Netherlands men's national ice hockey team

Netherlands
Nickname(s)	Oranje (Orange)
Association	Netherlands Ice Hockey Association
Most games	Ron Berteling (213)
Top scorer	Jack de Heer (114)
Most points	Jack de Heer (210)
IIHF code	NED
IIHF ranking	29
Highest IIHF ranking	23 (2004–06)
Lowest IIHF ranking	29 (2022–24)
Team colors
First international
	Belgium 4–0 Netherlands ; (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 January 1935)
Biggest win
	Netherlands 23–1 Thailand; (Tilburg, Netherlands; 16 December 2023)
Biggest defeat
	Denmark 23–1 Netherlands ; (Odense, Denmark; 1 September 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	53 (first in 1935)
Best result	7th (1953)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 1980)
International record (W–L–T)
	217–433–60

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The Dutch men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the Netherlands.

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^[1]
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[2]
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)

All-time record

The Netherlands and Canada during the 1980 Winter Olympics, the only Olympics the Netherlands has participated in. Canada won the match 10–1.

As of 29 April 2023.

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	5	0	0	44	10	+34
Austria	37	7	4	26	89	198	−109
Belarus	4	0	0	4	10	35	−25
Belgium	71	18	3	50	453	210	+243
Bulgaria	17	13	1	3	110	52	+58
Canada	3	0	0	3	2	26	−24
China	20	17	0	3	151	47	+104
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	14	1	+13
Croatia	17	14	1	2	86	36	+50
Denmark	55	17	7	31	185	242	−57
East Germany	20	2	5	13	55	105	−50
Estonia	12	2	1	9	33	51	−18
Finland	4	1	0	3	10	27	−17
France	43	13	4	26	159	222	−63
Germany	11	0	1	10	23	79	−56
Great Britain	30	7	1	22	99	155	−56
Hungary	31	10	3	18	101	170	−69
Iceland	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16
Israel	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Italy	32	4	3	25	68	155	−87
Japan	32	9	4	19	94	170	−76
Kazakhstan	8	0	0	8	17	45	−28
Latvia	6	0	0	6	6	45	−39
Lithuania	16	7	5	4	54	44	+10
Mexico	1	1	0	0	17	1	+16
North Korea	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23
Norway	42	11	6	25	130	200	−70
Poland	40	3	2	35	85	209	−124
Romania	29	14	2	13	93	113	−20
Serbia	5	4	0	1	20	10	+10
Slovakia	2	0	0	2	4	24	−20
Slovenia	16	2	3	11	36	90	−54
South Africa	1	1	0	0	8	4	+4
South Korea	9	6	0	3	49	39	+10
Soviet Union	14	0	0	14	27	172	−145
Spain	7	7	0	0	60	13	+47
Sweden	3	0	0	3	0	23	−23
Switzerland	19	3	1	15	42	119	−77
Ukraine	12	0	0	12	17	77	−60
United States	6	0	0	6	19	58	−39
Yugoslavia	22	11	3	8	98	84	+14
Total	710	217	60	433	2 618	3 365	−747

References

↑ "Men’s Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18314/men%e2%80%99s-division-ii%2c-iii-cancelled.
↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations.

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