Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics

On 28 July, the Netherlands won eight medals on a single day, which broke the country's previous record of seven established on 11 August 1928 during the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.^[4]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Koen Metsemakers Dirk Uittenbogaard Abe Wiersma Tone Wieten Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 28 July  Gold Annemiek van Vleuten Cycling Women's road time trial 28 July  Gold Niek Kimmann Cycling Men's BMX racing 30 July  Gold Kiran Badloe Sailing Men's RS:X 31 July  Gold Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 5000 metres 2 August  Gold Roy van den Berg Matthijs Büchli Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's team sprint 3 August  Gold Shanne Braspennincx Cycling Women's keirin 5 August  Gold Harrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's sprint 6 August  Gold Women's field hockey team Felice Albers Margot van Geffen Eva de Goede Marloes Keetels Josine Koning Sanne Koolen Laurien Leurink Caia van Maasakker Frédérique Matla Laura Nunnink Malou Pheninckx Pien Sanders Lauren Stam Maria Verschoor Xan de Waard Lidewij Welten Field hockey Women's tournament 6 August  Gold Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 7 August  Silver Steve Wijler Gabriela Schloesser Archery Mixed team 24 July  Silver Annemiek van Vleuten Cycling Women's individual road race 25 July  Silver Arno Kamminga Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 26 July  Silver Stef Broenink Melvin Twellaar Rowing Men's double sculls 28 July  Silver Ymkje Clevering Karolien Florijn Ellen Hogerwerf Veronique Meester Rowing Women's coxless four 28 July  Silver Tom Dumoulin Cycling Men's road time trial 28 July  Silver Arno Kamminga Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 29 July  Silver Sharon van Rouwendaal Swimming Women's marathon 10 km 4 August  Silver Anouk Vetter Athletics Women's heptathlon 5 August  Silver Jeffrey Hoogland Cycling Men's sprint 6 August  Silver Terrence Agard Ramsey Angela Liemarvin Bonevacia Tony van Diepen Jochem Dobber Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 7 August  Silver Abdi Nageeye Athletics Men's marathon 8 August  Bronze Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard Rowing Women's double sculls 28 July  Bronze Anna van der Breggen Cycling Women's road time trial 28 July  Bronze Sanne van Dijke Judo Women's −70 kg 28 July  Bronze Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls 29 July  Bronze Merel Smulders Cycling Women's BMX racing 30 July  Bronze Marit Bouwmeester Sailing Women's Laser Radial 1 August  Bronze Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz Sailing Women's 49er FX 3 August  Bronze Femke Bol Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 4 August  Bronze Maikel van der Vleuten Equestrian Individual jumping 4 August  Bronze Emma Oosterwegel Athletics Women's heptathlon 5 August  Bronze Nouchka Fontijn Boxing Women's middleweight 6 August  Bronze Sifan Hassan Athletics Women's 1500 metres 6 August  Bronze Harrie Lavreysen Cycling Men's keirin 8 August  Bronze Kirsten Wild Cycling Women's omnium 8 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Archery 0 1 0 1 Athletics 2 3 3 8 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Cycling 5 3 4 12 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Field hockey 1 0 0 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Rowing 1 2 2 5 Sailing 1 0 2 3 Swimming 0 3 0 3 Total 10 12 14 36

The following is the list of number of Dutch competitors in the Games.^[5]

Three Dutch archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch.^[6] Another Dutch archer scored a shoot-off victory in the quarterfinal round of the women's individual recurve to book an outright Olympic berth available at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gijs Broeksma	Men's individual	667	14	Chirault (FRA) W 6–4	Furukawa (JPN) L 5–6	Did not advance
Sjef van den Berg		670	8	Valladont (FRA) W 7–3	D'Almeida (BRA) L 1–7	Did not advance
Steve Wijler		675	6	Naploszek (POL) W 6–4	Abdullin (KAZ) L 4–6	Did not advance
Gijs Broeksma Sjef van den Berg Steve Wijler	Men's team	2012	2	—N/a		Bye	Great Britain W 5–3	Chinese Taipei L 0–6	Japan L 4–5	4
Gabriela Schloesser	Women's individual	652	20	Gomboeva (ROC) W 6–5	Barbelin (FRA) L 0–6	Did not advance
Steve Wijler Gabriela Schloesser	Mixed team	1327	6 Q	—N/a		Italy W 6–0	France W 5–4	Turkey W 5–3	South Korea L 3–5

The Netherlands fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by finishing fourth at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.

Dutch athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[8][9]

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Taymir Burnet	200 m	20.60 SB	3 Q	20.90	8	Did not advance
Liemarvin Bonevacia	400 m	44.95	1 Q	44.62 NR	3 q	45.07	8
Jochem Dobber		45.54	3 Q	45.48	6	Did not advance
Tony van Diepen	800 m	1:46.03	6	Did not advance
Mike Foppen	5000 m	DNF		—N/a		Did not advance
Nick Smidt	400 m hurdles	49.55	4 Q	49.35 SB	7	Did not advance
Taymir Burnet Christopher Garia Joris van Gool Churandy Martina	4 × 100 m relay	DNF		—N/a		Did not advance
Terrence Agard Ramsey Angela Liemarvin Bonevacia Tony van Diepen Jochem Dobber[a]	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.06 NR	5 q	—N/a		2:57.18 NR
Khalid Choukoud	Marathon	—N/a				DNF
Abdi Nageeye		2:09:58 SB
Bart van Nunen		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marije van Hunenstijn	100 m	Bye		11.27 SB	6	Did not advance
Jamile Samuel		Bye		DNS		Did not advance
Dafne Schippers		Bye		DNS		Did not advance
Jamile Samuel	200 m	DNS		—N/a		Did not advance
Dafne Schippers		23.13	3 Q			23.03	6	Did not advance
Lieke Klaver	400 m	51.37	3 Q	—N/a		51.37	6	Did not advance
Lisanne de Witte		51.68 SB	4 q			52.09	8	Did not advance
Sifan Hassan	1500 m	4:05.17	1 Q	—N/a		4:00.23	1 Q	3:55.86
	5000 m	14:47.89	1 Q	—N/a				14:36.79
	10000 m	—N/a						29:55.32
Diane van Es	5000 m	15:47.01	16	—N/a				Did not advance
Susan Krumins	10000 m	—N/a						DNF
Zoë Sedney	100 m hurdles	13.03	7	—N/a		Did not advance
Nadine Visser		12.72 SB	2 Q			12.63 SB	3 q	12.73	5
Femke Bol	400 m hurdles	54.43	1 Q	—N/a		53.91	1 Q	52.03 AR
Irene van der Reijken	3000 m steeplechase	9:42.98	30	—N/a				Did not advance
Marije van Hunenstijn Dafne Schippers Naomi Sedney Nadine Visser	4 × 100 m relay	42.81 SB	5 q	—N/a				DNF
Femke Bol Laura de Witte Lisanne de Witte Lieke Klaver	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.01 NR	4 q	—N/a				3:23.74 NR	6
Andrea Deelstra	Marathon	—N/a						2:37:05	44
Jill Holterman		2:45:27	63

Mixed

^a Athletes who participated in the heat only.

Field events

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Nadine Broersen	Result	13.74	1.80 SB	14.50 SB	25.57 SB	DNS	—	—	DNF
	Points	1015	978	827	835	0	—	—
Emma Oosterwegel	Result	13.36 PB	1.80 PB	13.28	24.25 PB	6.29	54.60 PB	2:11.09 PB	6590 PB
	Points	1071	978	746	957	940	949	949
Anouk Vetter	Result	13.09 PB	1.80 SB	15.29 SB	23.81	6.47	51.20	2:18.72 SB	6689 NR
	Points	1111	978	880	999	997	883	841

The Netherlands entered 4 badminton players for the following events based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings; one in the men's singles, one pair in the women's doubles and mixed doubles.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mark Caljouw	Men's singles	Zilberman (ISR) W (17–21, 21–9, 21–10)	Sai Praneeth (IND) W (21–14, 21–14)	—N/a	1 Q	Cordón (GUA) L (17–21, 21–3, 19–21)	Did not advance
Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	Women's doubles	Honderich / Tsai (CAN) W (16–21, 21–14, 21–15)	Hany / Hosny (EGY) W (21–6, 21–10)	Matsumoto / Nagahara (JPN) L (22–24, 15–21)	2 Q	—N/a	Lee S-h / Shin S-c (KOR) L (8–21, 17–21)	Did not advance
Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	Mixed doubles	Choi S-g / Chae Y-j (KOR) L (21–16, 15–21, 11–21)	Zheng Sw / Huang Yq (CHN) L (15–21, 20–22)	Elgamal / Hany (EGY) W (21–9, 21–4)	3	—N/a	Did not advance

The Netherlands entered two boxers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Enrico Lacruz (men's lightweight) and Nouchka Fontijn (women's middleweight) secured the spots on the Dutch squad in their respective weight divisions, either by winning the round of 16 match, advancing to the semifinal match, or scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Enrico Lacruz	Men's lightweight	Davis (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance				=17
Nouchka Fontijn	Women's middleweight	—N/a	Wójcik (POL) W 4–1	Thibeault (CAN) W 5–0	Price (GBR) L 2–3	Did not advance

The Netherlands qualified one canoeist for the women's K-1 class by finishing in the top eighteen at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after a twelve-year absence.^[14]

The Netherlands entered a squad of nine riders (five men and four women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dylan van Baarle	Road race	6:09:04	15
Tom Dumoulin		6:15:38	44
Yoeri Havik		Did not finish
Wilco Kelderman		6:15:38	51
Bauke Mollema		6:06:33	4
Tom Dumoulin	Time trial	56:05.58

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna van der Breggen	Road race	3:54:31	15
Annemiek van Vleuten		3:54:00
Demi Vollering		3:55:41	25
Marianne Vos		3:54:31	5
Anna van der Breggen	Time trial	31:15.12
Annemiek van Vleuten		30:13.49

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Dutch riders accumulated spots for both men and women in team sprint, omnium, and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, the Netherlands won its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Jeffrey Hoogland	Men's sprint	9.215 OR 78.133	1 Q	Mitchell (NZL) W 9.821 73.312	Bye	Bötticher (GER) W 10.034 71.756	Bye	Awang (MAS) W 9.831 73.238	Bye	Vigier (FRA) W 10.204, W 9.902	Dmitriev (ROC) W 9.692, W 9.786	Lavreysen (NED) W 9.724, L, L
Harrie Lavreysen		9.215 78.133	2 Q	Sharom (MAS) W 10.005 71.964	Bye	Tjon En Fa (SUR) W 9.766 73.725	Bye	Sharom (MAS) W 9.635 74.728	Bye	Kenny (GBR) W 10.243, W 10.551	Carlin (GBR) W 9.747, W 9.784	Hoogland (NED) L, W 9.776, W 10.681
Shanne Braspennincx	Women's sprint	10.479 68.709	7 Q	Bao Sj (CHN) W 10.979 65.580	Bye	Zhong Ts (CHN) W 10.912 65.982	Bye	Starikova (UKR) W 10.889 66.122	Bye	Hinze (GER) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Friedrich (GER)  Genest (CAN)  Marchant (GBR) L	7
Laurine van Riessen		DNS		Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Roy van den Berg Matthijs Büchli[a] Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen	Men's team sprint	42.134 OR 64.081	1	Poland W 41.431 OR 65.169	1 FA	Great Britain W 41.369 OR 65.266
Shanne Braspennincx Laurine van Riessen	Women's team sprint	32.465 NR 55.444	3	Poland W 32.308 NR 55.714	4 FB	ROC L 32.504 55.378	4

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
^a Athlete who participated in the qualification round only.

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Matthijs Büchli	Men's keirin	3 R	3	Did not advance		=19
Harrie Lavreysen		5 R	1 Q	4 Q	3 FA
Shanne Braspennincx	Women's keirin	3 R	1 Q	1 Q	1 FA
Laurine van Riessen		1 Q	Bye	DNF	Did not advance

Qualification legend: Q=Qualified for next round; R=Advanced to repechage

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Jan-Willem van Schip	Men's omnium	3	36	1	40	4	34	12	2	112	6
Kirsten Wild	Women's omnium	5	32	2	38	11	20	2	18	108

Madison

Dutch mountain bikers qualified for two men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's fifth-place finish for men and third for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.^[16][17]

The Netherlands received six quota spots (three per gender) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's runner-up placement for men and top finish for women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of June 1, 2021.^[18][19]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Twan van Gendt	Men's race	5	2 Q	23	8	Did not advance	16
Joris Harmsen		6	2 Q	18	7	Did not advance	13
Niek Kimmann		4	1 Q	6	1 Q	39.053
Judy Baauw	Women's race	7	2 Q	17	7	Did not advance	13
Laura Smulders		4	1 Q	24	8	Did not advance	16
Merel Smulders		10	3 Q	14	3 Q	44.721

The Netherlands entered two divers into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top twelve of their respective events at the 2019 FINA World Championships.

Dutch equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team dressage and jumping competitions by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States.^[20][21] Meanwhile, two eventing spots were awarded to the Dutch equestrians, based on the results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings for Group A (North Western Europe).^[22]

Dutch equestrian squads for dressage, eventing and jumping were named on July 5, 2021.^[23]

Dinja van Liere and Haute Couture have been named the travelling reserve.^[23]

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Harrie Smolders and Bingo du Parc have been named the travelling reserve.^[23] They were entered as a substitution for the team final.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final			Jump-off
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Willem Greve	Zypria S	Individual	4	=31	Did not advance
Marc Houtzager	Dante		0	=1 Q	13	88.10	21	Did not advance
Maikel van der Vleuten	Beauville Z		0	=1 Q	0	85.31	=1	0	38.90
Willem Greve Marc Houtzager Harrie Smolders Maikel van der Vleuten	Zypria S Dante Bingo du Parc Beauville Z	Team	26	9 Q	17	243.35	4	Did not advance

The Netherlands entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Set to compete at his fourth consecutive Games, Bas Verwijlen claimed a spot in the men's épée as one of the highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bas Verwijlen	Men's épée	Bye	Kweon Y-j (KOR) W 15–10	Cannone (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance			9

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands men's	Men's tournament	Belgium L 1–3	South Africa W 5–3	Canada W 4–2	Great Britain D 2–2	Germany L 1–3	4 Q	Australia L 0–3P FT: 2–2	Did not advance		6
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	India W 5–1	Ireland W 4–0	South Africa W 5–0	Great Britain W 1–0	Germany W 3–1	1 Q	New Zealand W 3–0	Great Britain W 5–1	Argentina W 3–1

Netherlands men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by securing one of the seven tickets available and defeating Pakistan in a two-legged playoff at the Amsterdam leg of the 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.^[24]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 28 May 2021.^[25]

Head coach: Maximiliano Caldas^[26]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2	FW	Jeroen Hertzberger	(1986-02-24)24 February 1986 (aged 35)	259	90	Rotterdam
4	DF	Lars Balk	(1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 25)	71	3	Kampong
6	DF	Jonas de Geus	(1998-04-29)29 April 1998 (aged 23)	87	0	Kampong
7	FW	Thijs van Dam	(1997-01-05)5 January 1997 (aged 24)	54	7	Rotterdam
8	MF	Billy Bakker (Captain)	(1988-11-23)23 November 1988 (aged 32)	228	48	Amsterdam
9	MF	Seve van Ass	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 29)	182	25	HGC
10	MF	Jorrit Croon	(1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (aged 22)	85	7	Bloemendaal
11	MF	Glenn Schuurman	(1991-04-16)16 April 1991 (aged 30)	151	3	Bloemendaal
12	DF	Sander de Wijn	(1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 31)	154	6	Kampong
14	MF	Robbert Kemperman	(1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 31)	220	39	Kampong
16	FW	Mirco Pruyser	(1989-08-11)11 August 1989 (aged 31)	134	72	Amsterdam
17	FW	Roel Bovendeert	(1992-05-08)8 May 1992 (aged 29)	31	8	Bloemendaal
23	DF	Joep de Mol	(1995-12-10)10 December 1995 (aged 25)	87	0	Oranje-Rood
25	FW	Thierry Brinkman	(1995-03-19)19 March 1995 (aged 26)	111	38	Bloemendaal
26	GK	Pirmin Blaak	(1988-03-08)8 March 1988 (aged 33)	106	0	Oranje-Rood
27	DF	Jip Janssen	(1997-10-14)14 October 1997 (aged 23)	43	0	Kampong
30	DF	Mink van der Weerden	(1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 32)	183	100	Rot-Weiss Köln
32	DF	Justen Blok	(2000-09-27)27 September 2000 (aged 20)	11	0	Rotterdam

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	26	9	+17	13	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	5	3	0	2	19	10	+9	9
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	13	13	0	7
5	South Africa	5	1	1	3	16	24	−8	4
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	9	27	−18	1

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 11:45 v Netherlands  1–3  Belgium Hertzberger  35' Report Hendrickx  41', 44', 45' North Pitch Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 21:15 v South Africa  3–5  Netherlands M. Cassiem  2' D. Cassiem  10' Kok  18' Report Pruyser  24', 54' Van Dam  29' Brinkman  36' Van der Weerden  48' South Pitch Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Javed Shaikh (IND)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 20:45 v Netherlands  4–2  Canada Bakker  1' Brinkman  4' De Mol  50' Pruyser  60' Report Wallace  10' Tupper  53' North Pitch Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) David Tomlinson (NZL)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 12:15 v Netherlands  2–2  Great Britain Brinkman  22' Janssen  31' Report Ward  52', 57' South Pitch Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 20:45 v Germany  3–1  Netherlands Wellen  10' Staib  41' Herzbruch  54' Report Hertzberger  57' North Pitch Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

Quarterfinal

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 12:00 v Australia  2–2  Netherlands Wickham  13', 38' Report Van der Weerden  32' Hertzberger  50' Penalties Govers Ogilvie Brand 3–0 Hertzberger Kemperman De Geus Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

Netherlands women's national field hockey team qualified for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 EuroHockey Nations Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.^[27]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 16 June 2021.^[28]

Head coach: Alyson Annan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3	DF	Sanne Koolen	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 25)	49	0	Den Bosch
4	DF	Freeke Moes	(1998-11-29)29 November 1998 (aged 22)	7	1	Amsterdam
5	MF	Malou Pheninckx	(1991-07-24)24 July 1991 (aged 30)	100	3	Kampong
6	MF	Laurien Leurink	(1994-11-13)13 November 1994 (aged 26)	113	26	SCHC
7	MF	Xan de Waard	(1995-11-08)8 November 1995 (aged 25)	156	16	SCHC
8	MF	Marloes Keetels	(1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 28)	157	23	Den Bosch
10	MF	Felice Albers	(1999-12-27)27 December 1999 (aged 21)	10	7	Amsterdam
11	FW	Maria Verschoor	(1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 27)	144	20	Amsterdam
12	FW	Lidewij Welten	(1990-07-16)16 July 1990 (aged 31)	217	86	Den Bosch
13	DF	Caia van Maasakker	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 32)	204	66	SCHC
15	FW	Frédérique Matla	(1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 24)	82	55	Den Bosch
18	DF	Pien Sanders	(1998-06-11)11 June 1998 (aged 23)	63	1	Den Bosch
20	MF	Laura Nunnink	(1995-01-26)26 January 1995 (aged 26)	131	2	Den Bosch
21	DF	Lauren Stam	(1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 27)	97	8	Amsterdam
22	GK	Josine Koning	(1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 25)	78	0	Den Bosch
23	DF	Margot van Geffen	(1989-11-23)23 November 1989 (aged 31)	210	15	Den Bosch
24	MF	Eva de Goede (Captain)	(1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 32)	241	32	Amsterdam
29	DF	Stella van Gils	(1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 21)	6		Pinoké

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	2	+16	15	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	12
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	India	5	2	0	3	7	14	−7	6
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 20:45 v Netherlands  5–1  India Albers  6', 43' Van Geffen  33' Matla  45' Van Maasakker  52' Report Rani  10' North Pitch Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Amber Church (NZL)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 10:00 v Netherlands  4–0  Ireland Albers  8' Pheninckx  49' Leurink  50' Matla  56' Report South Pitch Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 09:30 v Netherlands  5–0  South Africa Matla  16', 35' Keetels  42' Albers  52' Verschoor  55' Report North Pitch Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 19:00 v Great Britain  0–1  Netherlands Report Matla  13' South Pitch Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 18:30 v Germany  1–3  Netherlands Zimmermann  23' Report Matla  8', 56' Welten  14' North Pitch Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Quarterfinal

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 18:30 v Netherlands  3–0  New Zealand Welten  7' Matla  21' Stam  37' Report Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Michelle Joubert (RSA)

Semifinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 10:30 v Netherlands  5–1  Great Britain Albers  19', 38' Keetels  18' Verschoor  32' Matla  49' Report Ansley  41' Umpires: Michelle Joubert (RSA) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

Gold medal game

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 19:00 v Netherlands  3–1  Argentina Van Geffen  23' Van Maasakker  26', 29' Report Gorzelany  30+' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Netherlands women's	Women's tournament	Zambia W 10–3	Brazil D 3–3	China W 8–2	1 Q	United States L 2–4P 2–2 (a.e.t.)	Did not advance		5

Netherlands women's national football team qualified for the Games by securing a top-three finish at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, defeating the Italians in the quarterfinal round to reach the country's first women's Olympic tournament.^[29]

Team roster

The final squad of 22 athletes was announced on 16 June 2021.^[30] On 20 July 2021, Joëlle Smits replaced Sherida Spitse due to injury.^[31]

Head coach: Sarina Wiegman

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sari van Veenendaal (captain)	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 31)	74	0	PSV
2	2DF	Lynn Wilms	(2000-10-03)3 October 2000 (aged 20)	12	1	FC Twente
3	2DF	Stefanie van der Gragt	(1992-08-16)16 August 1992 (aged 28)	75	10	Ajax
4	2DF	Aniek Nouwen	(1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 22)	16	1	PSV
5	2DF	Merel van Dongen	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 28)	51	1	Atlético Madrid
6	3MF	Jill Roord	(1997-04-22)22 April 1997 (aged 24)	64	11	Arsenal
7	4FW	Shanice van de Sanden	(1992-10-02)2 October 1992 (aged 28)	85	19	VfL Wolfsburg
8	4FW	Joëlle Smits	(2000-02-07)7 February 2000 (aged 21)	4	0	PSV
9	4FW	Vivianne Miedema	(1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 25)	96	73	Arsenal
10	3MF	Daniëlle van de Donk	(1991-08-05)5 August 1991 (aged 29)	114	28	Arsenal
11	4FW	Lieke Martens	(1992-12-16)16 December 1992 (aged 28)	123	49	Barcelona
12	4FW	Sisca Folkertsma	(1997-05-21)21 May 1997 (aged 24)	12	0	FC Twente
13	3MF	Victoria Pelova	(1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 22)	11	0	Ajax
14	3MF	Jackie Groenen	(1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 26)	71	7	Manchester United
15	2DF	Kika van Es	(1991-10-11)11 October 1991 (aged 29)	70	0	FC Twente
16	1GK	Lize Kop	(1998-03-17)17 March 1998 (aged 23)	6	0	Ajax
17	2DF	Dominique Janssen	(1995-01-17)17 January 1995 (aged 26)	71	2	VfL Wolfsburg
18	4FW	Lineth Beerensteyn	(1996-10-11)11 October 1996 (aged 24)	66	12	Bayern Munich
19	4FW	Renate Jansen	(1990-12-07)7 December 1990 (aged 30)	48	4	FC Twente
20	3MF	Inessa Kaagman	(1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 25)	11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
21	2DF	Anouk Dekker	(1986-11-15)15 November 1986 (aged 34)	86	7	Montpellier
22	1GK	Loes Geurts	(1986-01-12)12 January 1986 (aged 35)	125	0	BK Häcken

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	21	8	+13	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7
3	Zambia	3	0	1	2	7	15	−8	1
4	China	3	0	1	2	6	17	−11	1

21 July 2021 (2021-07-21)

20:00

Zambia	3–10	Netherlands
Banda 19', 82', 83'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Miedema 9', 15', 29', 59' Martens 14', 38' Van de Sanden 44' Roord 64' Beerensteyn 75' Pelova 80'

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Attendance: 1,822^[32]

Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)

20:00

Netherlands	3–3	Brazil
Miedema 3', 59' Janssen 79'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Debinha 16' Marta 65' (pen.) Ludmila 68'

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Attendance: 2,621^[32]

Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)