Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

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 third in the European league ranking table.[2] The league was estiblished in 1973 and before the league existed the champions of the several district played in a championship pool to determine the national champion.

Hoofdklasse
Current season, competition or edition:
2020–21 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey
SportField hockey
Founded1973 (1973)
Inaugural season1973–74
AdministratorKNHB
No. of teams12
CountryNetherlands
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Bloemendaal (20th title)
(2018–19)
Most titlesAmsterdam (21 titles)
TV partner(s)Ziggo Sport
NOS
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toPromotieklasse
Domestic cup(s)Gold Cup
International cup(s)Euro Hockey League

Bloemendaal are the current champions, having won the 2018–19 season by defeating the defending champions Kampong in the championship final.[3] Amsterdam has the most titles with 21 followed by Bloemendaal with 20.[3]

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.[4] 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.[4] The winners of these matches will play the next season in the Hoofdklasse.[4]

List of champions

National champions (1897–1973)
No. Season Champions
11898–99Haagsche HBC (1)
21899–1900Haarlemsche HBC (1)
31900–01Haagsche HBC (2)
–1901–02Not held
41902–03Haarlemsche HBC (2)
51903–04HMHC (1)
61904–05Haarlemsche HBC (3)
71905–06HMHC (2)
81906–07HVV (1)
91907–08ODIS (1)
101908–09HVV (2)
111909–10De Musschen (1)
121910–11De Musschen (2)
131911–12De Musschen (3)
141912–13TOGO (1)
No. Season Champions
151913–14TOGO (2)
–1914–15Not held
161915–16TOGO (3)
171916–17TOGO (4)
181917–18TOGO (5)
191918–19Bloemendaal (1)
201919–20Bloemendaal (2)
211920–21Bloemendaal (3)
221921–22Bloemendaal (4)
231922–23Bloemendaal (5)
241923–24HDM (1)
251924–25Amsterdam (1)
261925–26Amsterdam (2)
271926–27Amsterdam (3)
281927–28Amsterdam (4)
No. Season Champions
291928–29Amsterdam (5)
301929–30HDM (2)
311930–31HDM (3)
321931–32Amsterdam (6)
331932–33Amsterdam (7)
341933–34Amsterdam (8)
351934–35HDM (4)
361935–36HDM (5)
371936–37Amsterdam (9)
381937–38BMHC (1)
391938–39Venlo (1)
–1939–40Not held
401940–41HDM (6)
411941–42HDM (7) & Venlo (2)
421942–43Venlo (3)
No. Season Champions
431943–44Hilversum (1)
–1944–45Not held
441945–46Venlo (4)
–1946–47Not held
451947–48HHIJC (1)
461948–49HHIJC (2)
471949–50Venlo (5)
481950–51HHIJC (3)
491951–52HHIJC (4)
501952–53Venlo (6)
511953–54TOGO (6)
521954–55Venlo (7)
531955–56Laren (1)
541956–57TOGO (7)
551957–58DSHC (1)
No. Season Champions
561958–59SCHC (1)
571959–60Tilburg (1)
581960–61Laren (2)
591961–62Amsterdam (10)
–1962–63Not held
601963–64Amsterdam (11)
611964–65Amsterdam (12)
621965–66Amsterdam (13)
631966–67Venlo (8)
641967–68Kampong (1)
651968–69Laren (3)
661969–70Tilburg (2)
671970–71HTCC (1)
681971–72Kampong (2)
691972–73Kampong (3)

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

Champions

By club
Club Championships Seasons won
Amsterdam211924–25, 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
Bloemendaal201918–19, 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
Kampong81967–68, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1984–85, 2016–17, 2017–18
HDM1923–24, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1991–92
Klein Zwitserland1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
Venlo1938–39, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1966–67
TOGO71912–13, 1913–14, 1915–16, 1916–17, 1917–18, 1953–54, 1956–57
Oranje Zwart42004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
HHIJC1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1951–52
Laren31955–56, 1960–61, 1968–69
De Musschen1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12
Haarlemsche HBC1899–1900, 1902–03, 1904–05
Den Bosch21997–98, 2000–01
HGC1989–90, 1995–96
Tilburg1959–60, 1969–70
HHV1906–07, 1908–09
HMHC1903–04, 1905–06
Haagsche HBC1898–99, 1900–01
Rotterdam12012–13
HTCC1970–71
SCHC1958–59
DSHC1957–58
Hilversum1943–44
BMHC1937–38
ODIS1907–08

By province
Province Championships Clubs
 North Holland53Amsterdam (21), Bloemendaal (20), Haarlemsche HBC (4), Laren (3), De Musschen (3), Hilversum (1), BMHC (1)
 South Holland38HDM (8), Klein Zwitserland (8), TOGO (7), HHIJC (4), HGC (2), HHV (2), HMHC (2), Haagsche HBC (2), Rotterdam (1), DSHC (1), ODIS (1)
 North Brabant9Oranje Zwart (4), Den Bosch (2), Tilburg (2), HTCC (1)
 UtrechtKampong (8), SCHC (1)
 Limburg8Venlo (8)

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.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Tulp hoofdsponsor en naamgever Hoofdklasse Heren". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. "Top Five Nations Confirmed on EHL Men's Ranking Table for 2019/20 Season". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 6 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. "Promotie-/degradatieregeling Bondscompetitie 2018-2019" (PDF). www.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Hockey Association. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. "Field hockey - Men's Dutch National Championship - Prize list". www.the-sports.org. TheSports.org. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. "Hockeybond schrapt alle competities, geen promotie of degradatie". nos.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. Scholte, Jolien (11 November 2015). "Ziggo Sport zendt wedstrijden Hoofdklasse live uit op zondagen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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