Netherlands: Lars Balk plays 150th international game in front of empty stand in Den Bosch

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Netherlands:

No Felice Albers, no Laura Nunnink, no Emma Reijnen, no Jip Dicke. Injuries cast a shadow over the Dutch national team’s European Championship squad, which nevertheless will take on fourteen Olympic champions from Paris in Mönchengladbach. ‘Despite the absence of several players, we are obviously still traveling to Germany with a top team,’ stressed national […]
Netherlands: Orange without Felice Albers to EC in Mönchengladbach

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Netherlands: Hortensius overjoyed about EC selection: ‘I couldn’t believe it’

Two internationals, zero goals. Olivier Hortensius’ resume could use a boost. Yet the 22-year-old Rotterdam striker surprised friend and foe this week with his spot in the selection for the European Championship in Mönchengladbach (Aug. 8-17). “I feel like a kid in a candy store, that’s how happy I am. Hortensius is the only tournament […]
Netherlands: Gold and Silver Cup registration closes on Aug. 15

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In the past, Jorge Nolte (50) was at the helm of Klein Zwitserland. Since November, he has been national coach of “big” Switzerland. Although you can hardly put it that way, since the entire Swiss field hockey population has almost as many field hockey players as the club from The Hague. On Sunday, Nolte begins […]
Netherlands: Back to 2016: Jonas de Geus’ solo at the U18 European Championships

This week we dig into the section ‘Green as grass‘ every day in our archives, looking for the first flashes of class among the current generation of internationals, then still with a young head. In this fifth and final installment, we conclude with Jonas de Geus, midfielder of Kampong. In 2016, he guided Oranje U18 […]
Netherlands: Michel van den Heuvel national coach of Chinese men

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Hoofdklasse: Goalkeeper Guus van Holten to Schaerweijde
Schaerweijde has strengthened with goalkeeper Guus van Holten, who comes over from Rotterdam. The club writes: ‘Guus is known as someone who always works hard, does not give up easily and is always ready to help, whether it is an extra training session or something outside. This mentality has taken him far.’ Van Holten is […]
Netherlands:

Every day this week in the section ‘As green as grass‘ we dig into our archives, looking for the first flashes of class in the current generation of internationals, then still with a young head. In this fourth installment: Kampong midfielder Eline Jansen. As a player of Kampong MB1, she claimed the lead role in […]