Talent TeamNL retains under-21 world title with 26‑17 win over Belgium
Talent TeamNL are under-21 world champions again. The Netherlands won the final in the N9 Arena in Nilai 26‑17 against Belgium. The team won all of its matches throughout the tournament.
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The Netherlands started in attack with Rosalie Peet, Danique Klaren, Robin Bakker and Gideon Gort, and in defence with Isa Dik, Amber Klaren, Seth Roeleven and Levi van Nieuwenhuijzen. Peet was captain and returned to the starting line-up. The national coach is Jennifer Tromp, with Jelmer Jonker as assistant.
Peet made it 1‑0 from a penalty. Belgium went 5‑6 up in the first quarter; Roeleven made it 6‑6 with a long shot, the score after the first quarter. In the second quarter Mikai van het Kaar replaced Van Nieuwenhuijzen. Kato Claus put Belgium 9‑10 ahead, after which the Netherlands scored five goals in a row, to 14‑10. At half-time it was 14‑11.
After three quarters it was 19‑14. In the final quarter the Netherlands pulled away with three goals in a row, and with just over six minutes to play Belgium called another time-out. In the closing stages the Netherlands made substitutions so that all fit players got playing time. Dik scored five times in the final.
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Chinese Taipei won the bronze 24‑11 against New Zealand, who achieved their best result ever by finishing fourth. Catalonia finished fifth by beating Portugal 29‑17. The top scorers of the tournament were two Catalans: Júlia Soriano with 41 goals and Guillem Ceballos with 40. Sixteen countries took part in the World Championship.