Netherlands national basketball team

Netherlands Nederland
FIBA Ranking	T-77th
Joined FIBA	1946
FIBA Zone	FIBA Europe
National Federation	Netherlands Basketball Federation
Coach	Gadi Kedar
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Medals	None
World Championships
Appearances	1 (1986)
Medals	None
Eurobasket
Appearances	14
Medals	None
Uniforms
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The Dutch national basketball team is the basketball side that represents the Netherlands in international competitions. It is administrated by the Netherlands Basketball Federation. When it qualified for the Eurobasket, team Netherlands has played quite competitive at some of the tournaments. The team reached the final four once and proceeded to the playoffs several times. However, its last appearance dates back to 1989 when it finished 8th. Since then the Dutch compete in Europe's Division B with the aim of moving up to Division A and competing in the Eurobasket once again.

Current roster

Dutch National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. 1.5 !G 4 Jansen, Rogier &1000000000000002600000026 - August 29, 1984(1984-08-29) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) EiffelTowers NED ! 1.5 !G 5 Defares, Bryan &1000000000000003000000030 - June 14, 1981(1981-06-14) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) GasTerra Flames Groningen NED ! 1.5 !G 6 Roije, Aron &1000000000000002300000023 - April 3, 1988(1988-04-03) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) GasTerra Flames Groningen NED ! 3.5 !F 7 Wessels, Stefan &1000000000000002700000027 - April 13, 1984(1984-04-13) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) EiffelTowers NED ! 1.5 !G 8 Ormskerk, Jeremy &1000000000000002800000028 - December 17, 1982(1982-12-17) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Rotterdam Challengers NED ! 1.5 !G 9 Jones, Samuel &1000000000000002700000027 - April 29, 1984(1984-04-29) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Free Agent 4.5 !F/C 12 Van Paassen, Peter &1000000000000003200000032 - December 20, 1978(1978-12-20) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) EiffelTowers NED ! 1.5 !G 13 Slagter, Arvin &1000000000000002500000025 - October 19, 1985(1985-10-19) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden NED ! 5.0 !C 14 Elson, Francisco (C) &1000000000000003500000035 - February 28, 1976(1976-02-28) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Utah Jazz USA ! 5.0 !C 15 van de Hare, Remon &1000000000000002900000029 - May 23, 1982(1982-05-23) 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in) Free Agent 5.0 !C 17 Gadzuric, Dan &1000000000000003300000033 - February 2, 1978(1978-02-02) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) New Jersey Nets USA ! 4.5 !F/C 21 Norel, Henk &1000000000000002300000023 - September 17, 1987(1987-09-17) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Free Agent 3.5 !F 34 Hulzebos, Nikki &1000000000000002500000025 - June 30, 1986(1986-06-30) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Landstede Basketbal NED !	Head coach Gadi Kedar Assistant coach(es) Burhan Alibegović Mark van Schutterhoef Legend (C) Team captain

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Inactive
C	Francisco Elson	Henk Norel	Remon Van de Hare	Dan Gadzuric
PF	Peter Van Paassen	Nikki Hulzebos
SF	Stefan Wessels	Jeremy Ormskerk
SG	Arvin Slagter	Samuel Jones
PG	Bryan Defares	Rogier Jansen	Aron Roije

Performances

Performance at Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

Performance at World championship

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1986	14	1986 FIBA World Championship	Spain
2014	TBD	2014 FIBA World Championship	Spain

Performance at Eurobasket

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1946	6	EuroBasket 1946	Geneva, Switzerland
1947	11	EuroBasket 1947	Prague, Czechoslovakia
1949	5	EuroBasket 1949	Cairo, Egypt
1951	10	EuroBasket 1951	Paris, France
1961	15	EuroBasket 1961	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1963	16	EuroBasket 1963	Wrocław, Poland
1967	16	EuroBasket 1967	Helsinki, Finland
1975	10	EuroBasket 1975	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1977	7	EuroBasket 1977	Liège, Belgium
1979	10	EuroBasket 1979	Turin, Italy
1983	4	EuroBasket 1983	Nantes, France
1985	12	EuroBasket 1985	Stuttgart, West Germany
1987	10	EuroBasket 1987	Athens, Greece
1989	8	EuroBasket 1989	Zagreb, Yugoslavia
2013	TBD	EuroBasket 2013	Ljubljana, Slovenia

Scores

September 2009

Date	Netherlands	Score	Opponent
September 6	Netherlands	63-70	Montenegro
September 10	Netherlands	58-54	Austria
September 13	Netherlands	84-68	Iceland
September 17	Netherlands	79-64	Denmark

Dutch NBA players

• Hank Beenders - F/C - 1946-49
• Francisco Elson - C - 2003-present
• Dan Gadzuric - C - 2002-present
• Geert Hammink - C - 1994-96
• Swen Nater - C - 1976-84
• Rik Smits - C - 1988-2000

Past rosters

1946 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 10 teams

Henk Koper, Joop Koper, Chris van Laar, Henk Mik, Wim van Someren, Chris Kugelein, Wim Kunnen, Jan Aldenberg, Freek Brandt, Ben Gerritsma (Coach: Dick Schmull)

1947 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 14 teams

Henk Koper, Joop Koper, Chris van Laar, Wim van Someren, Jan Cupido, Tan Eng Hau, Jaap van Veen, Freek Brandt, Sjoerd Werner, B.Winkel (Coach: Dick Schmull)

1949 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 7 teams

Henk Koper, Joop Koper, Wim van Someren, Tan Eng Hau, Jan Hille, Jaap van Veen, Freek Brandt, Henk van de Broek, Tom Losekoot, Bob van der Valk (Coach: Dick Schmull)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 17 teams

Jan Hille, Jaap van Veen, Kees van der Schuijt, Bob van der Valk, Rinus van Eijkeren, Ab Gootjes, Johan de Hoop, Henk van de Broek, Pim de Jong, Vok Alberda, Ton Koemans, Piet Ouderland (Coach: Dick Schmull)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 19 teams

Ton Boot, Gunther van de Berg, Jan Bruin, Peter de Jong, Dolf Pouw, Henny Braun, Wim Franke, Hans Perrier, Frans de Haan, Maarten Sleeswijk, Jan Driehuis, Gerrit Kok (Coach: Jan Janbroers)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Ton Boot, Wim Franke, Frans de Haan, Bob Grosmann, Bart Tuinstra, Jan Schappert, Simon Schagen, Jan Bruin, Jan Driehuis, Freek Witte, Jos Pelk, Gerrit Kok (Coach: Jan Janbroers)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams

Ton Boot, Frans de Haan, Freek Witte, Karel Vrolijk, Erik Jager, Roel Tuinstra, Jan Bruin, Frank Kales, Ton van der Kroon, Peter Rijsewijk, Karel Pastor, Erik van Woerkom (Coach: Egon Steuer)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

Kees Akerboom, Ton Boot, Dan Cramer, Toon van Helfteren, Pieter van Tuyll, Harry Kip, Herman Pluim, Walter Ombre, John van Vliet, Jan Dekker, Jan Sikking, Hugo Harrewijn (Coach: Bill Sheridan)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams

Kees Akerboom, Dan Cramer, Harry Kip, Al Faber, Jan Dekker, Jimmy Woudstra, Cock van de Lagemaat, Jan Loorbach, Renso Zwiers, Cees Limmen, Emill Hagens, Bert Kragtwijk (Coach: Jan Janbroers)

1979 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

Kees Akerboom, Dan Cramer, Al Faber, Harry Kip, Jan Dekker, Toon van Helfteren, Pieter van Tuyll, Emill Hagens, Bert Kragtwijk, Mitchell Plaat, Sid Bruinsma, Jimmy Woudstra (Coach: Tom Quinn)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams

Dan Cramer, Al Faber, Henk Pieterse, Roland van den Bergh, Ronald Schilp, Randy Wiel, Rob van Essen, Mitchell Plaat, Jelle Esveldt, Rene Ridderhof, Jos Kuipers, Cock van de Lagemaat (Coach: Vladimir Heger)

1985 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

Ronald Schilp, Jelle Esveldt, Rob van Essen, Cock van de Lagemaat, Jos Kuipers, Peter van Noord, Hans Heijdeman, Ron van der Schaaf, John Franken, Martin Esajas, Martin de Vries, Marco de Waard (Coach: Vladimir Heger)

1986 World Championship: finished 14th among 24 teams

Rik Smits, Jelle Esveldt, Ronald Schilp, Cock van de Lagemaat, Raymond Bottse, Rene Ebeltjes, Chris van Dinten, Hans Heijdeman, Erik Griekspoor, Emill Hagens, Marco de Waard, Peter van Noord (Coach: Ruud Harrewijn)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

Rik Smits, Ronald Schilp, Jelle Esveldt, Toon van Helfteren, Henk Pieterse, Jos Kuipers, Marco de Waard, Peter van Noord, Okke te Velde, Chris van Dinten, John Emanuels, Cees van Rootselaar (Coach: Ruud Harrewijn)

1989 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 8 teams

Cees van Rootselaar, Rolf Franke, John Emanuels, Okke te Velde, Jos Kuipers, Marco de Waard, Richard van Poelgeest, Paul Vrind, Peter Dam, Raymond Bottse, Frans Houben, Milko Lieverst (Coach: Ruud Harrewijn)