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Noortje Driessen

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Noortje Driessen
Personal information
Born (1999-08-22) 22 August 1999 (age 26)
Noordwijk, Netherlands
Listed height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
Playing career2014–present
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2014–2021Grasshoppers
2021–2023GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück
2023–2025Grasshoppers
2025-presentInnova-tsn Leganés
Career highlights
  • 4x WBL champion (2018, 2019, 2024, 2025)
  • 2x Carla de Liefde Trophy winner (2024, 2025)
  • 2x Supercup winner (2023, 2024)
Medals
Women's 3x3 basketball
Representing  Netherlands
FIBA 3x3 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2025 Ulaanbaatar Team
Bronze medal – third place 2026 Warsaw Team
Europe Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Jerusalem
Gold medal – first place 2025 Copenhagen Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Graz
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Vienna Team

Noortje Driessen (born 22 August 1999) is a Dutch basketball player who plays for Grasshoppers of the Women's Basketball League. Standing at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), she plays in the shooting guard position. She has also been a member of the Dutch senior and 3x3 national team.

Professional career

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Driessen began her career in 2014 with Grasshoppers. Her team won the Dutch championship for the first time in 2018.[1] In 2021, Driessen moved to GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück. Two years later, she returned to Grasshoppers, where her team won the Dutch championship again in 2024 and 2025.

National team career

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With the Dutch national 3x3 team, Driessen won the silver medal at the 3x3 Europe Cups of 2022 and the gold medal in 2023.[2][3] Her team also won the bronze medal in 2024. In 2025, Driessen was part of the Dutch national 3x3 team for the 3x3 World Cup, where they won gold.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Basketbalsters Grasshoppers grijpen ook landstitel" (in Dutch). NOS. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Serbia's men and France's women win FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup 2022". FIBA. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Nederlandse 3x3-basketbalsters schrijven geschiedenis met goud op EK". nos.nl. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ "WK 3×3 Basketball komt eraan: dit zijn de Nederlandse selecties". basketball.nl. Archived from the original on 11 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse 3x3-basketbalsters schrijven geschiedenis met eerste wereldtitel". nos.nl. 29 June 2025. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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