Teun Beins (born 28 October 1998)[1] is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the Dutch national team.[2][3]

Teun Beins
Personal information
Born (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25)
The Netherlands
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Bloemendaal
Youth career
0000–2008 MHC Teteringen
2008–2016 Push
Senior career
Years Team
2016–2021 Oranje-Rood
2021–present Bloemendaal
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Netherlands U21 10 (3)
2019–present Netherlands 31 (3)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the  Netherlands
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Valencia
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Valencia

Career edit

Club hockey edit

In the Dutch Hoofdklasse, Beins plays for Bloemendaal.[4]

National teams edit

Under–21 edit

Beins made his debut for the Netherlands U–21 team in 2017 during a test series against Germany in Mönchengladbach.[5] Later that year he won a gold medal with the team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia, Spain.[6]

In 2019, two years after his debut, Beins returned to the junior national team at another EuroHockey Junior Championship, on this occasion winning a bronze medal.[7][5]

Oranje edit

Teun Beins made his senior debut for the Oranje in 2019 during a season one of the FIH Pro League.[8][5]

He has since gone on to make a number of appearances for the national team, before being named in the official squad for the first time in 2022.[2] As a defender, Beins scored three times for the Orange squad from a penalty corner during the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup in India. Oranje won the bronze medal.

References edit

  1. ^ "Team Details – Netherlands". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Teun Beins". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey Netherlands. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. ^ "BEINS Teun". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Heren 1". hcbloemendaal.nl (in Dutch). HC Bloemendaal. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "BEINS Teun". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ^ "DUTCH GOLD ONCE AGAIN AS THE ORANJE SHOOT DOWN BELGIUM IN MEN'S JUNIOR EURO FINAL". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. ^ "GERMANY LIFTS THE JUNIOR EUROHOCKEY CUP, MEN". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  8. ^ "BEINS Teun". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

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