Rafael van der Vaart is confident Holland have the quality to compete with the very best this summer and be in with a shout of winning the World Cup.
Holland are not generally considered to be among the favourites but Van der Vaart is warning opponents not to underestimate the quality they have in their squad.
"We have very good players and a very good coach," he said. "We have (Wesley) Sneijder, (Arjen) Robben, we have lots of quality. And if we get there in good shape, we definitely have possibilities to win the World Cup."
Years | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
2006 | Italy | France | Germany |
2002 | Brazil | Germany | Turkey |
1998 | France | Brazil | Croatia |
1994 | Brazil | Italy | Sweden |
1990 | Germany | Argentina | Italy |
1986 | Argentina | Germany | France |
1982 | Italy | Germany | Poland |
1978 | Argentina | Holland | Brazil |
1974 | Germany | Holland | Poland |
1970 | Brazil | Italy | Germany |
1966 | England | Germany | Portugal |
1962 | Brazil | Czech | Chile |
1958 | Brazil | Sweden | France |
1954 | Germany | Hungary | Austria |
1950 | Uruguay | Brazil | Sweden |
1938 | Italy | Hungary | Brazil |
1934 | Italy | Czech | Germany |
1930 | Uruguay | Argentina | America |