Netherlands men's national ice hockey team

The Dutch men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the Netherlands. 
==History==
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 – 20th place (7th 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)
*2016 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
*2017 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
*2018 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
*2019 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
*2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*2022 – 28th place (2nd in Division II, Group A)
*2023 – 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
*2024 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
==All-time record==
As of 29 April 2023.
Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD
 	5 	5 	0 	0 	44 	10 	+34
 	37 	7 	4 	26 	89 	198 	−109
 	4 	0 	0 	4 	10 	35 	−25
 	71 	18 	3 	50 	453 	210 	+243
 	17 	13 	1 	3 	110 	52 	+58
 	3 	0 	0 	3 	2 	26 	−24
 	20 	17 	0 	3 	151 	47 	+104
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	14 	1 	+13
 	17 	14 	1 	2 	86 	36 	+50
 	55 	17 	7 	31 	185 	242 	−57
 	20 	2 	5 	13 	55 	105 	−50
 	12 	2 	1 	9 	33 	51 	−18
 	4 	1 	0 	3 	10 	27 	−17
 	43 	13 	4 	26 	159 	222 	−63
 	11 	0 	1 	10 	23 	79 	−56
 	30 	7 	1 	22 	99 	155 	−56
 	31 	10 	3 	18 	101 	170 	−69
 	3 	3 	0 	0 	18 	2 	+16
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	7 	0 	+7
 	32 	4 	3 	25 	68 	155 	−87
 	32 	9 	4 	19 	94 	170 	−76
 	8 	0 	0 	8 	17 	45 	−28
 	6 	0 	0 	6 	6 	45 	−39
 	16 	7 	5 	4 	54 	44 	+10
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	17 	1 	+16
 	3 	3 	0 	0 	25 	2 	+23
 	42 	11 	6 	25 	130 	200 	−70
 	40 	3 	2 	35 	85 	209 	−124
 	29 	14 	2 	13 	93 	113 	−20
 	5 	4 	0 	1 	20 	10 	+10
 	2 	0 	0 	2 	4 	24 	−20
 	16 	2 	3 	11 	36 	90 	−54
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	8 	4 	+4
 	9 	6 	0 	3 	49 	39 	+10
 	14 	0 	0 	14 	27 	172 	−145
 	7 	7 	0 	0 	60 	13 	+47
 	3 	0 	0 	3 	0 	23 	−23
 	19 	3 	1 	15 	42 	119 	−77
 	12 	0 	0 	12 	17 	77 	−60
 	6 	0 	0 	6 	19 	58 	−39
 	22 	11 	3 	8 	98 	84 	+14
Total 	710 	217	60 	433 	2 618	3 365	−747
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*IIHF profile
Category:Ice hockey teams in the Netherlands
Category:National ice hockey teams in Europe