2023–24 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse
Season2023–24
Dates23 September 2023 – 11 May 2024
ChampionsKampong (9th title)
RelegatedHGC
Laren
Schaerweijde
Euro Hockey LeagueBloemendaal
Kampong
Rotterdam
Matches played132
Goals scored591 (4.48 per match)
Top goalscorerJip Janssen (Kampong)
(24 goals)
Biggest home winRotterdam 12–0 HGC
Biggest away winHGC 0–9 Oranje-Rood
Highest scoringRotterdam 12–0 HGC

The 2023–24 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, also known as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 51st season of the Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. It began on 23 September 2023 and concluded on 11 May 2024 with the second match of the championship final.[2]

Pinoké were the defending champions, they won their first national title by defeating Bloemendaal 5–1 on aggregate in the 2022–23 championship final.[3] Pinoké were not able to defend their title after they failed to qualify for the championship play-offs.[4] The final was played between Kampong and Rotterdam, Kampong won their ninth Dutch national by defeating Rotterdam 4–3 on aggregate.[5]

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league - the top nine teams from the previous season, the winner of the 2022–23 Promotieklasse and the two winners of the 2022–23 relegation play-offs. Laren won the 2022–23 Promotieklasse and replaced Voordaan.

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
Laren Laren North Holland Sportpark Eemnesserweg

Personnel

Team Trainer-coach Captain
Amsterdam Taco van den Honert Boris Burkhardt
Bloemendaal Rick Mathijssen Thierry Brinkman
Den Bosch Nanco Jansonius Jasper Tukkers
HDM Eric van Driel Cédric de Gier
Sander Groenheijde
HGC Floris van der Linden
David van Ass
Seve van Ass
Kampong Tim Oudenaller Lars Balk
Jonas de Geus
Klein Zwitserland Omar Schlingemann Marco Miltkau
David Huussen
Laren Lucas Rey Pieter Paul Houting
Oranje-Rood Jeroen Baart Joep de Mol
Pinoké Jesse Mahieu Jannis van Hattum
Rotterdam Robin Rösch Jeroen Hertzberger
Schaerweijde Albert-Kees Manenschijn Jan de Wijkerslooth

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing trainer-coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming trainer-coach Date of appointment
Amsterdam Alexander Cox[6] End of contract 29 May 2023 Pre-season Taco van den Honert[7] 30 May 2023
Laren Nanco Jansonius[8] Signed by Den Bosch Lucas Rey[9]
Den Bosch Marc Lammers Assigned a new role Nanco Jansonius[8]
HGC Bram Lomans[10] Sacked 22 March 2024 9th Floris van der Linden
David van Ass
22 March 2024

Number of teams by province

Province Number of teams Teams
South Holland 4 HDM, HGC, Klein Zwitserland and Rotterdam
North Holland 4 Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Pinoké and Laren
Utrecht 2 Kampong, Schaerweijde
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 Bloemendaal 22 17 3 2 78 34 +44 54 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
2 Oranje-Rood 22 16 3 3 66 34 +32 51 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Kampong (C) 22 15 2 5 63 32 +31 47 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League and the play-offs
4 Rotterdam 22 15 1 6 71 39 +32 46
5 Pinoké 22 12 4 6 48 35 +13 40
6 Den Bosch 22 8 4 10 59 54 +5 28
7 Klein Zwitserland 22 7 4 11 35 42 −7 25
8 Amsterdam 22 6 4 12 40 53 −13 22
9 HDM 22 5 6 11 43 59 −16 21
10 HGC (R) 22 3 7 12 34 74 −40 16 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Laren (R) 22 3 3 16 30 67 −37 12
12 Schaerweijde (R) 22 3 3 16 24 68 −44 12 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.[11]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AMS BLO DB HDM HGC KAM KZ LAR OR PIN ROT SCH
Amsterdam 0–1 1–1 5–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 2–1 2–3 1–4 2–4 5–0
Bloemendaal 7–1 2–1 9–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 5–2 3–3 3–2 4–2 7–1
Den Bosch 3–3 2–3 3–1 4–4 4–1 2–3 4–1 2–3 5–2 3–7 5–0
HDM 1–1 2–4 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–2 2–4 2–1
HGC 3–3 2–6 2–4 1–3 0–4 2–3 3–3 0–9 1–1 2–4 4–1
Kampong 5–2 0–2 3–1 5–4 3–0 0–1 6–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–1
Klein Zwitserland 0–1 3–5 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–1
Laren 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–4 2–1 2–7 1–2 1–5 0–1 3–7 0–1
Oranje-Rood 4–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 2–2 1–2 6–3 3–1
Pinoké 2–0 2–1 4–4 1–1 3–1 3–5 4–2 4–0 1–3 2–1 4–0
Rotterdam 4–2 4–2 2–1 4–0 12–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1
Schaerweijde 1–4 0–4 3–4 3–4 1–1 0–7 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–5
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player[12] Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Jip Janssen Kampong 1 20 3 24
2 Jeroen Hertzberger Rotterdam 11 8 3 22
3 Boris Burkhardt Amsterdam 8 12 1 21
4 Timo Boers Den Bosch 1 15 2 18
5 Sam Lane Oranje-Rood 7 8 0 15
6 Thierry Brinkman Bloemendaal 13 1 0 14
Joep Troost Pinoké 7 7 0
8 Koen Bijen Den Bosch 11 2 0 13
9 Duco Telgenkamp Kampong 11 1 0 12
Marc Miralles Bloemendaal 4 5 3
Alexander Hendrickx Pinoké 0 10 2

Play–offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Bloemendaal213
 
 
 
Rotterdam13 4
 
Rotterdam123
 
 
 
Kampong22 4
 
Oranje-Rood022
 
 
Kampong14 5
 

Semi-finals

18 May 2024
18:00
Rotterdam 1–2 Bloemendaal
T. van der Heijden  14' Hiebendaal  6'
Van der Veen  41'
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam
20 May 2024
14:00
Bloemendaal 1–3 Rotterdam
Schut  7'  3' Hortensius
 21' Lucieer
 60' Hoedemakers
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal

Rotterdam won 4–3 on aggregate.


18 May 2024
14:00
Kampong 1–0 Oranje-Rood
Marree  5'
Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht
20 May 2024
18:00
Oranje-Rood 2–4 Kampong
Stockbroekx  11'
Bams  55'
Van Bijnen  4'
Janssen  25'44'
Telgenkamp  54'
Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven

Kampong won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

25 May 2024
16:00
Rotterdam 1–2 Kampong
Hertzberger  34' Report Lageman  7'
Janssen  56'
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam
26 May 2024
16:00
Kampong 2–2 Rotterdam
Janssen  5'59' Report Hertzberger  10'
Van Dam  22'
De Klapperboom, Utrecht

Kampong won 4–3 on aggregate to win their ninth national title.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 1 and 2 June 2024.[13]

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hurley 5–5 (4–2 s.o.) HGC 4–3 1–2
SCHC 9–8 Laren 4–4 5–4

Matches

1 June 2024
16:00
HGC 3–4 Hurley
Van Ass  46'56'
Figge  51'
Report Huisman
Voskuil  20'
Aerts  22'45'
Roggewoning, Wassenaar
2 June 2024
16:00
Hurley 1–2 HGC
Huisman  55' Report Figge  2'
Van Ass  10'
Penalties
4–2
Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen

5–5 on aggregate, Hurley won 4–2 after a shoot-out and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse, while HGC were relegated to the Promotieklasse.


1 June 2024
16:00
Laren 4–4 SCHC
Selles  1'56'
Bain  11'
Schramel  56'
Report Jaspers  29'
Sweering  34'41'
Terwel  49'
Sportpark Eemnesserweg, Laren
2 June 2024
16:00
SCHC 5–4 Laren
Terwel  7'35'
Hafkamp  24'
Empey  32'
Sweering  60'
Report Bain  8'
Krüger  50'
Schramel  55'
Zarate  58'
Sportpark Kees Boekelaan, Bilthoven

SCHC won 9–8 on aggregate and were promoted to the Hoofdklasse, while Laren were relegated to the Promotieklasse.

See also

References

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