Netherlands men's national ice hockey team

Netherlands
First international

Nickname(s)	Oranje (Orange)
Association	Netherlands Ice Hockey Association
General Manager	Jeroen Zwaanswijk
Head coach	Chris Eimers
Assistants	Bo Subr
Captain	Diederick Hagemeijer
Most games	Ron Berteling (213)
Most points	Jack de Heer (210)
IIHF code	NED
IIHF ranking	25
Highest IIHF ranking	23 (first in 2004)
Lowest IIHF ranking	25 (first in 2003)
Team colors

Belgium 4–0 Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 January 1935)
Biggest win
Netherlands 19–0 Spain (Las Palmas, Spain; 13 March 1978)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 23–1 Netherlands (Odense, Denmark; 1 September 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	49 (first in 1935)
Best result	8th (1950, 1981)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 1980)
International record (W–L–T)
211–365–54

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

The Netherlands are currently ranked 24th in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division II.

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 – 19th place (6th 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)

Team

2014 Roster

note - player/club ties at the time of the championship

Head coach: Chris Eimers

Pos.	No.	Player	DOB	Team
GK	29	Deniz Mollen	24 Dec 1988	Eindhoven Kemphanen
GK	30	Martijn Oosterwijk	9 Jun 1990	Friesland Flyers
GK	1	Ian Meierdres	24 Dec 1988	Tilburg Trappers
D	4	Joy Turpijn	2 Jun 1988	Dordrecht Lions
D	5	Erik Tummers	1 May 1985	Geleen Smoke Eaters
D	13	Boet van Gestel	21 Sep 1995	Tilburg Trappers
D	14	Jordy van Oorschot	7 Aug 1987	HYS The Hague
D	20	Dax van de Velden	24 May 1992	Friesland Flyers
D	26	Jeffrey van Iersel	18 Aug 1979	Geleen Smoke Eaters
D	17	Jurryt Smid	17 Jan 1991	HYS The Hague
D	7	Nicky de Jong	23 Feb 1981	Friesland Flyers
F	8	Joey Oosterveld	23 Mar 1989	Friesland Flyers
F	10	Nardo Nagtzaam	9 May 1990	Mercyhurst College
F	6	Ivy van den Heuvel	24 Aug 1988	Tilburg Trappers
F	15	Lars van Sloun	18 May 1990	Geleen Eaters
F	16	Ronald Wurm	16 Mar 1987	HYS The Hague
F	11	Maarten Brekelmans	24 Feb 1992	Tilburg Trappers
F	12	Mitch Bruijsten	24 Mar 1989	Fort Wayne Komets
F	18	Levi Houkes	2 Oct 1991	HYS The Hague
F	9	Kevin Bruijsten	29 Jan 1987	Friesland Flyers
F	21	Tony Demelinne	7 Oct 1987	Friesland Flyers
F	22	Marco Postma	26 Aug 1983	HYS The Hague
F	23	Steve Mason	13 Jan 1988	EHC Brandis
F	27	Diederick Hagemeijer	21 Sep 1988	Tilburg Trappers

Roster for the 1980 Olympics

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Former teams	Bohemia CIS Czechoslovakia East Germany Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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