Come November 2018 will be the next biggest event in airsoft practical shooting and this year’s biggest event in Europe. The NABV’s (Dutch Airsoft Association) International Airsoft Practical Shooting (IAPS) group will be hosting the Dutch Open 2018 which will be on its fourth year and will be held at the National Airsoft Centre in Geldermalsen for the second time.

Shooters from different countries will be going through 24 stages over a period of 2 days from the 10th to the 11th of November 2018. Dutch shooters will compete who will be crowned in the various divisions for the Dutch IAPS Championship 2018 and all competitors will work here to be the winner in the divisions for the IAPS European Championship 2018.

According to Gerard Timmers, Director of the NABV Office and Chairman of the Competition Committee, they are expecting more shooters from even more countries this year, “This year we have a total of 24 shooters in the pre-match and 144 shooters in the main match. We will have shooters from 13 different countries, including various EU countries, Brazil, Hong Kong and the Philippines.”

This marks the first time that the Dutch Open will have shooters from South America and Asia, making it a truly global competition. With the presence of some of the top airsoft practical shooters from Hong Kong and some of world’s top shooters who competed in the first Action Air World Shoot earlier this year, the shooters will be facing toughest competition.

For this year, the categories available are the following:

NABV Dutch Open 2018 Practical Shooting:

Standard Division

• Open Division
• Production Division
• Classic Division
• Junior Standard Division
• Senior Standard Division
• Senior Open Division
• Super Senior Standard Division
• Super Senior Open Division
• Ladies Standard Division
• Ladies Open Division

IAPS European Championship 2018

• Standard Division
• Open Division
• Production Division
• Classic Division

Dutch IAPS Championship

• Standard Division
• Open Division
• Production Division

Popular Airsoft will be there to cover the airsoft practical shooting action as we have been doing since its inception. We have been coordinating with the NABV-IAPS for the possibility of being able to livestream some of the action, the opening and awarding ceremonies. Hopefully we’ll be able to pull this off and if we do, it will be first time for the Dutch Open to be streamed live.

See you all shooters in The Netherlands next month!