Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Netherlands women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Netherlands women's national water polo team has participated in 2 of 5 official women's water polo tournaments.

Abbreviations

Apps	Appearances	Rk	Rank	Ref	Reference	Cap No.	Water polo cap number
Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper	ISHOF	International Swimming Hall of Fame
L/R	Handedness	L	Left-handed	R	Right-handed	Oly debut	Olympic debut in water polo
(C)	Captain	p.	page	pp.	pages

Team statistics

See also: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

•  1st  – Champions
•  2nd  – Runners-up
•  3rd  – Third place
•  4th  – Fourth place
•  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Women's team	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Years
Netherlands	4th		1st			6th	3
Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	10

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Netherlands	2	1	0	2000	2020	Champions	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Netherlands	Champions (2008)	2	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Netherlands	2	1 (2008)			1 (2000)	2000	2008

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

See also: List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. {{#section:List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments|Netherlands}}

Multiple medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. {{#section:List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)|Netherlands}}

Top goalscorers

See also: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. {{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers|Netherlands}}

Goalkeepers

See also: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively. <section begin=Goalkeepers />Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2000	1	Karla Plugge	1968	31	45	81	55.6%		Starting goalkeeper
	6	Hellen Boering	1964	36	0	0	—
2008	1	Ilse van der Meijden	1988	19	45	98	45.9%		Starting goalkeeper
	13	Meike de Nooy	1983	25	0	0	—
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 99), 2008 (pp. 71–72).<section end=Goalkeepers />

Top sprinters

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively. <section begin=Sprinters />* Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won): 0

• Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 1
• Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 0
• Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 0
• Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)

Female players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics

Rk	Sprinter	Birth	Total sprints won	Total sprints contested	Eff %	Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
						1	2	3	4	5
1	Daniëlle de Bruijn	1978	24	45	53.3%	2000 (9/23)		2008 (15/22)			22/30

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 99), 2008 (pp. 71–72).<section end=Sprinters />

Olympic champions

See also: List of Olympic champions in women's water polo

2008 Summer Olympics

{{#section:List of Olympic champions in women's water polo|2008}}

See also

• Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Netherlands at the Olympics

Sources

{{#section:List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics|Sources}}

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

• Honorees Listed by Category – Water Polo
• Honorees Listed by Category – Coaches
• Honorees Listed by Category – Contributors
• Honorees by Country
• Honorees By Last Name

External links

• Netherlands women's national water polo team – Official website
• Olympic water polo – Official website