2024–25 Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse
Season2024–25
Dates14 September 2024 – 10 May 2025
ChampionsDen Bosch (23 title)
RelegatedHuizen
Euro Hockey LeagueDen Bosch
SCHC
Matches played132
Goals scored526 (3.98 per match)
Top goalscorerFrédérique Matla (Den Bosch) (22 goals)
Biggest home winDen Bosch 10–1 Huizen
(4 May 2025)
Biggest away winHuizen 0–8 SCHC
(16 March 2025)
Highest scoringDen Bosch 10–1 Huizen
(4 May 2025)
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The 2024–25 Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey was the 44th season of the Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey, the top Dutch field hockey league. The season began on 14 September 2024 and concluded on 29 May 2025 with the second match of the championship final.[1]

Den Bosch were the defending champions. They defended their title by defeating SCHC 4–3 in a shoot-out after the final finished 2–2 on aggregate. It was a record-extending 23rd title for Den Bosch.[2]

Teams

Twelve teams compete in the league - the top nine teams from the previous season, the winner of the 2023–24 Promotieklasse and the two winners of the 2023–24 relegation play-offs. Huizen won the 2023–24 Promotieklasse and replaced Bloemendaal.

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

Teams by province

Province Number of teams Teams
North Holland 4 Amsterdam, Huizen, Hurley, and Pinoké
South Holland 3 HGC, HDM, and Rotterdam
North Brabant 3 Den Bosch, Oranje-Rood, and Tilburg
Utrecht 2 Kampong and SCHC
Total 12

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Den Bosch (C) 22 19 2 1 73 18 +55 59 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League quarter-finals and the play-offs
2 SCHC 22 18 3 1 80 19 +61 57 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League first round and the play-offs
3 Pinoké 22 15 4 3 55 35 +20 49 Qualification for the play-offs
4 Amsterdam 22 12 6 4 71 33 +38 42
5 Kampong 22 10 8 4 62 32 +30 38
6 Tilburg 22 8 3 11 31 52 −21 27
7 Hurley 22 6 7 9 35 35 0 25
8 HGC 22 6 4 12 34 54 −20 22
9 Oranje-Rood 22 6 3 13 28 58 −30 21
10 HDM (O) 22 4 2 16 19 52 −33 14 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Rotterdam (O) 22 3 3 16 25 64 −39 12
12 Huizen (R) 22 1 3 18 13 74 −61 6 Relegation to the Promotieklasse
Source: KNHB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AMS DB HDM HGC HUI HUR KAM OR PIN ROT SCH TIL
Amsterdam 1–2 5–1 5–2 6–0 2–2 3–3 6–1 0–3 8–2 2–2 3–3
Den Bosch 1–0 6–0 6–1 10–1 4–2 4–1 5–1 6–1 1–0 1–1 4–1
HDM 2–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 2–5 2–2 0–1 1–2
HGC 1–7 1–2 0–0 5–0 1–2 1–5 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–1
Huizen 2–3 0–2 1–2 0–5 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–8 1–1
Hurley 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 5–0 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2
Kampong 2–2 1–2 5–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 7–0
Oranje-Rood 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–7 2–6 6–3 1–6 0–1
Pinoké 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–3 3–1
Rotterdam 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–6 1–0 2–3 0–6 2–1
SCHC 2–0 0–2 2–1 6–1 8–2 5–1 3–1 5–0 5–2 7–0 1–0
Tilburg 0–7 1–5 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–3 2–3 2–1 1–4
Source: KNHB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Frédérique Matla Den Bosch 3 14 5 22
2 Yibbi Jansen SCHC 0 18 3 21
3 Agustina Gorzelany Amsterdam 0 13 5 18
4 Imke Verstraeten Pinoké 0 10 5 15
Jip Dicke SCHC 11 4 0
6 Maud van den Heuvel SCHC 12 2 0 14
7 Sosha Benninga Kampong 9 3 0 12
Luna Fokke Kampong 5 7 0
9 Fiona Morgenstern Amsterdam 8 2 0 11
Bente van der Veldt Kampong 11 0 0
11 Joosje Burg Den Bosch 10 0 0 10
Amy Costello HGC 0 8 2
Fay van der Elst Amsterdam 9 1 0
Pien Dicke SCHC 8 2 0

Updated to 10 May 2025. Source: KNHB[4]

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Den Bosch336
 
 
 
Amsterdam20 2
 
Den Bosch (s.o.)112
 
 
 
SCHC11 2
 
SCHC516
 
 
Pinoké01 1
 

Semi-finals

17 May 2025
15:00
Amsterdam 2–3 Den Bosch
Norbiato  7'
Verschoor  21'
Report Krekelaar  2'
Koolen  45'
Matla  55'
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen
18 May 2025
15:00
Den Bosch 3–0 Amsterdam
Sanders  22'
De Wit  42'
Burg  44'
Report
Sportpark Oosterplas, 's-Hertogenbosch

Den Bosch won 6–2 on aggregate.


17 May 2025
12:30
Pinoké 0–5 SCHC
Report P. Dicke  6'28'
Post  40'
Ruts  41'
Jansen  53'
Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen
18 May 2025
12:30
SCHC 1–1 Pinoké
Beljaars  58' Report Steensma  29'
Sportpark Kees Boekelaan, Bilthoven

SCHC won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

24 May 2025
16:00
SCHC 1–1 Den Bosch
Van den Heuvel  34' Report Sanders  33'
Sportpark Kees Boekelaan, Bilthoven
29 May 2025
12:45
Den Bosch 1–1 SCHC
Fernig  6' Report Zandee  26'
Penalties
Sanders
Matla
B. Reijnen
E. Reijnen
Englebert
4–3 Van den Heuvel
De Geus
Jansen
Waard
Van Laarhoven
Sportpark Oosterplas, 's-Hertogenbosch

2–2 on aggregate; Den Bosch won 4–3 in the shoot-out to win their 23rd national title.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 31 May and 1 June 2025.[5]

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HDM 4–0 Leonidas 1–0 3–0
Rotterdam 4–4 Nijmegen 4–1 0–3

Matches

31 May 2025
12:30
HDM 1−0 Leonidas
Report
Sportcomplex Groenendaal, The Hague
1 June 2025
12:30
Leonidas 0–3 HDM
Report Walhof  23'
Van Hecking Colenbrander  34'
Beetsma  50'
Sportpark Toepad, Rotterdam

31 May 2025
12:30
Rotterdam 4−1 Nijmegen
Haarman  14'
Van den Dijssel  17'37'
De Heer  51'
Report Hessler  58'
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam
1 June 2025
12:30
Nijmegen 3–0 Rotterdam
Bogers  1'
Vormeer  4'
Van Meteren  57'
Report
Penalties
Nguyen
Verweijen
Thijssen
Krasenberg
1–3 Dijk
Omrani
Van Santbrink
Van den Dijssel
Boekhorst
Sportpark d'Almarasweg, Nijmegen

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wedstrijdschema Tulp Hoofdklasse Dames en Heren seizoen 2024-2025" (PDF). knhb.nl (in Dutch). 2024-07-29. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Hockeysters Den Bosch opnieuw landskampioen na zinderende shoot-outs tegen SCHC". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Bondsreglement vanaf 1 augustus 2023". knhb.nl (in Dutch). KNHB. 1 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Topscorers Tulp Hoofdklasse Heren 2024-2025". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Play-offs & kampioenschappen 2024-2025: wanneer worden ze gespeeld?". knhb.nl (in Dutch). KNHB. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.