Noortje Driessen

Noortje Driessen
Personal information
Born (1999-08-22) 22 August 1999
Noordwijk, Netherlands
Listed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
Playing career2014–present
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2014–2021Grasshoppers
2021–2023GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück
2023–presentGrasshoppers
Career highlights
  • 4x WBL champion (2018, 2019, 2024, 2025)
  • 2x Carla de Liefde Trophy winner (2024, 2025)
  • 2x Supercup winner (2023, 2024)
Medals
Women's 3x3 basketball
Representing  Netherlands
FIBA 3x3 World Cup
2025 Ulaanbaatar Team
Europe Cup
2023 Jerusalem
2022 Graz
2024 Vienna

Noortje Driessen (born 22 August 1999) is a Dutch basketball player who plays for Grasshoppers of the Women's Basketball League. Standing at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), she plays in the shooting guard position. She has also been a member of the Dutch senior and 3x3 national team.

Professional career

Driessen began her career in 2014 with Grasshoppers. Her team won the Dutch championship for the first time in 2018.[1] In 2021, Driessen moved to GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück. Two years later, she returned to Grasshoppers, where her team won the Dutch championship again in 2024 and 2025.

National team career

With the Dutch national 3x3 team, Driessen won the silver medal at the 3x3 Europe Cups of 2022 and the gold medal in 2023.[2][3] Her team also won the bronze medal in 2024. In 2025, Driessen was part of the Dutch national 3x3 team for the 3x3 World Cup, where they won gold.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Basketbalsters Grasshoppers grijpen ook landstitel" (in Dutch). NOS. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Serbia's men and France's women win FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2022". FIBA. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Nederlandse 3x3-basketbalsters schrijven geschiedenis met goud op EK". nos.nl. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ "WK 3×3 Basketball komt eraan: dit zijn de Nederlandse selecties". basketball.nl. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse 3x3-basketbalsters schrijven geschiedenis met eerste wereldtitel". nos.nl. 29 June 2025.