Nycke Groot
Dutch handball player (born 1988)
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Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 4 May 1988) is a Dutch handball player and coach.[1]
Full name
Cornelia Nycke Groot
Born
4 May 1988
Alkmaar, Netherlands
Alkmaar, Netherlands
Nationality
Dutch
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
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Nycke Groot after the match Netherlands-Slovakia, March 21, 2015, Arnhem. | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Cornelia Nycke Groot | ||
| Born |
4 May 1988 Alkmaar, Netherlands | ||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2001–2003 | Kolping | ||
2003–2008 | West-Friesland SEW | ||
2008–2011 | Team Tvis Holstebro | ||
2011–2015 | FC Midtjylland | ||
2015–2019 | Győri ETO KC | ||
2019–2021 | Odense Håndbold | ||
2022 | Odense Håndbold | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2021 | Netherlands | 150 | (439) |
| Teams managed | |||
2025- | Denmark U18 (assistant) | ||
She represented the Netherlands in three World Women's Handball Championship (winning a silver in Denmark 2015,[2][3] and a bronze in Germany 2017[4]) and two editions of the Olympic Games.
In January 2019, 14 years after debuting on the Dutch national team, she announced she would be retiring from the national team to focus on her club career.[5]
In 2021, Groot announced she would participate with the Netherlands at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She also announced the end of her club career.[6]
In November 2025 she became the assistant coach of the Danish U18 national team.[7]
Achievements
National team
European competitions
- EHF Champions League
- Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019
- Finalist: 2016
- Semifinalist: 2014
- EHF Cup:
- Finalist: 2011
- Semifinalist: 2013
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Winner: 2015
Domestic competitions
- Danish Championship:
- Winner: 2013, 2015, 2021
- Silver Medalist: 2014
- Bronze Medalist: 2012
- Danish Cup:
- Winner: 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021
- Finalist: 2010, 2013
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I
- Gold Medalist: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Magyar Kupa
- Gold Medalist: 2016, 2018, 2019
Individual awards
- All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2016, 2017
- MVP of the EHF Champions League Final four: 2017
- All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the European Championship: 2016
- MVP of the European Women's Handball Championship: 2016
- MVP (Danish: pokalfighter) of the Danish Handball Cup: 2010, 2012, 2014[8]
- MVP of the Hungarian Cup Final Four: 2019
- Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2016, 2018
- World Handball Female Playmaker of the Decade[9]
