Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Netherlands women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Netherlands women's national water polo team has participated in 2 of 5 official women's water polo tournaments.[1]

Abbreviations

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Apps Appearances Rk Rank Ref Reference Cap No. Water polo cap number
Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper ISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame
L/R Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Oly debut Olympic debut in water polo
(C) Captain p. page pp. pages

Team statistics

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Comprehensive results by tournament

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Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend
  •  1st  – Champions
  •  2nd  – Runners-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  •  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Women's team[1] 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Years
  Netherlands 4th 1st 6th 3
Total teams 6 8 8 8 8 10

Number of appearances

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team[1] Apps Record
streak
Active
streak
Debut Most
recent
Best finish Confederation
  Netherlands 2 1 0 2000 2020 Champions Europe – LEN

Best finishes

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team[1] Best finish Apps Confederation
  Netherlands Champions (2008) 2 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team[1] Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last
  Netherlands 2 1 (2008) 1 (2000) 2000 2008

Medal table

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Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's teamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Netherlands (NED)1001

Player statistics

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Multiple appearances

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The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of three-time Olympians: 0
  • Number of two-time Olympians: 2
  • Last updated: 26 July 2021.
Female athletes who competed in water polo at two or more Olympics
Apps Player Birth Pos Water polo tournaments Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
2 Gillian van den Berg 1971 FP 2000 2008 29/36 [2]
Daniëlle de Bruijn 1978 FP 2000 2008 22/30 [3]

Multiple medalists

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The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 0
  • Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Top goalscorers

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The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
  • Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 1
  • Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics
Rk Player Birth L/R Total
goals
Water polo tournaments
(goals)
Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Daniëlle de Bruijn 1978 Left 28 2000
(11)
2008
(17)
22/30 [4]

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Goalkeepers

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The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref
2000 1 Karla Plugge 1968 31 45 81 55.6% Starting goalkeeper [5]
6 Hellen Boering 1964 36 0 0 [6]
2008   1 Ilse van der Meijden 1988 19 45 98 45.9% Starting goalkeeper [7]
13 Meike de Nooy 1983 25 0 0 [8]
Year Cap
No.
Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOF
member
Note Ref

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Top sprinters

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The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

  • Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won): 0
  • Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 1
  • Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 0
  • Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 0
  • Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Abbreviation
  • Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
Female players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics
Rk Sprinter Birth Total
sprints
won
Total
sprints
contested
Eff % Water polo tournaments
(sprints won / contested)
Age of
first/last
ISHOF
member
Note Ref
1 2 3 4 5
1 Daniëlle de Bruijn 1978 24 45 53.3% 2000
(9/23)
2008
(15/22)
22/30 [3]

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Olympic champions

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2008 Summer Olympics

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  • Edition of women's tournament: 3rd
  • Host city:   Beijing, China
  • Number of participating teams: 8
  • Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
  • Champion:   Netherlands (1st title; 3rd place in preliminary B group)
Match Round Date Cap
color
Opponent Result Goals
for
Goals
against
Goals
diff.
Match 1/6 Preliminary round – Group B 11 August 2008   Blue   Hungary Lost 9 11 -2
Match 2/6 Preliminary round – Group B 13 August 2008   Blue   Greece Won 9 6 3
Match 3/6 Preliminary round – Group B 15 August 2008   White   Australia Lost 9 10 -1
Match 4/6 Quarter-finals 17 August 2008   Blue   Italy Won 13 11 2
Match 5/6 Semi-finals 19 August 2008   Blue   Hungary Won 8 7 1
Match 6/6 Gold medal match 21 August 2008   Blue   United States Won 9 8 1
Total Matches played: 6 • Wins: 4 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 2 • Win %: 66.7% 57 53 4

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (pp. 17, 23, 25, 33, 37, 43).

 
Daniëlle de Bruijn scored 17 goals at the 2008 Olympics, including seven goals in the gold medal match, helping the Netherlands win gold.
Roster
Cap
No.
Player Pos L/R Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold
Oly
debut
ISHOF
member
1 Ilse van der Meijden GK R 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 22 October 1988 19 years, 304 days Yes
2 Yasemin Smit (C) FP R 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 21 November 1984 23 years, 274 days Yes
3 Mieke Cabout FP R 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 30 March 1986 22 years, 144 days Yes
4 Biurakn Hakhverdian FP R 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 4 October 1985 22 years, 322 days Yes
5 Marieke van den Ham FP L 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 21 January 1983 25 years, 213 days Yes
6 Daniëlle de Bruijn FP L 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 13 February 1978 30 years, 190 days No
7 Iefke van Belkum FP R 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 22 July 1986 22 years, 30 days Yes
8 Noeki Klein FP R 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 April 1983 25 years, 115 days Yes
9 Gillian van den Berg FP R 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 8 September 1971 36 years, 348 days No
10 Alette Sijbring FP R 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 20 March 1982 26 years, 154 days Yes
11 Rianne Guichelaar FP L 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 63 kg (139 lb) 16 August 1983 25 years, 5 days Yes
12 Simone Koot FP R 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 12 November 1980 27 years, 283 days Yes
13 Meike de Nooy GK R 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 2 May 1983 25 years, 111 days Yes
Average 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 17 December 1982 25 years, 248 days
Coach Robin van Galen

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Abbreviation
  • MP – Matches played
  • Min – Minutes
  • G – Goals
  • Sh – Shots
  • AS – Assists
  • TF – Turnover fouls
  • ST – Steals
  • BL – Blocked shots
  • SP – Sprints
  • 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
  • Pen – Penalty
  • EX – Exclusion
Statistics
Cap
No.
Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals/Shots AS TF ST BL Sprints Personal fouls
Min % G Sh % Won SP % 20S Pen EX
1 Ilse van der Meijden GK 6 198 100% 0 1 0.0% 1 3 1
2 Yasemin Smit (C) FP 6 131 66.2% 2 12 16.7% 4 14 5 3 10 1
3 Mieke Cabout FP 6 178 89.9% 10 44 22.7% 1 10 9 3 0 2 0.0% 5 2
4 Biurakn Hakhverdian FP 6 30 15.2% 0 1 0.0% 5 2 1
5 Marieke van den Ham FP 6 106 53.5% 9 20 45.0% 1 4 4 5
6 Daniëlle de Bruijn FP 6 177 89.4% 17 33 51.5% 2 5 4 3 15 22 68.2% 9 1
7 Iefke van Belkum FP 6 189 95.5% 10 36 27.8% 18 7 7 7
8 Noeki Klein FP 6 12 6.1% 3
9 Gillian van den Berg FP 6 125 63.1% 4 9 44.4% 5 3 1
10 Alette Sijbring FP 6 92 46.5% 4 18 22.2% 1 4 1 2 7 2 1
11 Rianne Guichelaar FP 6 97 49.0% 1 13 7.7% 1 4 3 3
12 Simone Koot FP 6 51 25.8% 0 1 0.0% 2 3 0 2 0.0%
13 Meike de Nooy GK 6 0 0.0%
Team 12
Total 6 198 100% 57 188 30.3% 10 87 44 18 15 26 57.7% 48 5 3
Against 53 159 33.3% 16 95 41 26 11 26 42.3% 53 3 5
Cap
No.
Player Pos Saves/Shots
Saves Shots %
1 Ilse van der Meijden GK 45 98 45.9%
13 Meike de Nooy GK
Total 45 98 45.9%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2008 (p. 71).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Gillian van den Berg". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Daniëlle de Bruijn". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Daniëlle de Bruijn". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Karla Plugge". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Hellen Boering". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Ilse van der Meijden". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Meike de Nooy". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

Sources

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Official Results Books (IOC)

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PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

PDF documents on the FINA website:

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

Official Reports (FINA)

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PDF documents on the FINA website:

Official website (IOC)

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Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

Olympedia

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Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

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Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

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Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

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International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

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