Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse
Current season, competition or edition:
2024–25 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey
SportField hockey
Founded1973 (1973)
First season1973–74
AdministratorKNHB
No. of teams12
CountryNetherlands
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Amsterdam (22nd title)
(2024–25)
Most titlesAmsterdam, Bloemendaal (22 each)
Broadcaster(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.

Amsterdam are the current champions, having won the 2024–25 season by defeating Kampong in the championship final. Amsterdam and Bloemendaal have the most titles with 22 each.

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

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

Champions

By club

Club Championships Runners-up Seasons won
Amsterdam 22 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, 2024–25
Bloemendaal 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
Kampong 9 10 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 56 37 Bloemendaal (22), Amsterdam (22), 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 10 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]

The 2025 finals were streamed live on the Tulp Hoofdklasse YouTube channel.

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.
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