Netherlands men's national ice hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | Oranje (Orange) |
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| Association | Netherlands Ice Hockey Association |
| General Manager | Jeroen Zwaanswijk |
| Head coach | Chris Eimers |
| Assistants | Michael Nason |
| Captain | Kevin Bruijsten |
| Most games | Ron Berteling (213) |
| Most points | Jack de Heer (210) |
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| IIHF code | NED |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 27  2 |
| Highest IIHF | 23 (first in 2004) |
| Lowest IIHF | 27 (2016) |
| First international | |
 Belgium 4–0 Netherlands  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 January 1935) |
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| Biggest win | |
Netherlands 19–0 Spain  (Las Palmas, Spain; 13 March 1978) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Denmark 23–1 Netherlands (Odense, Denmark; 1 September 2001) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 49 (first in 1935) |
| Best result | 8th (1950, 1981) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1980) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 216–365–54 | |
The Dutch men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands are currently ranked 24th in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division II.
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.
Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.
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