Teams from the Netherlands (Holland) have yet to win the World Cup, but they did reach the finals on three different occasions, in 1974, 1978 and 2010. They won the European Championship in 1988.
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From nineteen World Cups to date, including the 2010 competition, the Netherlands have qualified on nine occasions.
The team did not enter the 1930 competition, reached the first round in the 1934 and 1938 tournaments, did not enter the 1950 and 1954 tournaments, did not qualify for the 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970 tournaments, reached the final of the 1974 and 1978 tournaments, did not qualify for the 1982 and 1986 tournaments, reached the last 16 of the 1990 tournament, reached the quarter finals of the 1994 tournament, achieved fourth place in the 1998 tournament, did not qualify for the 2006 tournament, and have qualified for the 2010 tournament.
This is a total of nine qualifications from 19 competitions.
Holland participated in 9 fifa world cups.
Holland's World Cup record:
1934 1st round,
1938 1st round,
1974 Runners-up
1978 Runners-up
1990 Round of 16
1994 Quarter-final
1998 Fourth place
2006 Found of 16
2010 Runners up
Holland have never won the FIFA World Cup but they did win the European Championship in 1988.
The Netherlands have been to the final world cup game before in 1974 and 1978, and now 2010. Unfortunately, they have never won the world cup.
Netherlands have surprisingly never won the world cup. They have come in second place many time however.