Netherlands at the 2025 World Games

Netherlands at the
2025 World Games
IOC codeNED
NOCNOC*NSF
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors111 (36 men and 75 women) in 18 sports
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
4
Silver
5
Bronze
6
Total
15
World Games appearances
  • 1981
  • 1985
  • 1989
  • 1993
  • 1997
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2013
  • 2017
  • 2022

The Netherlands will compete at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Mike Schloesser Archery Men's individual compound 9 August
 Gold Dutch korfball team Korfball Indoor tournament 12 August
 Gold Therese Klompenhouwer Carom Women's 3-cushion 13 August
 Gold Valence Bickel Kickboxing Women's K1 -60 kg 14 August
 Silver Rikkert Veldhuizen
Jordy Mol
Trampoline gymnastics Men's synchronized 8 August
 Silver Ecco van der Veer Ju-Jitsu Men's fighting 62 kg 12 August
 Silver Noa Man Parkour Women's speedrun 12 August
 Bronze Sanne Meijer Wakeboarding Women's Cable Wakeboard 10 August
 Bronze Boy Vogelzang Ju-jitsu Men's fighting -77 kg 10 August
 Bronze Genevieve Bogers Ju-jitsu Women's fighting -57 kg 11 August
 Bronze Willem Bakker Archery Men's individual recurve 13 August
 Bronze Carvin Burke Kickboxing Men's point fighting -74 kg 14 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 1 3
Beach handball 0 10 10
Billards 1 2 3
Canoe Sports 2 10 12
Dancesport 0 1 1
Duathlon 1 1 2
Gymnastics 3 5 8
Ju-jitsu 2 1 3
Karate 1 0 1
Kickboxing 1 1 2
Korfball 10 10 20
Lifesaving 1 0 1
Powerlifting 0 1 1
Sambo 1 0 1
Softball 0 15 15
Speed Skating 0 5 5
Tug of war 11 11 22
Wakeboarding 0 1 1
Total 36 75 111

Archery

Barebow/recurve

Athlete Event Qualification Elimination 1 Elimination 2 Elimination 3 Elimination 4 Semifinal Final / BM
Score Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Willem Bakker Men's recurve 369 3 Bye  Cui (CHN)
W 88–87
 Borsani (ITA)
L 57–61
 Unruh (GER)
W 60–59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gabriela Schloesser Women's recurve 349 6 Bye  Brug (CAN)
L 78–82
Did not advance

Target - Compound

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinal Final / BM
Score Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mike Schloesser Men's Compound 715 1 Bye  Garcia Flores (MEX)
W 147–145
 Yamrom (ISR)
W 147–147
 Verma (IND)
W 148–145
 Broadnax (USA)
W 150–148
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Gymnastics

Parkour

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tangui van Schingen Women's speedrun
Women's freestyle

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Noa Man Women's speedrun
Women's freestyle

Ju-jitsu

Athlete Event Elimination round Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ecco Van der Veer Men's ne-waza 62 kg
Boy Vogelzang Men's ne-waza 77 kg
Genevieve Bogers Women's ne-waza 57 kg

Karate

Men
Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Brian Timmermans Men's kumite 84 kg

Kickboxing

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Valenca Bickel Women's K1 Style –60 kg
Carvin Burke Men's point-fighting –74 kg

Korfball

Indoor

The Netherlands qualified in korfball at the 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship.

Athlete Event Group stage Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Netherlands Korfball  Portugal
W 29-12
 Chinese Taipei
W 33-18
 China
W 35-9
1 Q  Czech Republic
W 35-13
 Belgium
W 23-26
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Beach

The Netherlands qualified in beach korfball at the 2024 World Beach Korfball Championship.

Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Netherlands Beach Korfball  Australia
W 18-0
 Belgium
W 11-4
 Poland
W 5-16
1  United States
W 13–8
 Hungary
W 12-4
 Chinese Taipei
L 6-8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Powerlifting

Classic
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press
Deadlift
Pleun Dekkers Women's Lightweight 179.5 WR 95.0 185.0 459.5 116.18 4

Roller Sports

Road Speed Skating

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Lianne van Loon Women's 10,000 Point Race
Women's 15,000 m elimination race

Track Speed Skating

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Lianne van Loon Women's 1,000 m sprint
Women's 10,000 m elimination race
Women's 10,000m point elimination race

Softball

Women

Team Event Group play Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Netherlands women Women's tournament  China
W 1–3
 United States
L 1–8
 Chinese Taipei
L 0–2
3  Puerto Rico
L 1–3
 China
Cancelled
5

Tug of war

Athlete Event Group stage Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Netherlands Men's outdoor 640 kg  Chinese Taipei L 3–0  Germany L 3–0  Great Britain D 1–1  Switzerland L 0–3  Belgium L 0–3 6  Chinese Taipei W 0–3 5
Team Netherlands Mixed outdoor 580 kg  Belgium L 0–3  Germany L 0–3  Chinese Taipei D 1–1  Italy L 3–0  Switzerland L 3–0 6  Chinese Taipei L 2–1 6

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by sport, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by country, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-25.