Popular Sports in Netherlands
Below are the ten most popular team and individual sports in Netherlands. Most will not come as a surprise (i.e. football, hockey), but a couple may. Rankings are based on the number of registered members in the national association (sportsbond).
10 MOST POPULAR SPORTS IN NETHERLANDS
#1 Football/Soccer (voetbal): 1.2M members
Football in Netherlands
#2 Tennis: 550K members
Tennis in Netherlands
#3 Golf: 420K members
Golfing in Netherlands
#4 Gymnastics (turnen): 300K members
#5 Hockey: 255K members
Field Hockey in Netherlands
#6 Equestrian (hippisch): 180K members
#7 Swimming (zwemen): 135K members
#8 Athletics/Running (hardlopen): 120K members
#9 Volleyball: 100K members
Volleyball in Netherlands
#10 Skiing (skien): 100K members
OTHER POPULAR SPORTS IN NETHERLANDS
11- Walking: 95K members
12- Korfball: 90K members
13- Cycling: 80K members
14- Padel: 80K members
Padel in Netherlands
15- Watersports: 80K members
Sailing in Netherlands
16: Handball: 50K members
17- Rowing: 45K members
18- Basketball: 45K members
19- Skating: 37K members
Ice Skating in Netherlands
20- Badminton: 35K members
21- Ice Hockey: 35K members
22- Baseball: 20K members
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