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Netherlands men's national under-21 field hockey team

Netherlands
Netherlands
Nickname(s)Jong Oranje Heren (Young Orange Men)
AssociationRoyal Dutch Hockey Federation (Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond)
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Head CoachJesse Mahieu
Assistant coach(es)Tim Oudenaller
ManagerThijs de Greeff
CaptainSilas Lageman
Home
Away
Junior World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1979)
Best resultSilver 2nd (1985, 2009)
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1976)
Best resultGold 1st (1976, 1978, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022)
Medal record
Junior World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1985 Vancouver
Silver medal – second place 2009 Johor Bahru-Singapore
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Versailles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 New Delhi
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 1976 Hamburg
Gold medal – first place 1978 Dublin
Gold medal – first place 1992 Vught
Gold medal – first place 1996 Vejle
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lausanne
Gold medal – first place 2006 Prague
Gold medal – first place 2010 Siemianowice Śląskie
Gold medal – first place 2014 Waterloo
Gold medal – first place 2017 Valencia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ghent
Silver medal – second place 1977 Folkestone
Silver medal – second place 1984 Rome
Silver medal – second place 2008 San Sebastián
Silver medal – second place 2012 's-Hertogenbosch
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Barcelona
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Santander
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Poznań
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Madrid
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Nivelles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Valencia

The Netherlands men's national under-21 field hockey team represents the Netherlands in men's international under-21 field hockey and is controlled by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, the governing body for field hockey in the Netherlands.[1]

The team competes in the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championships which they have won a record ten times. They have also appeared in all Junior World Cups where their best result is winning the silver medal in 1985 and 2009.

Tournament record

Junior World Cup

EuroHockey Junior Championship

  • 1976 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1977 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 1978 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1981 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1984 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 1988 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1992 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1996 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 1998 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2000 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2002 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2004 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2006 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2008 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2010 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2012 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2014 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2017 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2019 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2022 – 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  • 2024 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Source:[2]

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named on 4 November 2025 for the 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup in Tamil Nadu, India from 28 November to 10 December 2025.[3]

Caps updated as of 20 July 2024, after the match against Spain.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
1 GK Nieki Verbeek (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 7 Netherlands Oranje-Rood
2 GK Olivier Paalman (2006-06-30) 30 June 2006 0 Netherlands Amsterdam
5 Peppe Veen (2005-12-11) 11 December 2005 0 Netherlands Schaerweijde
6 Tjeerd Boermans (2004-10-01) 1 October 2004 0 Netherlands Amsterdam
7 Danilo Trieling (2004-02-22) 22 February 2004 5 Netherlands SCHC
8 Thies Bakker (2005-01-22) 22 January 2005 5 Netherlands Kampong
9 Finn van Bijnen (2004-05-24) 24 May 2004 5 Netherlands Kampong
10 DF Gijs ter Braak (2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 11 Netherlands Bloemendaal
11 MF Merijn Maas (2004-12-15) 15 December 2004 0 Netherlands HDM
12 Jens de Vuijst (2004-06-12) 12 June 2004 3 Netherlands Kampong
13 Joppe Wolbert (2005-05-14) 14 May 2005 10 Netherlands Den Bosch
14 FW Jan van 't Land (2005-04-07) 7 April 2005 11 Netherlands Bloemendaal
15 Teun Hogenhout (2008-02-19) 19 February 2008 0 Netherlands Bloemendaal
16 MF Pepijn van der Valk (2006-06-09) 9 June 2006 18 Netherlands Pinoké
17 Tim Knapper (2006-08-22) 22 August 2006 5 Netherlands Pinoké
18 Pepijn Jones (2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 0 Netherlands Klein Zwitserland
19 Lucas Corstens (2007-05-14) 14 May 2007 0 Netherlands Amsterdam
21 Kjell Plantenga (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 0 Netherlands Kampong
22 FW Casper van der Veen (Captain) (2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 22 Netherlands Bloemendaal
25 Casper Hafkamp (2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 0 Netherlands SCHC

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jong Oranje Heren". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Jong Oranje Heren-selectie voor het WK bekend". knhb.nl. Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
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