2023–24 Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey

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]

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

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

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2023–24 Men's Hoofdklasse 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Standings

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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

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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

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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

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Bracket

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

Semi-finals

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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

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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

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

Overview

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Tulp hoofdsponsor en naamgever Hoofdklasse Heren". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 27 August 2020.
  2. ^ Wester, Eelko (31 January 2023). "KNHB past opzet play-offs Hoofdklasse aan: geen centrale finale". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ Teunisse, Maarten (29 May 2023). "Pinoké verrast Bloemendaal in historische mannenfinale, hockeysters Amsterdam na shoot-outs kampioen". ad.nl (in Dutch). AD. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Pinoké kan play-offs vergeten na nederlaag tegen Kampong, monsterzege Rotterdam". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Hockeyers Kampong veroveren na zes jaar weer de landstitel, ten koste van Rotterdam". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Huwelijk tussen Amsterdam en Cox strandt; hockeytrainer vertrekt einde seizoen". nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Clubicoon Taco van den Honert moet gevallen topclub Amsterdam redden". nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 26 March 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Nanco Jansonius nieuwe hoofdcoach HC Den Bosch Heren 1" (in Dutch). 9 April 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Laren vindt in Argentijns olympisch kampioen verrassende opvolger voor succescoach Nanco Jansonius, die de mannen van de club naar de hoofdklasse loodste" (in Dutch). 30 May 2023.
  10. ^ "HGC neemt per direct afscheid van mannencoach Lomans". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Bondsreglement vanaf 1 augustus 2023" (PDF). knhb.nl (in Dutch). KNHB. 1 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Topscorers Tulp Hoofdklasse Heren 2023-2024".
  13. ^ "Zo volg je de play-outs: programma, kaarten en live-updates". hockey.nl (in Dutch). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.