The Netherlands national basketball team defeated an unnamed opponent in World Cup qualifying play, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by PULS 24. This follows the Dutch national football team’s qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, secured on November 17, 2025, with a 4-0 victory over Lithuania in Amsterdam.
The football team’s qualification places them in Group F for the 2026 tournament, alongside Japan, Tunisia, and the winner of UEFA Playoff B – a group that could include Ukraine, Sweden, Poland, or Albania, with that final opponent to be determined in March 2026. The Netherlands’ first match is scheduled for June 14, 2026, against Japan in Dallas, Texas. Subsequent group stage games will be played against the UEFA Playoff B winner in Houston, Texas on June 20, and against Tunisia in Kansas City on June 25.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be hosted across three countries – Canada, Mexico, and the United States – and will culminate with the final match on July 19, 2026, at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The FOX family of networks will broadcast the tournament in the United States.
The Netherlands has a long history of participation in the FIFA World Cup, having entered qualification for 19 of the 22 tournaments held to date, and qualifying for 11 of them. Despite appearing in three World Cup finals – in 1974, 1978, and 2010 – the nation has yet to win the tournament. Their most recent World Cup appearance was in 2022, where they were eliminated in the quarter-final stage.
