Netherlands women's national ice hockey team
| Nickname(s) | Oranje (Orange) |
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| Association | Nederlandse IJshockey Bond |
| General Manager | Nicole Faas |
| Head coach | Joep Franke |
| Assistants | Nancy van der Linden |
| Captain | Myrthe Martens |
| Most games | Nancy van der Linden (88) |
| Most points | Marion Pepels (69) |
| IIHF code | NED |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 19  2 |
| Highest IIHF | 17 (2015) |
| Lowest IIHF | 23 (2010) |
| First international | |
 Japan 5–2 Netherlands  (North York or Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; 21 April 1987) |
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| Biggest win | |
Netherlands 14–1 Romania  (Bucharest, Romania; 5 March 2001) Netherlands 14–1 Slovenia  (San Sebastián, Spain; 4 November 2016) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 United States 20–0 Netherlands (North York or Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; 23 April 1987)  Finland 20–0 Netherlands (Havírov, Czechoslovakia; 17 March 1991) |
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| IIHF World Women's Championships - Division IA | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1999) |
| Best result | 8th (1999) |
| IIHF European Women Championships | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1989) |
| Best result | 8th (1989) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 50–80–4 | |
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. They were relegated to Division III two years ago. Netherlands has 175 female players in 2011.
The women's team of Netherlands has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
Since the season 2010–11, the Netherlands women's national team participates in the Elite Women's Hockey League.
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