Netherlands men's national volleyball team

Netherlands

Association	Nederlandse Volleybal Bond
Confederation	CEV
FIVB ranking	28 (as of 2010-01-15)
Website	www.volleybal.nl (Dutch)
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Medal record
Olympics
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Team
World Championship
Silver	1994 Greece	Team
European Championship
Gold	1997 Eindhoven	Team
Silver	1993 Turku	Team
Silver	1995 Athens	Team
Bronze	1989 Stockholm	Team
Bronze	1991 Berlin	Team
World League
Gold	1996 Rotterdam	Team
Silver	1990 Osaka	Team
Bronze	1998 Milan	Team
World Cup
Silver	1995 Japan	Team

The Netherlands men's national volleyball team is the national team of the Netherlands.

In the mid-1980s, the Dutch Volleyball Federation systematically started to build their national team, to catch up with the world’s top. In the first year of the World League in 1990 the team won the second place straightaway. The idea was successful: Dutch national players got the chance to change from the up to then unimportant own first league to the popular Serie A in Italy, earned top salaries and become worldwide volleyball stars. Names like Peter Blangé, Martin van der Horst and Bas van de Goor received international meaning, which was underlined by the 1996 Olympic title in Atlanta, Georgia and the winning of the 1997 European Championship in their own country.

Current team

Coach: Edwin Benne  Netherlands

#	Name	Current club	Country	Height
1	Nimir Abdelaziz	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	ACH Volley Bled	Slovenia	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	Casa Modena	Italy	2.02 m.
17	Rob Bontje	Jastrzebski Wegiel	Poland	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	PGE Skry Belchatow	Poland	2.09 m.
21	Bert Sturkenboom	TV Bühl	Germany	1.96 m.
22	Jeroen Trommel	Friedrichshafen	Germany	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	Draisma Dynamo	Netherlands	1.95 m.
27	Jan-Willem Snippe	Santa Groce	Italy	2.00 m.
?	Tony Krolis	Nantes	France	1.94 m.

Results

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 Cup

• 1995 — 2nd place

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 to 2012 — did not compete

World Grand Champions Cup

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

European League

• 2004 — 3rd place
• 2005 — did not compete
• 2006 — 1st place
• 2007 — 7th place
• 2008 — 2nd 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.