Dutch national basketball team

Netherlands Nederland
Association	Nederlandse Basketball Bond
FIBA member since	1946
FIBA world rankings	88
Trainer
Record player	Toon van Helfteren (207)
World championships
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	14th place ( 1986 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	no
Best results
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	14th
Best results	4th place ( 1983 )
Homepage	http://www.basketball.nl/
(As of May 11, 2014)

The Dutch national basketball team represents the Netherlands in men's international basketball matches, such as international tournaments and friendly matches.

So far, the team has qualified once for world championships and 14 times for European championships. Participation in the Olympic Games has not yet been successful.

history

The national team of the Netherlands joined FIBA in 1946 . In the same year the team already took part in a European championship, which they finished sixth. Eleven more participations followed by 1979. The fifth place at the EM in 1949 was the best result.

The best tournament in the history of the national team was played at the 1983 European Championship . The team survived the preliminary round with three wins from five games and was tied with Germany . Due to the direct duel won (79:67), they ultimately ranked second ahead of the Germans and reached the semi-finals. There the Netherlands had no chance against Italy and lost 69:88. The game for third place against the USSR was clearly lost with 70: 105, so that in the end the fourth place was occupied.

In their only participation in a basketball world championship , at the 1986 World Cup in France , the Dutch were just eliminated in the preliminary round with two wins out of five games and came in 14th. Since eighth place at the European Championship in 1989, no participation was possible for 26 years one more major international tournament before the team qualified for the 2015 European Championship .

Selection of well-known Dutch players

National player

• Kees Akerboom senior , top scorer of the 1977 European Championship.
• Ton Boot , played 148 games for the national team and was a Dutch champion a total of 19 times as a player and coach.
• Francisco Elson , played in the NBA a . a. for the San Antonio Spurs and the Denver Nuggets .
• Geert Hammink , was active for Orlando Magic and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA.
• Henk Norel , active in Spain since 2005.
• Rik Smits , played for the Indiana Pacers for 12 years and was voted All Star in the Eastern Conference in 1998.
• Robin Smeulders , currently active at EWE Baskets Oldenburg .

Not active for the national team

• Hank Beenders reached the playoff finals with the Philadelphia Warriors as the first non-American in the 1947/48 NBA season (then BAA).
• Swen Nater , played a. a. for the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego Clippers . He got the most rebounds of all players in the 1979/80 NBA season (1,216).

Performing in international competitions

World championships 1986 : 14th place

Olympic games never qualified

European championships

1946 - 06th place 1947 - 11th place 1949 - 05th place 1951 - 10th place 1961 - 15th place 1963 - 16th place 1967 - 16th place

1975 - 10th place 1977 - 07th place 1979 - 10th place 1983 - 04th place 1985 - 12th place 1987 - 10th place 1989 - 08th place

2015 - qualified

Web links

• Official website of the Dutch Basketball Federation
• Profile of the national team on the FIBA Europa website
• Dutch national team on eurobasket.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International (A1) op interlandvolgorde ( Memento of the original dated May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. List of senior international players, sorted by number of internationals (Dutch); accessed on May 11, 2014. 
2. ^ Game Details World Cup 1986 , on linguasport.com. Retrieved May 11, 2014.