Netherlands women's national ice hockey team



The Dutch women's national ice hockey team represents Netherlands at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Nederlandse IJshockey Bond. In February 2011, the Netherlands are promoted in Division II of the IIHF World Women's Championship.[1]  They were relegated to Division III two years ago. Netherlands has 175 female players in 2011.[2]



Contents
[hide]  *1 Roster 2011  ==Roster 2011[edit] == [3] ==Coaching staff[edit] == ==European Championship record[edit] == The Dutch women's team has participated at three tournaments in the IIHF European Women Championships.
 * 2 Coaching staff
 * 3 European Championship record
 * 4 Elite Women's Hockey League
 * 5 World Championship record
 * 6 Olympic record
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links
 * Head coach: Willem Van de Kraak
 * Assistant coach: Danny Jurgens
 * Team leader: Jolanda Van Leeuwen
 * Equipment manager: Michel Van der Meer
 * Physiotherapist: Lonneke Van Soest and Suzanne Theeuwen

==Elite Women's Hockey League[edit] == Since the season 2010–11, the Netherlands women's national team participates in the Elite Women's Hockey League.[4] ==World Championship record[edit] == Netherlands debuted in the Women's world championship in 1999.
 * 1989 – Finished in 8th place
 * 1991 – Finished in 10th place
 * 1995 – Finished 5th in Group B

==Olympic record<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == Main article: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">The women's team of Netherlands has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
 * 1999 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Group B)
 * 2000 – Finished in 21st place
 * 2001 – Finished in 18th place
 * 2003 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division II)
 * 2004 – Finished in 19th place (4th in Division II)
 * 2005 – Finished in 20th place (6th in Division II)
 * 2007 – Finished in 20th place (5th in Division II)
 * 2008 – Finished in 20th place (5th in Division II)
 * 2009 – Finished in 21st place (6th in Division II, Relegated to Division III)
 * 2011 – Finished in 20th place (1st in Division III, Promoted to Division II)
 * 2012 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Division IB)
 * 2013 – Finished in 16th place (2nd in Division IB)