Yvette Broch has been included in the selection of the Dutch handball players for next month’s three-country tournament in Croatia. It is the first time in years that the 118-time international is part of Orange.
Thirty-year-old Broch put an end to her career in August 2018, because she was mentally and physically exhausted and therefore no longer saw fit to practice top sport. At the beginning of this year she made her return to the French Metz and not much later it was announced that Broch is also available for the Netherlands again.
The circle player, who belonged to the world top before she decided to retire, was still missing from the selection of the handball players for the exhibition games against Slovenia this month. National coach Emmanuel Mayonnade, who is also a trainer at Metz, thinks Broch is now ready for a return.
Broch’s upcoming return is a boost for Mayonnade. The born Westlandse won two World Cup medals with Orange (silver in 2015 and bronze in 2017) and silver at the European Championship in 2016. She was also part of the Olympic team that finished fourth in 2016.
As a club, Broch is working on her second period at Metz, where she was also under contract between 2011 and 2015. Between 2015 and 2018 she wore the Györi shirt. She won the Champions League twice with the Hungarian top club.
Yvette Broch is back in Orange for the first time in 2.5 years.
Yvette Broch is back in Orange for the first time in 2.5 years. Photo: Pro Shots
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Orange is preparing for the Olympic Games
In the three-country tournament in April, the Orange team is preparing for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next summer. The selection consists of a total of eighteen players. Estavana Polman, who made her return last week after a serious knee injury, is also back.
The Netherlands starts on April 14 with a game against host country Croatia and Brazil awaits a day later. The training internship runs until Wednesday April 21. After the three-country tournament, the handball players continue to train at Papendal.
Full selection: Lois Abbingh, Debbie Bont, Yvette Broch, Rinka Duijndam, Kelly Dulfer, Merel Freriks, Laura van der Heijden, Yara ten Holte, Dione Housheer, Angela Malestein, Larissa Nusser, Estavana Polman, Martine Smeets, Inger Smits, Danick Snelder, Nikita van der Vliet, Tess Wester and Bo van Wetering.
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