Netherlands at the 2025 World Games

Competitors111 (36 men and 75 women) in 18 sports

Medals
Ranked 18th

Gold: 4
Silver: 5
Bronze: 6
Total: 15

Netherlands at the 2025 World Games

IOC code	NED
NOC	NOC*NSF
in Chengdu, China 7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors	111 (36 men and 75 women) in 18 sports
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 6 Total 15
World Games appearances
1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025

The Netherlands competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.^[1] Athletes representing Netherlands won four gold medals, five silver medals and six bronze medals. The country finished in 18th place in the medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Mike Schloesser	Archery	Men's individual compound	9 August
Gold	Netherlands national korfball team Jessica Lokhorst Esther Cordus Nikki Boerhout Danielle Boadi Fleur Hoek Sabine Verhoef Olav van Wijngaarden Marije Visser Ran Faber Harjan Visscher Carlo De Vries Alwin Out Julian Frieswijk Bo Oppe	Korfball	Indoor tournament	12 August
Gold	Therese Klompenhouwer	Billiard sports	Women's 3-cushion	13 August
Gold	Valence Bickel	Kickboxing	Women's K1 60 kg	14 August
Silver	Rikkert Veldhuizen Jordy Mol	Trampoline gymnastics	Men's synchronized	8 August
Silver	Ecco van der Veer	Ju-Jitsu	Men's fighting 62 kg	12 August
Silver	Noa Man	Parkour	Women's speed	12 August
Silver	Netherlands national korfball team Mandy Koelman Lynn Bijkerk Jessie Heuveling Jasper van Der Eijk Ande Zwart Jesper Tolsma	Beach Korfball	Beach Mixed Korfball	17 August
Silver	Aline Kootstra Valentin van Wersch	Duathlon	Mixed team relay	17 August
Bronze	Sanne Meijer	Wakeboarding	Women's Cable Wakeboard	10 August
Bronze	Boy Vogelzang	Ju-jitsu	Men's fighting -77 kg	10 August
Bronze	Genevieve Bogers	Ju-jitsu	Women's fighting -57 kg	11 August
Bronze	Willem Bakker	Archery	Men's individual recurve	13 August
Bronze	Carvin Burke	Kickboxing	Men's point fighting 74 kg	14 August
Bronze	Netherlands national women's canoe polo team Selina Dijkstra Wendy Huizinga Thura Breedt Lizzy van Duijn Linda van As Marieke van Hofslot Alisha van Den Berg Astrid van Der Maas	Canoe polo	Women's tournament	16 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Korfball	1	1	0	2
Archery	1	0	1	2
Kickboxing	1	0	1	2
Billiard sports	1	0	0	1
Ju-jitsu	0	1	2	3
Duathlon	0	1	0	1
Parkour	0	1	0	1
Trampoline gymnastics	0	1	0	1
Canoe polo	0	0	1	1
Wakeboarding	0	0	1	1
Total	4	5	6	15

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	1	3
Beach handball	0	10	10
Billards	1	2	3
Canoe Sports	2	10	12
Dancesport	0	1	1
Duathlon	1	1	2
Gymnastics	3	5	8
Ju-jitsu	2	1	3
Karate	1	0	1
Kickboxing	1	1	2
Korfball	10	10	20
Lifesaving	1	0	1
Powerlifting	0	1	1
Sambo	1	0	1
Softball	0	15	15
Speed Skating	0	5	5
Tug of war	11	11	22
Wakeboarding	0	1	1
Total	36	75	111

Archery

Barebow/recurve

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Elimination 1	Elimination 2	Elimination 3	Elimination 4	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Willem Bakker	Men's recurve	369	3	Bye			Cui (CHN) W 88–87	Borsani (ITA) L 57–61	Unruh (GER) W 60–59
Gabriela Schloesser	Women's recurve	349	6	Bye		Brug (CAN) L 78–82	Did not advance

Target - Compound

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mike Schloesser	Men's Compound	715	1	Bye	Garcia Flores (MEX) W 147–145	Yamrom (ISR) W 147–147	Verma (IND) W 148–145	Broadnax (USA) W 150–148

Gymnastics

Parkour

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tangui van Schingen	Men's speed	27.66	5 Q	29.05	5
Tangui van Schingen	Women's freestyle	23.2	4 Q	26.4	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Noa Man	Women's speed	39.53	2 Q	37.67
Noa Man	Women's freestyle	21.4	2 Q	20.1	5

Ju-jitsu

Athlete	Event	Elimination round			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ecco Van der Veer	Men's ne-waza 62 kg	Jafari (DEN) W 0-50	Jafari (COL) W 13-23	1 Q	Bye	Kanatbek (KAZ) W 27-13	Mochulskyi (UKR) L 17-12
Boy Vogelzang	Men's ne-waza 77 kg	Dominguez (URU) W 50-0	Kunsa (FRA) W 50-0	1 Q	Bye		Andersen (DEN) L 11-14	Kunsa (FRA) W 50-0
Genevieve Bogers	Women's ne-waza 57 kg	Bonnet (FRA) W 16-4	Mattsson (SWE) W 18-9	1 Q	Bye	Dahl (DEN) L 4-12	Mattsson (SWE) W 13-4

Karate

Men

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Timmermans	Men's kumite 84 kg	Jafari (JOR) L 2-9	Kvesići (CRO) L 3-5	Mastrogiannis (GRE) W 4-3	3	Did not advance

Kickboxing

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valenca Bickel	Women's K1 Style –60 kg	Mechraoui (ALG) W 3-0	Martyniuk (UKR) W 3-0	Cmárová (ALG) W 3-0
Carvin Burke	Men's point-fighting –74 kg	Mirzaev (UZB) W 15-5	Zimmermann (AUT) L 10-15	Anastasopoulos (GRE) W 9-5

Korfball

Indoor

The Netherlands qualified in korfball at the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Team Netherlands	Korfball	Portugal W 29-12	Chinese Taipei W 33-18	China W 35-9	1 Q	Czech Republic W 35-13	Belgium W 23-26

Beach

The Netherlands qualified in beach korfball at the 2024 World Beach Korfball Championship.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Team Netherlands	Beach Korfball	Australia W 18-0	Belgium W 11-4	Poland W 5-16	1	United States W 13–8	Hungary W 12-4	Chinese Taipei L 6-8

Powerlifting

Classic

Athlete	Event	Exercises			Total weight	Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Squat	Bench press	Deadlift	Total weight	Total points	Rank
Pleun Dekkers	Women's Lightweight	179.5 WR	95.0	185.0	459.5	116.18	4

Roller Sports

Road Speed Skating

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Lianne van Loon	Women's 10,000 Point Race	15:37.542	7
Lianne van Loon	Women's 15,000 m elimination race	ELIM	5

Track Speed Skating

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Lianne van Loon	Women's 1,000 m sprint	1:29.047	20
	Women's 10,000m point elimination race	ELIM	11

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Other	Individual Neutral Athletes