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Dutch sports organisation

NOC*NSF Country Netherlands Code NED Created 1912 (Olympic committee) Recognized 1912 Continental Association EOC Headquarters National Sports Centre Papendal, near Arnhem, Netherlands President Anneke van Zaken-Nieberg Secretary General Marc van den Tweel [nl] Website www.nocnsf.nl Notes Also includes the following constituent countries: Curaçao Sint Maarten

NPC*NEDERLAND National Paralympic Committee Country Netherlands Code NED Created 2007 Recognized 2007 Continental association EPC Headquarters National Sports Centre Papendal, near Arnhem, Netherlands President Raymon Blondel[1] Secretary General Marc van den Tweel [nl] Website www.paralympisch.nl Notes Also includes the following constituent countries: Curaçao Sint Maarten

The **Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation** ([Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): *Nederlands Olympisch Comité*Nederlandse Sport Federatie*; IOC Code: **NED**), generally abbreviated **NOC*NSF**, is the overall coordinating [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) sports organisation that also functions as the Dutch [National Olympic Committee](/source/National_Olympic_Committee) and [National Paralympic Committee](/source/National_Paralympic_Committee). NOC*NSF, based at the [National Sports Centre Papendal](/source/National_Sports_Centre_Papendal) in [Arnhem](/source/Arnhem),[2] is the umbrella organisation for sports in the Netherlands, representing more than 23,000 sports clubs and 5.2 million Dutch people involved in sports.

## IOC members

Member Term Baron Frits van Tuyll van Serooskerken [nl] 1898–1924 Baron Alphert Schimmelpenninck van der Oye [nl] 1925–1943 P. W. Scharroo 1924–1957 Charles Pahud de Mortanges 1946–1964 Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (1903-1989) [nl] 1964–1977 Kees Kerdel [nl] 1977–1986 Els van Breda Vriesman 2001–2008 Anton Geesink 1987–2010 Hein Verbruggen 1998–2008 Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands 1998–2013 Camiel Eurlings 2013–2018

## Team NL

**Team NL**[3] is the sports team project with the goal of closer association of athletes and fans. It was created joined forces 29 sports associations and NOC*NSF that represents the Dutch athletes 365 days a year at an international top level at European Championships, World Championships and Olympic and Paralympic Games.

## Controversy

In 2024, the Committee nominated [beach volleyball](/source/Beach_volleyball) player [Steven van de Velde](/source/Steven_van_de_Velde) for its [2024 Olympic team](/source/Netherlands_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics), disregarding the fact that he is a convicted [child rapist](/source/Child_rapist) and has been placed on the [sex offender registry](/source/Sex_offender_registry) in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) for life since 2016.[4] The Committee stood by their nomination despite his criminal record for [sex crimes](/source/Sex_crimes) and even after the outcry from the British and American public, asserting that van de Velde has "served his sentence".[5]

## See also

- [Netherlands at the Olympics](/source/Netherlands_at_the_Olympics)

- [Netherlands at the Paralympics](/source/Netherlands_at_the_Paralympics)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Netherlands"](https://www.paralympic.org/netherlands). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [About NOC*NSF on official site (Dutch)](https://www.nocnsf.nl/over-nocnsf/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [About Team NL on official site (Dutch)](https://teamnl.org/over-team-nl)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:0_4-0)** Brown, Oliver (25 June 2024). ["Dutch volleyball player who raped 12-year-old British girl qualifies for Paris Olympics"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/volleyball/2024/06/25/volleyball-steven-van-der-velde-raped-british-12-olympics/). *The Telegraph*. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Volleyball player convicted of rape set for Olympics"](https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c511yz5ze18o). *BBC News*. 26 June 2024. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240626195544/https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c511yz5ze18o) from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

## External links

- [NOC*NSF website](http://www.nocnsf.nl)

- [Team NL website](https://teamnl.org/)

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v t e European Paralympic Committee (EPC) Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

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