2018–19 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse
Season2018–19
Dates26 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsBloemendaal (20th title)
PremiersBloemendaal
RelegatedSCHC
Euro Hockey LeagueBloemendaal
Kampong
HGC
Matches played132
Goals scored576 (4.36 per match)
Top goalscorerJeroen Hertzberger (23 goals)
Biggest home winKampong 6–0 Tilburg
Biggest away winAmsterdam 2–8 HGC
Highest scoringHGC 8–3 Almere

The 2018–19 Hoofdklasse was the 46th season of the Hoofdklasse, the Netherlands' highest field hockey league. It began on 26 August 2019 and it will conclude with the third match of the championship final on 26 May 2019.[1]

Kampong were the defending champions, having won the 2017–18 season by defeating Amsterdam in the championship final.[2] Bloemendaal won their 20th title by defeating Kampong 2–1 over three matches in the championship final.[3]

Teams

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2018–19 Men's Hoofdklasse teams

A total of 12 teams took part in the league: The best nine teams from the 2017–18 season, the two promotion/relegation play-off winners (Pinoké and Almere) and the 2017–18 Overgangsklasse winners (Klein Zwitserland), who replaced HDM.

Team Location Province Accommodation
Almere Almere  Flevoland Sportpark Klein Brandt
Amsterdam Amstelveen  North Holland Wagener Stadium
Bloemendaal Bloemendaal  North Holland Sportpark 't Kopje
Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch  North Brabant Sportpark Oosterplas
HGC Wassenaar  South Holland De Roggewoning
Kampong Utrecht  Utrecht De Klapperboom
Klein Zwitserland The Hague  South Holland Sportpark Klein Zwitserland
Oranje-Rood Eindhoven  North Brabant Sportpark Aalsterweg
Pinoké Amstelveen  North Holland Amsterdamse Bos
Rotterdam Rotterdam  South Holland Hazelaarweg Stadion
SCHC Bilthoven  Utrecht Sportpark Kees Broekelaan
Tilburg Tilburg  North Brabant Sportpark Oude Warande

Number of teams by province

Province Number of teams Teams
 North Brabant 3 Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood and Tilburg
 North Holland Amsterdam, Bloemendaal and Pinoké
 South Holland HGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam
 Utrecht 2 Kampong and SCHC
 Flevoland 1 Almere
Total 12

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bloemendaal (C) 22 16 3 3 62 24 +38 51 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2 Kampong 22 16 3 3 62 30 +32 51
3 HGC 22 12 4 6 78 51 +27 40
4 Amsterdam 22 12 4 6 58 40 +18 40 Qualification for the play-offs
5 Oranje-Rood 22 11 5 6 53 46 +7 38
6 Den Bosch 22 10 7 5 47 33 +14 37
7 Rotterdam 22 10 5 7 59 51 +8 35
8 Pinoké 22 4 9 9 36 46 −10 21
9 Almere 22 5 3 14 34 62 −28 18
10 Tilburg (O) 22 2 8 12 26 63 −37 14 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Klein Zwitserland (O) 22 3 4 15 26 55 −29 13
12 SCHC (R) 22 2 3 17 35 75 −40 9 Relegation to the Promotieklasse
Source: TheSports.org
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ALM AMS BLO DB HGC KAM KZ OR PIN ROT SCH TIL
Almere — 1–3 1–2 1–4 0–4 1–4 2–1 2–1 3–3 2–2 3–1 1–1
Amsterdam 4–1 — 2–2 3–0 2–8 0–2 5–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 7–1
Bloemendaal 2–1 4–2 — 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 5–0 2–0 3–1 5–0 6–1
Den Bosch 0–1 2–1 1–4 — 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 5–0 3–1
HGC 8–3 0–2 1–4 4–4 — 1–4 5–2 4–5 2–2 2–2 6–1 4–0
Kampong 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–3 — 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 4–3 6–0
Klein Zwitserland 3–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 4–5 — 1–1 2–2 2–5 3–2 0–0
Oranje-Rood 3–1 4–3 0–0 2–2 3–5 1–3 4–1 — 3–2 4–4 3–2 4–0
Pinoké 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–4 1–3 0–1 1–3 — 1–3 1–0 2–1
Rotterdam 6–3 2–1 3–1 2–3 2–6 2–3 2–0 3–4 1–3 — 4–2 2–2
SCHC 2–0 2–4 1–6 2–3 3–5 2–7 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–5 — 2–2
Tilburg 4–3 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–4 2–2 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

All rounds are played in a best of three format, with the higher seeded team playing the second and third game at home.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Bloemendaal21 (4)
 
 
 
Amsterdam01 (2)
 
Bloemendaal212
 
 
 
Kampong120
 
Kampong53
 
 
HGC22
 
EHL play-off
 
 
 
 
 
HGC25 (3)2 (7)
 
 
Amsterdam35 (2)2 (6)

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played from 15 to 19 May 2019.[4]

(1) Bloemendaal vs (4) Amsterdam

15 May 2019
20:30
Amsterdam 0–2 Bloemendaal
J. Brinkman field hockey ball 62'
Swaen field hockey ball 69'
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen
18 May 2019
16:00
Bloemendaal 1–1 Amsterdam
Fuchs field hockey ball 59' Buissant field hockey ball 34'
Penalties
4–2
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal won series 2–0.

(2) Kampong vs. (3) HGC

15 May 2019
20:30
HGC 2–5 Kampong
Plennevaux field hockey ball 22'
Van Tongeren field hockey ball 53' 		Meulenbroek field hockey ball 17', 42', 46', 56'
Kellerman field hockey ball 36'
De Roggewoning, Wassenaar
18 May 2019
16:00
Kampong 3–2 HGC
De Vilder field hockey ball 42'
Janssen field hockey ball 48'
Kellerman field hockey ball 65' 		Jackson field hockey ball 41', 44'
De Klapperboom, Utrecht

Kampong won series 2–0.

EHL play-off

Because the regular season champions, Bloemendaal, also qualified for the final, an extra series was needed to determine the third Dutch qualifier for the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League.

22 May 2019
20:30
Amsterdam 3–2 HGC
Verga field hockey ball 16'
Pruyser field hockey ball 23'
Reid-Ross field hockey ball 28' 		Jackson field hockey ball 17'
Cosyns field hockey ball 62'
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen
25 May 2019
16:00
HGC 5–5 Amsterdam
Jackson field hockey ball 10'
Schoenaker field hockey ball 26'
Van Ass field hockey ball 33'
Cosyns field hockey ball 63'
Van der Linden field hockey ball 69' 		Reid-Ross field hockey ball 17', 31', 44'
Burkhardt field hockey ball 21'
Leijs field hockey ball 64'
Penalties
3–2
De Roggewoning, Wassenaar
26 May 2019
16:00
HGC 2–2 Amsterdam
Van Ass field hockey ball 48'
Cosyns field hockey ball 55' 		Reid-Ross field hockey ball 32'
Pruyser field hockey ball 41'
Penalties
7–6
De Roggewoning, Wassenaar

HGC won series 2–1.

Final

22 May 2019
20:30
Kampong 1–2 Bloemendaal
Meulenbroek field hockey ball 67' Croon field hockey ball 6'
T. Brinkman field hockey ball 69'
De Klapperboom, Utrecht
25 May 2019
16:00
Bloemendaal 1–2 Kampong
Van der Drift field hockey ball 2' Phijffer field hockey ball 26'
Janssen field hockey ball 52'
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal
26 May 2019
16:00
Bloemendaal 2–0 Kampong
Croon field hockey ball 29'
Fuchs field hockey ball 44'
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal won series 2–1.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
HDM 0–2 Klein Zwitserland 1–2 0–2
Cartouche 1–2 Tilburg 1–2 3–3 (3–2 s.o.) 1–2

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 12 May 2019[5]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger Rotterdam 23
2 England Ashley Jackson HGC 17
South Africa Justin Reid-Ross Amsterdam
4 Belgium Alex Hendrickx Pinoké 15
5 Netherlands Mirco Pruyser Amsterdam 14
Netherlands Mink van der Weerden Oranje-Rood
7 Argentina Nicolás Della Torre Den Bosch 13
8 Netherlands Bjorn Kellerman Kampong 12
Netherlands Tim Swaen Bloemendaal
Netherlands Jelle Galema Den Bosch

References

  1. ^ "Speeldagenkalender Bondscompetitie 2018-2019" (PDF). www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ Huiskamp, Frank (20 May 2018). "Hockeyers van Kampong verslaan Amsterdam: opnieuw kampioen". www.nrc.nl (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Oranjefeest in Bloemendaal: hockeyers na negen jaar weer kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Programma eerste ronde play-offs Hoofdklasse Heren". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Topscorers HK, PK, OVK: Topscorerstitel voor Zerbo en Hertzberger". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 May 2019.