This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Netherlands women's national baseball team.
Netherlands national baseball team
Information
Country
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Federation
Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation
Confederation
WBSC Europe
Manager
Hensley Meulens
WBSC ranking
Current
7 (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest
5 (December 2014)
Lowest
9 (3 times; latest in June 2021)
Uniforms
World Baseball Classic
Appearances
5 (first in 2006)
Best result
4th (2 times, most recent in 2017 )
Olympic Games
Appearances
4 (first in 1996)
Best result
5th (2 times, most recent in 2000)
World Cup
Appearances
17 (first in 1970)
Best result
1st (1 time, in 2011)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances
5 (first in 1983)
Best result
2nd (2 times, most recent in 2010)
European Championship
Appearances
34 (first in 1956)
Best result
1st (24 times, most recent in 2021)
Netherlands at the 2013 World Baseball Classic
The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, representing the country in international men's baseball. They are currently ranked as the best team in the WBSC Europe, and the team is also ranked seventh in the WBSC World Rankings.[1]
The Netherlands participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. The team has also participated in both of the other major international baseball tournaments recognised by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF): the World Baseball Classic (WBC) and the Baseball World Cup. In 2011, the team won the World Cup after beating 25-time champion Cuba in the finals. The team is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation, which is represented in the WBSC Europe.
The team is made up primarily of players from the Netherlands in Europe, and from Dutch territories and islands in the Caribbean that are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, such as Aruba and Curaçao (which is part of the former Netherlands Antilles, which have since been dissolved), where baseball is extremely popular. Some foreigners of Dutch descent have also been members of the team. While baseball only maintains a niche following throughout Europe, the Netherlands, along with Italy, are the two European countries where the sport's popularity is strongest; the team has finished in either first or second place in 31 out of the 32 European Baseball Championships in which it has appeared, the exception being the 2023 European Baseball Championship, where it finished in third place.
The team played in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and finished in 4th place. It won the 2019 European Baseball Championship, winning a gold medal. It then competed at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019, taking second place behind Team Israel. The team tried but failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the three-team Final Qualifying Tournament in late June 2021.
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Global Information
(18 December 2023)[1]
1st (1 time, in 2011)
2nd (2 times, most recent in 2010)
1st (24 times, most recent in 2021)