Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024–25 Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey
SportField hockey
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981)
First season1981–82
AdministratorKNHB
No. of teams12
CountryNetherlands
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Den Bosch (22nd title)
(2023–24)
Most titlesDen Bosch (22 titles)
TV partner(s)NOS
Ziggo Sport
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toPromotieklasse
Domestic cup(s)Gold Cup
International cup(s)Euro Hockey League

The Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey is the women's top division of Field hockey in the Netherlands. The league ranks first in the European league ranking table.[1] The league was established in 1981 and before the league existed the champions of the several districts played in a championship pool to determine the national champion.

Den Bosch are the current champions, having won the 2023–24 season by defeating SCHC in the championship final.[2] Den Bosch has the most titles with 22 followed by Amsterdam with 21.

Format

The season starts in August or September of each year and is interrupted by the indoor hockey season from November to February. From March the outdoor season will be continued. The league is played by twelve teams who play each other twice and who compete 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-final and the winners qualify for the final where the winner will be crowned champion. 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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Women's Hoofdklasse 2024-25

Accommodation and locations

Team Location Province Accommodation
Amsterdam Amstelveen  North Holland Wagener Stadium
Den Bosch 's-Hertogenbosch  North Brabant Sportpark Oosterplas
HDM The Hague  South Holland Sportpark Duinzigt
HGC Wassenaar  South Holland De Roggewoning
Huizen Naarden  North Holland Sportpark Bestevaer
Hurley Amstelveen  North Holland Amsterdamse Bos
Kampong Utrecht  Utrecht De Klapperboom
Oranje-Rood Eindhoven  North Brabant Sportpark Aalsterweg
Rotterdam Rotterdam  South Holland Hazelaarweg Stadion
Pinoké Amstelveen  North Holland Amsterdamse Bos
SCHC Bilthoven  Utrecht Sportpark Kees Broekelaan
Tilburg Tilburg  North Brabant Oude Warande

List of champions

National champions (1920–1981)

No. Season Champions
1 1920–21 HOC (1)
2 1921–22 HOC (2)
3 1922–23 HOC (3)
4 1923–24 HOC (4)
5 1924–25 HOC (5)
6 1925–26 HOC (6)
7 1926–27 HOC (7)
8 1927–28 HOC (8)
– 1928–29 Not held
9 1929–30 HOC (9)
10 1930–31 HOC (10)
11 1931–32 HOC (11)
12 1932–33 HOC (12)
13 1933–34 HOC (13)
14 1934–35 HOC (14)
15 1935–36 BDHC (1)
No. Season Champions
16 1936–37 Amsterdam (1)
17 1937–38 Amsterdam (2)
18 1938–39 Rood-Wit (1)
– 1939–40 Not held
– 1940–41 Not held
– 1941–42 Not held
– 1942–43 Not held
– 1943–44 Not held
– 1944–45 Not held
19 1945–46 Rood-Wit (2)
– 1946–47 Not held
20 1947–48 HHIJC (1)
21 1948–49 Amsterdam (3)
22 1949–50 BDHC (2)
23 1950–51 BDHC (3)
No. Season Champions
24 1951–52 BDHC (4)
25 1952–53 Gooische (1)
26 1953–54 HHIJC (2)
27 1954–55 BDHC (5)
28 1955–56 Oranje Zwart (1)
29 1956–57 EMHC (1)
30 1957–58 BDHC (6)
31 1958–59 BDHC (7)
32 1959–60 Union (1)
33 1960–61 BDHC (8)
34 1961–62 BDHC (9)
– 1962–63 Not held
35 1963–64 BDHC (10)
36 1964–65 BDHC (11)
37 1965–66 EMHC (2)
No. Season Champions
38 1966–67 BDHC (12)
39 1967–68 EMHC (3)
40 1968–69 Oranje Zwart (2)
41 1969–70 Oranje Zwart (3)
42 1970–71 Amsterdam (4)
43 1971–72 Amsterdam (5)
44 1972–73 De Kieviten (1)
45 1973–74 Amsterdam (6)
46 1974–75 Amsterdam (7)
47 1975–76 Amsterdam (8)
48 1976–77 Were Di (1)
49 1977–78 Were Di (2)
50 1978–79 Amsterdam (9)
51 1979–80 Amsterdam (10)
52 1980–81 Amsterdam (11)

Hoofdklasse era (1981–present)

Season Champions[4] Runners-up Top goalscorer (Club) Goals
1981–82 HGC (1) Amsterdam Netherlands Sandra Le Poole (Amsterdam) 31
1982–83 Amsterdam (12) HGC Netherlands Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 21
1983–84 Amsterdam (13) Hilversum Netherlands Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam) 25
1984–85 HGC (2) Amsterdam Netherlands Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 31
1985–86 HGC (3) Hilversum Netherlands Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 38
1986–87 Amsterdam (14) HGC Netherlands Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 46
1987–88 HGC (4) Amsterdam Netherlands Lisanne Lejeune (HGC) 34
1988–89 Amsterdam (15) HGC Netherlands Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam) 24
1989–90 HGC (5) Amsterdam Netherlands Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam) 22
1990–91 Amsterdam (16) HGC Netherlands Helen van der Ben (Amsterdam) 25
1991–92 Amsterdam (17) HGC Netherlands Wietske de Ruiter (HGC) 46
1992–93 HGC (6) Amsterdam Netherlands Wietske de Ruiter (HGC)
Netherlands Mieketine Wouters (Amsterdam)		 20
1993–94 Kampong (1) MOP Netherlands Frederiek Grijpma (Laren) 20
1994–95 Kampong (2) HGC Netherlands Wietske de Ruiter (HGC) 26
1995–96 HGC (7) Kampong Netherlands Wietske de Ruiter (HGC) 21
1996–97 HGC (8) Amsterdam Netherlands Suzan van der Wielen (HGC)
Netherlands Mieketine Wouters (Amsterdam)		 20
1997–98 Den Bosch (1) Amsterdam Netherlands Suzan van der Wielen (HGC)
South Africa Pietie Coetzee (Amsterdam)		 22
1998–99 Den Bosch (2) Amsterdam Netherlands Frederiek Grijpma (Amsterdam) 22
1999–2000 Den Bosch (3) Amsterdam Netherlands Ageeth Boomgaardt (Den Bosch) 25
2000–01 Den Bosch (4) Rotterdam Netherlands Mieketine Wouters (Laren) 25
2001–02 Den Bosch (5) Rotterdam Netherlands Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch) 36
2002–03 Den Bosch (6) Laren Australia Alyson Annan (Klein Zwitserland) 26
2003–04 Den Bosch (7) Amsterdam Netherlands Ageeth Boomgaardt (Den Bosch) 36
2004–05 Den Bosch (8) Amsterdam Netherlands Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch) 33
2005–06 Den Bosch (9) Amsterdam Netherlands Mijntje Donners (Den Bosch) 25
2006–07 Den Bosch (10) Amsterdam Netherlands Kim Lammers (Laren) 34
2007–08 Den Bosch (11) Amsterdam Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 23
2008–09 Amsterdam (18) Den Bosch Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 44
2009–10 Den Bosch (12) Laren Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 27
2010–11 Den Bosch (13) Laren Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 43
2011–12 Den Bosch (14) Laren Netherlands Kim Lammers (Laren) 40
2012–13 Amsterdam (19) Den Bosch Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 37
2013–14 Den Bosch (15) SCHC Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 29
2014–15 Den Bosch (16) SCHC Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 32
2015–16 Den Bosch (17) Amsterdam Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 31
2016–17 Den Bosch (18) Amsterdam Netherlands Maartje Paumen (Den Bosch) 23
2017–18 Den Bosch (19) Amsterdam Netherlands Pien van Nes (HDM)
Netherlands Charlotte Vega (Amsterdam)
Netherlands Caia van Maasakker (SCHC)		 16
2018–19 Amsterdam (20) Den Bosch Netherlands Ginella Zerbo (SCHC) 24
2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[5] Netherlands Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) 25
2020–21 Den Bosch (20) Amsterdam Netherlands Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) 24
2021–22 Den Bosch (21) SCHC Netherlands Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) 35
2022–23 Amsterdam (21) SCHC Netherlands Yibbi Jansen (SCHC) 23
2023–24 Den Bosch (22) SCHC Netherlands Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) 27
2024–25

Champions

By club

Club Championships Seasons won
Den Bosch 22 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023-24
Amsterdam 21 1936–37, 1937–38, 1948–49, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2022–23
HOC 14 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35
BDHC 12 1935–36, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67
HGC 8 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97
Oranje Zwart 3 1955–56, 1968–69, 1969–70
EMHC 1956–57, 1965–66, 1967–68
Kampong 2 1993–94, 1994–95
Were Di 1976–77, 1977–78
HHIJC 1947–48, 1953–54
Rood-Wit 1938–39, 1945–46
De Kieviten 1 1972–73
Union 1959–60
Gooische 1952–53

By province

Province Championships Clubs
 North Holland 36 Amsterdam (21), BDHC (12), Rood-Wit (2), Gooische (1)
 North Brabant 30 Den Bosch (22), Oranje Zwart (3), EMHC (3), Were Di (2)
 South Holland 25 HOC (14), HGC (8), HHIJC (2), De Kieviten (1)
 Utrecht 2 Kampong (2)
 Gelderland 1 Union (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. ^ "EHL Women's Rankings Table Revealed as Surbiton First Side to Qualify". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Match winner Matla about wasting time: 'Didn't mean it arrogantly'". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 27 May 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 - Women'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.