Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey

Hoofdklasse
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024–25 Women's Hoofdklasse Hockey
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1981;43 years ago
First season	1981–82
Administrator	KNHB
No. of teams	12
Country	Netherlands
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent; champion(s)	Den Bosch (22nd title) ; (2023–24)
Most titles	Den Bosch (22 titles)
TV partner(s)	NOS ; Ziggo Sport
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Promotieklasse
Domestic cup(s)	Gold Cup
International cup(s)	Euro Hockey League

Last updated October 23, 2024

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.

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

Huizen

HDM

Pinoké

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

HGC

SCHC

Kampong

Tilburg

Den Bosch

Oranje-Rood

Hurley

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

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