Netherlands competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Netherlands qualified a male archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.
Netherlands qualified two athletes based on the 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.
Netherlands qualified a girls' team based on the 1 June 2014 FIBA 3x3 National Federation Rankings.
Netherlands qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.
Netherlands qualified a rider.
Netherlands qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the 2013 Youth European Championship.
Netherlands qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Netherlands qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European WAG Championships.
Netherlands qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.
Netherlands qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Byte CII Championships. Later Netherlands qualified one boat based on its performance at the Byte CII European Continental Qualifiers and two boats from the Techno 293 European Continental Qualifiers.
Netherlands qualified seven swimmers.
Netherlands qualified three athletes based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.
Netherlands qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.