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.
| IWBF zone | Europe | ||
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| National federation | NBB | ||
| Coach | Gertjan van der Linden | ||
| Nickname(s) | Orange Lions | ||
| Paralympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 10 | ||
| Medals |  :2  :1  :4 | ||
| World Championships | |||
| Appearances | 8 | ||
| Medals | :2 :0 :1 | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 17 | ||
| Medals | :8 :8 :1 | ||
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The team won the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]
Paralympic Games
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World Championships
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pavitt, Michael (4 September 2021). "The Netherlands win maiden women's wheelchair basketball gold at Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Wheelchair Basketball Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
External links
edit- "Basketball - Women's Paralympic Games [2012- ]". the-sports.org.
- "Basketball - Women's Wheelchair World Championships [2010 - ]". the-sports.org.
- "Basketball - Women's Wheelchair European Championships [2015 - ]". the-sports.org.
- Wheelchair Basketball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics (Seoul) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Wheelchair Basketball
- "Wheelchair Basketball Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. 5 September 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-06.
- "World Championships Past Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.
- Team's page on basketball.nl
- Team History on basketball.nl
- teamnl.org