Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey
SportField hockey
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
First season1973–74
AdministratorKNHB
No. of teams12
CountryNetherlands
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Pinoké (1st title)
(2022–23)
Most titlesBloemendaal (22 titles)
TV partner(s)Viaplay
NOS
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toPromotieklasse
Domestic cup(s)Gold Cup
International cup(s)Euro Hockey League

The Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, currently known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the men's top division of field hockey in the Netherlands. The league ranks first in the European league ranking table.[2] The league was established in 1973, and before the league existed the champions of the several district played in a championship pool to determine the national champion.

Kampong are the current champions, having won the 2023–24 season by defeating Rotterdam in the championship final. Bloemendaal has the most titles with 22, followed by Amsterdam with 21.

Format

The season starts in August or September each year and is interrupted by the indoor hockey season from November to February. The outdoor season resumes from March. The league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice, competing for four spots in the championship play-offs. The number one and four and the number two and three play each other in the semi-finals and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. Each semi-final and the final consist of two-leg matches, with the winner determined by the highest aggregate score over both home and away games. The last placed team is relegated to the second division, the Promotieklasse.[3] The eleventh-placed team plays in a relegation play-off against the runners-up of the Promotieklasse and the tenth-placed team plays a relegation play-off against the third-placed from the Promotieklasse.[3] The winners of these matches will play the next season in the Hoofdklasse.[3]

Teams

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2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse teams

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
Hurley Amstelveen  North Holland Amsterdamse Bos
Kampong Utrecht  Utrecht De Klapperboom
Klein Zwitserland The Hague  South Holland Sportpark Klein Zwitserland
Nijmegen Nijmegen  Gelderland Radboud Sportcentrum
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

List of champions

National champions (1897–1973)

No. Season Champions Runners-up
1 1898–99 Haagsche HBC (1) Haarlemsche HBC (1)
2 1899–1900 Haarlemsche HBC (1) Haagsche HBC (1)
3 1900–01 Haagsche HBC (2) Haarlemsche HBC (2)
– 1901–02 Not held
4 1902–03 Haarlemsche HBC (2) HMHC (1)
5 1903–04 HMHC (1) Haarlemsche HBC (3)
6 1904–05 Haarlemsche HBC (3) HMHC (2)
7 1905–06 HMHC (2) Amsterdam (1)
8 1906–07 HVV (1) Amsterdam (2)
9 1907–08 ODIS (1) HHV (1)
10 1908–09 HVV (2) Amsterdam (3)
11 1909–10 De Musschen (1) HHV (2)
12 1910–11 De Musschen (2) HHV (3)
13 1911–12 De Musschen (3) TOGO (1)
14 1912–13 TOGO (1) De Musschen (1)
15 1913–14 TOGO (2) Hilversum (1)
– 1914–15 Not held
16 1915–16 TOGO (3) HOC (1)
17 1916–17 TOGO (4) Amsterdam (4)
18 1917–18 TOGO (5) Bloemendaal (1)
19 1918–19 Bloemendaal (1) HDM (1)
20 1919–20 Bloemendaal (2) HOC (2)
21 1920–21 Bloemendaal (3) TOGO (2)
22 1921–22 Bloemendaal (4) Bloemendaal (2)
23 1922–23 Bloemendaal (5) HDM (2)
No. Season Champions Runners-up
24 1923–24 HDM (1) Bloemendaal (3)
25 1924–25 Amsterdam (1) Bloemendaal (4)
26 1925–26 Amsterdam (2) Deventer (1)
27 1926–27 Amsterdam (3) Deventer (2)
28 1927–28 Amsterdam (4) Deventer (3)
29 1928–29 Amsterdam (5) Deventer (4)
30 1929–30 HDM (2) Deventer (5)
31 1930–31 HDM (3) Deventer (6)
32 1931–32 Amsterdam (6) PW (1)
33 1932–33 Amsterdam (7) Deventer (7)
34 1933–34 Amsterdam (8) PW (2)
35 1934–35 HDM (4) Breda (1)
36 1935–36 HDM (5) PW (3)
37 1936–37 Amsterdam (9) Breda (2)
38 1937–38 BMHC (1) Breda (3)
39 1938–39 Venlo (1) Gooi (1)
– 1939–40 Not held
40 1940–41 HDM (6) Venlo (1)
41 1941–42 HDM (7) & Venlo (2) —
42 1942–43 Venlo (3) HDM (3)
43 1943–44 Hilversum (1) PW (4)
– 1944–45 Not held
44 1945–46 Venlo (4) HDM (4)
– 1946–47 Not held
45 1947–48 HHIJC (1) Venlo (2)
No. Season Champions Runners-up
46 1948–49 HHIJC (2) Venlo (3)
47 1949–50 Venlo (5) HHIJC (1)
48 1950–51 HHIJC (3) Venlo (4)
49 1951–52 HHIJC (4) Venlo (5)
50 1952–53 Venlo (6) HHIJC (2)
51 1953–54 TOGO (6) Venlo (6)
52 1954–55 Venlo (7) HHIJC (3)
53 1955–56 Laren (1) DKS (1)
54 1956–57 TOGO (7) HTCC (1)
55 1957–58 DSHC (1) Venlo (7)
56 1958–59 SCHC (1) Venlo (8)
57 1959–60 Tilburg (1) Laren (1)
58 1960–61 Laren (2) Venlo (9)
59 1961–62 Amsterdam (10) EMHC (1)
– 1962–63 Not held
60 1963–64 Amsterdam (11) PW (5)
61 1964–65 Amsterdam (12) HTCC (2)
62 1965–66 Amsterdam (13) Hattem (1)
63 1966–67 Venlo (8) Kampong (1)
64 1967–68 Kampong (1) HTCC (3)
65 1968–69 Laren (3) Venlo (10)
66 1969–70 Tilburg (2) HTCC (4)
67 1970–71 HTCC (1) HGC (1)
68 1971–72 Kampong (2) HHIJC (4)
69 1972–73 Kampong (3) HTCC (5)

Hoofdklasse era (1973–present)

Season Champions[4] Runners-up Top goalscorer (Club) Goals
1973–74 Kampong (4) Amsterdam (5) Netherlands Paul Litjens (Kampong)
Netherlands Patty Mundt (Hattem)		 20
1974–75 Amsterdam (14) Klein Zwitserland (1) Netherlands Paul Litjens (Kampong) 28
1975–76 Kampong (5) Klein Zwitserland (1) Netherlands Paul Litjens (Kampong) 28
1976–77 Klein Zwitserland (1) Kampong (2) Netherlands Paul Litjens (Kampong) 18
1977–78 Klein Zwitserland (2) HGC (2) Netherlands Paul Litjens (Kampong) 26
1978–79 Klein Zwitserland (3) HGC (3) Netherlands Paul Litjens (Kampong) 24
1979–80 Klein Zwitserland (4) Kampong (3) Netherlands Paul Litjens (Kampong) 38
1980–81 Klein Zwitserland (5) HGC (4) Netherlands Ties Kruize (Klein Zwitserland) 57
1981–82 Klein Zwitserland (6) Kampong (4) Netherlands Ties Kruize (Klein Zwitserland) 42
1982–83 Klein Zwitserland (7) Amsterdam (6) Netherlands Ties Kruize (Klein Zwitserland)
Netherlands Hidde Kruize (Klein Zwitserland)		 26
1983–84 Klein Zwitserland (8) Amsterdam (7) Netherlands Maarten van Grimbergen (Klein Zwitserland) 25
1984–85 Kampong (6) Bloemendaal (5) Netherlands Rick Volkers (Kampong) 21
1985–86 Bloemendaal (6) Kampong (5) Netherlands Patrick Faber (Amsterdam) 25
1986–87 Bloemendaal (7) HGC (5) Netherlands Floris Jan Bovelander (Bloemendaal) 27
1987–88 Bloemendaal (8) HGC (6) Netherlands Floris Jan Bovelander (Bloemendaal) 25
1988–89 Bloemendaal (9) Amsterdam (8) Netherlands Floris Jan Bovelander (Bloemendaal) 36
1989–90 HGC (1) Kampong (6) Netherlands Floris Jan Bovelander (Bloemendaal) 24
1990–91 Bloemendaal (10) HGC (7) Netherlands Floris Jan Bovelander (Bloemendaal) 32
1991–92 HDM (8) Bloemendaal (6) Netherlands Gijs Weterings (HGC) 28
1992–93 Bloemendaal (11) HGC (8) Netherlands Taco van den Honert (Amsterdam) 27
1993–94 Amsterdam (15) Bloemendaal (7) Netherlands Floris Jan Bovelander (Bloemendaal) 28
1994–95 Amsterdam (16) HDM (5) Netherlands Taco van den Honert (Amsterdam) 42
1995–96 HGC (2) Bloemendaal (8) Netherlands Bram Lomans (HGC) 26
1996–97 Amsterdam (17) Den Bosch (1) Netherlands Bram Lomans (HGC) 33
1997–98 Den Bosch (1) Amsterdam (9) Netherlands Bram Lomans (HGC)
Netherlands Piet-Hein Geeris (Den Bosch)
Netherlands Richard de Snaijer (HDM)		 29
1998–99 Bloemendaal (12) Oranje Zwart (1) Netherlands Bram Lomans (HGC) 29
1999–2000 Bloemendaal (13) Den Bosch (2) Netherlands Paul Robert Lankhout (Kampong) 31
2000–01 Den Bosch (2) Oranje Zwart (2) Netherlands Teun de Nooijer (Bloemendaal) 24
2001–02 Bloemendaal (14) Amsterdam (10) Netherlands Sander Dreesmann (Klein Zwitserland) 24
2002–03 Amsterdam (18) Oranje Zwart (3) Netherlands Taeke Taekema (Klein Zwitserland) 33
2003–04 Amsterdam (19) Bloemendaal (9) England David Mathews (Amsterdam) 34
2004–05 Oranje Zwart (1) Bloemendaal (10) Netherlands Roderick Weusthof (SCHC) 27
2005–06 Bloemendaal (15) Amsterdam (11) Netherlands Roderick Weusthof (SCHC) 34
2006–07 Bloemendaal (16) HGC (9) Germany Christopher Zeller (Bloemendaal) 47
2007–08 Bloemendaal (17) Amsterdam (12) Netherlands Taeke Taekema (Amsterdam) 43
2008–09 Bloemendaal (18) Amsterdam (13) Netherlands Roderick Weusthof (SCHC) 34
2009–10 Bloemendaal (19) HGC (10) England Ashley Jackson (HGC) 29
2010–11 Amsterdam (20) Bloemendaal (11) Netherlands Taeke Taekema (Amsterdam) 27
2011–12 Amsterdam (21) Rotterdam (1) Netherlands Roderick Weusthof (Rotterdam) 34
2012–13 Rotterdam (1) Oranje Zwart (4) Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger (Rotterdam) 26
2013–14 Oranje Zwart (2) Bloemendaal (12) Netherlands Mink van der Weerden (Oranje Zwart) 36
2014–15 Oranje Zwart (3) Kampong (7) South Africa Justin Reid-Ross (Amsterdam) 34
2015–16 Oranje Zwart (4) Amsterdam (14) Argentina Gonzalo Peillat (HGC) 33
2016–17 Kampong (7) Rotterdam (2) Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger (Rotterdam) 28
2017–18 Kampong (8) Amsterdam (15) Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger (Rotterdam) 28
2018–19 Bloemendaal (20) Kampong (8) Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger (Rotterdam) 23
2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[5] Netherlands Tim Swaen (Bloemendaal) 18
2020–21 Bloemendaal (21) Kampong (9) Belgium Alexander Hendrickx (Pinoké) 21
2021–22 Bloemendaal (22) Pinoké (1) Belgium Alexander Hendrickx (Pinoké) 25
2022–23 Pinoké (1) Bloemendaal (13) Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger (Rotterdam) 32
2023–24 Kampong (9) Rotterdam (3) Netherlands Jip Janssen (Kampong) 24
2024–25

Champions

By club

Club Championships Runners-up Seasons won
Bloemendaal 22 13 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
Amsterdam 21 15 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1974–75, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2011–12
Kampong 9 9 1967–68, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1984–85, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2023-24
Venlo 8 10 1938–39, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1966–67
HDM 5 1923–24, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1991–92
Klein Zwitserland 2 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
TOGO 7 2 1912–13, 1913–14, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1953–54, 1956–57
Oranje Zwart 4 4 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
HHIJC 4 1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52
Haarlemsche HBC 3 3 1899–1900, 1902–03, 1904–05
Laren 1 1955–56, 1960–61, 1968–69
De Musschen 1 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12
HGC 2 10 1989–90, 1995–96
HHV 3 1906–07, 1908–09
Den Bosch 2 1997–98, 2000–01
HMHC 2 1903–04, 1905–06
Haagsche HBC 1 1898–99, 1900–01
Tilburg 0 1959–60, 1969–70
HTCC 1 5 1970–71
Rotterdam 3 2012–13
Hilversum 1 1943–44
Pinoké 1 2022–23
SCHC 0 1958–59
DSHC 0 1957–58
BMHC 0 1937–38
ODIS 0 1907–08
Deventer 0 7
PW 5
Breda 3
HOC 2
DKS 1
EMHC 1
Gooi 1
Hattem 1

By province

Province Championships Runners-up Winning clubs
 North Holland 54 37 Bloemendaal (22), Amsterdam (21), Haarlemsche HBC (3), Laren (3), De Musschen (3), Hilversum (1), Pinoké (1), BMHC (1)
 South Holland 38 34 HDM (8), Klein Zwitserland (8), TOGO (7), HHIJC (4), HGC (2), HHV (2), HMHC (2), Haagsche HBC (2), Rotterdam (1), DSHC (1), ODIS (1)
 Utrecht 10 9 Kampong (9), SCHC (1)
 North Brabant 9 15 Oranje Zwart (4), Den Bosch (2), Tilburg (2), HTCC (1)
 Limburg 8 10 Venlo (8)
 Overijssel 0 13
 Gelderland 1

Media coverage

Since 2015, almost every Sunday, one match from either the men's or the women's league is broadcast live by either Ziggo Sport or the NOS.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tulp hoofdsponsor en naamgever Hoofdklasse Heren". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. ^ "ENGLAND'S MEN THE BIG WINNERS IN EHL RANKING TABLE". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Promotie-/degradatieregeling Bondscompetitie 2018-2019" (PDF). www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Field hockey - Men's Dutch National Championship - Prize list". www.the-sports.org. TheSports.org. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Hockeybond schrapt alle competities, geen promotie of degradatie". nos.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. ^ Scholte, Jolien (11 November 2015). "Ziggo Sport zendt wedstrijden Hoofdklasse live uit op zondagen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2019.