Nycke Groot

Cornelia Nycke Groot (born 4 May 1988) is a Dutch handball player.^[1]

Nycke Groot
Personal information
Full name	Cornelia Nycke Groot
Born	(1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36) Alkmaar, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2001–2003	Kolping
2003–2008	West-Friesland SEW
2008–2011	Team Tvis Holstebro
2011–2015	FC Midtjylland
2015–2019	Győri ETO KC
2019–2021	Odense Håndbold
2022	Odense Håndbold
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2021	Netherlands	150	(439)
Medal record World Championship 2015 Denmark 2017 Germany European Championship 2016 Sweden 2018 France

She represented the Netherlands in three World Women's Handball Championship (winning a silver in Denmark 2015,^[2][3] and a bronze in Germany 2017^[4]) and two editions of the Olympic Games.

In January 2019, 14 years after debuting on the Dutch national team, she announced she would be retiring from the national team to focus on her club career.^[5]

In 2021, Groot announced she would participate with the Netherlands at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She also announced the end of her club career.^[6]

Achievements

National team

• World Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2015
  • Bronze Medalist: 2017
• European Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2016
  • Bronze Medalist: 2018

European competitions

• EHF Champions League
  • Winner: 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Finalist: 2016
  • Semifinalist: 2014
• EHF Cup:
  • Finalist: 2011
  • Semifinalist: 2013
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winner: 2015

Domestic competitions

• Danish Championship:
  • Winner: 2013, 2015, 2021
  • Silver Medalist: 2014
  • Bronze Medalist: 2012
• Danish Cup:
  • Winner: 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021
  • Finalist: 2010, 2013
• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • Gold Medalist: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Magyar Kupa
  • Gold Medalist: 2016, 2018, 2019

Individual awards

• All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the EHF Champions League: 2016, 2017
• MVP of the EHF Champions League Final four: 2017
• All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the European Championship: 2016
• MVP of the European Women's Handball Championship: 2016
• MVP (Danish: pokalfighter) of the Danish Handball Cup: 2010, 2012, 2014
• MVP of the Hungarian Cup Final Four: 2019
• Foreign Handballer of the Year in Hungary: 2016, 2018
• World Handball Female Playmaker of the Decade^[7]

References

1. EHF profile
2. "Selectie Nationaal Team Dames" (in Dutch). Nederlands Handbal Verbond. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
3. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
4. "The Netherlands claim second consecutive World Championship medal". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
5. "Handbalster Nycke Groot beëindigt interlandcarrière" (in Dutch). handbal.nl. 10 January 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
6. "Nycke Groot indstiller karrieren efter denne sæson". odensehaandbold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. "Eduarda Amorim is NEXE World Handball Female Player of the Decade!". 21 January 2021.

External links

• Nycke Groot at the European Handball Federation
• Nycke Groot at Olympics.com
• Nycke Groot at Olympedia
• Nycke Groot at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)