The coach of the Dutch men's hockey team, Paul van Ass, has selected his 18 man squad for the 4-Nations event that takes place in Monchengladbach, Germany from 21-24 July 2011.
Following the completion of the event, long term absentee and world great Teun de Nooijer will be one of a number of players who re-join the training group for the EuroHockey Nations Championships which take place in August. More information and full squad details can be found below.
Netherlands squad for 4-Nations
(Shirt number / Name / Caps)
1 - Klaas Veering (GK) - 38; 2 - Jaap Stockmann (GK) - 35; 4 - Klaas Vermeulen - 33; 5 - Marcel Balkestein - 62; 7 - Wouter Jolie - 88; 9 - Roderick Weusthof - 125; 10 - Taeke Taekema - 222; 11 - Jeroen Hertzberger - 84; 12 - Robbert Kemperman - 50; 16 - Floris Evers (C) - 202; 19 - Bob de Voogd - 12; 20 - Sander de Wijn - 3; 22 - Rogier Hofman - 93; 24 - Robert van der Horst - 160; 25 - Seve van Ass - 3; 26 - Valentin Verga - 25; 28 - Billy Bakker - 26; 29 - Tim Jenniskens - 16.
4-Nations Program
The three other nations participating in this tournament are Australia, Spain and Germany. The Netherlands plays against Australia at 17:30hrs (Central European Time / GMT +1) on Thursday 21 July. On Saturday 23 July 23 the team faces Spain at 14:00hrs before taking on Germany on Sunday 24 July at 13:30hrs.
Preparation for the 2011 EuroHockey Nations Championships
The Dutch team is preparing for the EuroHockey Nations Championships, which will be played 20-28 August in Mönchengladbach, Germany. From there The Netherlands will be aiming to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games by a achieving a place in the top three. However, if England, who represent the already qualified Great Britain, finishes in any of top three positions at the even then the team that finishes fourth will also secure a berth at the 2012 Games.
Returning Players
After the completion of the 4-Nations event in Monchengladbach, the following players with re-join the group: Erik Bouwens, Mark Jenniskens (GK), Teun de Nooijer, Eby Kessing, Sander Baart, Mink van der Weerden, Pirmin Blaak (GK) and Quirijn Caspers.
Source material: KNHB Media Release
