | Result | occasion |
| December 14, 1998 | Amsterdam | 19:18 (11: 8) | EM 1998 |
| December 18, 2005 | St. Petersburg | 28:26 | Game for 6th place, World Cup 2005 |
| November 26, 2009 | Wuppertal | 19:33 (10:12) | Test game |
| November 27, 2009 | Greven | 22:24 (14:14) | Test game |
| December 8, 2010 | Larvik | 27:30 (18:17) | EM 2010 |
Austria
| date | place | Result | occasion |
| December 17, 1998 | Amsterdam | 24:28 (9:13) | EM 1998 |
Switzerland
So far there have been no international matches against the Swiss selection .
Current squad
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| Lois Abbingh | RL |
 GK Rostov-on-Don
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| Delaila Amega | RL |
 TuS Metzingen
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| Debbie Bont | RA |
 København Håndbold
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| Rinka Duijndam | TW |
Borussia Dortmund
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| Kelly Dulfer | RL |
Borussia Dortmund
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| Merel Freriks | KM |
Borussia Dortmund
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| Laura van der Heijden | RR |
SG BBM Bietigheim
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| Dione Housheer | RR |
Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
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| Jessy Kramer | RL |
 Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball
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| Annick Lipman | TW |
 Byåsen IL
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| Angela Malestein | RA |
SG BBM Bietigheim
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| Larissa Nüsser | RM |
København Håndbold
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| Estavana Polman | RM |
Team Esbjerg
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| Martine Smeets | LA |
Molde HK
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| Inger Smits | RL |
Borussia Dortmund
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| Danick Snelder | KM |
 Ferencváros Budapest
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| Tess Wester | TW |
Odense Håndbold
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| Bo van Wetering | LA |
TuS Metzingen
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| As of November 4, 2019 | ||||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d handbal.nl: All-Time Career Leaders , accessed April 30, 2017
- ↑ Results of the field handball world championship 1960 (PDF; 81 kB)
- ↑ Results of the 1999 World Cup (PDF; 28 kB)
- ↑ handball-world.news: Abbingh strong-nerved - Netherlands with last throw against Spain women's handball world champions , accessed on December 15, 2019