Netherlands at the 2025 World Games

Netherlands at the 2025 World Games
IOC code	NED
NOC	NOC*NSF
in Chengdu, China 7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors	111 (36 men and 75 women) in 18 sports
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 6 Total 15
World Games appearances
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The Netherlands competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.^[1] Athletes representing Netherlands won four gold medals, five silver medals and six bronze medals. The country finished in 18th place in the medal table.

Medalists

Further information: 2025 World Games § Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Mike Schloesser Archery Men's individual compound 9 August  Gold Netherlands national korfball team Jessica Lokhorst Esther Cordus Nikki Boerhout Danielle Boadi Fleur Hoek Sabine Verhoef Olav van Wijngaarden Marije Visser Ran Faber Harjan Visscher Carlo De Vries Alwin Out Julian Frieswijk Bo Oppe Korfball Indoor tournament 12 August  Gold Therese Klompenhouwer Billiard sports 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 speed 12 August  Silver Netherlands national korfball team Mandy Koelman Lynn Bijkerk Jessie Heuveling Jasper van Der Eijk Ande Zwart Jesper Tolsma Beach Korfball Beach Mixed Korfball 17 August  Silver Aline Kootstra Valentin van Wersch Duathlon Mixed team relay 17 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  Bronze Netherlands national women's canoe polo team Selina Dijkstra Wendy Huizinga Thura Breedt Lizzy van Duijn Linda van As Marieke van Hofslot Alisha van Den Berg Astrid van Der Maas Canoe polo Women's tournament 16 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Korfball 1 1 0 2 Archery 1 0 1 2 Kickboxing 1 0 1 2 Billiard sports 1 0 0 1 Ju-jitsu 0 1 2 3 Duathlon 0 1 0 1 Parkour 0 1 0 1 Trampoline gymnastics 0 1 0 1 Canoe polo 0 0 1 1 Wakeboarding 0 0 1 1 Total 4 5 6 15

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

Main article: Archery at the 2025 World Games

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
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

Gymnastics

Parkour

Main article: Parkour at the 2025 World Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tangui van Schingen	Men's speed	27.66	5 Q	29.05	5
	Women's freestyle	23.2	4 Q	26.4	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Noa Man	Women's speed	39.53	2 Q	37.67
	Women's freestyle	21.4	2 Q	20.1	5

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2025 World Games

Athlete	Event	Elimination round			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ecco Van der Veer	Men's ne-waza 62 kg	Jafari (DEN) W 0-50	Jafari (COL) W 13-23	1 Q	Bye	Kanatbek (KAZ) W 27-13	Mochulskyi (UKR) L 17-12
Boy Vogelzang	Men's ne-waza 77 kg	Dominguez (URU) W 50-0	Kunsa (FRA) W 50-0	1 Q	Bye		Andersen (DEN) L 11-14	Kunsa (FRA) W 50-0
Genevieve Bogers	Women's ne-waza 57 kg	Bonnet (FRA) W 16-4	Mattsson (SWE) W 18-9	1 Q	Bye	Dahl (DEN) L 4-12	Mattsson (SWE) W 13-4

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2025 World Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Timmermans	Men's kumite 84 kg	Jafari (JOR) L 2-9	Kvesići (CRO) L 3-5	Mastrogiannis (GRE) W 4-3	3	Did not advance

Kickboxing

Main article: Kickboxing at the 2025 World Games

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valenca Bickel	Women's K1 Style –60 kg	Mechraoui (ALG) W 3-0	Martyniuk (UKR) W 3-0	Cmárová (ALG) W 3-0
Carvin Burke	Men's point-fighting –74 kg	Mirzaev (UZB) W 15-5	Zimmermann (AUT) L 10-15	Anastasopoulos (GRE) W 9-5

Korfball

Main article: Korfball at the 2025 World Games

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

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

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2025 World Games

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

Main article: Road speed skating at the 2025 World Games

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

Main article: Softball at the 2025 World Games

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	5th–8th Classification  Puerto Rico L 1–3	Seventh place play-off  New Zealand Cancelled	7

Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 2025 World Games

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	—	5th place match  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	—	5th place match  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.