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| Netherlands national baseball team | |
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| Information | |
| Country | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Federation | Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation |
| Confederation | WBSC Europe |
| Manager | Hensley Meulens |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 7  (18 December 2023)[1] |
| Highest | 5 (December 2014) |
| Lowest | 9 (3 times; latest in June 2021) |
| Uniforms | |
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| World Baseball Classic | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2006) |
| Best result | 4th (2 times, most recent in 2017 ) |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1996) |
| Best result | 5th (2 times, most recent in 2000) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 17 (first in 1970) |
| Best result |  1st (1 time, in 2011) |
| Intercontinental Cup | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1983) |
| Best result |  2nd (2 times, most recent in 2010) |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 34 (first in 1956) |
| Best result |  1st (24 times, most recent in 2021) |
The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, representing the country in international men's baseball. They are currently ranked as the best team in the WBSC Europe, and the team is also ranked seventh in the WBSC World Rankings.[1]
The Netherlands participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. The team has also participated in both of the other major international baseball tournaments recognised by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF): the World Baseball Classic (WBC) and the Baseball World Cup. In 2011, the team won the World Cup after beating 25-time champion Cuba in the finals. The team is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation, which is represented in the WBSC Europe.
The team is made up primarily of players from the Netherlands in Europe, and from Dutch territories and islands in the Caribbean that are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, such as Aruba and Curaçao (which is part of the former Netherlands Antilles, which have since been dissolved), where baseball is extremely popular. Some foreigners of Dutch descent have also been members of the team. While baseball only maintains a niche following throughout Europe, the Netherlands, along with Italy, are the two European countries where the sport's popularity is strongest; the team has finished in either first or second place in 31 out of the 32 European Baseball Championships in which it has appeared, the exception being the 2023 European Baseball Championship, where it finished in third place.
The team played in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and finished in 4th place. It won the 2019 European Baseball Championship, winning a gold medal. It then competed at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019, taking second place behind Team Israel. The team tried but failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics at the three-team Final Qualifying Tournament in late June 2021.
- ^ a b "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.