2022–23 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

This article is about the men's event. For the women's event, see 2022–23 Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey.
Hoofdklasse
Season2022–23
Dates3 September 2022 – 29 May 2023
ChampionsPinoké (1st title)
RelegatedVoordaan
Euro Hockey LeagueBloemendaal
Kampong
Pinoké
Matches played114
Goals scored541 (4.75 per match)
Best PlayerJonas de Geus
Top goalscorerJeroen Hertzberger (32 goals)
Biggest home winDen Bosch 11–1 Voordaan
Amsterdam 10–0 Voordaan
Biggest away winVoordaan 0–12 Kampong
Highest scoringVoordaan 0–12 Kampong
Den Bosch 11–1 Voordaan

The 2022–23 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 50th season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. It began on 3 September 2022 and concluded on 29 May 2023 with the second match of the championship final.[2]

Bloemendaal were the three-time defending champions.[3] They lost 5–1 on aggregate in the championship final to Pinoké who won their first national title.[4]

Changes from 2021–22

Starting from this season all the matches in the Hoofdklasse were played in four quarters of 15 minutes in accordance with the international rules of hockey; previously, the quarters were 17.5 minutes. Originally, the championship final would be played over one match at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen instead of the best of three home and away series as the previous seasons. The semi-finals of the play-offs would remain a best of three series.[5] After consultation with the Hoofdklasse clubs, it was decided to play both the semi-final and final rounds in two games: one home and one away.[2][6]

Teams

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2022–23 Men's Hoofdklasse teams

Twelve teams competed in the league - the top nine teams from the previous season, the winner of the 2021–22 Promotieklasse and the two winners of the 2021–22 relegation play-offs. Schaerweijde won the 2021–22 Promotieklasse and replaced Hurley, while HDM and Voordaan were promoted after beating SCHC and Tilburg in the relegation play-offs.

Accommodation and locations

Team Location Province Accommodation
Amsterdam Amstelveen  North Holland Wagener Stadium
Bloemendaal Bloemendaal  North Holland Sportpark 't Kopje
Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch  North Brabant Sportpark Oosterplas
HDM The Hague  South Holland Sportpark Duinzigt
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
Schaerweijde Zeist  Utrecht Sportpark Krakelingweg
Voordaan Groenekan  Utrecht Sportpark Bos

Number of teams by province

Province Number of teams Teams
 South Holland 4 HDM, HGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam
 North Holland 3 Amsterdam, Bloemendaal and Pinoké
 Utrecht Kampong, Schaerweijde and Voordaan
 North Brabant 2 Den Bosch and Oranje-Rood
Total 12

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kampong 22 17 2 3 73 35 +38 53 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2 Bloemendaal 22 14 7 1 69 30 +39 49
3 Rotterdam 22 13 2 7 76 50 +26 41 Qualification for the play-offs
4 Pinoké (C) 22 11 5 6 58 42 +16 38 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
5 Oranje-Rood 22 10 8 4 56 35 +21 38
6 Den Bosch 22 10 5 7 68 53 +15 35
7 Amsterdam 22 9 4 9 61 44 +17 31
8 Klein Zwitserland 22 8 7 7 56 47 +9 31
9 HGC 22 6 5 11 45 49 −4 23
10 HDM (O) 22 5 4 13 35 67 −32 19 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Schaerweijde (O) 22 2 4 16 24 59 −35 10
12 Voordaan (R) 22 0 1 21 23 133 −110 1 Relegation to the Promotieklasse
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AMS BLO DB HDM HGC KAM KZ OR PIN ROT SCH VOO
Amsterdam — 1–4 2–4 7–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–6 3–1 10–0
Bloemendaal 3–0 — 3–3 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 4–1 3–0 3–1
Den Bosch 3–2 2–2 — 4–3 2–3 4–5 1–1 2–2 4–3 4–5 1–0 11–1
HDM 2–2 0–4 3–1 — 1–3 1–7 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 5–2
HGC 0–1 2–2 2–4 1–1 — 2–4 0–2 1–1 3–4 1–3 3–0 5–0
Kampong 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 — 4–4 3–2 2–1 4–3 2–0 6–1
Klein Zwitserland 2–4 5–3 3–4 1–1 4–2 0–2 — 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–1 4–0
Oranje-Rood 2–1 2–2 2–2 4–1 5–1 4–3 4–4 — 2–2 3–1 3–0 6–1
Pinoké 2–1 1–4 4–3 3–0 2–0 3–4 2–2 2–1 — 0–1 3–1 6–1
Rotterdam 2–6 0–5 5–3 8–1 3–3 2–3 3–2 0–1 1–1 — 6–1 10–1
Schaerweijde 1–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–5 2–2 1–4 3–6 — 3–1
Voordaan 0–7 2–7 0–4 4–6 0–5 0–12 3–5 0–6 3–7 1–4 1–1 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club FG PC PS Goals[8]
1 Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger Rotterdam 14 17 5 36
1 Netherlands Jip Janssen Kampong 0 32 2 34
3 United States Aki Käppeler Klein Zwitserland 0 23 1 24
4 Belgium Alexander Hendrickx Pinoké 0 21 1 22
5 Australia Jeremy Hayward Den Bosch 1 15 3 19
6 Netherlands Boris Burkhardt Amsterdam 7 10 0 17
7 New Zealand Sam Lane Oranje-Rood 7 8 1 16
8 Netherlands Duco Telgenkamp Kampong 14 1 0 15
Netherlands Koen Bijen Den Bosch 13 1 0
Netherlands Tim Swaen Bloemendaal 0 13 2

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Bloemendaal246
 
 
 
Rotterdam13 4
 
Bloemendaal101
 
 
 
Pinoké14 5
 
Kampong112
 
 
Pinoké32 5
 

Semi-finals

18 May 2023
18:00
Rotterdam 1–2 Bloemendaal
Menini field hockey ball 59' Report Van Doren field hockey ball 19'
Warmerdam field hockey ball 44'
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam
21 May 2023
16:30
Bloemendaal 4–3 Rotterdam
Swaen field hockey ball 13'
Van Doren field hockey ball 25', 35'
Bovendeert field hockey ball 55' 		Report Van der Heijden field hockey ball 17'
Hertzberger field hockey ball 20', 53'
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal won 6–4 on aggregate.

18 May 2023
16:00
Pinoké 3–1 Kampong
Hendrickx field hockey ball 16'
M. Bukkens field hockey ball 23'
Landbrug field hockey ball 28' 		Report Janssen field hockey ball 21'
Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen
21 May 2023
14:30
Kampong 1–2 Pinoké
Janssen field hockey ball 8' Report Dockier field hockey ball 1'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 9'
De Klapperboom, Utrecht

Pinoké won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

27 May 2023
16:00
Pinoké 1–1 Bloemendaal
Hendrickx field hockey ball 50' Report Van Doren field hockey ball 55'
Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen
29 May 2023
16:00
Bloemendaal 0–4 Pinoké
Report Landbrug field hockey ball 31', 51'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 50'
De Vilder field hockey ball 54'
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Pinoké won 5–1 on aggregate.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs were held on 24, 27 and 29 May 2023.[9]

Overview

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Hurley 0–2 HDM 1–2 2–4
Nijmegen 1–2 Schaerweijde 3–3 (2–1 s.o.) 2–4 2–3

References

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  8. ^ "Topscorers: de puike cijfers van Jansen en Hertzberger". hockey.nl (in Dutch).
  9. ^ "Speelschema: play-outs beslist in best-of-three-series". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.