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Lars Balk
Personal information
Born	26 February 1996 (age 28); Vianen, Netherlands
Playing position	Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Kampong
Youth career
2001–2008	MHC Vianen
2008–2014	Kampong
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–	Kampong
National team
Years	Team
2014–2017	Netherlands U21
2015	Netherlands (indoor)
2016–present	Netherlands
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
World Cup
European Championship
Champions Trophy
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Men's indoor hockey
Indoor World Cup

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Lars Balk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɑrz ˈbɑl(ə)k]; born 26 February 1996) is a Dutch professional field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Kampong and the Dutch national team.^[1]

Club career

Balk started playing hockey at the age of five at his local hockey club MHC Vianen.^[2] When he was 12 years old and wanted to play on a higher level, he switched to Kampong.^[2] He made his debut for the first team of Kampong when he was 17 years old.^[3] Balk played in all four matches in the 2014–15 Euro Hockey League, where they were eliminated in the quarter-final. In his second Euro Hockey League, they reached the final and won the tournament.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Before Balk made his debut for the outdoor senior team, he played for the indoor team in the 2015 Indoor World Cup, where they won the gold medal.^[4] He made his debut for the senior national team in January 2016 in a test match against Argentina.^[5] After he was not selected in the 2017 EuroHockey Championship squad for the senior team, he played in the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship.^[6] Balk played in all seven matches in the 2018 World Cup and scored one goal. They eventually reached the final, where they lost to Belgium.^[7] In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.^[8] They won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.^[9]

References

^ "Lars Balk". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Lars Balk in hockeyselectie van Oranje". www.hetkontakt.nl (in Dutch). Het Kontakt. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ Collewijn, Sander (9 November 2018). "Lars Balk: de mug, het on-Nederlandse klootzakje van Oranje". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "BALK Lars". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "BALK Lars". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Alexander Cox maakt EK-selectie Jong Oranje Heren bekend". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Belgium's Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". FIH. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
^ "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^ "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

External links

Lars Balk at the International Hockey Federation
Lars Balk at Olympedia (archive)
Lars Balk at Olympics.com
Lars Balk at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Lars Balk at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)

[1] "Lars Balk". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[Het_Kontakt-2] "Lars Balk in hockeyselectie van Oranje". www.hetkontakt.nl (in Dutch). Het Kontakt. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[3] Collewijn, Sander (9 November 2018). "Lars Balk: de mug, het on-Nederlandse klootzakje van Oranje". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[4] "BALK Lars". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[5] "BALK Lars". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[6] "Alexander Cox maakt EK-selectie Jong Oranje Heren bekend". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[7] "Belgium's Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018". FIH. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[8] "Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend". www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[9] "Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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+| birth_place    = [[Vianen]], Netherlands
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 | nationalcaps1  = 15
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 | nationalcaps2  = 12
 | nationalgoals2 = 1
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 {{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}
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+{{MedalGold|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Field hockey at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
-{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's FIH Pro League|FIH Pro League]]}}
-{{MedalBronze|[[2019 Men's FIH Pro League|2019 Amstelveen]]|}}
+{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's FIH Hockey World Cup|World Cup]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Men's Hockey World Cup|2018 Bhubaneswar]]|}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup|2023 Bhubaneswar/Rourkela]]|}}
+{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's EuroHockey Championship|European Championship]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship|2021 Amstelveen]]|}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship|2023 Mönchengladbach]]|}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship|2019 Antwerp]]|}}
 {{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]]}}
 {{MedalBronze|[[2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2018 Breda]]|}}
-{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroHockey Junior Championship]]}}
+{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship|EuroHockey Junior Championship]]}}
 {{MedalGold|[[2014 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship|2014 Waterloo]]|}}
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 {{MedalSport|Men's [[indoor hockey]]}}
-{{MedalCompetition|[[Indoor Hockey World Cup|Indoor World Cup]]}}
+{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup|Indoor World Cup]]}}
 {{MedalGold|[[2015 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup|2015 Leipzig]]|}}
-| updated        = 4 July 2019
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-'''Lars Balk''' ({{IPA-nl|lɑrs bɑlk}}; born 26 February 1996) is a Dutch [[field hockey]] player who plays as a defender or midfielder for [[SV Kampong|Kampong]] and the [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Dutch national team]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lars Balk |url=https://hockey.nl/held/lars-balk/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
+'''Lars Balk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈlɑrz ˈbɑl(ə)k}}; born 26 February 1996) is a Dutch professional [[field hockey]] player who plays as a defender or midfielder for [[SV Kampong|Kampong]] and the [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Dutch national team]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lars Balk |url=https://hockey.nl/held/lars-balk/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
 ==Club career==
-Balk started playing hockey at the age of five at his local hockey club MHC Vianen.<ref name="Het Kontakt">{{cite web |title=Lars Balk in hockeyselectie van Oranje |url=https://www.hetkontakt.nl/regio/vianen/sport/135450/lars-balk-in-hockeyselectie-van-oranje- |website=www.hetkontakt.nl |publisher=Het Kontakt |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch |date=27 November 2017}}</ref> When he was 12 years old and wanted to play on a higher level, he switched to Kampong.<ref name="Het Kontakt"/> He made his debut for the first team of Kampong when he was 17 years old.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collewijn |first1=Sander |title=Lars Balk: de mug, het on-Nederlandse klootzakje van Oranje |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/oranje/lars-balk-de-mug-het-on-nederlandse-klootzakje-van-oranje/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch |date=9 November 2018}}</ref> Balk played in all four matches in the [[2014–15 Euro Hockey League]], where they were eliminated in the quarter-final. In his second [[Euro Hockey League]], they reached the final and won the tournament.
+Balk started playing hockey at the age of five at his local hockey club MHC Vianen.<ref name="Het Kontakt">{{cite web |title=Lars Balk in hockeyselectie van Oranje |url=https://www.hetkontakt.nl/regio/vianen/sport/135450/lars-balk-in-hockeyselectie-van-oranje- |website=www.hetkontakt.nl |publisher=Het Kontakt |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch |date=27 November 2017}}</ref> When he was 12 years old and wanted to play on a higher level, he switched to Kampong.<ref name="Het Kontakt"/> He made his debut for the first team of Kampong when he was 17 years old.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collewijn |first1=Sander |title=Lars Balk: de mug, het on-Nederlandse klootzakje van Oranje |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/oranje/lars-balk-de-mug-het-on-nederlandse-klootzakje-van-oranje/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch |date=9 November 2018}}</ref> Balk played in all four matches in the [[2014–15 Euro Hockey League]], where they were eliminated in the quarter-final. In his second [[Euro Hockey League]], they reached the final and won the tournament.{{fact|date=July 2022}}
 ==International career==
-Before Balk made his debut for the outdoor senior team, he played for the indoor team in the [[2015 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup|2015 Indoor World Cup]], where they won the gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=BALK Lars |url=https://tms.fih.ch/players/14336 |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> He made his debut for the senior national team in January 2016 in a [[exhibition match|test match]] against [[Argentina men's national field hockey team|Argentina]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BALK Lars |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/6429 |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> After he was not selected in the [[2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2017 EuroHockey Championship]] squad for the senior team, he played in the 2017 [[EuroHockey Junior Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Cox maakt EK-selectie Jong Oranje Heren bekend |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/jong-oranje-heren/alexander-cox-maakt-ek-selectie-jong-oranje-heren-bekend/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch |date=30 July 2017}}</ref> Balk played in all seven matches in the [[2018 Men's Hockey World Cup|2018 World Cup]] and scored one goal. They eventually reached the final, where they lost to [[Belgium men's national field hockey team|Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Belgium's Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018|url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/news/belgiums-red-lions-win-odisha-hockey-mens-world-cup-bhubaneswar-2018__246|publisher=FIH|accessdate=27 March 2019|date=16 December 2018}}</ref>
+Before Balk made his debut for the outdoor senior team, he played for the indoor team in the [[2015 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup|2015 Indoor World Cup]], where they won the gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=BALK Lars |url=https://tms.fih.ch/players/14336 |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> He made his debut for the senior national team in January 2016 in a [[exhibition match|test match]] against [[Argentina men's national field hockey team|Argentina]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BALK Lars |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/6429 |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> After he was not selected in the [[2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2017 EuroHockey Championship]] squad for the senior team, he played in the 2017 [[Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship|EuroHockey Junior Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Cox maakt EK-selectie Jong Oranje Heren bekend |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/jong-oranje-heren/alexander-cox-maakt-ek-selectie-jong-oranje-heren-bekend/ |website=hockey.nl |accessdate=27 March 2019 |language=Dutch |date=30 July 2017}}</ref> Balk played in all seven matches in the [[2018 Men's Hockey World Cup|2018 World Cup]] and scored one goal. They eventually reached the final, where they lost to [[Belgium men's national field hockey team|Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Belgium's Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018|url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/news/belgiums-red-lions-win-odisha-hockey-mens-world-cup-bhubaneswar-2018__246|publisher=FIH|accessdate=27 March 2019|date=16 December 2018}}</ref> In June 2019, he was selected in the Netherlands squad for the [[2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2019 EuroHockey Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Selectie Heren EK Hockey 2019 bekend |url=https://www.knhb.nl/nieuws/selectie-heren-ek-hockey-2019-bekend |website=www.knhb.nl |publisher=[[Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond]] |accessdate=9 August 2019 |language=Dutch |date=29 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809085123/https://www.knhb.nl/nieuws/selectie-heren-ek-hockey-2019-bekend |archive-date=9 August 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They won the bronze medal by defeating [[Germany men's national field hockey team|Germany]] 4–0.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hockeyers verslaan Duitsland weer en pakken brons |url=https://www.ad.nl/andere-sporten/hockeyers-verslaan-duitsland-weer-en-pakken-brons~a0b2c679/?referrer=https://news.google.com/ |website=www.ad.nl |publisher=[[Algemeen Dagblad]] |accessdate=24 August 2019 |language=nl |date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
-==Career statistics==
-===International===
-{{Updated|match played 30 June 2019}}<ref name="FIH profile">{{cite web |title=BALK Lars |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/6429 |website=tms.fih.ch |publisher=[[International Hockey Federation]] |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref>
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-|-
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-|2016||2||0
-|-
-|2017||9||1
-|-
-|2018||23||1
-|-
-|2019||11||1
-|-
-!colspan=2|Total||45||3
-|}
-===International goals===
-:''Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Balk goal''.<ref name="FIH profile" />
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-|-
-! scope=col | No.
-! scope=col | Date
-! scope=col | Venue
-! scope=col | Opponent
-! scope=col | Score
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-! scope=col | Competition
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-|2 December 2017||[[Kalinga Stadium]], [[Bhubaneswar]], India||{{fh|Spain}}||1–2||2–3||[[2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final|2016–17 World League Final]]
-|-
-!2
-|11 December 2018||[[Kalinga Stadium]], [[Bhubaneswar]], India||{{fh|Canada}}||1–0||5–0||[[2018 Men's Hockey World Cup|2018 World Cup]]
-|-
-!3
-|13 April 2019||[[Hazelaarweg Stadion]], [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands||{{fh|Spain}}||3–0||4–0||[[2019 Men's FIH Pro League|2019 FIH Pro League]]
-|}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* {{FIH|6429}}
+* {{FIH}}
+* {{Olympedia}}
+* {{Olympics.com}}
+* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/lars-balk_1971905 Lars Balk] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]]
+* {{TeamNL|lars-balk|old_id=5839-lars-balk}}
+{{SV Kampong squad}}
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 {{Netherlands FH Squad 2018 World Cup}}
+{{Netherlands FH Squad 2019 EuroHockey Championship}}
+{{Netherlands FH Squad 2021 EuroHockey}}
+{{Netherlands FH Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
+{{Netherlands FH Squad 2023 World Cup}}
+{{Netherlands FH Squad 2023 EuroHockey}}
+}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Balk, Lars}}
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 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Dutch male field hockey players]]
+[[Category:People from Vianen]]
+[[Category:Field hockey players from Utrecht (province)]]
 [[Category:Male field hockey defenders]]
 [[Category:Male field hockey midfielders]]
 [[Category:2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]
+[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands]]
 [[Category:SV Kampong players]]
-[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
 [[Category:Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players]]
+[[Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands]]
+[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]
+[[Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen]]