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Team, Place & City Details
Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Dutch athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic games since its official debut in 1908.
Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This was announced in an official statement on the NOC*NSF website.
Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. A total of 83 Dutch competitors took part in 13 sports.
Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Dutch athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since their official debut in 1908, with the exception of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
The Netherlands competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes had competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St.
Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
The Netherlands competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for four athletes in equestrian team dressage.
Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics
The Netherlands is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October.
England national under-21 football team
England's national under-21 football team, also known as England under-21s or England U21, is considered to be the feeder team for the England national football team. This team is for English players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23.
England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid
England 2018 was the Football Association's unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. FIFA invited bidding countries to bid for either the 2018 or the 2022 finals, or both.
England national under-20 football team
England national under-20 football team, also known as England Under-20s or England U20, represents England in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England were the previous reigning champions of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, after defeating Venezuela in the final of the 2017 tournament.