| Year |
Accomplishment |
| Soccer |
| 1974 |
2nd in the World Cup (Lost in the final to West Germany with a score of 1-2) |
| 1978 |
2nd in the World Cup (Lost in the final to Argentina with a score of 3-1) |
| 1988 |
Won the UEFA Euro (Won in the final from the Soviet Union with a score of 0-2) |
| 1995 |
Ajax won the UEFA Champions League (Won from AC Milan with a score of 1-0) |
| 2010 |
2nd in the World Cup (Lost in the final to Spain with a score of 0-1) |
| Cycling |
| 1968 |
Jan Janssen wins the Tour de France |
| 1979 |
Joop Zoetemelk wins the Vuelta a Espana |
| 1980 |
Joop Zoetemelk wins the Tour de France |
| 2017 |
Tom Dumolin wins the Giro d'Italia |
| Judo |
| 1961 |
Anton Geesink becomes the first non-Japanese competitor to become World Champion |
| Field hockey |
| 1973 |
National Men's Team becomes World Champion |
| 1974 |
National Women's Team becomes World Champion |
| 1978 |
National Women's Team becomes World Champion |
| 1983 |
National Women's Team becomes World Champion |
| 1984 |
National Women's Team becomes Olympic Champion |
| 1986 |
National Women's Team becomes World Champion |
| 1990 |
National Women's Team becomes World Champion |
| 1990 |
National Men's Team becomes World Champion |
| 1996 |
National Men's Team becomes Olympic Champion |
| 1998 |
National Men's Team becomes World Champion |
| 2000 |
National Men's Team becomes Olympic Champion |
| 2006 |
National Women's Team becomes World Champion |
| 2008 |
National Women's Team becomes Olympic Champion |
| 2012 |
National Women's Team becomes Olympic Champion |
| 2014 |
National Women's Team becomes World Champion |
| 2018 |
National Women's Team becomes World Champion |