Netherlands women's national field hockey team
The Dutch national women's hockey is currently the world number one ranking. She is a three time Olympic gold medalist and world champion with eight World Championship titles.
History
The Netherlands played a dominant role in the women's hockey from the start. In the late Victorian era to first independent women's hockey clubs founded. On October 16, 1911, the Nederlandse Dames Hockey Bond ( NDHB ) founded. During the German occupation he joined the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond ( KNHB ). The actual fusion followed in 1954.
1951 NDHB had directed the first international women's tournament, in which France and Switzerland participated.
Achievements
As of December 2012
Olympic games
- Gold Medal: 1984, 2008, 2012
- Silver Medal: 2004
- Bronze medal: 1988, 1996 and 2000
- 6th place: 1992
World Championships
- Gold Medals: 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1990, 2006
- Silver Medals: 1981, 1998, 2002, 2010
- Bronze medal: 1976
- 4th place: 1975
- 6th place: 1994
Champions Trophy
- Gold Medals: 1987, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011
- Silver Medals: 1993, 1999, 2001, 2010
- Bronze medals: 1991, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
- 5th Place: 1989
European Championships
- Gold Medals (6): 1984, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011
- Silver Medal: 2007
- 4th place: 1991