Netherlands men's national field hockey team

Netherlands
Nickname(s)Oranje
AssociationRoyal Dutch Hockey Federation
(Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Head CoachJeroen Delmee
Assistant coach(es)Eric Verboom
ManagerErnst Boekhorst
CaptainThierry Brinkman
Most capsTeun de Nooijer (453)
Top scorerPaul Litjens (267)
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 1 (18 June 2025)
Olympic Games
Appearances20 (first in 1928)
Best result 1st (1996, 2000, 2024)
World Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1971)
Best result 1st (1973, 1990, 1998)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances21 (first in 1970)
Best result 1st (1983, 1987, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023)

The Netherlands national men's field hockey team represents the Netherlands in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, the governing body for field hockey in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands are one of the most successful teams in the world, having won the Summer Olympics thrice, the Hockey World Cup three times, the Champions Trophy eight times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship seven times, Pro League twice and the Hockey World League once. At the 2020 Summer Olympics they gave their worst Olympics performance in 37 years when they failed to qualify for the semi-finals.