🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS (NED) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1935-)

The Netherlands squad has been a rare sighting in the history of the International Hockey Lineal Championship, intermittently playing for the title since 1939. However, the Oranje failed to truly compete in these games, losing all nine of their IHLC games by at least five goals. They have not competed for the IHLC since 1982, one year after their last competition in the top pool at the World Championship, and two years after their only Olympic appearance.

IHLC GAMES
Total IHLC Games Played: 9
First IHLC Game: 8-0 loss vs. 🇨🇦 CAN, 03 Feb 1939
Latest IHLC Game: 10-1 loss vs. 🇷🇺 URS, 06 Jan 1982
Closest IHLC Game: 10-5 loss vs. 🇷🇺 URS, 30 Dec 1978
Largest IHLC Defeat: 18-1 loss vs. 🇷🇺 URS, 04 Jan 1979

IHLC HOSTING
IHLC Games Hosted: 8
First Game Hosted: 🇨🇦 CAN 2-1 USA 🇺🇸, 24 Feb 1939 (Tilburg)
Latest Game Hosted: 🇷🇺 URS 10-1 NED 🇳🇱, 06 Jan 1982 (The Hague)
Major Tournaments Hosted: none

MAJOR TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Best IIHF World Championship Result: 8th (2: 1950, 1981)
Best Olympic Games Result: 9th (1: 1980)

COMPETITIVE IHLC RECORDS
🇨🇦 CANADA: 0 wins, 1 loss
🇷🇺 SOVIET UNION: 0 wins, 8 losses

COMPLETE IHLC HISTORY
01. 🇨🇦 CAN 8-0 NED 🇳🇱 – 03 Feb 1939 – WC – Basel 🇨🇭
02. 🇷🇺 URS 13-3 NED 🇳🇱 – 29 Dec 1978 – EX – The Hague 🇳🇱
03. 🇷🇺 URS 10-5 NED 🇳🇱 – 30 Dec 1978 – EX – Groningen 🇳🇱
04. 🇷🇺 URS 18-1 NED 🇳🇱 – 04 Jan 1979 – EX – Assen 🇳🇱
05. 🇷🇺 URS 17-4 NED 🇳🇱 – 14 Feb 1980 – OG – Lake Placid 🇺🇸
06. 🇷🇺 URS 9-2 NED 🇳🇱 – 30 Dec 1981 – EX – Roosendaal 🇳🇱
07. 🇷🇺 URS 13-4 NED 🇳🇱 – 03 Jan 1982 – EX – Amsterdam 🇳🇱
08. 🇷🇺 URS 16-4 NED 🇳🇱 – 04 Jan 1982 – EX – Eindhoven 🇳🇱
09. 🇷🇺 URS 10-1 NED 🇳🇱 – 06 Jan 1982 – EX – The Hague 🇳🇱

Photo Credit: Royz – IIHF – HHOF – IOC