Editing Sport in the Netherlands (section)

===Basketball===
[[Basketball]] is also a popular sport in the Netherlands. The [[Netherlands national basketball team|national team]] had its most successful time during the 1980s. At the [[1983 European Basketball Championship]] the team finished in the final four and qualified to the [[1986 FIBA World Championship]] where the Dutch left behind strong competition such as [[Australia men's national basketball team|Team Australia]] and [[Germany national basketball team|Team Germany]]. During that time, the Dutch had its strong players in [[Jelle Esveldt]] and a young [[Rik Smits]]. Smits later became an [[NBA All-Star]] and emerged as the Dutch basketball-icon for years to come.

Since 2000, basketball in the Netherlands went through some revival and has been home to several [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) players, including [[Francisco Elson]] and [[Dan Gadzuric]].