Niels Klapwijk

The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country, with over 125,000 associates. The team had their most successful phase beginning in the 1990s under coaches Arie Selinger and Joop Alberda, reaching various finals for international tournaments and winning both the Olympic Games and the World League in 1996. Netherlands in World Championship won silver medal 1994 Greece.

Summer Olympics

• 1964 in Tokyo, Japan — 8th place
• 1988 in Seoul, South Korea — 5th place
• 1992 in Barcelona, Spain — Silver Medal
• 1996 in Atlanta, United States — Gold Medal
• 2000 in Sydney, Australia — 5th place
• 2004 in Athens, Greece — 9th place

World Championship

• 1949 — 10th place
• 1956 — 13th place
• 1962 — 12th place
• 1966 — 12th place
• 1970 — 14th place
• 1974 — 12th place
• 1978 — 16th place
• 1990 — 7th place
• 1994 — 2nd place
• 1998 — 6th place
• 2002 — 9th place

FIVB World Cup

• 1995 — 2nd place

FIVB 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 — did not compete
• 2012 — did not compete
• 2013 — 14th place
• 2014 — 12th place
• 2015 — 13th place
• 2016 — 15th place

World Grand Champions Cup

• 1993 — did not compete
• 1997 — 2nd place
• 2001 — did not compete
• 2005 — did not compete
• 2009 — did not compete

European League

• 2004 — 3rd place
• 2005 — did not compete
• 2006 — 1st place
• 2007 — 7th place
• 2008 — 2nd place
• 2009 — did not compete
• 2010 — did not compete
• 2011 — Group stage
• 2012 — 1st place

European Championship

• 1997 in Den Bosch and Eindhoven, Netherlands — Gold Medal
• 1999 in Wiener Neustadt and Vienna, Austria — 5th place

• 2001 in Ostrava, Czech Republic — 8th place
• 2003 in Berlin, Germany — 6th place
• 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia and Rome, Italy — 11th place
• 2007 in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia — 7th place
• 2013 in Denmark and Poland — 10th place
• 2015 in Bulgaria and Italy — 9th place

Current squad

Coach: Gido Vermeulen

#	Name	Current club	Country	Height
1	Nimir Abdel-Aziz	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	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Poland	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 Lille Métropole	France	2.00 m.
16	Dick Kooy	ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle	Poland	2.02 m.
17	Rob Bontje	Berlin Recycling Volleys	Germany	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	Olympiacos S.C.	Greece	2.09 m.
21	Bert Sturkenboom	TV Bühl	Germany	1.96 m.
22	Jeroen Trommel	MKS Cuprum Lubin	Poland	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	Vammalan Lentopallo	Finland	1.95 m.
27	Jan-Willem Snippe	Santa Croce	Italy	2.00 m.
28	Tony Krolis	Nantes	France	1.94 m.

Coach history

• Arie Selinger
• Joop Alberda
• Toon Gerbrands
• Bert Goedkoop
• Harry Brokking
• Peter Blangé
• Edwin Benne
• Gido Vermeulen

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Netherland national volleyball team.

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Ilionx other sponsors: Lotto, Eilers Sport, Johan Cruyff Foundation, Zilveren Kruis, DELA. Voor Elkaar and BvdGF.