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The Netherlands start the Women’s EHF EURO 2024 under new leadership. Previous head coach Per Johansson surprisingly quit his job in September 2024 to focus on his tasks at Györi Audi ETO KC, but it took only three weeks for the Dutch federation to pick fellow Swede Henrik Signell as his successor.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Signell coached the Korean women’s team and previously (from 2016 to 2020) was coach of the Swedish women’s team, steering them to the semi-final of the 2017 IHF Women’s World Championship, when they lost the bronze medal match against the Netherlands.

The Dutch play their 10th Women’s EHF EURO and their sixth in a row. Between 2015 and 2019, they reached the semi-finals of all major tournaments (EHF EURO, Olympic Games and World Championships), and won gold at the World Championship 2019 in Kumamoto. The Dutch record at the EHF EURO includes silver in 2016 and bronze in 2018.

Despite always being among the favourites, the Netherlands have failed to qualify for any semi-finals since becoming world champions, finishing the EHF EURO 2022 in sixth position and both the 2024 Olympic Games and the World Championships 2023 in fifth.

The team’s big star Estavana Polman, MVP of the World Championship in 2019, who currently plays club handball at CS Rapid Bucuresti has not been selected for the upcoming championship. The Dutch squad will be led by a host of other EHF Champions League Women players: Angela Malestein at FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria; Dione Housherr and Bo van Wetering at Györ; and Larissa Nüsser and team captain Lois Abbingh at Vipers. Like their group phase opponents Germany, they aim to finish in a top position at the EHF EURO 2024 to have a perfect foundation to co-host the world championship next year.

The qualification for the EHF EURO 2024 was like a walk in the park. As in 2022, they won all six matches, this time against Czechia, Portugal and Finland. The top scorer in the qualifiers was Angela Malestein with 28 goals.

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EHF competition history

Top Results

ECh Beach Handball
2023 - 2nd place

ECh Beach Handball
2019 - 3rd place

European Championship
2018 - 3rd place

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Key Players

Antje Angela Malestein)
Antje Angela Malestein
Right Wing

 

  • one of the stalwarts of the Netherlands, first played in the national team at age 16
  • closing in on the 700-goal mark, is the second-best scorer in the Dutch EHF EURO 2024 squad, after Lois Abbingh
  • was the third-best scorer of the 2023 World Championship, with 47 goals
  • left the Netherlands as a 19-year-old talent in 2012, arrived at FTC in 2020 after eight years in Germany
  • named best right wing of the 2022/23 European season at the inaugural EHF Excellence Awards
Lois Abbingh)
Lois Abbingh
Left Back

 

  • top scorer of the Dutch squad with more than 900 goals since her debut in 2009
  • scored the winning goal in the 2019 World Championship final against Spain — a penalty after the buzzer; was the tournament’s top scorer with 71 goals
  • became the first handball player to be the Netherlands’ flag bearer, at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony
  • missed EHF EURO 2022 shortly after giving birth to her son Lev
  • joined Vipers in the summer of 2023 after three seasons with Odense; previously played the EHF Champions League Women also for Rostov-Don and Baia Mare
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Head Coach

Henrik Signell

 

  • appointed head coach of the Netherlands in October 2024 to replace fellow Swede Per Johansson, who stepped down after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
  • previously coached the women’s national teams of Sweden (2016-20), leading them to the 2017 World Championship semi-finals, and South Korea (2023-24)
  • started his coaching career in 2005 at Sävehof, the club where he previously spent nine seasons as a player
  • rejoined the coaching staff of Sävehof’s women’s team in October 2024, combining it with his job as the Netherlands head coach
  • was a centre back who spent his entire playing career with clubs in Sweden; played one match for the national team, in 1994

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