Netherlands women's national volleyball team

The Dutch national volleyball team of women is a selection of the best Dutch players who the Nederlandse Volleyball Bond represented in international tournaments and international matches.

History

World Championships

In the first part in a volleyball World Cup, the Dutch women occupied in 1956 ranked tenth. After the results were first kontuinierlich worse until the 17th place in 1978. Four years later, the Netherlands was only one place better. In 1990, she came in ninth place for the first time in the top ten before and then kept always between number seven and nine.

Olympic games

The Netherlands team took first at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic tournament and reached the sixth place. For the Games in 1996 they improved to fifth place. Then they could not qualify in 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London were not there they.

European Championships

The first European Volleyball Championship, the Dutch women occupied the last of seven courses and 1951 she finished fifth among six teams. As the number of participants increased, they remained in 1958 initially only the tenth rank. Then they improved first to seventh place in 1967, before it went down again (1975 Eleventh ). A renewed upturn led to the sixth place in 1979 and 1983 were the Netherlands again eleventh. At the European Championship on home soil in 1985 they were third. After finishing fifth in 1987 and missed a tournament in 1991 they reached the final against the Soviet Union. There was a weaker tournament ( seventh), but as the title fights in 1995 were held again in front of their home crowd, won the Dutch people against Croatia, their first continental title. The title defense failed in ninth. From 1999 to 2007 the Dutch women were four times Fifth, only in 2003 they were even better, as they narrowly lost the match for third place against Germany. 2009 it became vice European champion, while 2011 and 2013, only the seventh and ninth place was reached.

World Cup

The Dutch women played once in the World Cup in 1995 and eighth.

World Grand Prix

At the World Grand Prix, the Dutch women in 1994 were the first time there and reached the ninth. 1996 and 1997, they escalated in seventh and sixth. Two years later, they finished eighth. In 2003, she returned back fourth successful. After the sixth place in 2005, they won the 2007 competition. The Dutch girls were fourth in 2009 and 2010 Seventh. After two years of break they finished 2013 ranked only twelve.