Netherlands has dominated the Women’s World Cup for 44 years now, from inaugural edition till 2018 edition. Very rarely any team in any Sports can come closer to the comparison. They have reached 13 semifinals, 12 finals and won 8 times in 14 editions. They have won 87 of the 102 games played, scored 321 goals that is almost 5 times to the goals they conceded. Only once they failed to reach semifinal and finished 6th. View their complete record at Women’s Hockey World Cup of every edition, against every opposition and number of goals scored and conceded.
2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup: Schedule and Results
About Women’s Hockey World Cup
List of Women’s Hockey World Cups Winners
Indian Squad for Women’s Hockey World Cup 2018
2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup: Points Table
Summary of Group Stage
Who Will Prevent Repeat of FIFA World Cup 2018
Highlights
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India was the first team to defeat Netherlands. In Pool Match of 1974, Indians won 1-0.
Won All matches in tournament: 1976, 2014, 2018
Matches: Played 102, Won 87, Lost 10, Drew 5
Netherlands as Top Scorer of Tournament: 1981, 1983, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
Netherlands not in Top 3 Scorers of Tournament: 1974, 1994
Hattrick of Titles: Once
Win, Loss Record of Netherlands Against All Nations
Netherlands has played against 23 nations in 14 editions, won against all, lost against 8 and drew against 5. They have played maximum matches against Australia and won maximum finals against them, lost most to Argentina that includes 2 finals and a semifinals. They have lost two more finals, one each to Australia and Germany.
Wins Against All
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10: Australia (3 Finals, 1 SF)
8: England (1 QF, 2 SFs)
6: Germany (2 Finals, 2 SFs), Spain (one 5-8th place)
6: Belgium (1 3rd place, 1 SF)
5 Canada (1 Final), India
4: Argentina (1 Final, 2SF), China (1 SF), New Zealand (1 SF),
3: Japan, South Korea, USA
2: Italy, Mexico, Ireland
1: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Scotland, South Africa, Soviet Union (SF), Switzerland, Wales
Matches Lost: 10
Netherlands has lost to 8 nations: 3 matches to Argentina, 2 to Germany, 1 each to India, Canada, USA, South Korea and Australia.
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1974 Pool India won 1-0
1976 Semifinal Argentina won on penalty shootout
1981 Final Germany won
1986 Pool Canada won 2-1
1994 Pool USA and Germany, 5th Place: Lost to South Korea
1998 Final Australia
2002 Final Argentina
2010 Final Argentina
Matches Drawn: 5 Matches
Netherlands has drawn 1 match each against 5 nations.
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1983 Pool Scotland
1990 Pool South Korea
1998 Pool Argentina
2002 Pool Spain
2006 Pool Germany
Netherland’s Performance in All Editions of Women’s Hockey World Cup
| Year | Rank | Matches | Won | Lost | Draw | GF | GA |
| 1974 | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 1976 | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| 1978 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 1981 | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 1983 | 1st | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| 1986 | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 |
| 1990 | 1st | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 1994 | 6th | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 1998 | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 |
| 2002 | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 |
| 2006 | 1st | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 |
| 2014 | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 14 Editions | 8 Titles | 102 | 87 | 10 | 5 | 321 | 68 |
Match Won by Netherlands in Every Edition of Women’s Hockey World Cups
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1974: Argentina (Final), Belgium, Germany (SF), Spain, Mexico
1976: Belgium, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, and Belgium (3rd place)
1978: Argentina, Canada, Czechoslovakia, India, Belgium (SF), Germany (Final)
1981: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Spain, Soviet Union (SF)
1983: Australia, India, USA, Wales, Germany (SF), Canada (Final)
1986: Scotland, England, Australia, Spain, New Zealand (SF), Germany (Final)
1990: New Zealand, Spain, Canada, USA, England (SF), Australia (Final)
1994: Def China, Canada, England, Spain (5-8th place)
1998: South Korea, New Zealand, England, India, Germany (SF)
2002: Australia, England, Japan, USA, South Africa, Ireland, China (SF)
2006: Spain, England, China, India, Argentina (SF), Australia (Final)
2010: Germany, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, England (SF)
2014: Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Belgium, Argentina (SF), Australia (Final)
2018: Italy, South Korea, China, England (QF), Australia (SF), Ireland (Final)
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