Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team

Netherlands
IWBF zoneEurope
National federationNBB
CoachGertjan van der Linden
Nickname(s)Orange Lions
Paralympic Games
Appearances10
Medals:2 :1 :4
World Championships
Appearances8
Medals:2 :0 :1
European Championship
Appearances17
Medals:8 :8 :1
Medal record
Paralympic Games
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
World Championships
2014 Toronto
2018 Hamburg
2022 Dubai
European Championships
1987 Lorient
1989 Charleville-Mézières
1991 El Ferrol
1993 Berlin
1995 Delden
1997 Madrid
1999 Roermond
2003 Hamburg
2005 Villeneuve-d'Ascq
2007 Wetzlar
2009 Stoke Mandeville
2011 Nazareth
2013 Frankfurt
2015 Worcester
2017 Adeje
2019 Rotterdam
2021 Madrid
2023 Rotterdam

The Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team represents the Netherlands in international women's wheelchair basketball competitions. The team is known as the Orange Lions. The Dutch women's team is Paralympic champion (2020), two-time world champion (2018, 2023) and nine-time European champion.

The team won the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]

Paralympic Games

Year # Pld W L
1968 Tel Aviv Did not qualify
1972 Heidelberg
1976 Toronto
1980 Arnhem
1984 Stoke Mandeville ?
1988 Seoul 3rd 6 4 2
1992 Barcelona 3rd 5 3 2
1996 Atlanta 2nd 5 3 2
2000 Sydney 4th 5 2 3
2004 Athens 7th 6 1 5
2008 Beijing 6th 7 3 4
2012 London 3rd 7 5 2
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3rd 7 5 2
2020 Tokyo 1st 7 6 1
2024 Paris 1st 6 6 0
Total 11/15 61 38 23

World Championships

Year # Pld W L
1990 Saint-Étienne 4th
1994 Stoke Mandeville 4th
1998 Sydney 6th
2002 Kitakyushu 6th
2006 Amsterdam 5th
2010 Birmingham 5th 7 4 3
2014 Toronto 3rd 8 7 1
2018 Hamburg 1st 8 8 0
2022 Dubai 1st 8 8 0
Total 9/9

See also

References

  1. ^ Pavitt, Michael (4 September 2021). "The Netherlands win maiden women's wheelchair basketball gold at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 8 January 2022.