Netherlands at the FIFA Women's World Cup

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The Netherlands has qualified three times for the FIFA Women's World Cup: In 2015, in 2019, and in 2023. They reached the 2nd round in 2015 and the final in 2019.[1]

1991 World Cup

The Netherlands failed in the quarter-finals of

qualification for UEFA Women's Euro 1991, which served as the qualifying tournament for the first women's World Cup in China. In the group stage, the Netherlands came first place with three wins and a draw against Ireland and Northern Ireland. In the quarter-finals they met Denmark in a two-legged tie. After a goalless draw in Denmark they lost the home game in Denekamp
0-1 after extra time.

1995 World Cup

As in 1991,

qualification. This time Iceland, against which both games were lost, and Greece
, against which both games were won, were the group opponents. As second in the group, they failed to reach the quarter-finals and the World Cup.

1999 World Cup

For the third World Cup, UEFA started its own qualification process. The Netherlands in the group stage encountered world champion Norway, European champion Germany, and England. In their home games, the Netherlands won 1–0 against Germany and 2–1 against England, and reached a goalless draw against Norway, but lost all three away games and placed third ahead of England.

2003 World Cup

For the 2003 World Cup, the Netherlands faced Germany and England again in qualification, as well as Portugal for the first time. The Netherlands started with a 0–0 draw in England, but then lost four games before they won against Portugal in the final game, resulting in third place overall. Germany, who won all the matches, this time qualified directly for the World Cup, which they ended up winning.

2007 World Cup

England and France were the opponents in qualification for the 2007 World Cup, which was held for the second time in China. As other group opponents, the Netherlands faced Austria and Hungary for the first time. The Netherlands started with two 1-0 victories in France and Austria, but then lost 1–0 to England. After a 5–0 in Hungary, they also lost the next home game, this time with 0–2 against France. This was followed by three games that ended 4-0: In England with four goals for England, as well as in the two home games with four goals for the Netherlands against Austria and Hungary.

2011 World Cup

In March 2010, Roger Reijners took over as the national team coach from Vera Pauw, who had coached the Netherlands since 2004, and was fired over differences with the association's leadership. At the draw for qualification they were tied with Norway again. Other opponents were Belarus, Slovakia, and Macedonia. The Netherlands started with a 0–3 loss in Norway. They followed up with the 13–1 against Macedonia, one of their two highest international wins, and a 1–1 against Belarus. All subsequent matches were won, except for the home game against Norway, which ended in a 2–2 draw. In the end the Netherlands placed second behind Norway, which won in the play-off round of the group winners against Ukraine.

2015 World Cup

Main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Starting positions in the first World Cup match of the Netherlands

The Netherlands qualified for the 2015 World Cup. At the qualification draw for the World Cup in Canada, they were again matched with Norway. Other group opponents were Belgium, whom they beat in the first game 4–0, Portugal, Greece, and Albania. After a 0–7 win in Portugal, they lost out on direct qualification in the home games against Norway and Belgium losing 1-2 and drawing 1-1. However, on the final day of qualifying, the Netherlands were able to secure their participation in the playoff games of the runners-up by winning in Norway. In the playoffs they qualified for the first time with two wins against Scotland and, after a 1–1 home game a 2–1 victory in Italy. Both goals were scored by 18-year-old Vivianne Miedema, who became topscorer in the UEFA qualification with 16 goals.

In the draw for the groups, the Netherlands were not placed and were assigned to Group A with hosts Canada

In the second round they were eliminated by Japan.[2]

Group A

Main article: 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  China 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  New Zealand 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
New Zealand 0–1 Netherlands
Report
  • Martens 33'
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 53,058[3]
)
16:00 MDT (UTC−6)
China 1–0 Netherlands
 Report
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 35,544[4]
)
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)
Netherlands 1–1 Canada
 Report
  • Lawrence
    10'
Attendance: 45,420[5]

Round of 16

Japan 2–1 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 28,717[6]

2019 World Cup

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Vivianne Miedema, top scorer in World Cup qualification
Start positions in the final

In July 2017, the Netherlands won

red card
, and the result was a draw, making the Netherlands qualify for the second time for a World Cup.

In France, like in 2015, the Netherlands met Canada and New Zealand in the group stage as well as Cameroon.[7] With three wins, the Netherlands qualified for the knockout stages. Again like in 2015, Japan was the opponent in the first knock-out round.[8] With two goals from Lieke Martens, the Netherlands reached the quarter-final against Italy. The Netherlands won 2–0, with Miedema scoring her third World Cup goal. With this, the Netherlands also qualified for the Olympic Games 2020 for the first time. In the semi-final, after 90 goalless minutes, Jackie Groenen scored the only goal of the match in extra time.[9] The Netherlands reached the final, where they lost to defending champions United States with 0–2.[10]

Group E

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Cameroon 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: FIFA
New Zealand 0–1 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 10,654[11]
Netherlands 3–1 Cameroon
 Report
Australia
)
Netherlands 2–1 Canada
 Report
Attendance: 19,277[13]

Round of 16

Netherlands 2–1 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 21,076[14]

Quarter-finals

Italy 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 22,600[15]

Semi-finals

Netherlands 1–0 (a.e.t.) Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 48,452[16]

Final

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final
United States 2–0 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 57,900[17]

2023 World Cup

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group E

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  United States 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
3  Portugal 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Netherlands 1–0 Portugal
Van der Gragt 13' Report
Attendance: 11,991
United States 1–1 Netherlands
Horan 62' Report Roord 17'
Attendance: 27,312
Vietnam 0–7 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 8,215
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Round of 16

Netherlands 2–0 South Africa
 Report
Attendance: 40,233

Quarter-finals

Spain 2–1 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
 Report Van der Gragt 90+1'
Attendance: 32,021

FIFA World Cup record

Netherlands's FIFA World Cup record
Host nation
and year 		Result Pos Pld W D* L GF GA
China 1991 Did not qualify
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015 Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 3 4
France 2019 Runners-up 2nd 7 6 0 1 11 5
Australia New Zealand 2023 Quarter-finals 7th 5 3 1 1 12 2
Total 3/9 2nd 16 10 2 4 26 12
* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Record by opponent

FIFA Women's World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Canada 2 1 1 0 3 2
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 3 1
 China 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Italy 1 1 0 0 2 0
 Japan 2 1 0 1 3 3
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 2 0
 Portugal 1 1 0 0 1 0
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Spain 1 0 0 1 1 2
 Sweden 1 1 0 0 1 0
 United States 2 0 1 1 1 3
 Vietnam 1 1 0 0 7 0
Total 16 10 2 4 26 12

Goalscorers

Player Goals 2015 2019 2023
Jill Roord 5 1 4
Lieke Martens 4 1 2 1
Vivianne Miedema 3 3
Stefanie van der Gragt 3 1 2
Esmee Brugts 2 2
Kirsten van de Ven 2 2
Lineth Beerensteyn 2 1 1
Dominique Bloodworth
 		1 1
Jackie Groenen 1 1
Anouk Dekker 1 1
Katja Snoeijs 1 1
Daniëlle van de Donk 1 1
Total 26 3 11 12

See also

References

  1. ^ McMahon, Bobby. "The Secret To The Netherlands' Success At The 2019 Women's World Cup". Forbes.com.
  2. ^ "Japan keep Women's World Cup title defence alive with win over Holland". Theguardian.com. June 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Match report – Group A – New Zealand v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Match report – Group A – China PR v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Match report – Group A – Netherlands v Canada" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Japan v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Canada draws Netherlands, New Zealand, Cameroon at women's World Cup".
  8. ^ "Late Netherlands penalty breaks Japan's hearts at Women's World Cup". CNN.
  9. ^ "Women's World Cup: Netherlands beat Sweden to reach final against USA". Bbc.co.uk. July 3, 2019.
  10. ^ Das, Andrew (July 7, 2019). "U.S. Wins Record Fourth World Cup Title". Nytimes.com.
  11. ^ "Match report – Group E – New Zealand v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Match report – Group E – Netherlands v Cameroon" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Match report – Group E – Netherlands v Canada" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Netherlands v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Match report – Quarter-final – Italy v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Match report – Semi-finals – Netherlands v Sweden" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Match report – Final – USA v Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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