Netherlands at the 2015 European Games

Netherlands at the 2015 European Games
IOC code	NED
NOC	NOC*NSF
Website	www.nocnsf.nl
in Baku, Azerbaijan 12 – 28 June 2015
Competitors	117 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Reshmie Oogink (opening) Twan van Gendt (closing)
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 8 12 9 29
European Games appearances
2015 2019

Netherlands is participate at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.^[1]

117 athletes had been selected by the Dutch Olympic Committee to represent the Netherlands.^[2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold DijkEllen van Dijk Cycling Women's time trial 18 June  Gold Jiao, LiLi Jiao Table tennis Women's singles 19 June  Gold Wevers, LiekeLieke Wevers Gymnastics Women's balance beam 20 June  Gold Steenbergen, MarritMarrit Steenbergen Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 24 June  Gold Fontijn, NouchkaNouchka Fontijn Boxing Women's 75 kg 25 June  Gold Polling, KimKim Polling Judo Women's 70 kg 26 June  Gold Grol, HenkHenk Grol Judo Men's 100 kg 27 June  Gold Verkerk, MarhindeMarhinde Verkerk Judo Women's 78 kg 27 June  Silver Klamer, RachelRachel Klamer Triathlon Women's individual 13 June  Silver Clement, StefStef Clement Cycling Men's time trial 18 June  Silver Eerland, BrittBritt Eerland Li Jie Li Jiao Table tennis Women's team 15 June  Silver Jie, LiLi Jie Table tennis Women's singles 19 June  Silver Smidt, CasimirCasimir Smidt Gymnastics Men's vault 20 June  Silver BergSjef van den Berg Archery Men's individual 22 June  Silver EngelenLaura van Engelen Frederique Janssen Pien Schravesande Marrit Steenbergen Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 23 June  Silver Tjonk, IrisIris Tjonk Tes Schouten Josein Wijkhuis Marrit Steenbergen Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 25 June  Silver Steenbergen, MarritMarrit Steenbergen Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 26 June  Silver Steenbergen, MarritMarrit Steenbergen Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 26 June  Silver Laura van EngelenLaura van Engelen Frederique Janssen Marieke Tienstra Marrit Steenbergen Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 27 June  Silver Twan van GendtTwan van Gendt Cycling Men's BMX 28 June  Bronze Céline van GernerCéline van Gerner Lisa Top Lieke Wevers Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 15 June  Bronze Annemiek van VleutenAnnemiek van Vleuten Cycling Women's time trial 18 June  Bronze Wevers, LiekeLieke Wevers Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 18 June  Bronze Sjef van den BergSjef van den Berg Mitch Dielemans Rick van der Ven Archery Men's team 18 June  Bronze BreggenAnna van der Breggen Cycling Women's road race 20 June  Bronze Top, LisaLisa Top Gymnastics Women's vault 20 June  Bronze Wevers, LiekeLieke Wevers Gymnastics Women's floor exercise 20 June  Bronze Elmont, GuillaumeGuillaume Elmont Judo Men's 90 kg 27 June  Bronze Steenhuis, GuusjeGuusje Steenhuis Judo Women's 78 kg 27 June

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 3 0 2 5 Swimming 1 5 0 6 Cycling 1 2 2 5 Table Tennis 1 2 0 3 Gymnastics 1 1 4 6 Boxing 1 0 0 1 Archery 0 1 1 2 Triatlon 0 1 0 1 Total 8 12 9 29

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Archery

The Netherlands has qualified for three quota places in both the men's and the women's archery events at the Games, and as a result has also qualified for the team events.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rick van der Ven	Men's individual	679	2	Guidi W 6-0	Weiss W 7-3	Ivashko W 7-1	Prilepov L 4-6	Did not advance		5
Sjef van den Berg		678	3	Lapsins W 6-0	Hristov W 7-3	Ruban W 6-4	Plihon W 7-3	Prilepov W 6-0	Alvariño L 1-7
Mitch Dielemans		655	29	Frangilli W 7-3	Ivanytskyy L 3-7	Did not advance				17
Shireen-Zoe de Vries	Women's individual	630	27	Alarcon L w/o	Did not advance					33
Esther Deden		615	47	Myszor W 6-4	Schuh L 4-6	Did not advance				17
Annemarie der Kinderen		608	51	Ruggieri L 4-6	Did not advance					33
Rick van der Ven Sjef van den Berg Mitch Dielemans	Men's team	2012	1	N/A		Bye	Russia W 5-4	Ukraine L 3-5	France W 5-3
Shireen-Zoe de Vries Esther Deden Annemarie der Kinderen	Women's team	1853	13	N/A		Ukraine L 3-5	Did not advance			9
Shireen-Zoe de Vries Rick van der Ven	Mixed team	1309	8	N/A		Denmark W 6-0	Italy L 2-6	Did not advance		5

Basketball

• Women's tournament – one team of four players - lost in Round of 16

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Müllenberg	Men's Light Heavy	BYE	Karlidag W 3-0	Mammad L 0-3	Did not advance
Nouchka Fontijn	Women's Middle	N/A	Marshall W 3-0	Shambir W 3-0	Scheurich W 3-0	Laurell Nash W 3-0

Canoeing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eef Haaze	Women's K-1 5000 metres	N/A				23:53.064	8

Cycling

The Netherlands will participate in road cycling disciplines at the European Games.^[4]

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Michiel van der Heijden	Men's cross country	DNF

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stef Clement	Road Race	DNF
	Time Trial	1:00:46.08
Pim Ligthart	Road Race	DNF
Nick van de Lijke		DNF
Niki Terpstra		5:27:29	8
Wouter Wippert		5:33:43	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chantal Blaak	Road Race	DNF
Lucinda Brand		3:25:53	24
Anna van der Breggen		3:20:36
Ellen van Dijk	Road Race	3:20:54	4
	Time trial	32:26.87
Amy Pieters	Road race	3:25:53	19
Annemiek van Vleuten	Road race	3:24:17	7
	Time trial	33:33.56

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Twan van Gendt	Men's BMX	33.540	3 Q	3	1 Q	32.768	1 Q	33.887
Jelle van Gorkom		34.382	15 Q	6	2 Q	33.941	2 Q	1:05.020	8
Merle van Benthem	Women's BMX	38.301	9 Q	N/A		6	2 Q	38.370	4
Laura Smulders		38.962	11 Q	N/A		4	1 Q	5	43.176

Fencing

Athlete	Event	Groupstage							Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bas Verwijlen	Men's épée	Cimini L 4-5	Hanczvikkel W 5-3	Aliyev W 5-1	Dobrev W 5-1	Novosjolov L 1-5	von der Osten L 0-3	4 Q	Dida W 15-12	Nikishin W 15-8	Jerent L 9-15	Did not advance		5

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Peter Hellenbrand	Men's 10 m air rifle	623.2	15	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Maaike Caelers	Women's	22:02	0:47	1:05:03	0:26	36:28	2:04:46	12
Rachel Klamer		20:16	0:53	1:04:06	0:34	35:55	2:01:44

Volleyball

Indoor volleyball

• Women's tournament – one team of 14 players

Maret Balkestein-Grothues
Yvon Beliën
Anne Buijs
Robin de Kruijf
Laura Dijkema
Nicole Koolhaas
Nicole Oude Luttikhuis
Judith Pietersen
Celeste Plak
Myrthe Schoot
Lonneke Sloetjes
Debby Stam-Pilon
Quinta Steenbergen
Femke Stoltenborg

Group Stage

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	4	1	13	14	4	3.500	426	359	1.187
2	Netherlands	4	1	11	12	7	1.714	432	405	1.067
3	Germany	3	2	9	12	8	1.500	428	434	0.986
4	Russia	2	3	5	7	11	0.636	392	406	0.966
5	Bulgaria	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	390	404	0.965
6	Croatia	1	4	3	4	13	0.308	352	412	0.854

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jun	20:00	Netherlands	3–1	Russia	25–19	21–25	25–22	25–21		96–87	Report
15 Jun	14:30	Croatia	1–3	Netherlands	23–25	17–25	25–17	21–25		86–92	Report
17 Jun	09:00	Netherlands	0–3	Germany	13–25	23–25	22–25			58–75	Report
19 Jun	14:30	Serbia	2–3	Netherlands	25–20	22–25	28–26	16–25	9–15	100–111	Report
21 Jun	11:00	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria	25–20	25–18	25–19			75–57	Report

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	19:00	Azerbaijan	3–0	Netherlands	25–21	25–23	25–14			75–58	Report

Wrestling

• Women's 48 kg freestyle – Jessica Blaszka - lost in quarterfinals

References

1. Baku 2015 Participants
2. Netherlands
3. "Netherlands - Medals". Baku 2015 1st European Games. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
4. "Nederlandse profs in actie op European Games Baku" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 25 March 2014.